chopete

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by chopete 7y ago
>> “We always wanted the hero of the ad to eat the pizza,” Helbing said. >> Gorbachev held firm. “‘As the ex-leader, I just would not,’” Helbing recalled Gorbachev saying. It is not clear why he wouldn't do that.
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by chopete 7y ago
>> It hurts to see people continue to make mistakes over and over, Its because https://vimeo.com/76499047
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by chopete 7y ago
Saying "there is age discrimination in the tech industry" is looking at the symptoms. The root cause is not being able to look at it from the system's viewpoint that causes it. Tech industry especially the cutting/bleedi
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by chopete 7y ago
Very concise. Btw, I see that you created this tool. It is a brilliant tool. Just wish people would start using this tool to explain the steps instead of writing them in ad filled/narrow column pages.
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by chopete 7y ago
We have so many satellites up there that can stream photos of specific locations. Can those companies fund a few days' worth of live streaming of key areas? It gives everybody an option to see the reality/facts instead of opinions
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by chopete 7y ago
These could be old videos. I always wondered why doesn't the government install a few hundred web cams across the big cities for the rest of world, including the journalists to see the reality. Why do only the journalists have to trave
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by chopete 7y ago
I tried using AirTable twice. It has a steep learning curve. The UI comes in the way often. If they really have day-to-day users - they must be from the top down approach (somebody up the chain selected it) or forcefully committed ones or a
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by chopete 7y ago
Can think of 2 reasons why it is not free. a. These are meant for a business to show off its compliance. A business means it is already making money. I am sure every company would be happy to pay that 100CHF to buy it for you , just like th
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by chopete 8y ago
I went through hearing the similar ("talking like an engineer") comment myself. One thing made a big difference in transitioning to company leadership. I thought I was a leader of the people reporting to me. A leader in a generic
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by chopete 8y ago
Letting robocalls go unaddressed for this long highlights the greed side of capitalism. - Make money from problems. It is not in the best interest of companies to eliminate money making problems. - Problems are more beneficial if they impac
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by chopete 8y ago
There is a saying in the enterprise software business. You are a Walmart or becoming one. There is no middle ground. The enterprise executives do not have the luxury of time or risk appetite to keep doing multi-dollars deals and review MSAs
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by chopete 8y ago
This is provable more easily places in hub cities like Bangalore, Bay Area and Seattle. The benefits are trickling down to other cities slowly. Most people who are smart enough to jump ships now have 2-3 offers. In cities like Bangalore, a
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by chopete 8y ago
>> For a problem to be, in a statistical sense, causally identified there must be some random or as-if random manipulation of treatment. It would be good to see your ideal example of a casual, for non statistics people to understand y
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by chopete 8y ago
Your comment is a great follow up to the article. I am copying(with slight modifications) a few actions highlighted in the article. >> Staring isn't staring if you're smiling. Or waving. Or if you say hi. Adults- do stare b
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by chopete 9y ago
For same reason one of the founders mentioned >> most people are not the best at advocating for themselves Is there a service to help negotiate a better raise? (Of course, working behind the scenes) I presume this is a struggle for ev
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by chopete 9y ago
>> S&P/Nasdaqs/NYSE won't list you Whats the cut off?. Is there a link you can suggest to read more about % of cash raised/valuation?
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Polygons – The Flat 4-in-1 Measuring Spoon(kickstarter.com)
1 points by chopete 10y ago|0 comments
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by chopete 10y ago
The company is taken over by the VCs. Perhaps the new executive thinks it is a waste of time/money to engage in VCPs.
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by chopete 10y ago
--- From the slide on list of Open Source tools and Algorithms • Kaggle(www.kaggle.com) is a good start for this - start with “somewhat real” problems • Use higher level tools - Keras( https://keras.io/ ), otherwise easy to
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Fake viral videos produced by a production company has ~200M views(rt.com)
2 points by chopete 10y ago|0 comments
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by chopete 11y ago
False analogy. Creating a file upload service with no authentication or no resources to keep it safe is like installing a fully loaded AK 47 at an intersection and hoping people would just use it to learn how it works or use in an emergency
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DOJ announces efforts to reform harmful and unlawful practices(justice.gov)
1 points by chopete 11y ago|0 comments
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Airbnb sued after secret camera found in California apartment(rt.com)
3 points by chopete 11y ago|0 comments
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by chopete 11y ago
It is yammer all over again http://i.imgur.com/DKODqy3.png I can't help but post this based on my experience pitching to vendors to join an app store. Slack CEO: Yammer made $1.2B. We need to make $12B. For that I need
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by chopete 11y ago
>> Per-Request Pricing is also available. Estimate your bill >> REQUESTS PER MINUTE: 2 >> An average of 2 req/min is $20.00 per-month. That I see as one "big" innovation over newrelic. Why do you have to pay
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by chopete 11y ago
My ongoing first time experience forced me to create this basic question set. The realization is airbnb is no different from craigslist. There are no minimum standards/rules. There are awesome deals out there. Only people with a good q
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The world's fastest messenger(somaapp.com)
1 points by chopete 11y ago|0 comments
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Kansas researchers testing compound that inhibits tumors(rt.com)
1 points by chopete 11y ago|0 comments
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by chopete 12y ago
There were 2 issues, one copying the script onto every machine and the second one related to login credentials. Some scripts needed an authentication file and others need it on prompt. Unfortunately keys(both S3 and dropbox) are not handy a
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by chopete 12y ago
Just awesome. I tried custom shell scripts to upload to dropbox and other cloud storages but it never felt right. The other magic is, on Mac you can see the upload status in the browser window if you keep curl.io open.

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