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Re:Video of reactor 1 at Fukushima plant on Saturday March 12, 2011 @10:45AM (#2316900)
Whoever downvotes this also believes that 9/11 incident was an accident. It was cleverly crafted as well.
Re:Video of reactor 1 at Fukushima plant on Saturday March 12, 2011 @09:24AM (#2316793)
Know why Japan is now clearing all this up now?

Cuz the USA offered to send emergency help.

Imagine the USA team going over and finding nothing really happened, an entire hoax.

This bombing was crafted to short the stock markets.

It's pitiful what the rich do for their market gains.

+1 for good backups

My strategy from now on is to to mirror the SSD to a traditional HDD. That way, in the case of a SSD failure, we can accept the performance hit and still be able to run smoothly from the platter.

That explains why my server OCZ Vertex SSD died yesterday after 1 year of use... I'm eyeing a Corsair now but still kind of weary of SSDs now.

Ask HN: How many years has your Internet startup survived so far?

I'll start first, 8 years.Given that 25% of startups fail the 1st year, and then half of those who survived the 1st year die off the 2nd year, and the 3rd to 5th years businesses are limping along and slowly dying off.When I first started, I already knew these statistics, but I said, what the hell. I'll give it a try anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: Work 15 hours/month Earn 100K USD/Year...now what? on Saturday January 22, 2011 @09:03AM (#2130405)
Correction: Make that 15 hours per month, equivalent to approx. 4 hours per week.

I have no special formula, I was just fully prepared with all the right skills at the right place at the right time and worked my ass off.

Actually, I'm more worried about not having a backup 2nd income.

I'm not sure if I should continue in the web startup / IT world. Seems like everyone is getting into this bandwagon, maybe it's time to jump off this wagon and try something entirely new...

Re:Ask HN: Work 15 hours/month Earn 100K USD/Year...now what? on Saturday January 22, 2011 @07:06AM (#2130326)
No, what I developed for 5 years is non-transferable to other industries/niches. If I were to go into other industries/niches, I would have to start from zero again. What I stumbled upon is a niche within a niche. And the core tech is useless outside of the 1st niche. (if that makes any sense)
Re:Ask HN: Work 15 hours/month Earn 100K USD/Year...now what? on Saturday January 22, 2011 @12:09AM (#2129988)
Thanks. Actually, another option I'm leaning towards is to temporarily get out of the computer biz all together and try something entireley new. The only way to find new technological discoveries is to go out in the real world again and see what kind of real world problems exist. The same way how biologists need to go out into nature to find new species and learn from interesting animal behaviors.

For example, if I were to apply to become a pizza delivery man, I'll find ways to simplify and optimize the traditional delivery process. Then when I open my own pizza store, I'll have the most efficient pizza delivery system, maybe this will be the killer service that will bring down Dominos and Pizza Hut.

So if you see a pizza delivery dude next time, maybe it'll be me... ;-)

Ask HN: Work 15 hours/month Earn 100K USD/Year...now what?

DEAR HACKER NEWS:5 years ago, I was lucky enough to start a non-public SAAS for a large global company. Before I showed up, they were doing things manually, spending > hundreds of man hours per month and outsourcing totaling 200K USD/year.After working like crazy the first two years, pulling all-nighters and automating everything as much as possible, I've shrunk their entire workforce down...

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