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aaronz8

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About aaronz8

founder of thinkerous. CMU BS ECE'13.

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    Comment #9207466

    http://writeapp.net/write+nvalt.html I just started using this, so I can't say how effective it is yet. But it captures notes in NValt and syncs via Dropbox.

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    Comment #8889298

    How about the non-hispanic, non-black minorities? Or even more interesting to me, how about the distribution of education level and background?

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    Comment #8524200

    We just got ours: Thank you for applying to Y Combinator; however, your startup was not selected to interview for the upcoming Y Combinator batch. We carefully reviewed thousands o…

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    Comment #8510440

    Maybe https://www.thinkero.us/app/?type=issue will change your mind?

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    Comment #8510395

    Any website where ideas and voting on ideas are the key focus of the platform, and don't go one step further of finding the underlying problems that these ideas trying to solve. Al…

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    Comment #8510254

    > Actually solving problems requires a different skillset that can't be accomplished with the "magic" of crowdsourcing. Maybe so, but the first step of problem solving is identifyi…

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    Comment #8510226

    Sorry, that is a bit unclear. Essentially, we want to make it easier for people to find issues that many people can identify with, and in the process, show people what some potenti…

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    Comment #8509926

    Thanks! We'll definitely look into 1-click feedback and flagging. Regarding Pull Requests - we're in the process of adding a "team" functionality, but maybe an intermediate level o…

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    Comment #8266904

    Nice! It's part of the Kindle library, so I'm able to borrow it for free via Kindle unlimited. Will definitely buy a hard copy if it's as good as it seems to be.

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    Comment #7664408

    Everything that I'd expect to 404 gives me 500s.

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    Comment #7655305

    http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html > When is my work protected? > Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that…

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    Comment #7625879

    Not everyone knows and uses pinyin, especially older people.

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    Comment #7625768

    Wow! I remember doing this to my and my friends' 4-function calculators in 5th grade! This was actually how I learned how LCDs worked. You can also remove the reflective sticker on…

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    Comment #6722970

    I was going to say, I learned about this in class! Then I read the article and the link to "CMU’s study." ... My professor was one of the authors. Go Garth Gibson!

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    Comment #6452903

    I just installed a Chrome plugin called "first click free" which does this automatically. Been doing this manually for too long, haha!

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    Comment #6311188

    This is exactly what I was going to say, cd +n and cd-n work amazingly.

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    Comment #6127156

    I tried to drag and drop one of the images on top, but I get: We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.

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    Comment #6078232

    Hey thanks! Those are some really great tips. Currently we are trying to utilize this equilibrium of { share more: get more feedback and possibly great allies } vs. { share less: n…

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    Comment #6078100

    Totally agreed! That's the mindset we had when we added the "Issues" section on the site. One of the features we have planned is the capability to link Ideas/Projects with Issues, …