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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
An app is just a tool. You still need people to work with customers.
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
I'm commenting using my first mac ;-)
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
Right now I use tweetdeck which allows me to see everything as columns. So I can have a column for my timeline, column for hashtags etc.. But the problem is things like - http://askaaronlee.com/how-many-times-do-you-tweet-yo
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
Convert the freelance consulting to a consulting agency. The business model is now to hire one more person (either a colleague or someone new) and have them help out in the work. Once they are billable start introducing your clients to them
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
I would pay for a good twitter app which helps me actually read stuff. There's so much of noise on twitter that if there was a way to filter that out, it would really be nice.
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
The problem with customer service being 'separate' is that it quickly loses value. In that sense, OP is correct but one needs to take it further. Once you support a customer, you are supposed to help her for more than just 2 days
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
UART or Serial Port is the first thing that you need when developing embedded systems. It is simple, easy to hook up to your Laptop (via USB Serial convertors). With terminal emulators like Teraterm, Putty (or the nefarious Hyperterminal) o
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
Also, its interesting to think about how badly we can estimate size of code. When I saw the headline, I thought its going to be pretty large with 50K lines of code. Turned out to be much smaller - ~3K lines of code. That's impressive t
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by shortsightedsid 13y ago
Not necessarily. The article as argues that Brands play a higher role in India. That's why some products succeed wildly in India as opposed to other. Take cars - Honda, Toyota are successful but where are the Peugeots and Citreons? Renault
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by shortsightedsid 14y ago
Do no evil as long as Wall Street is happy - seems to be their real motto.
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by shortsightedsid 14y ago
Its unlikely to be ffmpeg. A high quality transcoder or encoder that is used for broadcasting doesn't use ffmpeg. Its all h/w based codecs with specialized software. Take a look at http://www.motorola.com/Video-Solutions/US-EN/Products-and
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by shortsightedsid 14y ago
Video encoders have a number of tools. It really depends on what tools you have enabled. The standard itself doesn't specify how an encoder behaves. That leaves a lot of room for innovation on encoders. End of the day, the qp/bitrate ratio
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by shortsightedsid 14y ago
The article just doesn't apply for the developing world. The China, and India of 1990 was completely different from what it is today. Speaking from experience, 20 years ago most people in India did not have a phone and it was impossible to
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by shortsightedsid 14y ago
I wonder it live or delayed. Its 10.30 in India and past noon in China.
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by shortsightedsid 15y ago
Me too but I'm not in the US. If you are from the US then its probably natural to assume Football is the 10% one.