nopzor

26 ms·

241.
by nopzor 10y ago
We got acquired by Internap. They killed the brand. I would have loved for it to live on but it was their decision ;)
242.
by nopzor 10y ago
Hi. You're absolutely right. Getting high traffic customers like Imgur allowed us to negotiate better commits, establish new peering and interconnection agreements, and otherwise lower the "unit costs" of the network we built
243.
by nopzor 10y ago
Msa is master services agreement
244.
by nopzor 10y ago
I don't think it's shitty. Firstly nobody knows who seafile is, so it's just clearer. Secondly, by comparing them to Dropbox they are also acknowledging that seafile is a "legit" file sharing company.
245.
by nopzor 10y ago
Voxel founder here. That doesn't really make sense, as others have pointed out. Imgur was indeed a valued customer, and we grew together and had a great relationship with them. Customers like them helped us achieve the necessary scale
246.
by nopzor 10y ago
What other kind of abuse is there that applies specifically to people on h1b, and not to Americans?
247.
by nopzor 10y ago
Couldn't they make sure to transfer their h1b before they resigned from their old job? (And not threaten or complain until the transfer is processed successfully?)
248.
by nopzor 10y ago
It's not just middle eastern countries. Many developed countries in Asia (eg Singapore) use foreign labor for jobs that "no Singaporean would do". This includes jobs like construction. Unlike the U.S., these foreign workers a
249.
by nopzor 10y ago
I've done h1b transfers before, as an employer. I wouldn't say it's "very easy", but it's not super hard either. I don't disagree with what you're saying in general, but shouldn't there be some c
250.
by nopzor 10y ago
An F1 engine doesn't even have a starter. It's made out of exotic material. It runs at 18,000+ rpm, and idles at what most car engines would redline at! The entire car can weigh no less than ~1500lb, including the driver! Making t
251.
by nopzor 10y ago
I think the sport would be destroyed if they were allowed to run free. By now they would have removed the driver, and that would take most of the $$ out of F1 ;) The Williams 1993 car was in many ways the high point of tech for F1. Since th
252.
by nopzor 10y ago
The average speed of F1 is well over 100mph. So current FIA regs call for an 8 hours of life, right? I guess I should have said "several" instead of a "few". I did not say a "couple" ;) Also, they could be desi
253.
by nopzor 10y ago
I'm a huge fan of f1 but I think this article is a bit disingenuous. f1 engines are hundreds of times more expensive than normal engines, and they are only designed to run for a few hours before needing to be replaced completely.
254.
by nopzor 10y ago
I don't think it's true at all that it's easy to get a cab in Singapore. If you're in the downtown area anytime close to rush hour it's practically impossible to get a cab without reserving one in advance (which cos
255.
by nopzor 10y ago
He definitely moved the goal posts, but remember that AWS is most of Amazon Incs _profit_ today. Also, AWS is a small-ish part of Amazons _revenue_ but given the relative growth rates that is less and less true every year. The reason why AM
256.
by nopzor 10y ago
We are looking into this.
257.
by nopzor 10y ago
Yes, the SR-71 was happiest at mach 3+. At these speeds, metal expansion due to heat would seal the airplane frame up too. Designed for its mission. Insanely, it would literally leak fuel on the ground.
258.
by nopzor 10y ago
Take two identical companies in the same business line in the same jurisdiction. One got a less favorable interest rate on the same amount of debt, and also has a higher effective tax rate. On a GAAP basis, these companies look very differe
259.
by nopzor 10y ago
Idoru is also the first thing I thought of when I read the headline. It was written 20 years ago. Gibson has a proven record of being eerily prescient.
260.
by nopzor 10y ago
Liquidity would go down. Spread would be up. Market makers would have a hard time.
261.
by nopzor 10y ago
Buying back stock decreasing the amount of outstanding shares. Decreasing the amount of outstanding shares means each share has more share of the earnings (earnings per share). Buying back stock does not benefit Apple as a company, but if t
262.
by nopzor 10y ago
That doesn't sound possible. Are you saying your raw bill for _just_ colo (ie. space and power) and bandwidth (ie. IP transit) was less than your _entire_ AWS bill? I've never heard of anyone take such an extreme stance.
263.
by nopzor 11y ago
It costs few million dollars a year just to be a public company, SOX compliance included.
264.
by nopzor 11y ago
You're comparing a 200K per year salary with the fact that Zuckerberg has equity worth 35B in his insanely valuable company?
265.
by nopzor 11y ago
You want them to be aware of you already. Ideally, a few desks should have already been pounded by frustrated people at $buyer, while screaming "damn those guys at $seller!". If you haven't demonstrated traction (eg. have use
266.
by nopzor 11y ago
Sun Grid was more about batch processing across many machines, rather than individual VMs, wasn't it? Plenty of people in the web hosting industry offered competitive x86 linux instances or dedicated servers, way prior to 2006. I think
267.
by nopzor 11y ago
I think that Amazon being first in 2005/2006 helped a lot, too. Google now provides "primitives" through GCE. I think Google realizes that the future is GCE not GAE.
268.
by nopzor 11y ago
I'd argue that "execution dominates" in a startup, too. Not a fan of non competes (even as an employer).
269.
by nopzor 11y ago
Oculus hasn't even shipped the consumer version of the Rift yet. Isn't it a bit premature to write of the success of VR?
270.
by nopzor 11y ago
Do you really think all the recent progress in autonomous vehicles is marketing hype? I disagree that we haven't come a long way in the last 5 years. Self driving cars are a lot more practical than the flying car.

More ›