sohail | 18 years ago | on: A boy the bullies love to beat up
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sohail | 18 years ago | on: A boy the bullies love to beat up
Why are you modding up this article
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Google's free beer and 'big-ass' barbies
Cue imitations that don't get it.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Why Becoming an Entrepreneur is a "No-Brainer"
Was just gonna say...
sohail | 18 years ago | on: YouTube Investor Comes From Racist Family?
I think the reason this is interesting is that it is quite possible that the current state of the Botha family would not be what it is (investors in GOOG? COME ON!) without the violent oppression of minorities.
"Behind every great fortune is a crime."
sohail | 18 years ago | on: IQ vs Occupation chart [jpg]
That seems like a lame site. Look at their sample question. A cat could get that right.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Steady decline in burglaries because "Everybody has everything now"
Freakonomics has an interesting perspective: It is due to the legalization of abortion. The authors do make a good case for it. I tend to lean towards this explanation which amounts to less poor young people.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Test your stock-picking skills with instant feedback. Most common word from my users: "addicting".
Why would you say :(? It is a great idea and people would and should pay for it. Fuck free.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Bored with no ideas for next startup
I don't know if I was vague but I was specifically saying that you should immerse yourself in an industry you are interested in and then use technology to solve their problems.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Bored with no ideas for next startup
A good way to come up with new ideas is live outside the tech world. Get a non-tech job in a totally different field. Haven't tried that myself, but I'd bet you'd come up with some good ideas that way.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Ask YC: I started learning Lisp and I'm looking for some advice.
Take a web application you like and rewrite it in Lisp. Or better yet, take one that you wrote in PHP and rewrite it in Lisp. Nothing else beats the knowledge you will gain working this way.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Ask YC: When should you incorporate?
I incorporated a company myself. It isn't very hard. In BC, I did it all online (except registering a non-numbered company.)
If you have no revenue, DONT DO IT. Only do it when you have revenue. There is too much bookkeeping overhead.
On the other hand, if you are providing a service without revenue (i.e., you can get sued for it) you've got to think whether it is really worth it.
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Who is developing or playing around with AIR?
Waiting for Linux release to play around with it...
sohail | 18 years ago | on: MacBook Pros updated today - Good time to buy
$2000 is a bit steep isn't it?
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Ask YC: feedback on my startup
The time required to write and maintain your own scripts perhaps?
sohail | 18 years ago | on: The Wealthy Use Google, The Poor Use Yahoo
omg stop the lovefest
sohail | 18 years ago | on: SQL Server 2005 vs. MySQL for a startup?
Neither, pgsql
sohail | 18 years ago | on: ASK YC: What do you think of rewardpick.com?
After watching that movie... So much of it is happening now...
READING IS FOR FAGS. HEY THIS GUY IS A FAG!
sohail | 18 years ago | on: How much time should be given to a start up to succeed?
The real question is: how the heck are you not making money off of 1000 daily users? Don't tell me this is some social networking BS. If so, just quit now and get half a business plan before starting your next one!
sohail | 18 years ago | on: Silly code comments you've left to yourself
You might as well use random salts.
I once hired a private tutor to help me fill in some gaps (see lame private school comment above!) After I had caught up (in a couple of months), we spent about 95% of the time learning random things rather than anything I was doing in univ (he hated computer science - not a real science he said!) I think he enjoyed our sessions as much as I did. From time to time, he helped me on hard problems I would do outside of the university curriculum but by and large we were just learning. This is the way we run our homeschooling. Just learning.
Ah brings back memories. He used to complain about all the other students and how they never do their work!