sean_patel

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by sean_patel 10y ago
Thank you.
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by sean_patel 10y ago
DUPE: Previous discussion [Fri the 13th] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13392292
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by sean_patel 10y ago
DUPE: + OP engaging in click-bait by changing title and posting again. Previous click-bait Fri 13. Jan : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13392292
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by sean_patel 10y ago
haha. Yes it was a typo/autocorrect. lol. thanks.
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Funny, but jokes aside, I found the NLP to be quite impressive / accurate. I put the following phrase > I nut on my girlfriends face. and the parser correctly tagged 'nut' as a VBP (i.e. Verb, non-3rd Person Singular rese
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> I've been warning friends and family about this for years. How did it work out? I tried the same too, but it was falling into deaf years. Most common response. "Sean beta (means son in hindi). You are being excessively parano
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> analogous ways. I really don't understand what this mean? Can anyone explain?? Thank you :)
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> If Mr. Zuckerberg takes seriously his oft-stated commitments to diversity and openness, he must grapple honestly with the fact that Facebook is no longer just a social network. It’s an advertising medium that’s now dangerously easy to
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> The rate of rape in Germany is 9.37 per 100,000 people.[Wikipedia] Wrong. Wikipedia now shows > The rate of rape in Germany is 3470 per 100,000 people. (guess who updated it :) Quote a better source for your stats please.
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Steve Jobs would never have allowed this to happen. R.I.P. :(
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> irresponsible conjecture. More like mis-informed assertion on your part. The filing employer is REQUIRED BY LAW to prove that they couldn't find an equally qualified person in USA.. They are required to post a job listing and vet
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Which they (you) are. This is comical!
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> APIful is a blog dedicated to topics in web APIs and API based web services. Join us on moving the internet forward with APIs! Not trolling, but seriously wondering what APIful.io's value proposition is. Home page is confusing and
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> I'm not saying vaping is safe. But I'm saying that it's obvious that it's safer than cigarettes. Agreed. Saying something is 'safer' than something else, doesn't make the original thing 'Safe&#x2
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Don't take it personally. You were trying to compare apples with mangoes.
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> Every year there's a study that contradicts the last one. That's from Astroturfing by <_INSERT_INDUSTRY_LOBBY_NAME_HERE_> Every time a real study with facts comes out saying X_____ is bad for you, the Corporations and S
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by sean_patel 10y ago
wallethub.com link? Really? Ever heard of Astroturfing? The Big Tobacco and Vaping Lobbyists have tons of "blog posts" and "research" news that "debunk" all the bad things about Vaping and Smoking. Required Vie
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> Nicotine replacement products aren't associated with cancer risk This is what's really wrong, and absolutely harmful information to spread. Your source for all these claims you are making about Vaping being "Safe"?
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> It took 8.4 seconds to load the Reddit front page on my phone. Hacker News took 1.1 seconds. How could you compare the 2? The former has images and rich media. The latter is all text, like a unix terminal. LOL
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> Smoking is going out of fashion pretty fast in USA too. Source? Yes, Smoking traditional tobacco is going out of fashion pretty much around the world. It's been replaced by the increasing popular E-Cigarrettes / "Vaping&
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Yep, noticed that too. Plus he's Indian, which makes me want to apologise for my Race :(
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Yep. Very obvious from the shady email address on the home page > will+instaprofessor@will3942.com And he has also posted on BlackHat Forums saying > Free accounts for the first 100 (or a few more) people to PM me. > Runs on Mac a
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by sean_patel 10y ago
I bet this uses their undocumented API that allows uploads of media. If you use a traffic sniffer / HTTP Debugger like Charles, and use the Instagram app on your mobile device, you'll see that the native app is also using it&#x27
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> The enormous popularity of the self-destructing-message app Snapchat has helped its developer, Snap Inc., grow to more than 1,500 employees. Ok, even at a conservative average salary of $70,000 / employee, it works out to $ 105 Mi
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> saw the email associated with it How?
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> I sent them a Tweet to ask them to please resolve the issue. Before they even responded to me, I suddenly had this email in my inbox How did the Company that was trolling their Competitors' twitter account have access to this guy&
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by sean_patel 10y ago
You say > So if you really believe in your product, quit the day job. You can't do both, period. then you say > Well, I've gotten side-tracked with consulting business. Is Consulting not a 'day job'? You are contra
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> Is quitting the right next step? Why do all these Entrepreneurial articles and stories promote quitting and going 'All in'. If you develop the discipline and commitment and have the 'applied faith' that your product
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by sean_patel 10y ago
> Last year, I spent $125,535. I don’t even know where that money went. I certainly don’t feel like I got much out of all that money. Really? I lost all confidence in whatever this person is trying to sell us, when I read this. Indicates
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by sean_patel 10y ago
Right. And the equal (if not more) amount of hours spent chasing leads, marketing (blogs, advertizing etc) accounting, to get the steady stream of work.

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