baruman

Talk about Hacker News in it's truest sense. Makes me embarrassed to have ever said "we can't" or "I can't" on any project I have worked on.

"An Article About Startups That Wasn't Written By A Pretentious Asshole"

...Wanna Bet?

Anything is better than European colonialism...

I of course was referring to some system where if I pay for your education you come back and work in the country fro x number of years. It cant just be a system where the government pays for the education of a few hundred or thousand people and they move to New York or London. There have to be other factors whereby the government and private industry make it attractive for people to come back and start technology start-ups.

I find this article interesting in that part of what's necessary for successful start-up industry is freedom of which Zimbabwe has none. As a person of African descent and a Latin American living in the U.S. I am constantly struck by leaders who do not understand the world economy or simply dont care. A country like Zimbabwe, if they were to invest in their youth in say OLPC for instance or sending x number of students to study Computer Science or Engineering abroad; they would see an untold benefit societally in 15 to 25 years. Unfortunately we cant account for human greed and corruption which drives the Mugabes of the the world.

I just hope idiots like this live long enough to experience everyday morning temps of 95 degrees plus...

The only problem I can see with this is only 4 GB or 8 GB of HD space and no CD/DVD drive. Also no mention of USB. Otherwise I would buy one tomorrow to have as a 2nd travel laptop.