dchmiel

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by dchmiel 9y ago
Something in the article that jumped out at me was: "But the couple still couldn’t raise money. As cash got tight, the founders asked their eight full-time employees, who are mostly in the San Francisco Bay area, to work for minimum wa
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by dchmiel 10y ago
I don't like to think about my caloric intake (energy input) in relation to what other people's caloric intake is. It's starting from a reference point that doesn't serve me reliably and becomes very easy to say things s
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by dchmiel 10y ago
That's right, with the numbers looking similar when looking at proportions of energy consumption in buildings which is slightly different from just CO2 footprint. The operational phase is where to look at having the largest impact. In
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by dchmiel 10y ago
I did some quick calculations to understand their stated problem of needing to higher 40 more people since it is costing them millions in lost revenue each month. "The labor shortage is costing the company some $3.8 million per month,
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University of Calgary pays hackers $20,000 after ransomware attack(calgaryherald.com)
1 points by dchmiel 10y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 10y ago
The speed that the fire spread is incredible. It seemed just like another forest fire that is near a community we get up in Alberta and British Columbia. The coverage by the National Post shows the fire just creeping around Ft. McMurray on
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by dchmiel 10y ago
I've travelled to a LOT of countries and here is my experience using Airbnb and Couchsurfing. The places that I used couchsurfing are the most memorable. I travelled for a whole year in 09-10 and the 5 times that we used couchsurfing t
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by dchmiel 11y ago
What is your approach to looking at security for your hardware and data during prototyping and testing with early clients? How would you minimize what data is collected to maximize what you can learn to improve your product and service?
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by dchmiel 11y ago
For those trying to build privacy and security into their products is there some resources for what should be done before putting a product out? I have seen a list from Brian Knopf for some preliminary criteria in an article.(1) I am always
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by dchmiel 11y ago
We share a lot in common with our neighbours to the south and it seems that the drug overdose epidemic has been happening in Canada as well. With some very alarming rates of increase due to Fentanyl overdoses. In the province of Alberta, Fe
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Living above the 3rd-floor reduces your chances of surviving cardiac arrest(news.nationalpost.com)
2 points by dchmiel 11y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 11y ago
The HBR article was written in 2008. It seems like more investors are wanting (or more like finally allowing or being forced by the market) founders to remain in control. YC started out as an experiment that founders, even young ones, were
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New Rules Allow Early Adopters to Become Early Investors(techcrunch.com)
5 points by dchmiel 11y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 11y ago
You can look at outsourcing creating content for your company. What you write about should be beneficial to your readers and users so simply just putting up posts week after week isn't as effective as well researched content that has d
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by dchmiel 11y ago
It is happening on my late 2013 Macbook Pro. It seemed like 10.10.2 either fixed the problem or reduced it to me not noticing. But the 10.10.3 update has made working remotely incredibly frustrating.
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by dchmiel 12y ago
$50 is a small investment if you think about how much time it would take to get back to HTML circa 2015. I downloaded but haven't started the trial version of Pinegrow, so I can't speak from experience how easy it is to actually u
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by dchmiel 12y ago
I'm hoping to try the co-working vacation this year to see for myself if I'm still as productive in a new city or country without being distracted by wanting to explore this new place I'm in. I think having a space where othe
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Riley Austin Art(rileyaustinart.com)
1 points by dchmiel 12y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 12y ago
I don't think I would, currently don't pay for any news subscriptions. As someone, mentioned it's free. Which is interesting because even though I can get my TV shows and movies for free online I do pay for it with a subscri
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How A Simple New Invention Seals A Gunshot Wound In 15 Seconds(popsci.com)
6 points by dchmiel 12y ago|0 comments
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How to Save Marriage in America(theatlantic.com)
1 points by dchmiel 13y ago|0 comments
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Cybercrime firm says uncovers six active attacks on U.S. merchants(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by dchmiel 13y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 13y ago
You're right on that dynamically it is a very interesting problem and something that from my exposure to economics, economists seem to spend very little time analyzing. Changes beget other changes and so on. Finding the steady state le
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by dchmiel 13y ago
I see responsible debt with personal loans also playing important parts as loans to startups and corporate investments. It serves a function of distributing capital where it can be used most effectively at a smaller scale. A creditor needs
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by dchmiel 13y ago
It is better for yourself and the creditor to just bypass the horrible and at times abusive debt collectors, but this would create a perverse incentive to ALWAYS default on loans. Creditors asses your potential for default and base the rate
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by dchmiel 13y ago
Why worry initially about a disorder that only affects 5–7% of people. Fix the transportation problem for a large majority of people first, anyone else still has existing transportation as an option.
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Risk Tolerance of Canadian VC Funds(onceabeekeeper.com)
1 points by dchmiel 13y ago|0 comments
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by dchmiel 13y ago
I always thought of striving for balance as the wrong goal and that flexibility should be it. Why not give workers flexibility to work when they are productive on work tasks and flexibility to focus on family when that is the most productiv
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by dchmiel 13y ago
The larger point is that it was a customer service issue. If he called and still couldn't get the download link that'd be a company wide issue. To get answers from people just following scripted text is baffling. When a customer contacts yo
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by dchmiel 14y ago
Both players are aware that the opportunity comes from just being lucky enough to be chosen to dictate the terms. I know you didn't earn the 10,000 so by you offering 100 dollars and you keeping 9,900 is insulting to some people and they do

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