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by sh87 8y ago
> So - you can just borrow 13M and use the 13M as collatoral wouldn't OP need equivalent collateral to borrow 13M even?
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by sh87 8y ago
That's too big a risk. Its just begging one phone call from a competitor to the authorities to wreak havoc on the startup. This strategy could work in yet uncharted territories (crypto comes to mind) but not in traditional systems like
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by sh87 8y ago
> Cloud terms Para 3.3 > Except as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, you will not [...] (c) use the Cloud Products for the benefit of any third party; What does that even mean ? "benefit" is such loose language.
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by sh87 8y ago
> I run up the steps to fire up emacs every morning. Not an emacs user but that made me smile.
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by sh87 8y ago
No, not yet.
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by sh87 8y ago
> ... we only see the people that are successful... Try this http://autopsy.io/
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by sh87 8y ago
He did choose one - cleaning rooms.
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by sh87 8y ago
BMW 3 series is not for me. Too small, stiff ride, not plush enough. 5 and X series lease (for 24 months) is actually higher than entry level Mercedes which I felt was a lot nicer for a little more money.
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by sh87 8y ago
It's more than half a year worth savings than a drop in the ocean. Wanted a wider perspective if a car can be worth that. I am already careful (what SO likes to call 'paranoid') about where I park, how I drive etc I imagine i
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by sh87 8y ago
I've been lurking on https://forum.leasehackr.com/ for over a month. I've learnt so much about leasing. If you're reading.. thanks guys! Well, the 24 month hard limit on the lease skyrockets the total amount
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by sh87 8y ago
Leasing was my first choice for the same reasons as you pointed out. However the work visa limits my lease period to 24 months and that drives the monthly lease to around the $700/mo range (not including insurance/gas/mainten
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Ask HN: To those who spent big bucks on a luxury car: Was it worth it?
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by sh87 8y ago
Been using this for a week and its intensely useful. I personally use this for tracking interesting posts / comments I come across HN. Market research on some major up coming purchases. And sharing notes with my sibling helping out wi
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by sh87 8y ago
This is really cool! I was looking for a way to generate a concept map but stumbled upon this instead and I think its great.
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by sh87 8y ago
An hour each way isn't on the long side anymore, especially in and around Bay Area/SF unless you pay the price for it in higher rent/mortgage.
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by sh87 8y ago
And you now have to trust this random 'someone else' to have done a better job than you can. My intuition says there's more FUD around uptime and availability than it deserves. If anything, the hard work of maintaining uptime
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by sh87 8y ago
I'd start with books by Tim Hartford and Richard Thaler and go from there.
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by sh87 8y ago
Us devs got so much to complain about !
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by sh87 8y ago
Interviews. They are so disconnected from the day to day work that causes devs to 'prepare' for weeks/months to clear the interview only to get back to doing what they were doing before or something like that in the new job.
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by sh87 8y ago
Related : Rewriting bash scripts to windows batch scripts because they can't get cygwin installed on that one client machine. Ughh!
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by sh87 8y ago
I was a 20 something developer, now, I'm in my early 30's and still on something similar. If you find yourself enjoying math, cryptography and security may be for you. It's not a hype like 'data science' or 'AI
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by sh87 8y ago
For me it wasn't a book but NPR's planet money podcast that triggered my foray into reading up on real world economics. It does a great job at pointing at important concepts that are relatable and breaking it down into simpler par
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by sh87 8y ago
Gimme the books already!
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by sh87 8y ago
Apple seems to be pushing real hard towards its OS upgrades. I imagine staying put on iOS 10 would involve a bunch of challenges including effort and time. Can't find a lot of resources to follow online either. In stark contrast is my
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by sh87 8y ago
This is where trust in a brand kicks in. Brand represents product quality. They work so hard on making the brand, that it then becomes the product. Back to square one.
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by sh87 8y ago
> Bezos is out to make an empire, everything else comes second. Amazon investors just got a hard-on reading this.
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by sh87 8y ago
2 years ago got a 7 over a 7+ for single handed use felt the SE was too small. Now, I'm just so at ease on the rare occasion that I get to use it. Said owner doesn't like it claiming its 'slow'. I on the other hand just
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by sh87 8y ago
Did read, still don't get it. My point is SV/ Open Source is first to adopt newer tech. Enterprise follows by using these open source projects or acquiring companies that use this newer tech or just copying/building over them
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by sh87 8y ago
As a foreigner in US, I have observed some interesting lifestyle choices at play. Most popular media propagates "impulsive", "care-free" choices as the way to "live your life". Add an abundance of options to sp
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by sh87 8y ago
Clean clothes that fit well. This is non-negotiable and surprisingly overlooked. Also, last year, I bought (discounted) brown/tan leather shoes that fit my feet perfectly. I feel that was a good move. Was my wife's idea to get it

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