ecobiker

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by ecobiker 10y ago
I grew up with the kind of income that would qualify me as poor. However, my parents' financial discipline were off the charts for someone in their position. Both of them had a decent education for their time and knew what matters vs w
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by ecobiker 10y ago
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease". I have heard far many times for my liking that Apple/Facebook/Twitter/Google...etc are private companies and they can do whatever they want as an argument. The same goes for prod
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by ecobiker 10y ago
The way I see it, I don't want somebody else to do the squash for me. It's my responsibility to make sure my commits are logical. I do as many rebases, fixups, squashes as necessary and provide a logical set of commits. I want the
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by ecobiker 10y ago
SF has far fewer trees than other cities. I agree that the city needs more trees but the city should plant them on sidewalks and other open spaces. http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/tree-cover-how-doe...
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by ecobiker 10y ago
I disagree. People were given a chance to express their opinion. If they cared enough, they should have voted. While that I don't necessarily agree with the ban, it's very important to note that the decision didn't happen in
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Startups Embrace Arbitration to Settle Workplace Disputes(nytimes.com)
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by ecobiker 10y ago
Back when Kindle launched, it was very common to see the story of Kodak being floated around (film vs digital) to claim how Amazon is flexible. Fast forward a few years, Amazon video and music services are the worst in terms of cross platfo
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by ecobiker 10y ago
While the tax code should be simplified, it's possible to automate most of the rules anyway. It should be as simple as upload W2(s), link your trading accounts, answer a few questions and be done with it for most people. The software n
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by ecobiker 10y ago
Most countries that have VAT have a uniform percentage for the whole country.
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Obama Presses for Open Market for Cable Set-Top Boxes(nytimes.com)
2 points by ecobiker 10y ago|0 comments
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Michael C. Fina, Park Avenue Wedding Retailer, Bets on Amazon.com(nytimes.com)
1 points by ecobiker 10y ago|0 comments
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by ecobiker 10y ago
>> "higher income than the value they can output" Just so I can understand your argument better, can you elaborate this a bit more? How do you measure their output? How do you arrive at the dollar value?
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by ecobiker 10y ago
I'm really looking forward to YC Forestry!
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by ecobiker 11y ago
For anyone interested, Freakonomics explored[1] this in detail and their conclusions were pretty similar. It included an interview from Claudia Goldin and her research[2] which was quite in-depth. [1] http://freakonomics.com&#x2F
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by ecobiker 11y ago
Thanks for the link! Seems like a good place to start.
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by ecobiker 11y ago
What tools do people use to get around dyslexia? I recently realised that most auto-correct and spelling correction tools breakdown for dyslexic people. The challenge for them is that they know how a word sounds but takes more time than usu
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by ecobiker 11y ago
It's my understanding that the current battle is about the request to bypass the retry cap.
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by ecobiker 11y ago
http://theconversation.com/explainer-evergreening-and-how-bi... I'm not an expert and I can't comment on specifics. But I'm of the opinion that a small enhancement is not the same as an invention of a drug an
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by ecobiker 11y ago
A simple fix could go a long way - disallow really minor improvements and work hard to get rid of evergreening. http://www.nature.com/news/indian-court-rejects-novartis-pat...
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by ecobiker 11y ago
But, if you look people out there is no way they'd even know if something is better...
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by ecobiker 11y ago
They will protest if the schools restrict to teaching Catholicism or the Vedas respectively.
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by ecobiker 11y ago
Growing up I didn't have a computer at home. I would write my solutions in a paper, evaluate it mentally/with a pencil a few times, take it to my school or a friend's place and run it; only to find there is an issue. Rinse an
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by ecobiker 11y ago
I hope everyone within Skype used it as your main communication tool. If you did, the problem would have been so obvious. Not so long ago, it was revolutionary to be able to send messages to someone even when they were offline. However, on
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by ecobiker 11y ago
Quite the opposite. In countries with cheap labor, it's quite common to get coffee/tea delivered to offices (for zero additional cost). You wouldn't even have to walk that two long blocks to Starbucks.
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by ecobiker 11y ago
I agree. Salary is a motivational factor - at least indirectly. It's a status symbol. It shows the company values you.
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by ecobiker 11y ago
http://www.theopeninter.net/
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by ecobiker 11y ago
I'm personally disappointed by the comments in this article and others, specifically from people here in the Western world, that portray the fight by the internet activists as a fight against internet access to the poor. No one would m
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by ecobiker 11y ago
It's not true that no other carrier is offering free internet. It's a better model with no restrictions. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/aircel-to-...
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by ecobiker 11y ago
I see so many people complaining about the comparison but no explained it more clearly, thanks! Quick question though, isn't SpaceX trying to land just the first stage?
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The Most Used Clojure Expressions(lispcast.com)
7 points by ecobiker 11y ago|0 comments

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