xtracto

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   by xtracto 9y ago

   I'd like to second SendGrid. In my previous job, we were using MailChimp until they decided that for some reason some of the communication (the campaings that are created manually via their interface) with our clients was spam. They di
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   I think about 70% of blockchain related stuff is hype. However, there have been blockchain related projects that have been useful: In Mexico for example: http://iireporter.com/amis-and-ibm-collaborate-on-blockchain... I sa
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   It is more of misuse than a breach. The data was provided to a guy for academic research, but the guy sold it to a third party. That is where the 'breach happened.
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   One reason I have heard people put forward against remote working has been "whiteboard brainstorming" (the absense of). While I think it deffinitely could be an issue, I think in the future Augmented Reality will remove the prob
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   Also to give more context: Back in the late 90s I remember I had a linuxmail.org web-mail account. It featured a whooping 4MB of space. 4MB! That's why when Google released GMail with 1GB of storage in 2004 ( https://slas
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   The 2 founders of the company I work for applied twice and were rejected 2 times. The first time was mainly because they did not have a well laid plan for a company (only had an idea). The second time was mainly because investors feared an
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   Yes! there was an a16z podcast which interviewed someone from Lyft. They commented that they were very conservative in their decisions, leaving other companies to push the legalization issues.
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   There was a company in Mexico that tried to do that ( https://angel.co/caravana ). Unfortunately, the government still won't let it be. If You think Taxi's are a mafia, the public transport (bus) system in Mexico
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   by xtracto 9y ago

   I did Pomodoro for about 3 years while I was doing my PhD (UK type). It was a live saver for me as I came from a study system that had all the questions and answers given to you, so the requirement of sitting in my desk to 'do researc
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    This is nothing new. There has always been "sell offs" in the Open/Free Software sphere. An old-ish example that comes to mind is SourceForge. When it started, it was the place to host and search for Open Source or Free
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    The only service that could be considered safe is Ads (which is the only thing that gives Goole money). All the others are only channels to deliver those Ads. There is a huge graveyard of good products that were or could have been . https:
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    Quite interesting what you are doing! I'll send my resume in a bit .
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    I wonder how does this compare to offerings like DataRobot and the like.
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    > It’s “crazy” to invest in the digital asset, he added. “Bitcoin may well go to $20,000 but that won’t prove I’m wrong. When it gets back to $100, we’ll talk.” One more in the many death's of bitcoin... https://99bitcoin
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    It would be more like a buffet... "all you can eat" and when you eat a lot they shout that it is unfair...
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    There are two ways to achieve that... either Bitcoin increases value or your "$" decreases value... I mean, 1 Bitcoin equals 10,775,501.53 South Korean Won
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    There is a school of though in economics that believes that in the current ~20 years economy, there is a recession every 7 years (roughly 2008, 2001, 1994). This school of thought thinks that a recession right now is due and some people th
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    I know that OPSkins created DMarket https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opskins-founders-to...
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    One of the things I have heard a lot nowadays in the blockchain scene is that people like to call it "utility tokens" trying get a pass from the SEC and CSA (who also recently ruled that ICO's tokens are securities)
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    Ask HN: A16z b2b2c podcast. Seems to have been deleted

    3 points by xtracto 9y ago|0 comments
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    >and preferably have an earth-shattering Github profile and be able to consult. As someone who is currently hiring programmer (onsite in Mexico mind you... that people don't get to excited), I loathe this trend of looking at someon
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    A friend of mine just published a book in a technology press editorial. The royalty for the book is about $1 US Dollar. And the book is listed on Amazon at $50 USD paper-back.
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    A couple of weeks a go there was a similar discussion here in HN related to this. I remember a comment I really agreed with, that contrasted the current web "apps", and how the expectations around quality and features have been b
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    Location: Mexico (UTC -5) Remote: YES, ONLY REMOTE Willing to relocate: NO Technologies: Backend and Ops, Managing, Lead, Architecture. Fluent: Ruby, Java, C, Shell Scripting (Linux Bash), AWS (Lambdas, EFS, SQS) Have worked with: ActionScr
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    I read a lot of /. back in the day. I even had my 5 minutes of internet fame with the Sony Rootkit fiasco ( https://www.google.com.mx/search?biw=1344&bih=759&q=sony+roo... ) . However, I stopped going at some p
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    Hey, I sent an email last month but did not get any positive or negative answer. :(
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    We faced exactly this problem at the current company I work for. When the company was just starting, we had the great idea to use interview questions "like the ones they make in SV", thus used algorithmics-heavy problems when int
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    > HSBC are terrible. In so many ways. As a matter of principle I refuse to make business with that bank (living in Mexico). I cannot think of giving even one peso for a corporation that is actively helping something that hurts my country
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    Location: México (UTC -5) Remote: YES, ONLY REMOTE Willing to relocate: NO Technologies: Backend and Ops, Managing, Lead, Architecture. Fluent: Ruby, Java, C, Shell Scripting (Linux Bash), AWS (Lambdas, EFS, SQS Have worked with: ActionScri
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    by xtracto 9y ago

    I always think of that... unfortunately I get nervous while flying and cannot just concentrate in anything. I usually only try to sleep, although I would love to be able to use that time to catch up on my reading and also some writing.