commenter1239's comments

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: ROI on a college degree depends what you study, not where

I think there's always time for you to return to study humanities.

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Hidden motors in cycling: Van den Dreissche banned for 6 years, titles stripped

It was alleged, that the bike with the motor, was not her bike but a friend's bike, that was left in their tent, and mistaken to be the althlete's bike. But also supports your statement, if this wasn't the athlete's bike, why go through the effort to hide the switch or mechanism at all if you're not competing?

On the flip side, if the bike was actually a friend's bike, what do you say to that friend that got you banned?

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Nearly all new diesel cars exceed official pollution limits

I think the main push to go off gasoline onto diesel, is mainly biodiesel, where crude oil is not required for production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_production

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Open Source Project – View 689 Salaries Posted on Hacker News, Share Yours

maybe you should go apply to google.

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Coolest Cooler, $13M-funded Kickstarter project, needs another $15M

I'd imagine a large amount of kickstarters don't have BOM/Exact cost of products when they launch kickstarters.

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Etsy CTO: We Need Software Engineers, Not Developers

When I see the following terms, I usually move on: Guru, Ninja, Wizard, Rockstar.

I am none of these.

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: How to get hired at a startup when you don't know anyone

are you still working for free?

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: Visualizing HipHop trends from 1989 – 2015

this is a really awesome visualization of hip hop.

One question: any way to keep it running when not the front tab?

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: P&G’s Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club

But Dorco sell them in the US[0]. [0] http://www.dorcousa.com/

commenter1239 | 10 years ago | on: How Elmo Ruined Sesame Street

mathnet taught me the fibonacci sequence.