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by sidsavara 18y ago
LOL Ok, I deserved that. Upvoted. [sigh] ;)
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Thanks. I worked really hard on those. It was a long, 2500 word block of text before I put them in.
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I'm pretty surprised by it as well. The 1 week free trial is awesome too - worst case, you have a team of assistants to do free work for you and you leave after 7 days. Although at their prices, that's really only a $15 free trial so it's
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Unlimited Virtual Assistant Tasks for $59 a Month - TimeSvr.com, a Review, Versus My Single Assistant(sidsavara.com)
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I love IStockPhoto and stockexchange. That's how I get all the photos for my blog. I like the flickr CC license too, but the byline for credit is irritating. I wish flickr would offer an option to either purchase or provide credit.
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Interesting. No wonder their ads also talk about shopping victoriously - the more the item seems for, the better off the sellers are so they'll sell more AND ebay gets a higher amount of fees. They also use their emails to put a sense of f
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by sidsavara 18y ago
You bring up an interesting point about individuals versus businesses. I think one of the key differences here is that I don't want to work lots of overtime in order to make up the monetary difference to pay for food being delivered to my
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I think part of it is not just wage inequality, it's efficiency: I estimate she is actually making $30-40 an hour by batching it, and because she is likely faster than I am (since I am relatively poor at cooking). On my end, it's costing
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I agree, I am not saying that it was a bad move. I'm saying that it's unfortunate timing for them that a lot of the people who dipped their toes in specifically because they didn't have to commit to Disqus may very well jump ship now. Basic
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I was thinking about making a business out of it, but then I was worried about potentials for freaks and lawsuits. It's ok if it's just me vetting people for me personally (and I know I'M not a freak as a customer, so that's half the batt
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I am using Disqus right now on my blog, it'll be interesting to see what WP does with this. The bad news for Disqus is the just added a feature to their plugin so that comments are now stored both locally as well as on disqus.com - meani
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Yes, that's one of the unintended consequences of this experiment =). Originally, my plan was to tell them what to make - but she took the initiative in suggesting meal plans to lay out her skillset, and wanted to save time by cooking the s
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I have had friends tell me what I should watch out or I'm going to get poisoned =P
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I think you are both right - it is a few bucks a meal for food, but when you factor in the labor costs into the total of what I actually end up paying, it is in the range of 5-10 a meal based on the week - some weeks I get shrimp, some week
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by sidsavara 18y ago
colinplamondon, thank you for submitting my site to HN. I was debating it but didn't want my first submission to be mistaken as self promotional blog spam. I'm glad you and others have enjoyed it =)
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by sidsavara 18y ago
The latter - I have enough food for all my meals (lunches and dinners) each week. I often have more than enough, and share with my roommates and friends.
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Really? First basketball, now a thread about eating, that's where I find you?
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Thanks I live in Honolulu, HI =)
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I recommend finding someone on craig's list to cook for you, so you don't have to worry about it. Time is at such a premium when you are trying to launch your own business, and if they're shopping for a family, they are probably better at
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by sidsavara 18y ago
This is one of the few times where the word "thorough" being used to describe a post is particularly apt.
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I don't know if I would call 4HWW the opposite of Paul Graham. Consider YC itself - they give you money, access to VCs, etc - your job is to make something that is cool. This isn't outsourcing everything, but it is very much a capitalist di
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by sidsavara 18y ago
I recommend Wordpress. The main reason I went with it was really group think - so many of my favorite blogs use Wordpress. Looking for comparisons online, it didn't appear like either was a clear winner or had some killer feature. I have
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Wow 40% of jobs could be offshored? That surprises me. What is the 60% of jobs that requires a physical presence in wall street?
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Time for TechCrunch to start a Gmail uptime watch.
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You could try a hybrid approach - develop client software, but negotiate to own the intellectual property to parts of the software that are just "utility" and not specific to their needs. I think Matt Raible once wrote a blog post along th
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Agreed on taking out high school. I'm 28 and recently began taking out all references to college as well a couple years ago (my resume lists my degrees). I agree dress like the job you want to have, but I disagree with the t-shirt bit. I'
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by sidsavara 18y ago
Hawaii (still in the USA) is great in that it's a warm place, but the cost of living is high. However, great hackers in Hawaii cost 50-75% what they would in Silicon Valley. A lot of intelligent, quality people move back here after going t
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http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html What made Dr. K memorable was a gimmick he employed that began with his introduction at the beginning of his first class: "Now I know some of you have already heard of me, but for