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by kops 13y ago
As an Indian, 1. For the same reason as solving sudoku online i.e. for the joy of it. 2. Some interesting literature was written in Sanskrit. I may want to read that. 3. To be able to judge when a hindu preacher is bullshitting me. 4. To be
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A captcha I can actually read(nlpcaptcha.in)
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by kops 13y ago
> but what leverage do they have I thought he meant "what leverage do the founders have?". Not sure though.... However, assuming that he did mean "what leverage do the founders have?", I would say that they are the bo
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by kops 13y ago
AFAIK neither the problem, nor the solution is specific to America. Link bonus, salary or promotion to the amount of noise a guy makes and you can have an army of self-promoting assholes overnight anywhere in the world. The baby that cries
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by kops 13y ago
Thanks for the post. Watching that animation reminded what pleasure could be derived by just watching simple mechanism in action e.g. union joint, differential gear, rotary engine etc.
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by kops 13y ago
I have never heard of ancient Indian kingdoms going beyond present day afganistan[1]. This falls quite a bit short of Egypt. On the eastern side though, Indonesia seems to have had Hindu kings[2]. I do recollect reading somewhere that at so
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by kops 13y ago
Isn't it weird that this author did most of his research on angel.co which itself can be described as match.com for entrepreneurs?
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by kops 13y ago
> To be fair, he did found the armed wing of the ANC, was offered a release from prison conditional on renouncing violence which he refused to do, and afterward his group went on to carry out a number of IRA-style bombings. So he didn&#x
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by kops 13y ago
Thanks for your post in a world where it seems horrible things were ever done only by one side in second world war. The fact that white homo-sapiens aren't extinct in SA is good enough to convince me that not just Mandela, but many oth
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by kops 13y ago
As far as I can tell, YC isn't much of an option if you aren't located in US. Besides most of the start-ups go down the drain not because they lacked advice but because they ran out of money. So congratulations for creating an opt
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by kops 13y ago
It wasn't for founders to realize because as far as they were concerned things were going great. It were the merchants who had to realize that they were being used to fuel the engines of Groupon. Another big loser in this game would ha
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by kops 13y ago
Youtube comment section is one of the few places that aptly helps define the meaning of the phrase "darkest corner of internet". Some of the commenters there seem to have been gifted with the brains of an amoeba.
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by kops 13y ago
I found this really funny >>>Some blog post about scalability... blog crashes after posting link to HN and /r/programming But who says I can't talk about a rocket while riding a bike:-) Also I will add these to the l
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by kops 13y ago
1. Local transport system in an unfamiliar city is always more complicated than catching a cab. 2. Given the importance he attached to YC, he prioritized the problems flawlessly. Saving that $100 vs. making absolutely sure that he reaches
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by kops 13y ago
UK's aid is more to massage UK's ego and keep your british raj hangover going than to help India. A rocket launch in 60s and then a nuclear test in 74 should have taught you what importance India gives to this aid. Even our parlia
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by kops 13y ago
His essays are way older than YC.
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by kops 13y ago
Hmmm....reminds me of a time when I naively tried to code a date.next() method. Never again..
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by kops 13y ago
>Even with mitigations, my staff and I basically spent every DST start/end dealing with a plethora of IRs to the degree of, "why did you change the time?" For us the mayhem used to last for weeks because DST changes in dif
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by kops 13y ago
> Bear in mind that no one is forcing the employee to accept this. That doesn't quite absolve the employer e.g. if I am stuck in sahara desert and bump into a man starving for days. At this time if I offer him food in return for his
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by kops 13y ago
I know it may sound illogical, but no decision is taken in isolation. Years ago I decided not to do anything with middle eastern countries for what they did to non-muslims, immigrants or to their own women. I still go fill gas in my car kno
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by kops 13y ago
It sounds even more surprising to me even though I have never been to US. Although I always dreamt to... Thanks for your post. I mean no disrespect, but could you please link to any references. Specially about the working hours, minimum wag
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by kops 13y ago
I will embrace each of the supposedly problematic things you mentioned in your post any day. They seem rather fair to me. Do you have a different opinion? Why would you want startups to be exempt from this?
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by kops 13y ago
Getting a US visa is one thing, but what about tolerating the thought of someone putting their hands up your ass at the port of entry :-(
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by kops 13y ago
What you are saying is absolutely reasonable assumption to make. But let's face it, all social security systems are and should be to take care that people don't go hungry and start prostituting themselves for a loaf of bread. If I
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by kops 13y ago
NOTE: This post is probably useless for anyone other than the person I am replying to and the residents in Switzerland. You can start a business, but it can not be registered as a GmbH or AG(These are like LLC or Pvt. Ltd. companies). From
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by kops 13y ago
Swiss system is awesome as a safety net but I am not quite sure if it helps the entrepreneurs. The moment you register a company(either as GmbH or AG) you basically kiss your social security goodbye. The only comfort is that if your startup
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by kops 13y ago
Even if we leave the tech aside, this is a good example of PR hacking, which I think is pretty relevant to a lot of people here. Congratulations to you and your team for spotting an opportunity and exploiting it. edit : typo
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by kops 13y ago
Looking at that video, I am inclined to say that this system(HN system) works very well. Almost like magic ;-)
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by kops 13y ago
No worries. I will keep following it up on your website. Thanks,
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by kops 13y ago
Thanks a lot for all the pointers. Really appreciate it. BTW any plans to zero-in on the pricing anytime soon? I saw that for one app you will always keep it free, but it will be nice to know what happens beyond that..

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