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by wilfra 13y ago
Have been on Heroku for about two years and can't recall a single price reduction in anything. I think it's pretty clear that pocketing the difference in the steady AWS price reductions is exactly what Heroku does.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I've never seen a clearer demonstration of why you shouldn't say a word to the police if you ever come in contact with them. Those kids unwittingly admitted to crimes when explaining to the police what happened, and were arrested
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by wilfra 13y ago
Government regulations would definitely be the biggest hurdle. Doing this in San Francisco would be extremely difficult, if not outright impossible.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I stayed in these cafe's for about half of a month long trip through Japan. Partly to save money on hotels, partly for the experience and partly because their "internet cafes" are fucking awesome. I use quotes because they ar
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by wilfra 13y ago
It's possible to love somebody without being proud of them. For example, if your son was a drug addict who was in and out of jail and did nothing with his life. You would probably not be proud of him - but you could still love him dear
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by wilfra 13y ago
I read it closer to 'I'm proud of you' but ya, pretty awesome.
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by wilfra 13y ago
the board == mark pincus This was his decision. With a lot of outside pressure, certainly, but it was up to him.
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by wilfra 13y ago
There is no more certain path to an early retirement from Microsoft than being perceived as a threat to Steve Ballmer for the CEO job.
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by wilfra 13y ago
"investors make more money as founders' bitches than their bosses." Hall of Fame quote right there.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Did you read the article? They replaced their CEO and are strategizing about their 'second act' after being displaced as the 'darling of the developer community'. The article quotes the current CEO as saying he is consid
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by wilfra 13y ago
I don't understand how they can write that article without mentioning RapGenius or even alluding to that fiasco. Wired just lost some credibility in my mind.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Thanks. The kind of non-technical people I work best with don't even usually know what product management means and I'm also doing the development, but that's a good lead. I'll check into it.
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by wilfra 13y ago
This may apply to many people here so I hope you don't mind answering a question specific to my situation. Huge thanks in advance if you can! I've recently discovered a skill I never knew I had - and one I'm way better at tha
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by wilfra 13y ago
Because they are designing by committee. Samsung surely already has World-class designers on their team. However those designers don't have dictatorial power to make hard decisions and tell entire divisions of the company that they are
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by wilfra 13y ago
Apple or somebody capable of channeling Steve Jobs. Yes. Exactly. My Samsung "Smart" TV and AT&T Uverse (cable) are terrible at everything other than playing video once I've finally found it. Not because the hardware and
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by wilfra 13y ago
Why are the cops letting them do that?
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by wilfra 13y ago
I'm in Santa Monica (just down the road from Malibu) right now and decided to go checkout the public access path next to David Geffen's house[1] after reading this today. I was able to park across the street with no problem (plent
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Secret Lair of the Jedi, the Grail and Green Slimers (1989)(nytimes.com)
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by wilfra 13y ago
After he spent the last two weeks releasing info that helped both Hong Kong and China - I don't think they'll be all that surprise he was granted the ability to leave the country.
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by wilfra 13y ago
That's quite a sweeping (and inaccurate) generalization. I have no experience banking in Vietnam but what he said certainly applies to both China and Thailand, if you stick to the largest banks (ICBC and Construction Bank in China are
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by wilfra 13y ago
Had a near identical experience today myself actually. I went in prepared to spend up to $3k on a tricked out MBP. Walked out with a bottom tier 13" Air. The rep kindly helped me realize it's a more powerful computer than the 17&q
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by wilfra 13y ago
My bad didn't realize you (the author) submitted this. You specifically said they talk bad about you "when they think you aren't listening" and that you've been told you won't get funded. I made the leap that y
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by wilfra 13y ago
Awesome read. This guy seems like he'd be fun to have a beer with. That said: he reveals his hand at the end. His startup ideas have been rejected, he's been told he has no chance of being funded in the future and is generally dis
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by wilfra 13y ago
"That doesn't sound bad for China" In case anybody doesn't know - HK is nothing like (mainland) China in terms of costs of living, quality of infrastructure or the standard of living. It's the Asian version of NYC o
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by wilfra 13y ago
The class is the sequel to the class by Peter Thiel that covered those things. Unfortunately that class isn't available online, to my knowledge - but the Stanford students who first took that and then this would be learning both. As so
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by wilfra 13y ago
I was only addressing the reason for the conflicting statements. Whether or not National Security is irrelevant I'll leave to others to debate. But it's a virtual certainty Obame and Biden would have disagreed with you (correctly
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by wilfra 13y ago
Selection bias? People who can get into YC at 20 are probably better off starting a company than getting a job. However what about the other 99.999% of 20-year olds?
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by wilfra 13y ago
The difference between 2013 Obama and 2006 Biden is that 2013 Obama gets briefings on what exactly they uncover with that metadata and who they are catching with it. That's what he means when he says it was worth it.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Actually that is the company now known as AT&T Wireless. The company now known as AT&T was one of the 24 'Baby Bells' that were created when antitrust regulators broke up AT&T (the one that created Bell Labs) in 1984.
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by wilfra 13y ago
"the only way you can conceive of someone [defending a company and later posting positive statements about that company] on HN is that they must have an undisclosed financial interest [or other connection or affiliation to the company]

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