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by tinbad 10y ago
What companies have you seen/interacted with lately that have a good chance of taking IoT to mass adoption that are worth watching for?
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by tinbad 10y ago
Working remotely to me is not as much as work in office vs. work at home but being more accountable for you work and, as a result, being more productive. The notion of working remotely forces us to rethink how we measure productivity and I
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by tinbad 10y ago
Welcome to todays walled entertainment gardens. Amazon thinks their Fire TV or Stick is superior to Apple TV (or any other product) and why would you want an Apple TV anyway? (sarcasm)
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by tinbad 10y ago
Nope, up until earlier this year I worked in the 'innovation lab' of a top 3 US bank, that was supposedly leading in the banking API space (one of current hottest payment companies uses our backend/wholesale services) and we
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by tinbad 10y ago
Not sure where you got that from but 'sustainable energy' production (includes more than just wind, but safe to say that in our country is mostly wind) was only 3.9% in 2009. The government set a goal of 20% by 2020. So no, we are
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by tinbad 10y ago
We looked at financing through some of those new 'hip' lenders. My wife works for Google and SoFi had some of the highest rates (even with 'Google discount' and 10/20% down). They may get your pre-approval within a
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by tinbad 10y ago
In my experience it's either one of the following: a) spend (at least) 15-20 years at X company and hope to ride some waves, get lucky, to rise to the top/executive level but most likely get stuck in middle management with crappy
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by tinbad 10y ago
I'm probably the only one here who actually enjoys taking a break from my commute to pull over, refuel and get a drink/snack while I'm at it. But I can totally see where this would work (depending on how much one drives). I c
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by tinbad 10y ago
Agree on your points about proximity to jobs. But there's plenty tech jobs in SF (and even east bay: Oracle, GE) and I noticed more companies rent coworking spaces in SF to accommodate employees who don't like the suburban lifesty
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by tinbad 10y ago
Not being snarky (and to each it's own) but what exactly do you like about the San Jose area? I personally never understood the appeal of San Jose to certain people, especially considering the insane housing prices. I used to live in S
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Volkswagen Will Offer $5000 to Customers Affected by Dieselgate(jalopnik.com)
7 points by tinbad 10y ago|0 comments
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by tinbad 11y ago
Everyone in Russia knows government officials siphon off billions govt money to offshore accounts. Same happens in much of the developing world. Corruption is evreywhere but the scale and depth of it in these places is unprecedented. It baf
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by tinbad 11y ago
True, I know a few (here in SV, where else? ;) who went from a Prius to a Tesla.
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by tinbad 11y ago
True, although you can say that (maybe indirectly) the model S is competing with the likes of S-class, LS, A7/A8, 7er, etc. and compared with those it hasn't done extremely well. It has done well yes, but it had the novelty/c
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by tinbad 11y ago
The article is flawed with comparing the stats and here's why. The 3 series had a total worldwide production of over 500,000 in 2013 (and growing about 10+% YOY). Producing and selling half a million cars of just ONE model. Or consider
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by tinbad 11y ago
I cant believe so many negative (for Tesla), yet sensible comments get down voted. I understand the tech community orgasms with everything that comes out of Elon Musk but, like many have pointed out, the low end luxury market is ultra compe
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by tinbad 11y ago
I'd like to add that getting to a coherent strategy takes time and understanding what it is that you're trying to do. Given the example of Tacoda they probably needed those first 4 ears of 'fooling around' to get to a po
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by tinbad 11y ago
I have an issue with all the designers who claim to have found the X number of design principles to create 'good' design. There's just something wrong with trying to define anything as 'obviously good'. What's
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Ask HN: Best legal form for contracting at startup and receive stock options?
3 points by tinbad 11y ago|1 comments
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by tinbad 11y ago
NYC and SF Bay area seem the perfect places for marketing her products at a premium though. Plant one of those tricycles in the mission district and SF tech hipsters will hand her their money.
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by tinbad 11y ago
Yes, Although born in Russia, I have the privilege of Dutch citizenship. Not quite remember what the category was but for the green card it was multinational executive or something along those lines. Truth to be said, 13 months to GC was in
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by tinbad 11y ago
Not a question but wanted to point out the L1 visa that is often overlooked by foreign startup founders. It allows for founders/workers of foreign companies to be transferred to a US subsidiary that is majority owned by the foreign ent
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by tinbad 11y ago
Growing up in communist Russia, 400sq. feet apartment would be the luxury option for 2 or 3 families with multiple children each. No joke, my parents lived with their siblings and parents (and sometimes grandparents) in the same apartment e
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Goldman Sachs: welcome to the third wave of the financial crisis(aol.com)
1 points by tinbad 11y ago|0 comments
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by tinbad 11y ago
Meanwhile GM gets away with a laughable $900m settlement for knowingly using faulty parts that have caused the deaths of hundreds and many more severely injured. Reason I'm saying this is I expect VW will end up paying magnitudes of th
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by tinbad 11y ago
Isn't that how most start already? Until every investor and advisor you meet will tell you to stop being stupid and reverse that.
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by tinbad 11y ago
Offtopic and anecdotal but two people I knew at Amazon quit shortly after joining. One developer, after being at Amazon Music for 3 months and expected to work 80 hour work weeks, was asked by his boss to come in on the weekend to finish so
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by tinbad 11y ago
Totally. For businesses that scale well (= tech startups) it's safe to be nice without jeopardizing much. It's a lot easier to give software away for free in hope of a future return than it is, lets say, a car. The easier it is to
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by tinbad 11y ago
Her direct manager and the one above him, as well as HR, unsurprisingly, aren't taking her side or being supportive. Of course, as soon as she mentioned to HR that she believed that her pregnancy had something to do with the sudden nee
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by tinbad 11y ago
This story doesn't surprise me at all. My 7 month pregnant wife is currently going through the exact same experience at Google. As soon as she notified her manager of her pregnancy, a week later they are trying to get rid of her. Made

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