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by nroach 16y ago
Any native speakers able to translate from the Yosion web forums ( http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h... )? The google version just isn't cutting it.
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by nroach 16y ago
Gluten intolerance /= Celiac disease. They're two separate problems but often confused because the latter incorporates the symptoms of the former. Whatever the final verdict winds up as, avoidance of wheat gluten is a preventative step com
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by nroach 16y ago
Why would this get modded down in light of the topic? People are suggesting vitamins, sleeping sickness, and all other manner of diagnoses and potential cures. I don't see why prayer should any less valid as a topic of discussion. Besides,
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by nroach 16y ago
"So our plot thickens: What’s at the center of this collective “gut feeling” that happens to land on Coco, ratcheting up her popularity and hence, her economic value? The answer holds parallel lessons for how traders in finance markets were
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by nroach 16y ago
There would be no lawyers without clients. Where do divorce lawyers get their business? From people who were unable to solve a relationship problem on their own. Where do criminal defense lawyers get their business? From people who chose
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by nroach 16y ago
And now we know why the iPad didn't ship with a front-facing camera. But cisco must really be steamed, what with Apple calling their mobile OS "iOS" and integrating face-time to the new iphones.
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by nroach 16y ago
I suspect the difference is in the perceived upside potential of the relationship. The news media has been conditioned to think of "startups" and "entrepreneurs" as being backed by VC money and taking shots at really big targets. Even if
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by nroach 16y ago
"Quora's business model is currently unclear. [co-founder] Mr. D'Angelo ... said "if I had to guess, it would probably involve some kind of advertising at some point."
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by nroach 16y ago
cool! but still no hardware acceleration for OpenCL it looks like.
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by nroach 16y ago
Great job of getting to MVP on the cheap! But it seems like a budget of $10K or so would only work for relatively simple apps. Doing something like Dropbox, 280Atlas, or FlightCaster (probably) would take significantly more money. Any sugg
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by nroach 16y ago
I'd love to try it out. How? It looks like their "sign up" is just a waiting list at this point. I'd also question whether they have really "launched" if at this point all they're doing is what amounts to a limited subscriber no-cost publ
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by nroach 16y ago
can't wait to see the clear/wimax version ...
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by nroach 16y ago
It looks interesting, but at this point it feels more like a "web app" than a "startup". Granted, the two are often interchangeable these days, but to me the difference is one of formality and commitment. For example: What happens to my da
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by nroach 16y ago
According to the WSJ article, BP is bringing another ship in to "capture" oil spewing from the broken well head, which will increase their "capacity" to 28,000 barrels/day. Here's the kicker though ... "Most, if not all of the extra oil co
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BP Plans to Mitigate Gulf Water Pollution with ... Air Pollution.(online.wsj.com)
1 points by nroach 16y ago|1 comments
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by nroach 16y ago
Something's not adding up. He's stating a net profit of about $1,000.00 a month. Gross revenues are stated as $6,000/mo. So about $12k/yr in the owner's pocket. Fine. Sales price is Minimum Offer:$2,147,483,647. Unless I've gone blind,
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by nroach 16y ago
If this is going to HR-types, how do they know to tear off the corners? Is that in the cover letter?
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Health Care Tax Credits Can Cover up to 75% of Startups' Health Coverage Costs(nathanroach.com)
2 points by nroach 16y ago|0 comments
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by nroach 16y ago
You could do that on AppEngine already. Just put everything in your static_files directory and set it as the default responder in app.yaml For more see http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/...
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by nroach 16y ago
Looks like their 'waitlist' is a google docs spreadsheet+form. Which, incidentally isn't loading. I'm not sure how well that bodes from a capacity planning standpoint.
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by nroach 16y ago
Seriously. USAA may be a very stogy institution in general, but their banking arm has been on an absolute roll the last couple of years. Between their iPhone app, a great web site, and excellent customer service, they're setting the bench
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by nroach 16y ago
imho, The value of a community is in its members, not in the software. Sure, UI can have an effect on the ability to build a community, but only upon the edge cases. What made HN successful isn't the presentation, but the character of its
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by nroach 16y ago
Dealing with discovery (abuse) can be one of the most frustrating parts of engaging in litigation against big corporations on behalf of a smaller inventor.
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by nroach 16y ago
Who is behind this? The web site mentions a Google Group and and IRC channel, but a few online message forums do not a Foundation make. Do they assert any ownership of the source? The web site bears a copyright notice but to whom does th
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by nroach 16y ago
I don't read that patent as nonsensical or spurious at all. Apple already uses "invisible" lights on their MacBook Pro computers to hide the LED next to the webcam. You only see the LED light up when the cam comes on. The rest of the tim
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by nroach 16y ago
The other armies' entrenching tools don't have a patriotic soundtrack.
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by nroach 16y ago
Strange article. Totally unsolicited feedback: It's kind of hard to convey teachable points when the bulk of the article is opinion related to a story about another person but none of the details are shared. I understand wanting to keep it
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by nroach 16y ago
Many of the things Daniel said resonated with me. Certainly, the online community around startups can have a low signal to noise ratio. But, there's a much bigger world outside Twitter, HN, and similar outlets. I'm an attorney and most of
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by nroach 17y ago
Programmers are a commodity. Lawyers are a commodity. Managers are a commodity. Dentists are a commodity. Experts are not. In any given field, probably 80% of the practitioners can do an adequate job and at least complete the tasks requi
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by nroach 17y ago
They seem to be very management-heavy. I looked at the page at http://thegcteam.com/team . Look at how many people they have listed as managers or coordinators. Unless all the development is being outsourced, I don't see how a 1.5:1 r

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