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by wiseleo 11y ago
Scholastic aptitude (SAT === Scholastic Aptitude Test) - learn random and possibly useless things and pass a test on them.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
I have a couple of IBM X366 servers. They are quad-Xeon with 8GB of RAM each. They require two power supplies to be plugged in or otherwise will keep fans turned on full power constantly. They are inefficient for daily use, but great for la
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by wiseleo 11y ago
Some web services I use have zero information about who provides the service. It's not necessary to have. The site needs to have only enough pages and no clutter.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
I love that someone offered to buy time on his machine. Pro tip: when someone offers money for using something about which you don't care, say "Sure, how much do you think you need to get started?"
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by wiseleo 11y ago
A form letter saying "Contact us if you have any questions" politely implies "We don't really want to hear your questions and no exceptions will be granted". If they don't wish to communicate that message, the
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by wiseleo 11y ago
Here is a better approach for those N/A apps. Try the app. Talk to the developer. Template mail should not exist.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
Signed and shared. Regardless of its efficacy, at least 100,000 people will declare their opposition.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
It's ahead of its time. As lines blur between nations and international commerce becomes routine, there will be a need for global currency not subject to an individual nation's laws.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
No, but I used to read hundreds with Google Reader. Don't have time now.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
They could do this for free by running Puppy Linux. I use it daily on my 10-year old laptop. It's Ubuntu-based and runs completely from RAM. My hard drive inside this laptop is dead but it takes about 18 seconds to boot from a USB2 fla
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by wiseleo 11y ago
They did a very good job attracting core early contributors who wrote unique great content and then it snowballed. Reading answers posted by the top 10 contributors is just fun. All content is SEO-friendly. Much of it is authoritative and G
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by wiseleo 11y ago
I took pre-license training while developing some software for insurance brokers to better understand their industry. There is not enough material there to spend 52 hours studying. You spend 12 hours on code and ethics, 20 hours on life, an
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by wiseleo 11y ago
By email on relevant mailing lists and forums.
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by wiseleo 11y ago
You will make 12K at Google quickly enough. I'd take the time to work there for a year, get your 100K in cash or whatever you manage to save (try to keep at least 50K), build your product, then either launch or apply for S16. Of course
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by wiseleo 11y ago
There is plenty of less expensive real estate along BART. Take a look at San Leandro, for example. Other costs can be reduced as well. I consider living in SF as an unnecessary luxury.
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Thank you, this is ideal for my product. I am going to submit the application as soon as I am done with the video.
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by wiseleo 12y ago
I can see good use for it. "Some number types don’t accept all communications -- for example, most landline numbers and many VoIP numbers do not accept SMS messages. Identify which kind of communications users can accept, based on thei
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Remember meeting these visionary founders a few years ago. Great product. Looking forward to seeing what will happen after YC. :)
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Sourceforge offers an importer for GitHub(sourceforge.net)
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I've been to too many workshops that outright wasted my time, which were supposedly paid events at that. There are too many technical flaws with the concept. A successful workshop will let a user login to a pre-configured VM lab and fo
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Every server, with exception of tiny SOHO servers not powered by Xeons, has ECC RAM. This is true for well over a decade.
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Reasons why I go: 1. Get introduced to new technologies 2. Get inspired to build something new 3. Meet interesting people and help them debug code 4. Win prizes The immovable deadline is an amazing motivator for me. I recently finished some
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Will it keep existing deep links published in books and research papers from breaking? What prevents Google from setting the whole site into read-only mode as-is? Keep it working as it does now and disable changes.
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by wiseleo 12y ago
My strategy for interacting with people at conferences is to not talk about my products until they ask. This keeps my prospects list full of only truly interested people and lets me not waste time on false leads. I do recommend getting a bo
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by wiseleo 12y ago
IIT as alma-mater gives the engineer an escape vehicle from India. That is partially why you see so many of them at interviews in SV.
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Translating their app would allow Uber to encroach on such communities. That is likely already in progress.
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Your messaging needs to change. "Attention Fotopedia users: here is how you can use Bonjournal to achieve a similar experience." When looking at your site, I see no indication that your service is capable of offering a similar exp
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by wiseleo 12y ago
San Francisco numbers are misleading. They likely counted both BART and Caltrain. Since Oakland is included, Amtrak trains (Capitol Corridor, ACE, San Joaquin) might also be included. All the systems I mentioned are heavy rail and carry hun
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Remove hard drive and store it as evidence. Obtain new HDD. Install your OS of choice. Restore data from off-site backups. Moderate risk - mount the both the old HDD and the new HDD (with Windows already installed) under Linux. Copy the dat
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by wiseleo 12y ago
Here is one way to get it back Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/89127/how-do-i-install-adobe-... sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner&qu

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