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by dataker 8y ago
I'd also like to mention the use of hormonal replacement technologies (as TRT and HGH) that can absolutely help the elderly. We have terrible stereotypes around testosterone because of steroid abuse in athletes, but reality paints itse
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by dataker 8y ago
Are you a developer? I'm sure there are exceptions, but the majority of cases always rules. There's an entire historical background that explains why most "executives" and founders see programmers, or any employee of any
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by dataker 8y ago
I'm Brazilian and I tried building a company there after two successful products both in the EU and US. Brazil simply doesn't have the culture that's necessary to foster a startup ecosystem. Chile is in a much better position
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by dataker 8y ago
I'm Brazilian and you are completely correct.
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by dataker 9y ago
I am also a vira-lata, and couldn't agree more. Brazil, like other 3rd world countries, has an endemic cultural problem that hinders economic, social or technological progress. You can "fight" corruption, but if it's par
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by dataker 9y ago
This is pretty terrible support management. In our company, if a case is opened for more than 5 days, the entire team is notified. If then nobody does anything, the entire department is notified. That never had to happen.
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by dataker 9y ago
It's not just customers. I manage teams of support engineers/agents. They will do anything to avoid a phone call. Indeed, almost all the time, phone calls lead nowhere, only to emotional distress. If you have a really serious issu
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We Cannot Continue to Overlook 'High-Functioning' Depression(themighty.com)
3 points by dataker 10y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 10y ago
That's an interesting position. The question is: why creating this hoax in the first place? If anything, the price of bitcoin has been negatively impacted by this. http://www.coindesk.com/price/ What would it be o
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by dataker 10y ago
As someone in my early 20s, I can say the young innovator myth also severely hurts the youth. When you're told you need to achieve X by 30, you may end up destroying relationships, having health issues and depression.
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by dataker 10y ago
>AI isn’t like an oil field owned by a handful of people Sure, it's free to access open-source AI tools. However, only huge corporations have enough capital to first build these ground-breaking technologies. Being the first, it beco
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by dataker 10y ago
We don't know what made Jeremy leave the company and how he helped before YC. If this is a case Jeremy was present at incorporation, he contributed to the product (in some way) and his shares were eventually diluted, this will be simil
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by dataker 10y ago
>They love to move into places where artists live and raise the cost of living and build their crappy chain stores and push us out. To be fair, they're still part of the gentrification cycle.
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by dataker 10y ago
That's so cool. Are there any ideas for sales/pitch emails? That's probably harder to find, but it'd be really helpful.
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by dataker 10y ago
You can't just "ditch" online dating to find something serious. More and more, people seem to mistrust and misunderstand face-to-face communication. Sometimes, they even lack the words to describe a meme or emoji. For the maj
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by dataker 10y ago
There's a single problem with Right vs Left debates: they can't understand the other's point. 1) The Right can't recognize there's a problem with contemporary elites ("They Deserved it"). Poverty is all ab
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by dataker 10y ago
I feel bad for myself. I first thought this was a Google Calendar view for some reason.
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by dataker 10y ago
In the book "States of Crisis and Post-Capitalist Scenarios".
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by dataker 10y ago
The philosopher Slavoj Žižek explains this with the ‘postmodern’ boss: >Not a master but just a coordinator of our joint creative efforts; the first among equals. There should be no formalities among us, we should address him by his nic
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by dataker 10y ago
No I haven't, but I have money on companies. Many things can happen (disease, conflict, competition,etc) and I surely won't make a founder feel terrible about himself because of that. Instead, I pick someone with a different perso
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by dataker 10y ago
Why would anyone feel guilty about losing money from a VC? In the end, it's a venture capital FUND: risk and return are inherent to this. It's not the VC's money, but a collection of GPs (themselves have thousands of individu
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by dataker 10y ago
Like other eastern european countries, Romanians suffer greatly with poor branding and "western-centrism". While in Germany, I watched clear demonstrations of discrimination towards Romanians in a tech startup. They really had to
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by dataker 10y ago
I live in South America and classes here are, similar to Europe, not really tied to your money. It's really funny: I grew up in a slum, but software now gives me as much money as politicians and senior executives of public companies. I
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by dataker 10y ago
Not sure if still holds true nowadays. It's becoming harder and harder to move from programmer -> VP/CTO/CIO/CPO. X years of experience? Nice, but did you go to HBS?
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by dataker 10y ago
The title also brings sensationalism and political bias to a neutral technology.
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by dataker 11y ago
I always recommend people to look into hourly wages. I ditched my last job (70K USD a year) for a $40/hour contract position (not that great). I work just as much (60 hours a week), but make almost twice as much.
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by dataker 11y ago
I am not sure of what to infer from these. In the end, the entire macroeconomic background is different.
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by dataker 11y ago
In the prohibited items, it lists: >Personal computer technical support Is there any reason for that? Also, are freelancers in that category?
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by dataker 11y ago
After 2013, things changed. For the first time, there was an inverse correlation between oil prices and the US stock market. http://energyfuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/crude-oil-p...
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by dataker 11y ago
Is this supposed to be a good thing? Something to be admired? With over 60000 employees, only one decides what technology will receive billions of dollars. See the problem?

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