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It's sad, very sad. I am pessimistic and I have an impression looking at how Obama and co. are lying without any consequences, what NSA has being doing and other recent examples, that we lost that war and we have no tools to fight against it.
1. GoPro-camera viral ad... 20% 2. funny joke... 10% 3. this is real ... 70%
damn... the track record of incredible, but fake videos in the recent past makes me feel skeptical, but I wish it was real
btw 0:57 the tracks on the grass.. look suspicious ;)
Second thing, let's don't be naive. Tusk knows very well that what was there to sign in Japan, has been signed. It's to late to stop certain things, it's all cold thinking about the popularity and the party has to be punished in the elections anyway... although the alternative is still terrible...
Where do you want to get to after 8 weeks? Would the "students" be ready to take junior RoR jobs straight after 8 weeks in your vision OR do you expect it will take longer?
I love the initiative and using the opportunity... what is your opinion about my recently launched project http://www.mindthebook.com and what would you change to make it a better user experience?
Cheers
The article itself is interesting, though.
Show HN: Books meet questions. My first proper web project.
Ask HN: I am a non-tech founder, outsourced coding. Any accelerators accept me?
Ask HN: Afghan girls' school terror. Are Edu startups ready to help today?
Shocking news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/taliban-kill-head-girls-school and I wonder if with all the education startups like Khan Academy, Ingenic etc. booming, are we ready today to help places like Afghanistan access education with still pretty poor infrastructure there? can we offer basic hardware with offline content? let's brainstorm...
On the other hand I am completing a project I am really excited about, a long kept idea, using external developers, which I hope to reveal in June - http://www.mindthebook.com . Stay tuned.
And with regards to Nobody / Somebody.... this post, might get you closer than you think to Somebody ;)
Good luck! You have the right product. Think what's missing...and is it really money?
Apologies for a bit off topic, but I built a bit different site in Poland, where you can actually vote on salaries for job offers based on the location / job content / role / company name (if known) for job offers from various websites, where in salary field it says "atractive" or "high" etc. Have a look http://www.jakapensja.pl (in Polish)
The point I like most out of the story is that there is still space to get viral with really limited budget. Creativity and having a plan is key.