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by xiaoma 10y ago
Yes. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?end=2015&...
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by xiaoma 10y ago
China is competently run, Europe is not.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Europe is a has been. And it has been for at least 70 years. China is rising.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Don't be ridiculous. If it were actually the same, then Bill Gates could have used his influence to get Netscape's site blocked from the internet or depending on the depth of his connections with Bill Clinton at the time, get Marc
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by xiaoma 10y ago
The part of this that looks more important than forbidding recruiters from asking about previous pay is this: > "And the law will require equal pay not just for workers whose jobs are alike, but also for those whose work is of “comp
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by xiaoma 10y ago
You should read Masters of Doom . > The gamers weren’t just Softdisk guys anymore, they were, as they called themselves, the IFD guys, co-owners of Ideas from the Deep. Softdisk, as a result, took on an even greater pall
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Time is the stuff life is made of.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Many government arrangements that work exactly like this.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Asus is particularly adept not only at providing a good value but actually innovating in the Windows ecosystem. The Vivo AiO, for example, is a fantastic hybrid—part iMac, part Wacom tablet and with a wireless phone charging ability to boot
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I eagerly await your blog post. May it be as interesting as Notch's was.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
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by xiaoma 10y ago
How much time do you devote to studying what is and isn't legal?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Stream about it on Facebook live and retain as many genuine users you pick up as possible. Throwing up some surveys while you have enough traffic to make them feasible is a good idea, too. (As others have pointed out, improving the product
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by xiaoma 10y ago
1) Hackers and Painters , by Paul Graham—This book had a huge influence on me and is why I left a successful and growing low tech business in Asia to move to California and become a software engineer. 2) Zero to One , by Peter Thiel—Zero
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Yes, there is xenophobia. One would either have to live in an English-language foreigner bubble or under a rock not to notice it. There is also xenophilia. Many call it a "middle-ority complex". Also, people are at risk every now
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by xiaoma 10y ago
What does that even mean?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Pension payments??? What European business or country would pay pension to an American employee just for having worked there for a few years?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It's not about having a given view. Doing what you believe when most your peers agree with you is easy. It's about having a view, knowing it's unpopular and still having the courage to publicly state it and face the mob tha
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by xiaoma 10y ago
That's why Peter Thiel not only speaks intelligently but also takes action. While I have serious misgivings about the move, I stand in awe of the courage he has. I suspect it comes from the same reservoir he drew from to invest in Spac
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Teddy Roosevelt got a winning percentage.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
"Courage is in even shorter supply than genius." -Peter Thiel
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by xiaoma 10y ago
> " I've worked with people in their late 30s that are still intermediate level. " At what age did they start? I've worked with people who were just getting started in their late 30s after a career change or kids grow
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by xiaoma 10y ago
> "Try not to be too bitter about this" Try not to make uncharitable assumptions. I'm not trying to get into their program and I live in Asia. I've heard a few great things about RC and it looks like a strong learnin
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by xiaoma 10y ago
In any large school that has been running for years, there are bound to be a few students out there who had poor experiences. On the whole I've heard good things about people's experiences with this one.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
As long as you're not a straight, white or Asian male they have grants.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
So as employee #1 of a ten billion dollar company, what was the equity portion of his compensation like? So many YC companies sell equity as a higher risk replacement for salary. What does the outcome look like in a case like Airbnb where t
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Apple has demonstrated again and again that developers will put up with just about anything. As long as Apple has control of the platform with the most valuable customers, it will stay that way.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
> "It is more than stupid shit, it is illegal stupid shit." Exactly. This is like how posting negative things about the communist party leadership in a wechat group can get your house raided. Break the law, and police might sh
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by xiaoma 10y ago
China also does this. Certain beliefs about history simply aren't permitted. tldr; if you don't want police to raid, don't break the law.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
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