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by xasos 11y ago
Is it really that black and white? I prefer a nice combination where the workplace is relatively open, but people still have space for privacy. It's not like Google throws all their engineers into a room... > If employers want to m
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by xasos 11y ago
Yep, its really sad. It also applies for events like the Olympics, where infrastructure improvements are mandatory, and costs far outweigh any profit they may receive.
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by xasos 11y ago
> I find it hard to grasp why any intelligent individual who knows what goes on with Facebook would still voluntarily remain on Facebook. Why not? Keeping up with friends and family is extremely efficient, due to FB's algorithms giv
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by xasos 11y ago
Wow didn't know those existed, thanks! I think I will try Backblaze :)
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by xasos 11y ago
I wish Apple did backups to the cloud (which would make iCloud indispensable and a lot more useful). I hope one of the storage giants (Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc.) rolls out an automatic backup service that makes backing up your comput
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Bus riding, the best-kept secret of NYC transit(visualizing.nyc)
13 points by xasos 11y ago|5 comments
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by xasos 11y ago
> Hollywood can learn a lot from Popcorn Time (but as history has proven, they won't). This happened to the music industry with Napster, but they learned a little too late. Now Spotify is the dominant force in the music streaming bu
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OnboardIQ Raises $1.65M to Streamline the Hiring Process(techcrunch.com)
11 points by xasos 11y ago|4 comments
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by xasos 11y ago
Especially because Uber pretty much created the market for ride sharing
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by xasos 11y ago
Worked for me also.
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by xasos 11y ago
How did you like working with PHP for the project? Pros/cons?
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by xasos 11y ago
> Yes let's make it easier for youngsters to get themselves in the hock for that hit of instant gratification. Get 'em on the never-never instead of teaching them to save. I think the people that are more likely to save are als
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by xasos 11y ago
There is definitely waaaay more data points that go into the loan process. I remember reading that it uses anything from information from social profiles to your GitHub commit streak to see if it worthwhile to provide a loan.
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by xasos 11y ago
Same for me on an iOS 8 iPad. I only got the website to stop refreshing by constantly holding down the screen and scrolling
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by xasos 11y ago
They would probably have to build a product at least 2x better than Zenefit's current offerings to gain back market share. It looks like Zenefits is starting to be the way to do things as many smaller startups.
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by xasos 11y ago
I think I mentioned that, check the linked article :) It's similar in the fact that you are paying for residency in a way. You get the benefit of having an Estonian residency online, rather than your own, if so inclined.
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by xasos 11y ago
This is a very interesting move. Estonia is doing something similar, by offering E-Residency to foreigners for a price [1]. With some very restrictive governments, this gives wealthy foreigners some leeway to go around the rules. > “We w
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by xasos 11y ago
Wow, didn't even think of it that way.
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by xasos 11y ago
With the advent of public transport, it looks like more people are moving to the city. This may also take into account people not needing to own cars, because of the ease of use of Lyft and Uber.
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by xasos 11y ago
Love this! I built a very simple version of this with Angular about a year ago for people with roommates. Very effective and a great way to keep everyone on top of chores.
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by xasos 11y ago
That's how I took it as well. I remember reading from Max Levchin (?) that a company should hire people exactly like them, culturally, early on. This helps reduce unnecessary conflict when the only thing you're focused on is growt
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by xasos 11y ago
Exactly. Then you can tell investors you are "pre-revenue"
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by xasos 11y ago
The term "data science" was coined fairly recently by Jeff Hammerbacher (Cloudera) and DJ Patil (White House) [1] [1] http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmm45emkh/2-jeff-hammerbacher...
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by xasos 11y ago
Wow, that was harsh. Why is the rationale for Americans pirating 'selfish greed'? People, in general, pirate because it's free and really, really easy. There are many cases where services like Spotify and Netflix have reduced
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by xasos 11y ago
Big fan of Dropbox's - Very Clean
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by xasos 11y ago
Love the clean, functional deisgn. Great job!
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by xasos 11y ago
Interesting. Most of SF residents I know still live in small houses or low-rise buildings, so there is a lot of potential for more living space (if current situation worsens in that way it is)
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by xasos 11y ago
Please, please, please don't donate to an undirected organization where the money might not even go to Nepal, or the organization takes such large cuts.
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by xasos 11y ago
> The future for housing for most people on the planet (including the US) is in cities and urban environments. I agree. Skyscrapers would provide the best bang for buck in terms of space. You could fit a lot more people into a city like
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by xasos 11y ago
In fact, Go's standard library is fantastic, so you don't need Martini for many things. I think it provides a nice layer on top of the code for comprehensibility when reading through code

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