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by osipov 14y ago
The tool has a lot of potential but right now it is too hard to use. I don't want to have to pick a specific configuration from a specific cloud computing provider upfront. I want to be able to specify CPU/RAM/HDD like with cloudorado.com a
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by osipov 14y ago
This is a beta product which is based on a joint piece of work that Microsoft did with New York University. NYU recently opened a campus in UAE and wanted to build a social network to facilitate collaboration across researchers from differe
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by osipov 14y ago
Here's an inside story about this project: up to this point the government has been running a small scale pilot which has been hit with all kinds of problems. For example, the kids who have received these tablets have been selling them on t
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by osipov 15y ago
The response from Tesla does not contradict that notion. Note this quote: "It's true that a full discharge to zero percent state of charge can potentially be damaging to a battery. " Notice that "can potentially be damaging" is a weasel phr
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by osipov 15y ago
that's cool! what do you use for your database?
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by osipov 15y ago
osipov@gmail.com Please share an invite and I'll help out inviting our fellow HNers. Thanks!
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by osipov 15y ago
feature-wise workflowy.com is still inferior to checkvist.com
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by osipov 15y ago
They don't need true business men when the oil is flowing.
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by osipov 15y ago
True, this is not a story about generating investment interest but about attracting attention to the issue and painting the government as a villain. The story is favorable because it leads the audience to pre-judge the situation in favor of
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by osipov 15y ago
Right, Bill Broder, the Hermitage Capital guy has been speaking up recently as well. There is going to be economic forum in St. Petersburg in 2 weeks. It is typical to see an up tick in these types of articles before major public events in
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by osipov 15y ago
It should be noted that the private owners of the airport must have an excellent PR firm to get NY Times to write a favorable article. In "The Submarine" essay PG mentioned that his firm never managed to get a NYT article.
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by osipov 15y ago
- Always be looking for another job - Don't talk to the CIO by yourself if you are planning to stay with the company. The team lead sounds like a simpleton who thinks that he gains power from controlling your communication. If you talk to t
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by osipov 15y ago
it would be great to learn more...how should i contact you? alternatively you can email me via <insert my HN userid here>@gmail.com
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by osipov 15y ago
sales cycles that last longer than you can stay solvent
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by osipov 16y ago
Good point about him being uncommon to his peer group...my perspective is skewed since I went to a school focused on math/physics studies and it was common for kids to know basic calculus at his age. Neither teachers nor parents considered
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by osipov 16y ago
Seems like a deliberate scam or an unintentional case of an overly kid-promoting parent & a gullible reporter. Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mathboysmom#p/a/u/2/lNypTxvOxxQ The kid doesn't actually prove or say
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by osipov 16y ago
this is a viral movie promotion...spam
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by osipov 16y ago
In California you can avoid going to traffic court and do a trial by declaration. Much easier, very effective.
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by osipov 16y ago
Looks like Google and IBM are evenly matched in terms of market cap so a buy out is unlikely http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=IBM+GOOG+market+cap QA technology is very different than search because the former makes strong assumptions
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by osipov 16y ago
that's Jeff Jonas: http://jeffjonas.typepad.com/ i have no idea what he is talking about
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by osipov 16y ago
I'm not too far away on I-4 East
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by osipov 16y ago
Back in my elementary school days we had to compute with an abacus!
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by osipov 16y ago
The OP is referring to a well publicized controversy about the role of GS in the financial crisis and its influence over government decisions. Here's a good article summarizing common knowledge about GS: http://www.rollingstone.com/politic
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by osipov 16y ago
The term "Russian Mafia" is just as general and shallow as "corruption". The reality is that "the mob" runs the gamut from petty thugs to sophisticated criminal corporate raiders. The root of the issue is whether Russia's criminal tactics f
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by osipov 16y ago
No DB2?
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by osipov 16y ago
because all ideas are worthless but some ideas are more worthless than others ;) On a serious note, some ideas can produce multi-billion dollar businesses while other ideas have limited, niche potential. Hence a greater incentive to keep th
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by osipov 16y ago
And after that, read Mandelbrot's "Misbehavior of Markets" to understand the limitations of the random walk model.
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by osipov 16y ago
Agree. Different ideas have different execution and value potential: for example an idea to dig a cubic foot hole in the ground in the middle of nowhere has a different potential than an idea about how to solve the financial crisis.
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by osipov 16y ago
considering that the author is South African and the inflation rate there ranged between 5 and 10% in the past 10 years ( http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=south+africa+inflation+... ), 10% would indeed be a modest return.
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by osipov 16y ago
"many people suspect that IBM will wage a counteroffensive with a DOS of its own" little did the author know how that will turn out...

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