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Re:The Chancellor's Excellent Questions
on Friday August 23, 2024 @11:53AM (#41330034)
Historic begins with a hard h consonant sound. The h isn't silent. "A historic" is correct.
With that said, I don't personally have a problem with "an historic." I recognize it as a convention adopted by people whose dialect favors the silent h historic.
Re:FCC Broadband Map
on Friday December 02, 2022 @08:17AM (#33830062)
My firm is working to improve the social determinants of health/health equity through better data and analytics. Broadband access risk is of central interest.
We’ve incorporated this specific FCC data into our Equity Data Geo Explorer, which gives a visual of broadband risk (among others) down to the neighborhood level. [1]
I welcome a conversation with anyone else who is working in this space. Email in bio.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
on Thursday June 16, 2022 @07:15PM (#31772162)
Clarifications like these are helpful to people like me who tend to read the comments before making a decision to read the article.
Re:How McKinsey has helped raise the stature of authoritarian governments
on Sunday December 16, 2018 @12:23AM (#18691869)
You’re probably thinking of design. Consultants will assemble the deck contents then ship to an offshore contractor to pretty them up overnight.
Re:Real-Time Stock Indices Futures
on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:55PM (#12906159)
I'll be very interested to see whether this interpretation comes to bear. The more likely explanation, I think, is that something unexpected is happening, and markets don't like uncertainty. A little reductionist? Maybe. But maybe not.
Re:Show HN: PencilCase – an iOS app studio that transforms designs int...
on Thursday March 26, 2015 @01:32PM (#9271497)
To offer a counterpoint to fit2rule's comment, I'm probably smack in the middle of your target demo (currently employed as a business analyst, technically competent but not a programmer, have entrepreneurial ambitions, etc...) and I think your price point and subscription model are abundantly fair. I've paid a lot more for a lot less over the years. Don't see myself shirking at $25/mo when it's (potentially) core to my business.
I haven't tried PencilCase yet, but it looks like a great product with solid implementation. Good luck to you guys.
Re:The Ronco Principle
on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @03:06PM (#8919159)
Anyone interested in reading more on this topic should check out Adam Grant's Give and Take.
Incidentally, one of the interesting takeaways from the book is that if you look at plot of people mapped to career success, you'll find that benevolent givers dominate -both- ends of the distribution. The theory goes that those who are in the left tail got there by being too preoccupied with others' needs, to the exclusion of their own success. Conversely those in the right tail got to where they are both by helping others and by consistently asking others to help them. In the latter scenario these folks have harnessed benevolence as a strategy for career growth, and the collective goodwill "out there in the ether" nets out to measurable success over the long-run.
Re:Ask HN: Your favorite YouTube channels?
on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:32PM (#7610852)
Re:UpStart.com: The Startup is you. A new approach to funding and ment...
on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:18PM (#4383939)
I realize what's right for one isn't necessarily right for all, but to my mind this is a recipe for trouble. Especially in light of multiple endorsements that read "Owing so much in student loans, I wouldn't be able to pursue my dreams if it weren't for this investment."
Move back home (if it's an option) and spend a year or two working 9-5 until you can finance your dreams with no strings attached. There are countless mentors who will help you find your way, and it won't require a stake in your future earnings to get where you want to go.
The Most Important Number in Customer Experience Management
Customer Experience and Stock Price
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What Customer Experience Management Is Not
Re:Stop Applying to Startups
on Monday August 06, 2012 @04:33PM (#4347130)
I think it comes down to discretion. I would never recommend flooding an interviewer with internal email, but one helpful nudge from a respected colleague who vouches for you won't hurt.
Re:Stop Applying to Startups
on Monday August 06, 2012 @03:27PM (#4346796)
Maybe my industry (consulting) is different but yes, absolutely yes, this is a tactic with nice ROI. I can't think of a single good reason not to leverage your existing contacts.
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Re:Matasano Security acquired for £8.4m ($13m) - Congrats tptacek
on Thursday August 02, 2012 @02:22PM (#4330157)
Really fantastic news. Congrats!!
Re:Stephen Covey, "7 Habits" author, dies at 79
on Monday July 16, 2012 @01:39PM (#4251684)
Beginning as far back as high school his "7 Habits" book had a profound impact on the way I think and feel about relationships and work/life balance. I return to it every few years to look at it with fresh eyes.
I am saddened by this news and will surely take some time today to reflect on the lessons I have taken from his work.
Re:Betaworks to Pay $500,000 for Fallen Social Media Star Digg
on Thursday July 12, 2012 @04:55PM (#4236758)
That strikes me as shockingly low.
For context, KillerStartups bought the domain "startups.com" 4 years ago for $500,000. No IP, no brand recognition. The domain.
Re:Facebook trades under $30, down 7%+
on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @02:06PM (#4038827)
The honest-to-goodness justification you're going to hear is that Facebook is a nascent company, the potential earnings of which are only loosely a function of current earnings. That's to be contrasted with the likes of Google, Apple, and others as those tech staples have more predictable future earnings potential, which is at least relatively more bounded by current streams of income from reliable businesses.
NOTE: This is not to say I think a P/E of 100 was remotely justified.
Re:Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed
on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @09:43PM (#3946717)
This is just brilliant. Please create a Windows equivalent and make my whole year.
Re:You Are Not Ruthless Enough
on Sunday February 19, 2012 @06:29PM (#3610730)
Apple will never be the first "person" to do anything.
With that said, point taken.
Re:Show HN: My weekend project, DailyPag.es
on Sunday January 08, 2012 @01:32AM (#3439032)
Each of those books is public domain.
Re:TimeKiwi, the beautiful timeline creator relaunched with usernames
on Monday December 19, 2011 @10:22PM (#3372164)
Importantly, "Aussie," "Texan," and "Russian" aren't homonyms for fruits in the English language. Context matters.
Re:The coffeeshop fallacy
on Thursday October 20, 2011 @11:19AM (#3135226)
This is exactly the premise behind Michael Gerber's E-Myth series of books: That loving something /= running a business that sells or does that thing.
Re:Why you should have a long commute - The opportunity of commuting
on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:29AM (#3103059)
I agree with this 100%. I feel guilty staring out a window - that's wasteful - but I don't feel guilty spending an extra half hour with my girlfriend or investing the time preparing myself a nicer dinner.
Re:Why you should have a long commute - The opportunity of commuting
on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:26AM (#3103044)
If I told you I'm more productive in the office than I am at home you'd probably tell me that's a fairly common reaction from those of us who have been on either side of that fence. This guy tells you he's more productive on his commute than at home and he's "...the type of person who can't do anything productive or healthy unless forced into it." I find that thinking unsound.
Re:Raven - a Mac site-specific web browser
on Monday October 10, 2011 @02:56PM (#3095227)
It sounds like the browser integrates with the application so that the line becomes blurred between where the browser ends and the app begins. As a long-term strategy you can almost see them releasing an API so companies can easily create websites "Built for Raven."
With that said I don't think that's at all clear from the copy... just what I'm inferring.
Ask HN: How does the non-technical type contribute to open source projects?
I've seen this exchange time and again, both on Hacker News and around the web. Someone asks "How do I develop my programming chops?" and the chorus answers "Contribute to an open source project."It's obvious to even a non-programmer like me that there are as many reasons to contribute to an open source project as there are projects to contribute to. But what room is there for those of us who...