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yeah as a state we need to limit if not down right outlaw power lines above the ground. Which will be a huge investment and definitely something that PG&E is not going to suggest t…

I once needed an MRI, insurance company couldn't work out a deal before my appointment. MRI company offered to do the job if I paid up front and handled reimbursement myself. Costs…

For early stage development, Rails is still the best. No ORM tool out there is as powerful as ActiveRecord. Front ends are nowadays built more with React/Redux, which is well suppo…

Silicon Valley is not a geographical area, it is the tech industry within a geographical area. The tech industry wages have been going up, but the wages of the people around our in…

in Amsterdam they used a drill. Very soft soil, no elevation soever. But underneath a lot of buildings and not always following the streets so Cut and Cover would not have been an …

What bounty did he receive for filing this?

They did a billion in revenue last year. Coinbase doesn't need VCs anymore https://www.recode.net/2018/1/22/16911692/cryptocurrency-bit...

Integrating payment is one of the most complex work to be done and operate, so yes this will fail every once in a while. In particular across different banks in the world. Coinbase…

Center core is gone, didn't land successfully. Well it was a test and most of the flight succeeded https://twitter.com/kimballclark/status/960986447770656768

can't we namespace it? like Otto: So Close ?

yeah an obvious way to improve the program is to require the applicant to have much more added value than the average American worker. I would argue that salary is the best but sti…

Some background, this is regarding the intermediate status once you have maxed out your 2 H1b visas for 3 years, and have applied for a green card. There are queues per country, wi…

Finally! I love Apple but taxes should be paid. There is a difference between legal and ethical and US companies should begin to understand that. So hopefully others will follow su…

$100 million revenue per year will do that, I guess they do something better than the competition https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/messagebird/

You could do with some support. I am available to help you. contact me at twitter.com/dirkdk if you are open to it

Don't do the drugs. Tech companies are marathons not sprints. It is not about one week, it is about years of innovation. You need to be healthy, creative and on top of your game. I…

congrats! Awesome company

O1s are easy for artists, I know about somebody that worked on music software that got one in 2 months. Business related O1s are much harder

as a former founder, I can tell you that much that you cannot work for the company you founded on an H1B visa. You can found the company, but not be employed by it. You will need a…

ditto. Lyft, pronounced of course as lift is a bad name for a company/service. Astonishing as the company first launched as Zimride. ps. I take Lyft 99 % of the time, for years alr…