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by tinbad 13y ago
I had hope until our president invaded our neighbor. But I agree, things like more or less free communication, better educated population and politicians that are at least held accountable by their western counterparts and the rise of the g
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by tinbad 13y ago
Actually the original title of the article (I speak Dutch) was: Illegal bitcoin producer gets caught (literal translation), then in the first paragraph the article goes on how the guy was 'making' fake bitcoins. It's also goo
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by tinbad 13y ago
Because in your country, just like in mine (Russia) it's not about the system, but the people. We don't know how to have a democracy, we have no idea how to be decent human beings, we do not how to deal with power, we do not know
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by tinbad 13y ago
This, this and a hundred times this. I'm sick of being pushed into feeling sorry for people in a shitty situation, for whatever reason but mostly for being bad at making (life) decisions. I got rear-ended recently by a driver who ran o
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by tinbad 13y ago
I happen to live with someone who watches these shows a lot (Kitchen Nightmares, Restaurant Impossible, Save my bar or whatever it's called, etc) and I can totally see how this stuff is pretty fake as each episode always follows the sa
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by tinbad 13y ago
Can't relate to your story. Moved my startup in early 2012 to the US on an L1 visa. Applied for Green card mid-2012 and got accepted in early 2013. From nothing to Green card in a year. Yes, you have to deal with some bureaucracy and g
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by tinbad 13y ago
Ok guys explain this: I've signed up for early access and was placed 6817, my friend sitting next to me signed up right after and was 6827, my gf signed up 30 secs later and is 6837. See a pattern? If they have to lie about their numbe
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by tinbad 13y ago
This is simply not true! Could you please provide a quote from where you got this in the article, because there seems to be no mention of it. My grandparents were lucky enough to survive the Stalinist regime but many of our family didn&#x27
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by tinbad 13y ago
Because they are afraid. Also, the majority you are talking about is non existent. It is entrenched in the Russian culture to feel hopeless about legislature because everybody knows (or thinks) that nothing can be done and that the elite wi
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by tinbad 13y ago
Just went back to read it again. I must say it is quiet confusing, it says literally 'please don't throw paper in the toilet'. It doesn't specify what paper so it could be interpreted differently indeed.
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by tinbad 13y ago
For someone who grew up in Russia this doesn't come as a surprise at all. This is how it is when the whole world is watching, one can only imagine what everyday life is like in Russia. I remember the stories of how back in the 1980 Oly
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by tinbad 13y ago
Am I the only one who gets a 403 Forbidden when clicking on the link?
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by tinbad 13y ago
My experience raising money in Europe are the very low valuations you get from EU VCs. I've only raised for one company and probably talked to a dozen EU VCs and eventually got 2 term sheets where the highest valuation was a third from
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by tinbad 13y ago
I agree with most, except the last part. I came to SV from the Netherlands myself and i had the pleasure to meet Neelie Kroes (highly respected EU politician from Dutch origin) here in SF in the first month after I moved to the US. She was
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by tinbad 13y ago
Ambitious entrepreneurs don't move to SV because they just want to raise money or have access to a bigger market. It's because they can be among like minded individuals in a competitive and inspiring environment. As a European ent
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by tinbad 13y ago
I have Comcast home internet in the bay area (Speedtest is around 30mbit down/8 mbit up) and every time I try to watch anything on Netflix it buffers for a minute and the resolution usually stays unacceptably low (320p?!) while usually
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by tinbad 13y ago
I assume no drinks included as it's not mentioned anywhere and at $7 it seems very fair/competitive. If you get a sandwich or buffet in SF it's usually around $7-10 as well. Delivery can also be a nice bonus - especially sinc
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by tinbad 13y ago
My previous startup was based in the US and our investors were in Europe. The time difference wasn't an issue at all, an inconvenience at most (getting on a 7am call after a coding marathon, we've all been there). What I learned f
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by tinbad 13y ago
From the term cheat: "The Investor will invest up to US$150,000 and would hold no less than 15% of the Company on a fully diluted basis." I'm not a lawyer, but doesn't this say that their 15% never dilutes? If so,
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by tinbad 13y ago
Love the idea, been using iA Writer for MAC to work on my book. But since I'm co-authoring with somebody else this would be the best tool to use. Too bad you didn't get into YC (just like me and many others), but you got a user (a
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by tinbad 13y ago
In the end it's just a title and we all take those titles with a grain of salt when it comes to startups anyway, right? The original purpose of those titles was for official company contracts anyway, so everybody involved (investors, s
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by tinbad 13y ago
I have the same problem. I also thought Google is punishing me for using an iphone, just like they did with maps ;)
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by tinbad 13y ago
I'm not out to question your, presumingly extensive knowledge on the subject. However, being a grandson of highly ranked pilot of the Soviet Air Force my grandfather told me a thing or two about this subject. It is common knowledge tha
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by tinbad 13y ago
The Soviets went to great lengths indeed making shittier copies from stolen blueprints from their western counterparts to show the rest of the world how great we were. The magnitude of failure only becomes evident when you consider that 90%
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by tinbad 13y ago
In some ways the Greece culture and politics can be compared to Russia's. In most cases they cannot however. What's interesting about the Olympics example is that the amount is 3 times more than the previous Olympics. And I can as
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by tinbad 13y ago
The country is incredibly beautiful and the Russian people incredibly resourceful considering the living conditions. Another trait of Russians is the importance of status and pride which results that we tend to keep face even though the con
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by tinbad 13y ago
> Russia is a very big place, and the government cannot afford to spend its money everywhere and anywhere. Is that how you justify pumping 50 billion in olympics that they shouldn't have in the first place?
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by tinbad 13y ago
Unfortunately this is the sad truth about Russia, everybody who thinks otherwise hasn't been to these places or Russia at all. It's really hard to think of anything positive, except for the unbelievable ability of (some) Russians
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by tinbad 13y ago
Apart from crazy spelling mistakes (reposotory?!), it's always funny when mainstream media covers stuff I actually know something about. It usually comes off as if they have no idea what they're talking about. Which makes me serio
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by tinbad 13y ago
In comparison: Gazelle offers $175 for an iPad 2 WIFI-only 32GB (Microsoft doesn't accept iPad 1). You can say that on average they will make more on those iPads than they are giving away in value for MS products. In other words, Micro

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