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by pwim 16y ago
It's Japan - so having a bath is an important feature, which I do. In fact, I think it would be pretty rare to find a place with just a shower. It's kind of a bath shower/combo, as is typical of Japanese homes and looks something like thi
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by pwim 16y ago
I'm living in a 170 square foot apartment in Tokyo. This is on the small side, but not so unusual for an apartment close to the city center. In addition to the savings in rent, I also save money by not collecting possessions. The space i
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by pwim 16y ago
He isn't talking about charging $1,000/hr for coding. Rather, he is doing technical consulting. This means he should be able to deliver high value in a short time, and he'll only ever bill clients a couple hours at a time.
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by pwim 16y ago
I like Tarsnap's http://www.tarsnap.com/legal.html
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by pwim 16y ago
But surely, someday, there will be a non-phone-carrier wireless networking technology with far greater range than Wi-Fi. This technology already exists. Here in Japan, emobile sells a "pocket wifi router" that has a 3G data connection bu
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Ask HN: Dealing with nuisance phone calls
2 points by pwim 16y ago|1 comments
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Wow, $4332 for a month. That sounds pretty expensive.
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by pwim 16y ago
You might try CakePHP ( http://cakephp.org/ ), the rails inspired framework.
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by pwim 16y ago
If I wasn't in Singapore for the week, I'd be there.
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by pwim 16y ago
You are off by 10. 90 + 1995 - 1965 = 120 She died in 1997 at 122 years according to above link to wikipedia.
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by pwim 16y ago
Video calling has been available in Japan for about a decade - but no one really uses it. In part, it is because of the price. But I believe fundamentally most people don't want to make video calls. I use skype all the time, which has a v
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by pwim 16y ago
By 3 founders, I take it you don't have any other employees. If your company only has 3 people in it, then I wouldn't be worrying about titles at this stage. Focus on getting your product up and out instead.
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by pwim 16y ago
You could try embedding a google form: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/05/embed-your-forms.html
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by pwim 16y ago
I'd think a bit more about what your actual goals are. To me, going to an renowned school like MIT is a means to an end not a goal. Depending on what you want to do after, it may or may not be a wise decision. From your post, it sounds lik
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Hourly work vs. linchpin work(sethgodin.typepad.com)
2 points by pwim 16y ago|0 comments
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Twitter Mobile Version Limited to 140 Bytes Instead of Characters(asiajin.com)
1 points by pwim 16y ago|0 comments
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by pwim 16y ago
This is just a summary of the actual interview available from http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/entrepreneur/how-i-t...
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by pwim 16y ago
He mentions that FarmVille maintains both their own servers and EC2 servers. That's an interesting approach to maintain some baseline capacity locally and use the cloud for scaling. I suppose its obvious, but usually with the cloud I hear
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by pwim 16y ago
This solution will be vastly inferior for catching potential cheaters than having them take a test in the classroom. Requiring an invigilator to inspect individual camera feeds isn't feasible. Furthermore, as the student has full control
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by pwim 16y ago
Apple, probably through its partnership with the iPhone carrier SoftBank, has done a great job of marketing their product in Japan. They've managed to get many programs to do infomercial-like specials on the iPhone and iPad. That being sai
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by pwim 16y ago
Perhaps you can be more specific as to what your startup is and what qualities you are looking for?
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by pwim 16y ago
Newspapers, magazines, cable television, DVDs, movies in the theatre, all of these you pay for and yet still see ads. Why should a product just have one revenue model? If it weren't for advertising, these products would have to charge more
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by pwim 16y ago
If you have a trademark, you can file a domain name dispute and try and claim it that way. http://www.chillingeffects.org/domain/faq.cgi
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by pwim 16y ago
I don't really like the example solution. LatLong.to_xy is not an object oriented way of doing things, and is abusing the ruby convention of to_* methods. Also, the LatLong method extends self, without giving the reader any explanation why
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Spending money to (make/lose) money(sethgodin.typepad.com)
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The first goal of universities charging to cover their costs. Stanford isn't pocketing that 1.8 million.
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World Cup 2010 Forecasting Challenge(kaggle.com)
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by pwim 16y ago
That your idea is unique doesn't really matter. Most likely anyway, it wasn't, and someone else has tried something in that area before. The implementation is what matters. You say you are basically ready to release it. So do so. Just f
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by pwim 16y ago
see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1408813
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by pwim 16y ago
Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Sending out 300 resumés in a month is the wrong strategy, as it shows you don't care about the posting. If you are willing to invest that little effort, you are bas

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