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by jlaurend 2y ago
They're both forms (perfect passive particle in particular) of the latin verb "video". So they both mean "having been seen". The difference is in gender. visa = feminine; visum = neuter; visus = masculine.
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by jlaurend 4y ago
Check out OneSignal ( https://onesignal.com/ )! We offer SMS both as a standalone service as well as part of our omni-channel offering. We offer both a seamless experience for both developers and marketers with a clean, robus
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by jlaurend 5y ago
They came in at #13 on that list. While traffic's bad in Boston, commuting via public transit is actually a viable alternative. It's very dense and has a solid commuter rail system in addition to an expansive (if aging) subway sys
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by jlaurend 5y ago
Heh, as someone who came very close to doing this (i.e. using k8s for a LAMP-stack type app at a startup), it's not just "shiny object syndrome" driving people to do this. Here's what our progression looked like: 1. Star
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by jlaurend 5y ago
Yes, retargeting and tracking is extremely effective. You've fallen into what I'm gonna call the "HN fallacy". - I would never click on an ad, therefore no one clicks on ads. - I don't have a need for a bett
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by jlaurend 6y ago
Chicago's a very nice city. There are basically three main factors keeping the cost low currently: 1. Population decline. 2. A very large amount of good housing stock. Chicago's completely flat with solid public transit reaching o
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by jlaurend 6y ago
A large portion of jobs in the bay area are in Silicon Valley which is south of SF and comprised of cities like San Jose, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale. For someone seeking the amenities of a global city like SF, none of the other cities in the
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by jlaurend 6y ago
Some places have a contract-to-hire approach which is effectively a trial period. I believe companies fall into two basic structures: 1. agency / consultant model - implement short-term projects, specific tasks, etc. It's easier i
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by jlaurend 6y ago
Bright Cellars | Multiple Positions | Milwaukee and Remote (US) | Full-time Bright Cellars is the data-driven wine subscription that matches users to wines. On the engineering side, we have two core teams: eCommerce and Data Platform. In ad
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by jlaurend 6y ago
The legislation being enacted's main goal is to keep people employed. The PPP (payment protection plan) is directed at small businesses (< 500 employees) and can be forgiven if it's used toward payroll, rent, etc. In order for
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by jlaurend 6y ago
"dying" is hyperbole. The manufacturing sector has been on decline for 40 years but other sectors are starting to build up. The downtown core has seen a boom in revitalization, particularly these past 5 years. There's a push
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by jlaurend 6y ago
Oh, I agree with your post and appreciate you adding real substance to this thread. I'd say the area's in "decline" as opposed to "dying" but that may be splitting hairs. I do think "dying" implies th
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by jlaurend 6y ago
Just to jump in here to add some additional comments: * Mount Pleasant WI is not rural (city-data.com says 95% urban). It lies on I94 just 1hr 15min from Chicago and 30min from Milwaukee. * I doubt Mount Pleasant WI is dying. If I remember,
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by jlaurend 7y ago
In my experience, a great founder should be good all three of these: 1) thinking fast, 2) thinking slow, and 3) knowing when to think fast or slow. It's easier to determine if someone isn't great at thinking fast (or doesn't
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by jlaurend 7y ago
You can negotiate with Stripe if you're at high enough volumes. It's likely that the "best" choice of payment processor is heavily dependent on the specific business in question. If you need agility and developer friendl
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by jlaurend 7y ago
I was frustrated with this exact issue for years until I bought a TV antenna a few years ago. Super Bowl, NBA Finals, etc are all on there, for free, in HD. No lag or interruptions either. It's also nice to just flip through the channe
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by jlaurend 7y ago
Probably both, I'd imagine. Regarding cost, Stripe was pretty outspokenly against Prop C in SF last year (which passed, to their dismay). The result is an added tax on revenue which hits Stripe hard since they have a high volume, low m
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by jlaurend 8y ago
Joel Spolsky nailed it with his article on why everyone thinks they're hiring the top 1%: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/01/27/news-58/ Basically, there's a ton of completely unqualified (
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by jlaurend 9y ago
It's pretty interesting -- as a startup founder leading a dev team of ~10 people now, I've hired almost all junior level candidates. We never had a posting for "Junior Software Engineer" though. We just had one posting a
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by jlaurend 9y ago
At the risk of coming off as pedantic, Olympic marathoners DO run 5 min mile marathons very regularly (the world record is at around 4:41 pace currently). That said, I fully agree with the comparison of startups/businesses to marathon
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by jlaurend 11y ago
Been in Milwaukee for the past year and I have to say -- Milwaukee is underrated. We came from Boston to do an accelerator, gener8tor, in Madison (also a great city worth looking at) and ended up here. * Cost of living is low and quality of
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by jlaurend 11y ago
www.brightcellars.com - Milwaukee, WI - Fulltime, Interns, Onsite Bright Cellars is the subscription wine experience that matches members with personalized monthly selections using a machine-learning matching algorithm developed by the MIT
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by jlaurend 12y ago
Bright Cellars - Boston, MA / Madison, WI Bright Cellars is the subscription wine experience that uses a matching algorithm to match members with personalized boxes of wine that they love. We are the Birchbox meets Pandora for wine! Ch
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by jlaurend 12y ago
You're allowed to take up to $10,000 into the US without declaring it, I believe. I'm guessing they sent her to the room because they were afraid she was trying to illegally immigrate and just complaining about the money to try an
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by jlaurend 12y ago
CEO's have the ability and, moreover, responsibility to set the tone of how people approach work as well as life. Implying that employees should be so dedicated that they're firing off commits on their death bed is, um, ridiculous
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by jlaurend 12y ago
Those years don't make sense. Do you mean you were there in 2009 and they raised in 2000? It's hard to know when you're at a company that will make it big. Ok, so you can probably tell if you're at a FB or Google and you
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by jlaurend 13y ago
Any idea how a "web developer" in Japan make $86K while a "software developer" in Japan only makes $31K?
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by jlaurend 14y ago
There were three themes they could choose from: vacations, real-time eduction, and meeting new people (more detail here: http://6.470.scripts.mit.edu/2013/competition/challenge ).
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by jlaurend 14y ago
MIT 6.470 is a web programming competition/class that started 6 years ago. Our mission is to push the bar on web programming here at MIT and to get more people involved earlier on in their careers. We also strongly believe that competition
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MIT Web Programming Competition Finalists(6.470.scripts.mit.edu)
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