wilfra

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by wilfra 13y ago
I've seen you go to great lengths to defend and assist Instacart on HN[1]. I'm asking why you do that. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5482154
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by wilfra 13y ago
Are you an investor in Instacart? Or otherwise affiliated or connected with the company? If you are, you might want to disclose that fact when speaking publicly about them.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I'm not sure if this is a clever or pathetic attempt to try and manipulate the courts in HK, but that's pretty clearly what it is. They are a former English colony, whose courts are based on English law and who presumably hold the
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by wilfra 13y ago
That's what I did a few months ago when I tried DDG as default. The learning curve getting used to their design was a hurdle I didn't feel like jumping either.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I think he's more saying that people will be reluctant and/or unable to completely rethink their apps design and functionality and this will present an opportunity for new developers who build things that are uniquely suited to iO
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by wilfra 13y ago
Good catch. Wont delete it since there are two replies but that may not be the reason :)
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by wilfra 13y ago
Now 177%. Here is the reason: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ALN7L... !
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by wilfra 13y ago
Don't even have to leave the building to buy hashish.
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by wilfra 13y ago
That's why I said 'found their way'. It would just be a matter of training and infrastructure to make the process efficient. Example: an internal 'is this one of the coolest apps you have ever seen?' option given to
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by wilfra 13y ago
When Steve Jobs was around all the really great ideas probably found their way directly to him. If he then decided to call any of those ideas his own and reject the apps, do you think anybody at Apple would defy him? Whomever that person is
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by wilfra 13y ago
"Where is the nearest Starbucks?" "I don't understand 'Near Mint Star Monks'" "IIIIII NEEEEED DIIIIREECTIOOONS TOOOOOO TTTHHHEEEE NEEEEAAARRESSTT STTTAAARRRBBBBUUUUCCCKKKSSS" <Siri does nothin
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by wilfra 13y ago
Late entrant and it's now #2. The market has spoken :)
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by wilfra 13y ago
Need an option for 'I'm not changing anything because I already assumed all of my data was being monitored anyway'. That's very different from 'I'm ok with it'.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Kim Jong-Un's nephew has (had?) Facebook and other social media accounts[1]. He also bashed his uncle in an interview and lives in exile, but given how the CIA found Bin Laden, it's not hard to imagine how monitoring his Facebook
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by wilfra 13y ago
Our site is not down: http://82.io
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by wilfra 13y ago
That's what throwaway accounts and VPN's are for.
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by wilfra 13y ago
"Betable...has received an undisclosed amount of money from 25 investors including Greylock Discovery Fund, FF Angel LLC, True Ventures, Dave Morin...and Yuri Milner..." http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/09/betable-could-disrupt-soci... "
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by wilfra 13y ago
What would you predict Zynga will look like in a year? In five years? Do you think these layoffs are a good or bad thing for the future of the company?
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by wilfra 13y ago
What's the point of inspiring me to apply to DBC if all SF cohorts are full until 2014?! :) You guys have a waitlist for July?
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by wilfra 13y ago
"there are a lot of quite frankly better options where no one's going to think twice about your age" What are those options?
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by wilfra 13y ago
17" Macbook Pro (2010) that I've spent way too much having upgraded because I don't want a 15" screen. Dear Tim Cook. Please bring back the 17" MBP. 27" iMac (2012) - standard top end specs.
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by wilfra 13y ago
So another way to frame Microsoft, Facebook and Google pushing for immigration reform - would be that they want to import all of the 10x programmers from the rest of the World?
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by wilfra 13y ago
Coffee or another stimulant would have a similar result. No argument there. 5-hour energy just has the advantage of being so concentrated and so fast acting. It's very different from drinking a cup of coffee (unless you can mainline your co
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by wilfra 13y ago
After getting out of bed, I keep it on top of the fridge.
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by wilfra 13y ago
5-hour energy. I'm not joking. Slam one of those right after you wake up and you'll have a really productive first few hours of your day and over time will start to look forward to getting out of bed because of the near-instant high it give
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by wilfra 13y ago
Sounds like the Microsoft strategy (Bing, Windows Phone etc) - and now what G+ is trying to do to Facebook. What are some examples of startups doing it (or not doing it)?
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by wilfra 13y ago
"I never understood why they didn't loose the .org since they owned the .com." The same reason Square redirects square.com to squareup.com. It's SEO suicide to switch domains. They must have thought this was really important.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Really, really helpful, thanks! Would you mind if I email you a few follow up questions?
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by wilfra 13y ago
I agree what I want is a BS in CS. However getting a second undergrad degree is extremely uncommon in the US. Many schools don't even allow it.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I have read extensively on this topic over the last few months as I'm about to start an MS CS program. Without fail, everything I've read has a subtle undercurrent of disdain for people who don't have a BS CS who want to get an MS CS. While

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