seanccox

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by seanccox 12y ago
I believe the 'fire' is something akin to the post-2000 tech bubble collapse. When markets correct or collapse, investors tend to become more conservative (or outright scared) and risk averse. That dries up the sources of capital
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by seanccox 12y ago
YC really has succeeded in building a recognized brand in the tech startup space, such that they can really define that space. I'd compare YC to Harvard or Davos (the World Economic Forum), where the challenge is to get accepted. Once
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by seanccox 12y ago
My contact details are in my profile. I'd be interested in taking a look.
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by seanccox 12y ago
I'm taking your use of "collapse" too literally, probably. I do expect a decline and possible deflation. Several troubling indicators exist: - US employment rates are only now on par with pre-2008 crisis levels - Current new
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by seanccox 12y ago
Hey, me too. I burned the entire summer of 1996 between M59 and getting my driver's permit. We had a dial-up internet connection on the same line as our phone, so after numerous lag-related deaths caused by my mother or sister picking
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by seanccox 12y ago
I'm a generally disagreeable person, so I feel like this could be a long list. Here are my top five: 1) Democracy != voting 2) History is a science, with verifiable and repeatable results 3) Pacifist direct action (a la Ghandi or MLK J
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by seanccox 12y ago
Paint me interested, but what basic skills are you expecting from the beginning?
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by seanccox 12y ago
'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
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by seanccox 12y ago
What's your goal (knowledge, broader perspective, informed opinion)? I ask, because as someone who works in media, I tend to avoid reading about world affairs... It's just too general for my taste, and my brain ultimately ends up
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by seanccox 12y ago
I am not a farmer, but I have lived and worked alongside them and I have to ask: What problem are you trying to solve? Is the problem you solved a problem that farmers have? Personally, I don't think you understand the dynamics of the
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by seanccox 12y ago
Say you're 20 and also healthy, with no commitment to a specific geography or time constraints: Budget a trip to a destination you want to visit, with one rule: no flights. Then, slash the budget in half, invest/save the rest, and
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by seanccox 12y ago
Thing is, I'm in Turkey, where you can't actually use debit cards for online transactions. It was my Turkish lira account, the only one attached to the card and the one that was running low anyhow, because it was the end of the mo
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by seanccox 12y ago
Well if this isn't the most timely post I've ever found. I just had the details from my debit card stolen on Sunday and the attached account completely drained. It's so cool to be reading about how part of this process works.
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by seanccox 12y ago
The whole article reads as though McConlogue was the sole source. There's one quote from Grand, about how he "actually likes to code", but his voice is noticeably absent from a piece that is almost entirely about homelessness
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by seanccox 12y ago
You might also consider getting slacklind. You can set a line up between two trees, and learning to balance is extremely mentally taxing. I live in central Istanbul and have found a group of people regularly slacklining in Macka Park, so th
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by seanccox 12y ago
A few years ago, I designed some paper-based puzzle quests for friends visiting historical sites in Istanbul, and around that time I heard about a US company doing something similar on a mobile device: SCVNGR. I don't code, and mobile
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by seanccox 12y ago
Yoga three mornings a week. Lifting during my lunch break, working out complementary muscle groups on alternating days. Running or swimming on alternate evenings, unless I can find an opportunity to play Ultimate or slackline. I also cycle
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by seanccox 12y ago
It's interesting timing to post this, since the New Yorker explored the data available on hedge funds' returns just yesterday, and found them lacking... http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy&
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by seanccox 12y ago
Exciting, but I'm still holding out for .PIRATE...
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by seanccox 12y ago
It's a personal account and you, of course, are under no compunction to consider it. So why comment? I mean, you didn't even read the article far enough to comprehend its context or understand what the author meant by using that w
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by seanccox 12y ago
Reported speech get's a downvote? Single tear...
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by seanccox 12y ago
The paper is a bit dated, but Peggy McIntosh recently gave an interview where she discussed some of the concerns you seem to be speaking to: The key thing is to let people testify to their own experience. Then they’ll stop fighting with eac
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White Privilege and Male Privilege(odec.umd.edu)
6 points by seanccox 12y ago|5 comments
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by seanccox 12y ago
You are correct: Rather than racist, the view you express is more accurately xenophobic. I want to address your assertion that I and others have misconstrued your view, because we have not. You draw a clear link between Islam and gender-bas
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by seanccox 12y ago
I have the distinct impression you are more interested in clinging to a racist narrative of history than you are in investigating the facts. Try this: enter the religion of your choice into a search field, followed by the victim of your cho
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by seanccox 12y ago
There is a need for "girls education" organizations. How else do you propose humanity overcome the statistically significant difference between the number of girls being educated and the number of boys? Girls aren't getting s
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by seanccox 12y ago
I get the feeling that they didn't get many female applicants to the position... That's a bonus for those who fit the 'culture' though, because they had a better shot at getting a job.
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by seanccox 12y ago
Klout's ad clearly tells women that they don't want to hire them. There is no part of "bro" that implies gender neutrality. More subtly, it expresses the idea that women are probably not worth hiring. Even more subtle is
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by seanccox 12y ago
The author is sharing actual ads for coding services and vacancy announcements from companies, in order to highlight examples of misogynist culture in the tech/startup sector.
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by seanccox 12y ago
Klout's vacancy ad to "Bro down and crush code" is sexist and the article is pointed at the misogynist culture that the ad exemplifies. What part of the content constitutes a 'club to hit men with'?

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