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by babul 15y ago
The Transit Navigation android app is a welcome addition, but I wish these types of android apps would work without constant need for data connection (i.e. would cache results and work offline once route downloaded) as nothing is worse than
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by babul 15y ago
It's sad no one ever paid for the service, but if not don't talk to customers or potential customers (people who pay, not "users" i.e. in the sense of people that do not pay), you'll never know what they want. Generally, it's only when pe
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by babul 15y ago
Unless you root your device, which can invalidate your warranty with most manufacturers and service providers (at least here in UK - hence why many people don't want to do it), and use a app like ShootMe (which I found to be good and also o
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by babul 15y ago
Though I agree with the sentiment, this is a lot easier to say when external to the problem. Much of it is about fixing or changing lifestyle and behaviour, and in such cases it may be easier to go for "safe" wins, such as a day job, with c
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by babul 15y ago
Being originally from a background and area where this is rife, I can only offer the following: 1. Change your mindset - Positive things happen to positive people, as basically they envision the positive result they want and engineer (eithe
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by babul 15y ago
Your reputation is only as good as the people who know it. Most HR will not have heard of you (unless you are a high-profile leader in your field) and hence the desire for a rubber stamp from a brand company. It's the same reason many peopl
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by babul 16y ago
Generally found that most Caucasian dating sites work if you are Caucasian (or want to date Caucasian people), which in hindsight seems obvious really. The "popular" ethnic sites (e.g. shaadi.com) are geared more towards "marriage" than "
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by babul 16y ago
I remember http://www.razume.com/ being a useful (and free) service back in 2008, where many professional recruiters would give visual feedback and good advice. Not sure what it is like now (seems more crowd-sourced), but maybe be worth
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by babul 16y ago
But in many fields e.g. finance/banking/consulting, its all about the bonus, which can be several times your salary. (and yes, this in many ways is the root cause of the current world financial problem, but just saying)
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by babul 17y ago
The BBC had a documentary on Warren Buffet last week that is worth watching http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nn7vs/The_Worlds_Gre... (website is discussed at 00:32:37) Berkshire Hathaway run a $150BN business with a staff of just t
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by babul 17y ago
They discussed his website on a recent BBC documentary ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nn7vs ) at 00:32:37 (transcribed below). The whole documentary is certainly worth watching. Davis: "Berkshire Hathaway is a massive company wh
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by babul 17y ago
If Pinax is such a pain, can anyone make any recommendations on what to use/do if you did want to build a social-networking site using Django?
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by babul 17y ago
OK, a 20-something with less life experience may benefit more from the event than a 40-something, and be more likely to actually do a startup (having generally fewer commitments etc.), but hopefully they won't use age to rule people out if
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by babul 17y ago
No. Maybe. Speculating, but apart from the benevolence aspect, probably to establish close links with companies that will use Red Gate products, and ideally (re)sell them to other client companies (hence desire on business-orientated rather
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by babul 17y ago
They provide (amongst other things)... - mentoring (10 weeks in incubator, then ongoing) - speakers e.g. Ryan Carson, Joel Spolsky - office space - accomodation - money (expenses & living allowance while in incubator) - fr
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Springboard. A new incubator (in Cambridge, UK), takes no equity.(springboard.red-gate.com)
74 points by babul 17y ago|28 comments
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by babul 17y ago
For people who have little money, and are able to do so, going "freegan" may be an idea... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6933744.stm ...it is better than subsistence on what is often very low quality (i.e. nutritional value) food.
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by babul 17y ago
Totally agree and hence now avoid PayPal at all costs. It seems they have this policy as it is cheaper to deal with an unhappy seller who has little/no protection legal or otherwise (especially if they have used thier PayPal balance for pay
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Aggressive Learning(scotthyoung.com)
37 points by babul 17y ago|5 comments
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by babul 17y ago
A reliable revenue model only increases confidence in a service such as backups. It is always good to know your backups won't disappear because the service has gone bust.
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by babul 17y ago
> But I'm building tarsnap first and foremost to be the backup service I would want to use -- and who wants to pay more than necessary? I certainly wouldn't. Always good to see someone scratch thier own itch then sell the solution a
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by babul 17y ago
I know this is off topic, but just wanted to thank you for your wonderful efforts on Django etc.
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by babul 17y ago
From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=516108 Only one server: Old: 2.4 GHz Pentium 4, 4 GB RAM, 32-bit FreeBSD 5.3. New: 3.0 GHz Core whatever, 12 GB RAM, 64-bit FreeBSD 7.1. PG: "The new server seems to be about 2x as fa
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by babul 17y ago
Quick thoughts... Much of this (debtors prisons [and people fleeing Dubai immediately upon losing jobs and leaving behind luxury cars/apartments to avoid it], modern day enslavement, under-classes [predominantly based on ethnicity] and lack
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by babul 17y ago
This article is coincides with a lot of current UK media attention on Dubai including many programs on UK TV (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jqgww/Panorama_Slumd... )
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by babul 18y ago
In a way, this is actually a good sign. It shows the content providers are scared. You are not doing things right if you are not shaking things up and scaring people. That is what disruptive technology is about. Many startups face similar c
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by babul 18y ago
I like Neils bio. A real example of perseverance paying off, even without formal education at the early stages... http://www.quicksprout.com/about/
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15 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started My First Blog(quicksprout.com)
36 points by babul 18y ago|16 comments
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by babul 18y ago
If he didn't care so much about what kind of advertising 4chan users have to look at, he probably wouldn't be worried about money right now. If this article is an accurate portrayal, it is surprising yet sad someone with such a site (sole
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Good Vector-based Web Designs(vectortuts.com)
16 points by babul 18y ago|8 comments

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