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by rohamg 13y ago
this is not accurate. OP is referring to multiple _writings_ of the Quran, which is in fact something you'd be flogged for suggesting in most Muslim countries. The accepted dogma is that the words of the Quran have been protected from chang
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by rohamg 13y ago
This post gave me a headache. I guess yelling BLACK! WHITE! When something is a drab gray gets page views, but don't people get tired of having the same arguments? Incidentally, I think engineering culture is very important- the trick is to
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by rohamg 13y ago
Your example of china (where google sacrificed profit in order to stay true to their ideals of openness) destroys the rest of your argument. "1.3 billion Chinese" are living in a censored Internet, that is a far greater tragedy than how an
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by rohamg 14y ago
This. The US patent system rewards the same kind of "innovation" as the financial sector did pre-subprime. Look at the introduction rate of new drugs vs derivatives of old (and about to expire) drugs over the past decades to see what I mean
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by rohamg 14y ago
this is cool (and a nice endorsement), but our belief is that true killer applications will be multi-platform (which may include Glass's future competitors). We see Glass as a natural extension of the mobile web, not a closed garden by itse
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by rohamg 14y ago
thanks for posting this Kevin. definitely a conversation that needs to happen out in the open.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Simple living and minimizing material possessions is absolutely a philosophy, and an increasingly popular one at that. Im not sure how you argue otherwise.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Affirm saves the user from entering cc info on mobile - a pain for many reasons. Just like PayPal on web.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Your reply here has limited applicability to Affirm. Max is using a user's digital identity to assure them credit- he'd never be able to do that with an "unbanked" customer who by definition would have quite a limited history.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Everyone from McKinsey to Accenture makes the same mistake.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Have you been on an airline recently? Clumsily regulated oligopolies tend to cause races to the bottom in terms of service and hikes to the top in terms of taxes/fees. No, airlines and ecommerce do not share the same destiny. That said: ama
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by rohamg 14y ago
Very nice..!! Although to be fair the concept of deal sites has always partially included yield mgmt (running deals in winter, or restricting use to weekdays, etc).. Not to mention in the industries wherein reservation platforms are prevale
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by rohamg 14y ago
Best of luck with this, Max, Dan, Sam, & co! The state of US immigration laws is disastrous, and getting the govmt to do anything is like steering a cruise ship. Will parking one 12mi offshore be a wake up call?
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by rohamg 14y ago
This is an important philosophical question: should humans become better at communicating in machine-parseable ways, or should machines become better at parsing human communication?
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by rohamg 14y ago
It's so a) they get all you and your friends' social data, b) they can prefill your signup form and 3) to make sharing easier and friction-free.
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by rohamg 14y ago
A) not true, the API releases "primary email" which is usually NOT facebook. and B) even if it were that's why you check and verify: if u pull a @fb address don't save it, just prompt the user. To me as both an app user and developer, singl
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by rohamg 14y ago
it's very wrong. take a look at the latest batch of 500.co or YC or AngelList. compare # of companies gunning for AMZN and ecommerce compared to those gearing up to build phones and tablets. if i was apple i'd rather compete against HTC arm
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by rohamg 14y ago
amzn see themselves as an infrastructure company, their legacy ecommerce business is being kept at low margin precisely because they're unable to innovate further. aapl keeps selling at high margins because they're building differentiated p
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by rohamg 14y ago
spot on. especially with your first point about energy.
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by rohamg 14y ago
im surprised this is only now making it to HN front page, it was published a while ago and is quite underwhelming in my opinion. it's an entertainment fluff piece, which i guess shouldnt surprise anyone. the ideas are not ideas, they're tec
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by rohamg 14y ago
Stop being paranoid. Shape the online conversation about yourself, don't run away from it.
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by rohamg 14y ago
I've been having good luck with the LG HBS700. It feels a bit flimsy but it works well.
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by rohamg 14y ago
Vancouver, BC (or remote) Axiom Zen is always looking for sharp, talented, and experienced people to join our fast-growing team. Most of us are in Vancouver or San Francisco. Ideal candidates are comfortable working with a small and fast-pa
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by rohamg 14y ago
this is a great post by Mark, I think everyone who knows Jody will be vigorously nodding their head throughout. way too early to go, man.. the only consolation is it makes me happy to see the tremendous impression you've left on so many oth
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by rohamg 14y ago
Dont worry about that: developing a reputation for aggressively fighting patent trolls has the effect of dissuading trolls from targeting newegg in the first place. Trolls are likely to target others for a quick settlement rather than risk
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by rohamg 14y ago
"would-be immigrants would require the support of a Canadian angel investor group or venture capital fund before they can apply to the Start-Up Visa Program." As the operator of a proudly bootstrapped company, I think this requirement makes
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by rohamg 14y ago
looking good guys! it's possible to use Tapstream with our own url shortener right?
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Grantoo launches Propeller SDK to extend reach to iOS and Android apps(thenextweb.com)
14 points by rohamg 14y ago|4 comments
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by rohamg 14y ago
Not just "someone willing to help" but also customer support, tutoring, medical emergencies, bomb diffusing... The monetization force is strong with this one.
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by rohamg 14y ago
sorry Alan- u approach this with rational conviction but your emotions have your logic circuitry out of whack. don't take my word for it- come back to this thread in 5 years and you won't recognize the words! i've been there, i know. that's

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