yankeeracer73

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An eye towards making your conference talks tweet-able(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
2 points by yankeeracer73 15y ago|0 comments
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Are elite U.S. universities worth it?(motherjones.com)
3 points by yankeeracer73 15y ago|1 comments
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by yankeeracer73 15y ago
I'm sure for someone in this position it could get pretty frustrating to work at a place like Apple. On the one hand, you could invent something that could end up being used on a device used by hundreds of millions of people. On the other h
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
If you still want this style of map and want to go completely analog, sign up for AAA and use their "TripTik" service (I think they still offer this on paper vs. only online.) You get a custom booklet with LineDrive type door to door direct
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I've used AirBnB a couple times in DC and it worked out really well. Go with the people who have been heavily reviewed/starred the first time you use the service and you shouldn't go wrong. Also maybe try going with places where you're gett
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
This missile silo "home" popped up on Reddit a few years ago. not sure if it was ever sold, but certainly a unique approach of what to do with old facilities: http://www.silohome.com/
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
How was swoopo "outright lying" about their product? Did you ever actually visit or use Swoopo? They explained the rules clearly on the site and with a dozen or more auctions running on the front page of the site, I think this qualifies as
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I'm not sure I understand your point: what prevented you from watching the numerous auctions they had going at any one time to see how it worked? What also prevented you from revisiting the hundreds of closed auctions they made available fo
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I think this is one of the primary religious debates between Airbus and Boeing pilots - Airbus is a much more highly computerized experience inside the cockpit vs. Boeing which is still a more mechanical/tactile experience. For some fascina
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
He has a very close relationship with the largest investor, he won't be getting the axe anytime soon. They also have a "President" who in reality is the one running the company.
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Yes, but it's getting burned by these borderline deceptive tactics that drive small software companies to begin to take harder stances on things like this. I can't tell you how many times we've been run around the ringer for discounts, extr
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Great comment. I've noticed that the procurement guys typically need to show their bosses they've gotten the company a discount. So now I just price the "standard" price column artificially high, show a 20 or 30% discount to get to the real
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Or this one: "There are no cinderellas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rnySBS5Au0
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Wow, I had no idea these were available to be purchased as private homes/land. I now have my new f-you money goal! :)
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
We sell enterprise software - LinkedIn is a great resource to 1) look for the right people in larger companies we want to sell to and contact them, and 2) join interest groups that are related to our software product to query people in thos
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I just bought a new landline phone for my home office. I know I'm way in the minority, but I still feel the call quality is far superior to my cell phone, skype or anything else they mention.
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
In most re-branding efforts I've seen at companies of Gap's size, they absolutely do go through this process - some to discover new things, but also as risk mitigation. Right now I suspect the firm that did this new logo is on conference ca
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Some people have already mentioned going to see Apple HQ. I remember driving on I-280 in the late nineties when Jobs had just gotten back to Apple and they were doing their Think Different campaign. There was a huge billboard of Einstein ri
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Our first sell was a giveaway, but we absolutely made sure we could use their name as a credential in exchange for it being free. They agreed and all we talked about for 2 months was the fact we were working with these guys. Every email, ev
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Agree on DC's Metro system, it's fantastic. I go to DC regularly and never really have to take a cab, even if I need to get somewhere in one of the suburbs. People in DC tend to rip on the Metro because of occasional outages, but I don't th
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
You adjust. My income dropped enormously when I set out on my own, but you also just start to buy less stuff, treat going out to dinner as a rare present to yourself vs. a 3 times a week thing, drop to more economical ways of travel, etc. A
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
As soon as I see "Obamacare" they've lost me. Same as when I used to see BushCo. or any other informal (biased) naming conventions. Seems like an informative piece but why bias it with senseless political jargon?
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I haven't regretted quitting a good job to start a business, but I miss certain things about that job: being on a large team, office camaraderie, a dependence on a nice salary and not worrying at all about money (we're bootstrapped so we're
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
An oldie, nothing tech movie: Breaking Away
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Tennis' version of the boot-strapped start up(nytimes.com)
1 points by yankeeracer73 16y ago|0 comments
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
Since we aren't all standing in a room having a real conversation, the only way I can tell if people are going to agree or disagree with me is an up or down vote. "I'll probably get downvoted for this" is another way of saying "the predomin
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I'll probably get downvoted for this, but I'm curious when the "Apple is a dictatorship and I'm taking my toys and going home" blog posts will stop making it to the top of HN. Isn't this storyline getting a little monotonous?
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
I suspect the issue is more the depths they're working at. At 5,000 feet down, these "simple" solutions don't become so simple anymore.
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
She starts to wonder what I'm doing on the computer so late every night - am I working or am I chatting with someone else, or less paranoid - do I really need to be up so late and is the computer or whatever work I'm doing more important th
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by yankeeracer73 16y ago
We like to spend a fair amount of time at cafes together. I work with the free wifi and she reads a book. Every 30 minutes or so I stop and take a little break and we talk a little. Sure it's not as good as doing something directly together

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