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by tinktank 8y ago
Yes, but so what of it? Technology changes, society changes, tradeoffs change and the idea becomes new again, and has legs and that is interesting.
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by tinktank 8y ago
You don't. They have a right to their zealotry as you have a right to your beliefs. I also don't get why you want to reason with crazy? You must be very young and ideological or enjoy arguments. As you get older you realise the
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by tinktank 8y ago
Yes, that's the point I'm making. The west maintains the status quo because it's of benefit to them, they just don't want any of the side-effects (including increased migration). Colonization hasn't gone away, it&
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by tinktank 8y ago
It's much easier to hate on an individual in front of you than a president, policy, regime or country (and takes less effort). The bigger grind for me is that the same countries (UK in particular) hammering citizens from those countri
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by tinktank 8y ago
Can't say I'm surprised by this outcome at all. The British government has long since been screwing over would be immigrants in fees, bureaucracy and rules. The point to note is -- had he not been an American with resources, and
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by tinktank 8y ago
It's fricking hard to write. Writing well takes time, effort and patience. Writing well as well as engagingly takes talent.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Wow, your comment really spoke to me. Thanks a lot
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by tinktank 8y ago
All the money in the world couldn't save him... (that and quack remedies)
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Ask HN: How do you get over the feeling you're not good enough?
27 points by tinktank 8y ago|23 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
Thank you for this!
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by tinktank 8y ago
Very cool but I'm surprised you're able to make money in such a competitive environment. Did you know of the competitors before you started or did you just do it?
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Ask HN: Those of you who started companies. Where did you get your idea?
8 points by tinktank 8y ago|9 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
Usually, the way to do this is to get a bunch of friends and families and raise a "seed" round that will convert at Series A. It's common to offer seed investors a discount to make it worth their while. I'm interested
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by tinktank 8y ago
Which one of your so-called value-adding unicorns are actually making a profit?
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by tinktank 8y ago
LOL. I'm sure all the investors up to their eyeballs in the loss-making, ever hyped unicorns would beg to differ.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Thank you for your insightful comment!
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by tinktank 8y ago
Thank you for your insightful comment!
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Ask HN: What process do you use when building a modern Web/Mobile App?
30 points by tinktank 8y ago|7 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
Where do I get this?
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by tinktank 8y ago
> half a percent of your CPU resources for time synchronization Why do you find that to be substantial? Given most machines are at least 50% idle, I find 0.5% to be acceptable.
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Ask HN: Advice for a career that maximises earnings?
1 points by tinktank 8y ago|3 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
I've used Angani (www.angani.co) previously and been happy with their services. They offer a $5 barebones option.
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by tinktank 8y ago
I'm in your place. TBH it's not going to be easy to get back into the CS grind but you'll get there; the basic thing to do is give yourself time and be patient with yourself. As for those around you, they picked you knowing
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by tinktank 8y ago
What's the point of this condescending snarky remark? You're not helping.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Very cool. So are you doing the investment on your cash, others, or a combination of both?
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by tinktank 8y ago
No reason not to, I just think most people don't do it out of habit. Academics are beginning to use arxiv more seriously and that provides versioned timestamp functionality.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Mostly because they get published in conferences and journals and that represents the timestamp. I agree it's an issue for papers that are provided without wider context but in 99% of cases, I find that on the appropriate site (homepa
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Ask HN: How to avoid getting overwhelmed when starting to build new things?
2 points by tinktank 8y ago|2 comments