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by wilfra 13y ago
I am starting an MS in CS program in the fall (not at GT) and I just have a BA. They let me in, however I have to take a full academic year of remedial courses first[1]. I would imagine they will do something like that. [1]Calculus 1 and 2,
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by wilfra 13y ago
It's not egotistical, but you could call it selfish. He wants to cure himself. Steve Jobs was on a similar quest to cure cancer - because he didn't want to die. Larry wants to speak normally again. Behind many non-profits and causes there w
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by wilfra 13y ago
http://www.quora.com/Pinterest/Why-does-Pinterest-store-pass... Q: Why does Pinterest store passwords in plaintext? A: Tracy Chou, software engineer at Pinterest - "We don't."
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by wilfra 13y ago
Chase also does this. I get an email anytime I have a transaction over $125.
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by wilfra 13y ago
The 'tech founders' are likely to be responding to see what happens next, because their intrigued by the idea - not because 'they've been personally touched'. Source: I reply to all of these for exactly that reason.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Then maybe you shouldn't say things like this? "Think your B2B startup shouldn’t be expected to ever have meaningful web traffic? Twilio is #13,158 in global web traffic and Zendesk is #650, so don’t even try that line on me." P.S. I remain
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by wilfra 13y ago
More examples: http://www.csc.com/ Alexa 30,000 - Market Cap $7.1 Billion https://www.saic.com/ Alexa 43,000 - Market Cap $5 Billion And just a random one I've used that I knew would have a high Alexa given how their service works: htt
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by wilfra 13y ago
I think you're referring to Zendesk. Insofar as Alexa's rankings are accurate (they aren't, but that's another matter) then Zendesk.com is indeed the 650th highest trafficked site on the internet and they are clearly getting a lot of usage.
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by wilfra 13y ago
>>I don't think it matters that Alexa works. It matters when it's used to handwave dismiss a valid argument and followed by "so don’t even try that line on me".
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by wilfra 13y ago
Again with the Alexa-worshipping. Twilio's rank is really low for a company with that much name recognition/revenue/employees/valuation etc and is actually great evidence that Alexa is a terrible indicator of B2B success. And Zendesk's numb
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by wilfra 13y ago
I think they acknowledged they were willing to risk it by considering it in the first place.
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by wilfra 13y ago
I smell bullshit. Sounds like the company tried it, got caught, and blamed it on a (fictitious?) rogue employee.
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by wilfra 13y ago
Hey Saurik - don't take the hating so personally man. Google gave you Glass precisely because they knew you'd rock the boat and piss a bunch of people off (and get people talking about Glass in the process). You're doing a wonderful job of
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by wilfra 13y ago
It's the innovators dilemma. Very difficult to support a new technology that threatens your billions in revenue and profit. They're surely only getting involved in the e-cig market for defensive reasons. I could certainly see them lobbying
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by wilfra 14y ago
Gotcha, thanks. I now feel bad for all the times I was annoyed by retail sales people asking me questions about what I was doing. I thought they were being nosy. Sounds like they were actually well trained and trying to help me solve my pro
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by wilfra 14y ago
I don't get it. How do you sell a hole?
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by wilfra 14y ago
When I saw the title I assumed it was Valve. Interesting that it's also a gaming company. There must be something about this kind of corporate structure and gaming that go really well together.
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by wilfra 14y ago
still haven't found it, but this is a pretty cool blog http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/my-one-lame-steve-story...
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by wilfra 14y ago
Good post but I'm a jetstrap user and I found in on the frontpage of HN, so I think saying you got all of your users from Twitter is probably not accurate.
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by wilfra 14y ago
Slipped my mind that you went to Github. Definitely looks a lot like Bootstrap as well. Though if it wasn't inspired by Dropbox, there are nevertheless some strong similarities. Namely the signup form, footer and the call to action for the
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by wilfra 14y ago
-Very similar logotype -Signup form on the right, with huge signup button -Tons of whitespace w/ 'floating' elements -Footer styled very similar -Same location on the page and method of promoting their paid product -etc
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by wilfra 14y ago
Looks like this came with a homepage redesign as well: http://github.com If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Drew Houston ought to be feeling great right about now.
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by wilfra 14y ago
Very cool. I have a better domain for you: tacked.com Shoot me an email if you want to use it, I'm sure we can work something out :)
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by wilfra 14y ago
How was this able to pass in the first place if they unanimously voted to repeal it now?
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by wilfra 14y ago
Depends who his lawyer was and how many people he and his lawyer know in the local criminal justice system. Connections are just as important as wealth - sometimes moreso. See George Zimmerman (father is a judge) who would have walked were
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by wilfra 14y ago
It may not be as bad as some countries where you can just pay the cops but the rich and well connected in America definitely play by a different set of rules, especially with regard to punishment. Example: a rich old woman in my hometown wa
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by wilfra 14y ago
About to? It's down over $150 in two days...
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by wilfra 14y ago
You can try making that argument to the folks who handle zoning for the City of San Francisco. Seems unlikely that will persuade them to let you demolish half the city, but it's worth a shot I guess.
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by wilfra 14y ago
A lot of people like San Francisco the way it is. Razing half the city and building skyscrapers is their worst nightmare. Especially if doing so would just be a way to temporarily house more tech workers in the middle of what may be another
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by wilfra 14y ago
It's always difficult to make arguments based on common sense on a board frequented by engineers: I will concede that it is mathematically possible the results are accurate. It's extremely unlikely, so unlikely I find it absurd you're bothe

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