kohanz

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by kohanz 12y ago
Despite all attempts to explain that my post is a question, rather than a judgment on the victims, I'm getting down-voted.
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by kohanz 12y ago
I can see how one might come to the assumption that the victims here are "poor", and I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are, but I didn't see any suggestion of that in the article. I would presume that the less well
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by kohanz 12y ago
I certainly don't read it in that way. Carrying that amount of cash is a high-risk venture regardless of whether these questionable seizures are happening or not (e.g. the threat of theft). The other methods mentioned may cost a bit, b
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by kohanz 12y ago
This is by no means a justification for these seizures, but in reading this I can't help but wonder in what legitimate situations one would actually need to carry such large amounts of cash. Would a money-order or bank-certified chec
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by kohanz 12y ago
I've been doing this for years and it has never caused me a problem. I'll leave it up to the masses to judge how much of that is luck or stupidity.
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by kohanz 12y ago
It sounds like you're describing a credit union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_union
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by kohanz 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in SW Ontario, Canada LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/zamkhan Recent client: "As an academic entrepreneur, I have engaged in a number of out-sourcing processes and truth be told,
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by kohanz 12y ago
Well put. I would add that this doesn't necessarily mean that you yourself are the one actually completing the task. Part of this is knowing who the right person is for the job and delegating appropriately. The requester (often somebod
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by kohanz 12y ago
I don't think that "being one" (and don't get me started on how someone can consider themselves as part of a group labeled as "Indians, Arabs and a few other Middle Eastern cultures") gives someone enough infor
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by kohanz 12y ago
And you have enough data, from your personal experience, to know that these negotiation tactics are strongly correlated with ethnicity/race and not something else? This is exactly what discrimination is and how stereotypes form.
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by kohanz 12y ago
You're missing my point. You are using your personal experience to paint huge populations of people ("Indians, Arabs and a few other Middle Eastern cultures") with a very broad (and probably inaccurate) brush. It's specu
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by kohanz 12y ago
You do realize that this thread is about discrimination, right?
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Why the ALS ice bucket challenge is bad for you(macleans.ca)
2 points by kohanz 12y ago|0 comments
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by kohanz 12y ago
Exams made up part of our marks, but projects factored in as well. One could certainly achieve a passing grade while being a terrible team-player, but it generally was not a successful strategy.
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by kohanz 12y ago
You disagree with me because you completely misinterpreted what I wrote. Potentially I think that the world 'correlation' is being misunderstood here. I implied nothing about the strength of the correlation. I only said I believe
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by kohanz 12y ago
I also agree. It's the reason that I added that real-world experience trumps any degree issues.
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by kohanz 12y ago
I did Computer Engineering, but I assume they're similar. I think most post-secondary educations are filled with a lot of team-based projects (RTOS was a memorable one from my past). I certainly had team projects in high school but of
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by kohanz 12y ago
I know you re-stated it, but I disagree with the first statement. I believe there is a correlation. The strength of the correlation can be debated, but in my experience, a degree is a positive signal when hiring someone to be part of a so
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by kohanz 12y ago
I have a side-project which scrapes play-by-play data from NBA games to gain more insights into these games. Here is an example of the (un-finished) side-project: http://recappd.com/games/2014/02/07 I'm
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by kohanz 12y ago
My thoughts exactly. Also, depending on the location, there are typically a large amount of public funds earmarked as grants for commercialization in this field. It's not the typical tech-company fundraising situation either. The marke
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by kohanz 12y ago
I was in a similar situation recently. Was at my job for just over a year. Came in, noticed development practices were lagging (and this is the kindest term I can use). Tried, with the support of leadership, to bring the team forward, ever-
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by kohanz 12y ago
4 hrs * 5 days per week = 20 hrs. $1500 / 20 hrs = $75 per hour. It's a decent rate, but it's hardly something you need to be in SF to find (where you more often hear of contractors charging $100+). I currently have a similar
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by kohanz 12y ago
Seems like these would be useful suggestions to add to the respective github pages of those projects. Also, they are open-source, so there's an opportunity there if you have expertise in making UI's accessible.
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by kohanz 12y ago
It's probably due to me recently become a parent myself, but the thing that gets me the most (and I'll admit I can barely read it without tearing up), is the last bit about Jackie and her son Matthew, who has not responded to the
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by kohanz 12y ago
And for what age ranges are these symptoms expected to become apparent? 1 to 3-ish?
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by kohanz 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in SW Ontario, Canada LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/zamkhan Recent client: "As an academic entrepreneur, I have engaged in a number of out-sourcing processes and truth be told,
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by kohanz 12y ago
Same question for Freelancer/Seeking Freelancer.
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by kohanz 12y ago
Is today not a "workday"?
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Does Apple throttle older iPhones?(zdnet.com)
2 points by kohanz 12y ago|1 comments
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by kohanz 12y ago
Are you referring to the HN Freelancer thread or something like Freelancer.com? I was talking about the former.

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