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by techtivist 12y ago
I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities shou
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Angry Birds maker Rovio lays off 130 staff and tries to 'reignite growth'(theguardian.com)
1 points by techtivist 12y ago|0 comments
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by techtivist 12y ago
It's on a Saturday, so traffic shouldn't be a big deal. Prices in SF and South Bay (MV/Sunnyvale/Cupertino) tend to be similar. So it's really up to you. But SF does have a lot of options for budget hostels (outside
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by techtivist 12y ago
I'll be renting a car from SF. For folks wanting to carpool with me, sign up here with "techtivist". Others with a car, feel free to add yourself here as well. http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/97khv4 First
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by techtivist 12y ago
Exactly, my country isn't on the visa waiver program. So B1(/B2) is my only option.
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by techtivist 12y ago
Thanks, I am going to give it another try. My first thought was to register the company here, but it takes 2 months to do so! But worse comes to worst, I will have to do that and ask the accelerator to move be to a different batch.
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by techtivist 12y ago
The problem is the law, and I sort of sympathize with the interviewers because they have to be seen as being completely blind to the "subjectivity" of the personal case, and rely solely on documentation. Logically, it makes so sen
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by techtivist 12y ago
Yeah, I do. I have my parents here, but we don't have any property that we own, which is the biggest problem. I honestly, do want to return in the short term because I am the only child and need to take care of my parents while I grow
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by techtivist 12y ago
Yeah, but it's getting better now even if informally. See this link http://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/b-1-business-visitor/und... under "How do I show that I intend to remain for a limited time?&q
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by techtivist 12y ago
Thanks for the response. The USCIS website actually now says that being in an accelerator is fine with a B1, and in fact if the accelerator has fixed start and end date that can act as a proof that I will return home after the accelerator e
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Accepted to a well-known accelerator in Fall, but B1 visa to the US denied
5 points by techtivist 12y ago|27 comments
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by techtivist 12y ago
Thanks for sharing the details. My core problem isn't with the details, mainly because I haven't gone through it or even what percentage of Stellar is controlled by the organization. My problem is with the basis of having such a s
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by techtivist 12y ago
I keep hearing the argument about being a non-profit. It really means little in terms of accountability or credibility. Even in a for-profit public company shareholders have some amount of say on who gets elected to the board. But this boar
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by techtivist 12y ago
It seems to me Stellar (the organization) will be "the Central Bank" a la Bank for International Settlements at the global level or Federal Reserve for Stellar (the cryptocurrency). This is what makes me uncomfortable. The biggest
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by techtivist 13y ago
It's a little unfortunate that rather than discussing the contents of the piece we are focusing on the individual But I would like to comment on the substance because that is the link that was shared; and avoid all the on and on confli
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by techtivist 13y ago
Ah! Now I feel stupid. Haha
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by techtivist 13y ago
To put things into perspective it's ~USD 13000 (1dc= 0.00062$), combined. Not saying that it's not a serious matter. OP on the forum lost $600 which is sizable. But Dogewallet have stated on reddit that they will return all the in
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by techtivist 13y ago
Here's the explanation from Dogewallet http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/1toz92/dogewallet_... "the attack originated from the hacker gaining access to our filesystem and modifying the
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by techtivist 13y ago
It might have started that way but Dogecoin has seen a surge in trading recently, and a growing "legitimate" user base recently https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=361813.0 So it's completely fair to nam
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by techtivist 13y ago
This! Exactly the point I made above! Same issues plague "traditional" banks and RBI has imposed very limited liabilities on Bank or even safeguards like this one https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_stand
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by techtivist 13y ago
Here's what they did http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/reserve-bank-of-india-restr... but later relaxed a bit http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/paypal-now-allows-indi...
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by techtivist 13y ago
While tax evasion is a definite concern on the back of RBI's mind. My hunch is it has more to do with the fear of triggering more depreciation of the Rupee which hasn't even recovered completely from its historic downward spiral e
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by techtivist 13y ago
I would prefer a Windows-flavored Linux tbh ;)
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Julian Assange unlikely to face US charges over publishing classified documents(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by techtivist 13y ago|0 comments
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by techtivist 13y ago
Nordic languages and Hindu-Urdu are great examples of how political language is. The reason Urdu was made a separate language was because of political reasons of the Mughals. Similarly, I believe Norwegians gave a separate legal status to N
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by techtivist 13y ago
Not to be pedantic but Hindi is not India's official language, it's only English. Hindi is the national language but English is still the only language for official communications including that of the government. Not sure about U
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by techtivist 13y ago
The sad part is as an Indian myself I know that the reality is much different. If I started calling Pakistani phones the government will probably start investigating me for being a suspected terrorist and the old gentleman from Pakistan wil
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by techtivist 13y ago
I think one needs to have the right expectations about what they want to achieve from an accelerator. If you are a company with a broad audience like consumer web or consumer mobile, an accelerator will help you build your company fundament
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by techtivist 13y ago
I love TED talks as well, and like everyone most talks leave me with a whoa! But TED talks aren't a good model to emulate for formal presentations. It's great if you have an awesome punchline with a jaw dropping assertion, but mos
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by techtivist 13y ago
Hate to bring Twitter up here. But this makes one even more puzzled about where Twitter's R&D costs of $90 million goes! Sure there are open source stuff they put up on http://twitter.github.io/ and there's bo

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