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27,567karma·4,366submissions·November 17, 2011
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"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."
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> For 15 million people, attackers accessed two sets of information – name and contact details (phone number, email, or both, depending on what people had on their profiles). For 14 million people,…
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WhatsApp (and Instagram) itself was an acquisition via surreptitious data harvesting through Onavo - the free VPN app meant to "protect" users browsing data [0, 1]. > Facebook uses an int…
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TripAdvisor's response to it was > Most fraudsters are trying to manipulate rankings of real restaurants. It doesn't reflect the real world as the restaurant itself was fake The video was…
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> instead of asking "How’s it going?" ask "Anything I can do". The author specifically recommends NOT to throw the ball in the aggrieved person's court. > If you’re clos…
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> Facebook doesn’t listen to, view or keep the contents of your Portal video calls. Your Portal conversations stay between you and the people you’re calling. But, we do store your call history. We …
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Thanks for the recipes! That said my personal opinion is that, recipes are best communicated when they are as precise and clear as possible. Therefore, words like a "few hours", "cook i…
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> you don't see a lot of MBAs sitting by a coder's desk and saying that they're choosing the wrong name for a function So basically, you are implying that MBAs are aware of their bou…
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> Sadly, the enormous majority of engineers and product managers I meet are completely ignorant of basic product economics, business and finance basics, competitive strategy, etc. (Unsurprisingly, …
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I'd like to clarify that I was asking a source for "Reservation leading to bullshit doctors". Not the fact there is "Reservation in India".
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> There is a "cutoff" for colleges and programs. Because I was not born in a "backward caste", I needed to get 92.4% to get into the program I aspired to. Whereas, someone who w…
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> In India, where I grew up, a person from a "lower" caste(not backed by financial standing, only birth status) is given a lower standard to clear to say becoming a doctor. Which only le…
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The author of the book Sanjoy Mahajan also has a very entertaining book and online course titled "Street Fighting Math" [0]. Previous discussions on HN about the book [1, 2, 3]. [0] http:&#…
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> which has precise criteria to decide which publications are more desirable than others. The issue is that we don't know these criteria.
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> We believe that subscriptions - although currently going through an adjustment and acceptance period - are the future for apps that provide ongoing value. The real question is - how do you precis…
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I was checking out the Wiki for 21st century countries with "State Capitalism" and the list was - China, Singapore, Taiwan and Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat…
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> I bought Chris Voss’ book on negotiating and it’s been really pivotal for my understanding of, well, humanity to a certain extent. Highly recommend it to anyone who wants to make a stronger perso…