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by umeshunni 13y ago
Why should the Nokia tablet deserve to be on the front page any more than the new Sony tablet or a new Acer tablet? Does it have any new technology that makes it stand out (like the 41MP camera in the Nokia 1020)? Does it introduce a new
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by umeshunni 13y ago
Good points, all. I especially like the point about hiring similarly minded people. Diversity and variety of opinion is necessary in large companies where risk mitigation is valued, but in a startup, it's better to fail fast and keep m
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by umeshunni 13y ago
> he grew up in a privileged environment Sure, as did you when compared with 99% of the worlds' population.
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by umeshunni 13y ago
The US sends billions in aid to Qatar and Dubai? I think what you mean is that these countries buy billions of $ of US weapons every year.
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by umeshunni 13y ago
Once those people from poorer countries are educated and stop going there, they'll be replaced by people from an even poorer country. In the early 80s, there were a lot of Korean workers in the Middle East. As the economy in Korea boom
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by umeshunni 13y ago
On the contrary, I've seen that options/equity is how the 10x programmers are compensated in most large companies. Everyone has a 100-200k base pay and the average programmers get 50k in options, whereas the 10x one gets 500k.
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by umeshunni 13y ago
In those 1-2% cases, you can print a boarding pass, just like you do now.
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by umeshunni 13y ago
You can yak on your cellphone (or watch movies on your tablet) for the entire 35 minutes of this journey.
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by umeshunni 13y ago
Does the docs say that the audio is only stereo? Is that a product limitation or an HDMI limitation?
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by umeshunni 13y ago
So, what is a good tech blog to read these days?
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by umeshunni 13y ago
The author seems to be incapable of making the distinction between design by committee and data-driven decisions making.
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by umeshunni 14y ago
Use the Play store/App store rankings and download counts as a factor and weigh them higher for mobile-only companies?
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by umeshunni 14y ago
Stupid question: What browser are they using in those screenshots? It doesn't look like Chrome, Firefox or Safari.
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by umeshunni 14y ago
As a commenter on Engadget pointed out: Engadget - You linked to an article at CNET, but there I only read: 'Microsoft may consider maintaining a price gap for its Surface products to give hardware partners some competitive breathing room'
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by umeshunni 14y ago
The best one: Make a huge sign with the phrase ‘the premier digital media company’. Then make a video of you running a bulldozer over it crushing that sign. Yes, Yahoo, you're not a media company, you're a technology company. You don't want