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by raheemm 16y ago
I think you are right edw519. I tried to push myself beyond the pain threshold once and instead I got a fracture. I think the caveat is that you have to be in good shape before you start pushing your pain threshold. For programmers/entrepre
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by raheemm 16y ago
The next time you clear your cookies, you have to go back to this site and opt-out again.
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Chrome on 5Mb connection. I was clicking pretty fast (two or three times a second)
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by raheemm 16y ago
Great app! I was clicking much too fast on the shuffle button and it took a while for the next site to come up. This made me click on the shuffle button again, leading to more slowness. Perhaps adding some kind of progress indicator to let
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by raheemm 16y ago
I am refreshingly surprised! It takes guts to go outside the domain and do this. Way to go dude! Also please start a blog!
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by raheemm 16y ago
The cost goes up because rent in Dhaka is relatively higher. The other thing that kicks up the cost is the internet and backup electricity fees ($100 - $200/month). Other parts of Bangladesh are much more affordable but then the internet is
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by raheemm 16y ago
Really? Like where? Not being sarcastic but even in a cheap place like Bangladesh, you need atleast $700/month to have a decent hacker life (constant electricity, decent internet, own apt, a hacker-friendly environment - coffee, music, hobb
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by raheemm 16y ago
You seem reluctant to share what country you are in. Can you share what region (E. Europe, S.E. Asia, etc)?
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by raheemm 16y ago
I find that most YC funded companies have great designs/UIs. Some that spring to mind are airbnb, hipmunk, etc. Here is a list of YC funded companies (look on bottom left column under investments) - http://www.crunchbase.com/company/y-comb
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I went to check his portfolio and noticed one of his works is dictionary.com - he lists it under website design. Not sure what happened but dictionary.com is an awful site!
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by raheemm 16y ago
Just checked out anandtech's review comparing hybrid to SSD and its quite impressive - http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-revi...
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by raheemm 16y ago
If you contrast yelp to craigslist homepage, the clutter on yelp jumps out even more dramatically
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Ask HN: Have you had or know anyone who has had Lasik surgery?
1 points by raheemm 16y ago|4 comments
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by raheemm 16y ago
$100 million. I figure Mike has no reason to sell unless its a sweet offer - TC has good revenue, its growing, and he has a good team running it.
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The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy(sivers.org)
1 points by raheemm 16y ago|0 comments
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From the title I thought he was referring to Siebel Software being bought out by Oracle
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by raheemm 16y ago
jbarmash - I'm happy to shoot, edit and provide to you, if you are okay with me reposting the content on my site - http://itleaderstoday.com
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by raheemm 16y ago
Without information, though, it's all speculation Right - that's the point. The valuations are not based on actual profits or profit potentials but rather on speculation/hype, which means bubble, and when a bubble bursts, it ends up hurti
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by raheemm 16y ago
What does Chicago have to do with FB valuation? KTHX. DHH makes a good point though - what are FB's profits/profit projections? No one knows. Assuming its $200M, how the hell can FB be worth $33B? That's all...
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New Bill Would Require U.S. ISPs to Block Pirate Sites(pcmag.com)
3 points by raheemm 16y ago|3 comments
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by raheemm 16y ago
Does this letter really capture the attitude towards ethics at HBS? Any alumni/student care to elaborate?
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Missouri Tells Judges Cost of Sentences(nytimes.com)
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by raheemm 16y ago
Elevating user experience one article at a time - tagline from UX Magazine About page made me laugh. Their homepage design is antithetical to that statement.
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AdAge reveals secret Google Adwords big spenders(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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From the comments - "Did I read that well, "6,000$ per founder"? What is that for, for buying toilet paper ? And they take 6% of your company? Excuse me but this is laughable." - totally agree!
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by raheemm 16y ago
You must read sivers.org - Derek Sivers is a musician turned entrepreneur who became a programmer too and he has great advice on many issues you speak of. First, check out the following on finding your passion: http://sivers.org/passion N
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by raheemm 16y ago
Yah I asked him for the details in the comments and he said that WP Engine runs the following on their servers: NGINX (reverse proxy) Apache (webserver) APC (PHP Accelerator) CDN baked into the architecture Insanely powerful hardware
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The Secrets of Effective Technical Talks(msteched.com)
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by raheemm 16y ago
Whoa! That's pretty extreme! Can you share your experiences of people you met who live there?
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by raheemm 16y ago
Dubai economy may seem shallow but it is based on logical strategies. It placed its bets on real estate, tourism, finance and trade. The global real estate meltdown is not unique to Dubai and Dubai is paying for it just like Miami or Vegas.

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