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by sabj 16y ago
I had heard about this before, and I think it is really great - for small amounts. For backing up my laptop hard drive (~250 GB) and everything I normally would keep backed up (another... 1 TB?) or even some fraction thereof, this would get
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Ask HN: What's your favorite online-backup tool?
53 points by sabj 16y ago|87 comments
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by sabj 16y ago
These are all nice, but I think the #1 important thing to take away is to focus on big ideas and high-level concepts and communicate them clearly. If the slides confuse the viewer or distract them with overly chic typography, they can't be
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by sabj 16y ago
From friends who have worked at FB (in particular, both FB and Google) they report that the culture is a little strange and affected: Mark and others put a big emphasis on the importance of their 'hacker culture,' but try to create said cul
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by sabj 16y ago
Ah, one of so many reasons I loved UO! @patio11, I think the scorn for virtual item sales was not always just one of condescension. Rather, the idea was born from a certain economic understanding. If the belief was that virtual item sales w
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by sabj 16y ago
Great idea! 798 is certainly a good place thematically, although transportation wise it's not as accessible as some other sites...? Still, one could do a lot worse :) Had the pleasure of living in Beijing for a few months last year, hope to
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by sabj 16y ago
Separate any questions about whether or not this fellowship is a good idea, I resent that it's only people under 20... does being one or two years out from that, but still in school, really change you in such a way? Look forward to seeing w
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by sabj 16y ago
To be clear, these would be management consulting gigs, albeit in some cases focusing on technology business problems. Some combination of strategy and process/operations. They also all charge quite high rates, I would imagine, so hopefully
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by sabj 16y ago
I'm confused; should this be surprising? The most important thing I learned from debate in HS was that how you say something matters much more than what you actually say. If you say something true or persuasive but do not communicate that w
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by sabj 16y ago
Also, article like this remind one that it's a great time to get involved in the startup space... or maybe a bad time! http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/11/17/the-daily-sta...
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by sabj 16y ago
I was there last year for a semester and had a really great time. The window of opportunity for 外国人 to come and really be entrepreneurial is less open than it was in the past, I think, but there are certainly still opportunities. This is on
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by sabj 16y ago
There is a fair gamut, from the very small ( < 100 people) focused on tech, to the very large (~5000) and well-known, and some places in between that emphasize fast development and advancement.
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by sabj 16y ago
I mean by number of people, that kind of thing. Maybe money is a proxy for that, but not necessarily. The key consideration is: where can I learn the most, the fastest? I am happy to work 90+ hr weeks if I feel I'm working towards something
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by sabj 16y ago
Problem here is that there doesn't seem to be a really good role for me anywhere. Or, better put: Startups the size I want to work at are either not on my radar, or don't seem to want my kind of services (since I don't have _so_ much obviou
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by sabj 16y ago
This is a big problem, yes. The momentum that you build up. I say it's like getting on a train. You can always get off later, it just gets harder and harder, and you are less and less able to leave for riskier or less immediately lucrative
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by sabj 16y ago
It's just sad for competition. Competition for the least censored results (ha) and competition for ad dollars, search quality. This said, I think an important difference that doesn't come out when a lot of coverage goes down about China / G
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Ask HN: What's the value of consulting experience?
15 points by sabj 16y ago|20 comments
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by sabj 16y ago
I think you need to narrow your search parameters a little bit here. Just as there are thousands of sites about technology, so too are there thousands on which you can discuss finance. HN is unique in its potent mix of entrepreneurial mind
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by sabj 16y ago
I think that Python is really fun and readable and easy to learn, and a great place to start! But, he probably couldn't go wrong either way. As a similarly not-ultra-technical person who wanted to jump in, I found Python to be a great fit,
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by sabj 16y ago
Where is #startups?
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by sabj 16y ago
Ah, I presume from this comment that they are all gone then? Dang, that's what I get for spending time studying in the library, instead of on HN...! Still, your kindnesses are much appreciated and make HN a great place! Thanks!
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by sabj 16y ago
I enjoy the Boston weather. People in CA have weather which is too 'nice' all the time (SF excluded, big time) and as a result never know how to appreciate good weather. I love having seasons and wouldn't trade my beautiful autumns just to
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by sabj 16y ago
The most important take-away from Mandelbrot / fractals as it applies to finance should be the realization that fractals can represent better ways of presenting or simulating financial data than brownian motion / random walks / Black-Schole
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by sabj 16y ago
Interesting; what (or who) will you be looking for? Separate from that particular post, nice to read the rest of your back blog posts and see your thinking there. Always good to see people excited and involved in the Boston tech / startup s
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by sabj 16y ago
Consider how job A will get you to Job or Place B -> over time, initial effects will be much less important than the kinds of opportunities you gain from the early work.
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by sabj 16y ago
Yes and No.
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by sabj 16y ago
Firewall the media-play from any technology that hasn't yet been murdered in the cradle, and make sure than each has the resources and direction needed to survive effectively; different strategies for each.
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by sabj 16y ago
Sounds like Jobs and Wozniak...? Although, re-reading "The Little Kingdom" seems to present a slightly more complex case.
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by sabj 16y ago
Ah, but this is just a consideration of the data as it is stored in the medium itself. What about the weight of all the electrons necessary to do a read-state of the internet wherever it might be encoded or, perhaps better still, the peak t
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by sabj 16y ago
I was nodding along with the premise until I came to this part. "His company, Intellectual Ventures, intentionally runs counter to the prevailing trend in Silicon Valley." By, uh, patent trolling? O_o

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