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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Oops, sorry, read that as 1MW for some reason.
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Why not East Bay or South Bay, or anywhere but the peninsula?
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Terrorism is too real in that part of the world unfortunately as you already know. A 1KW windmill will turn into a 3 ton pile of smoldering scrap metal if the right mouths aren't continuously fed. Also the idea is de-centralizing power
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Hey good luck. I am from the same part of the world and agree 100%. I should point out though that there is widespread use of UPS and generators. Not sure if people will go completely off the grid, but initially you are definitely a 'c
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Absolutely. Unfortunately I know many, many who have a few tens of millions; unfortunately^2 I am not one of them. People say it's the Chinese buyers with the all cash offers, but I see locals do it left, right, and center with money m
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
These are list prices, we are finding list and sale prices are quite different in the Bay Area. Folks list low on their realtor's advice to ignite bidding wars. And bid buyers do. On the plus side now we are hearing from our realtor an
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
Garry is a hero. He is extremely nice, very kind, and has more empathy for the founder than anyone I know. Whatever he does next, I wish him happiness and success.
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
"to Randall Bennett for being such a nice guy." Not surprised. The guy is a really that nice.
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
All of the photos in the article show consumer electronic devices. Could I use it with, say, furniture manufacturing / aftermarket car parts / leather goods manufacturing?
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by abbasmehdi 11y ago
This could go on. :) Congrats guys!!
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
Heck yes! Alas not a filmmaker but I have wanted something very nearly like this forever. I go horseback riding regularly, mostly through relatively open areas (county parks / regional preserves / city trails etc). I have wanted a
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
This is exactly right. "Westerners" has less to do with the exact geography and more with economic indicators including standards living/income. I was traveling with Singaporeans who kept being referred to as "westerners
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
>>has not exactly told the team what it is that the heads want preserved How do you gather?
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
I beg to differ. As an example, Hacker News has a culture, as laid out by Paul Graham [1]. It is not only shaped by his and moderators' personal demonstration, but also by decree [1]. Those who violate it are chided (publicly and&#x2
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
A few years ago I saw a story on BBC suggesting a despairing outlook for people of the Indian subcontinent origin (Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi - IPB); it was titled "Asian heart disease gene found". It reported that a s
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
"when I please and on whatever article I please" I don't think the grandparent was asking you to stay within a time or quantity constraint. His/her point was about the quality of your comment, which this forum has pretty
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
Late to the game, sorry Watsi, #108 here. Thank you for doing this.
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
Thanks for offering an alternative, Dan. Not sure if it's worth the hassle. I do appreciate your effort. I would like to point out that the baity video is satirized commentary on many enterprise cultures. Though the presentation layer
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
It's a common problem among external facing engineers. A source of great stress also. I think it is critical for engineers to discuss this topic and re-shape our view of working with the external world. We don't operate on an isla
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
I have been in a lot of meetings where business-types suggest all sorts of ideas. I used to get really frustrated and would take the easy way out, i.e. think to myself that these guys are clueless, why am I even in this business, and just g
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
It's clearly positioned as an alternative to a tool that prevents copyright infringement. I don't think it is obvious that their intention here is not to present an alternative that facilitates infringement [0]. It seems like they
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
Any evidence to back up the claim "No they can't."? Their opinions seem to carry weight in courts. I'm not saying that is evidence, but that could be an indicator that psychiatrists might know what they're talking a
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
A psychiatrist cannot differentiate between "any regular person" and "significant degree of sociopathic behavior"?
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
Bill Gates' first act could qualify as intense to say the least [1] [2], and second act is indeed saintly. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Management_style [2] No judgement on him because not everyone
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by abbasmehdi 12y ago
"It might seem crazy to entertain, but having seen first-hand that these folks can consistently climb and succeed while being what most decent people would consider scumbags..." One of my best friends is a psychiatrist at a large
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by abbasmehdi 13y ago
He does not have to hope, he can simply sell that stock ahead of time.
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by abbasmehdi 13y ago
Then why make the claim in the first place? Does he assume Google will stop doing meaningful things once he dies?
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by abbasmehdi 13y ago
Why wait until death? I'm sure Elon could use the money sooner, putting it towards a cause LP would be pleased about.
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by abbasmehdi 13y ago
If, along with FB access, they are bringing internet access to a region previously without it, then it's a good thing; because internet access is a net positive (unless you feel you are worse off with internet than you'd be withou
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by abbasmehdi 13y ago
My 50 year old yoga instructor told me this morning that she needed me to help her set up Helpouts (after I introduced her to it yesterday). I'll ask her to get in touch with Google and post back how helpful she found them. She isn&#x2

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