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by sgpl 13y ago
He didn't truly hack the system as much as he committed a very dumb theft/crime. Between an approximately two year period (Oct 2010 to Dec 2012), he ordered an amount of toners that greatly exceeded the law firm's usage. This jump in cost w
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by sgpl 13y ago
Somewhat unrelated but when I was in school and still naive (sophomore year - US equivalent), at the insistance of my house boxing captain (went to a boarding school that had 5 houses/residences), I took up boxing as a sport because it look
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by sgpl 13y ago
I upvoted all four options, and it wasn't really about what would it take to poach me, but more about what would constitute the ideal/perfect mix. Keeping with the above sentiment, I'd add: # smart(er) co-workers # smart & understanding
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by sgpl 13y ago
I agree with you assessment, but as long as Jeff Bezos is able and leading the company, I am willing to bet on Amazon's dominance in it's core markets.
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by sgpl 13y ago
TL:DR: This dude was at the wrong place at the wrong time; and unless the US Government can prove otherwise, they should either release him, or if he is a terrorist, it would be a net-win if they just let him die of hunger (As their reputat
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by sgpl 13y ago
Link to single page view: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/4/11/scrutiny-tenure-...
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by sgpl 13y ago
>> There's plenty of time for those competitors to catch up to AWS by 2020. Very true, but this fails to take into account that Amazon will not stay stagnant till 2020 for competitors to catch up. Because Amazon already have a healt
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by sgpl 13y ago
From the article: "I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial." There haven't been any charges brought against him, and his life for the past DECADE (10+ years) has been stuck in a fucking limbo. The US Governme
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by sgpl 14y ago
This article was posted just a couple of weeks ago. Link to previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5415691
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by sgpl 14y ago
There are people (more often than not children) in the world that work 20 hours a day in small crowded rooms and make less than living wage. They don't really know another way of life. That is all they have ever been exposed to. They don't
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by sgpl 14y ago
The question that the author asks is great from a theoretical standpoint but more money provides better access to resources, natural or otherwise, regardless of geographical location. It is true in the African continent as well in North Ame
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by sgpl 14y ago
Cited Paper: http://goo.gl/gnbcq
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by sgpl 14y ago
There is a very informative talk on youtube [1] by Dr. William Dement, often referred to as the father of sleep study. He founded the Sleep Research Center @ Stanford University. [1] http://youtu.be/8hAw1z8GdE8
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by sgpl 14y ago
It is a understandable that things are a lot different in 2013 vs 2007, and not just for SaaS business models. Your blog post would have been much more useful (to me) if you had shared data/numbers that you have access to via analytics tool
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by sgpl 14y ago
I generally disagree with 'never ever' statements because they apply a blanket clause to a particular issue and tend to be from the perspective of someone who has experienced that problem in the past. As a relatively new programmer, this po
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by sgpl 14y ago
^ This is much more helpful than the posted content; which is essentially a collection of quotes on time management.
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by sgpl 14y ago
I disagree. Learning to set up your own environment builds tenacity. Having a one click install would take away from the learning experience and the beginner maybe more likely to quit if something breaks or goes wrong instead of googling ar
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by sgpl 14y ago
Rails Tutorial ( http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book ) teaches you to do all those things and more. More importantly it is absolutely free. I'm just pointing it out as I wasn't sure whether you were referring to anothe
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by sgpl 14y ago
I'm not sure how this is relevant to my parent comment. Also, some unsolicited feedback: * The product page keeps jumping between campusbubble.com and universitycollaboration.com * The "Try Demo" asks the user to click on the contact us lin
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by sgpl 14y ago
"...New MBA Degree" may be a better title. There are still plenty of subjects where getting a Masters degree or even a PhD is the gateway to learning more thoroughly about that particular field/subject.
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by sgpl 14y ago
tl,dr: Being a good marketer/promoter/seller that understands technology is what makes a great startup founder. EDIT: This is the summary from the article, not my opinion.
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by sgpl 14y ago
I didn't sign up, because it wouldn't let me w/o a creditcard on file. I guess this probably converts more than emailing someone a reminder to signup towards the end of the trial period. The product seems interesting though. It essentially
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by sgpl 14y ago
Previous discussion (10 hrs old): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5465564
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by sgpl 14y ago
Losing someone close is really hard. I am not good at eulogies, but I lost my grandfather to cancer earlier this year and for some reason I wasn't able to function at all for the coming few weeks. I grew up in a joint family and he was a co
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by sgpl 14y ago
Not surprised. Goodreads is for books what IMDB is for movies (which Amazon also owns). It'll nicely complement Amazon as a recommendation engine to push buyers to amazon to purchase books (which it already does). I use goodreads to track b
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by sgpl 14y ago
clickable: http://www.spacexresume.appspot.com Also, your linkedin profile says you are in Canada. I hope for your sake that you're a US Citizen; otherwise you won't be able to work at SpaceX.
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by sgpl 15y ago
Just for other's reference the tumblr mentioned is NSFW.
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by sgpl 15y ago
Wait? Is that an honest comment? Because I go to a somewhat challenging Tech School, and am down in the trenches. If that is indeed true, I might try and adopt some of the listed stuff, given that I already do some of these. Please let me k
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by sgpl 15y ago
hey you have an email i can ge you at? i'd be interested in talking to you the book.
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Ask HN: How do you hack body language?
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