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Re:Amazon Quits China Market on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:43AM (#19725889)
As an active user of AWS China, let me tell you that don't take those words at face value. AWS China business actually is growing really fast for past several years.
Re:Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed (2011) on Thursday November 16, 2017 @05:37AM (#15711606)
In China(or South Korea, or Japan), it is totally a different story. Majority of the parents think education as an investment, thus one of the best places to do an education related startup would be in China.
Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for the feedback.
Re:Introducing zero-configuration GitLab CI on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @01:51AM (#8003175)
A pretty cool service for Gitlab CI, when will they add https support?
Re:Facebook was down on Thursday June 19, 2014 @04:32AM (#7915174)
seems that lots of pics r not loaded
Re:AWS Activate on Thursday October 10, 2013 @07:42AM (#6526871)
The self-starter package looks just like the free trail package.
Re:Rate my startup - Slowcop - measure your website's speed on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @02:57PM (#2255535)
Just tried again this morning, it works great. Last night it was really really slow.
Re:Rate my startup - Slowcop - measure your website's speed on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @12:41AM (#2253224)
How long does it take to generate the report? I just submitted one url and after several minutes it was still loading.
Totally agree. After I cut my cable cord, the only thing I miss is live sports event. If this deal goes through, Google TV will become more attractive.
Does the site actually check gender? Saw several female only meals with reservations from guys.
Ilya, this is a great article. There is just some tiny style issue on the landing page of insight.io in Chrome.:)
Re:How to Build a Data Startup on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @08:02PM (#1867007)
Visualization is a key part of the data, highly recommend all Edward Tufte books on information visualization.
Re:NYC Mayor Opens Bronx Startup Incubator on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @07:33PM (#1866946)
agreed. Why Bronx? Is it because anywhere else is too expensive in NYC for share workspace?
Re:Google Engineering Management Mistakes on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @06:51PM (#1866860)
There is no perfect system and it is always very difficult to find the right incentives for everyone in the company.
Re:Introducing Facebook Deals on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @06:31PM (#1866806)
Yah, this is the company I mean. They are huge in China.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Everyone Leaving Google? on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @03:27PM (#1866100)
I am pretty sure that quite a few of those 20% went to facebook just because of the pre-ipo stock options. Others may look for a better career in this emerging company.
Re:Introducing Facebook Deals on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @03:20PM (#1866081)
Facebook is becoming Tecent QQ in US. (If you dont know abt Tecent QQ, please google it). It implements ideas from emerging companies and squeeze them out because they have the most important thing: 500 Million eyeballs.
Re:Believe the Hype About India and China on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @03:10AM (#1863995)
China has its own problem now. The inflation is really which drives the living cost and labor higher. Lots of companies are trying to seek cheaper labors in countries like Vietnam. But one thing is true that mobile is really big in Asia. With great infrastructure, you can have signals anywhere including in the subways which drives mobile consumption.
you guys can instantly get thousands of applications..LOL
it is odd that not all my gmail accounts got that email
Re:Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @05:55PM (#1862547)
has anyone tried the zoho one? I know it is not free though
Re:Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @05:07PM (#1862353)
there are about 50 users on it now...seems to be working okay
Re:Ask HN: What version of Python do you use? on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @08:52PM (#1809490)
2.7
Re:Is Microsoft in trouble? on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @12:52AM (#1806268)
I stayed in MS research for a little while. Their research department is really really strong and they have a lot of cool stuff. If they can better transfer them into products, things will be different.
Re:California Highway Patrol salaries on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @12:35AM (#1806232)
wow, what happened to that huge 2008-2009 jump?
Re:List of YC Companies on Sunday October 17, 2010 @01:24PM (#1800837)
Thanks for sharing the info!