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So you go places by yourself? or with others? How do find so many podcasts/content to listen to. Also do you ever get out at your destinations besides hotels? I'd love to know more about this. I love driving but I find I have no where to go. I'd love to chat
Re:Cardpool (YC W10) acquired by BlackHawk Network on Friday October 21, 2011 @01:12PM (#3140708)
I used these guys in the past, excellent customer service, 100k daily is a great metric to have!
Re:Ask HN: Single founder seeks SEO/promoter for revenue share on Thursday August 18, 2011 @01:16PM (#2900075)
I'd like to talk you about this, what is your email?

Ask HN: Long Island Meet up?

Was hoping to gage the interest of any Hn'ers in long island. I'm hoping there will be a few, everyone can't be from the valley!Anyhow if you are interested in a meet up in the future or just to network leave some info

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I've been in the same position for nearly 2 years. Contact me at [email protected]
Simple, I don't. Most of my purchases are from amazon, and I order and forget. I get reminded once I see it at my doorsteps.

There are few services which you can forward tracking number, and they update you when the status has changed.

UPS shows you how many days till delivery now, and you can have them remind you but it does not work too well, always delayed, but never the else I don't see it being useful as something like tripit at all

That's interesting, I also forgot to mention that my parents spoke punjabi, and I find myself understanding punjabi more so than hindi. While alike they are very different and often confusing.
I agree confidence is key. I will be india for a month let's see how that goes.
Are you actively trying to learn it? Do you find it hard to tie words together?

Ask HN: Anyone else understand a language but not able to speak it?

I can understand hindi, but not for the life of me be able to speak it.Little background: My parents are from india, I grew up in the US. Both my parents do speak english very well. I never grew up with any friends who spoke hindi, or had relatives my age who spoke it, so I guess because I never needed to try to speak it I never learned how to, and I find it extremely hard to speak it now(im...

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Re:Ask HN: How are the UPS/fedex tracking systems architected? on Friday February 04, 2011 @02:10PM (#2180692)
That would never happen. Huge security concerns.
Re:College is Overrated on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @12:50AM (#1909206)
Not too sound biased as a pol sci degree holder but I think people grossly underestimate political science as a major.
Re:Jailbreak for ios 4.0 and iphone4 just released on Sunday August 01, 2010 @08:06PM (#1566420)
I urge anyone looking to do this to:

1. save your shsh keys locally and to cydia 2. If you are on 4.0 do not upgrade 3. Wait couple more days for reports

Re:Ask HN: Any husband-wife teams out there? on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @01:20PM (#1380864)
your yelp page links to http://bloombeautylounge.com it's currently suspended by HG
First, forget about the dozen industry leaders who pledged to you. Also be honest with yourself in the possible future of this product. Odds are you are not the first.

Make sure if this is built you can succeed without their pledges.

Second, research,research,research the idea extensively.

One you have done that do as much work as possible as you can in building it, as far as you can go, this will allow you to see your idea through.

Once you have done that if you are still interested in building it, either

1) ask a coder friend, or find a coder and put them on as co founder

2) outsource the development

If you have no $ than try to produce it yourself no matter what

- non coder

Re:Business lessons from The Wire on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @05:04PM (#629190)
The wire is the greatest show ever to land on TV. It has a novelistic approach which introduce characters slowly, however once they are established the show becomes almost too good. There will never be a show like this, ever. Please give yourself another chance, you will not regret it.
Re:A look inside the Y Combinator interview room. on Saturday April 18, 2009 @07:29PM (#568876)
Good luck!