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Comment #26758558
There are many startups in this area - Including the one that I am working on :) I would love to understand your particular use case, but we have typically seen that users do not w…
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Comment #23411200
You can get a split keyboard (eg Kinesis Freestyle 2) and put a notepad in between.
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Comment #12901593
The government has become pretty smart - their standard rates have increased quite a bit (since they lose tax revenue) Secondly, I don't think people are going to touch the old not…
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Comment #12901553
They are introducing new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes and they are going to control the circulation of these new notes
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Comment #12607828
Django admin
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Comment #12367591
Summary: - New startup entity ( After 2 years, 3 years extension - Atleast 10% ownership and active role in startup - Atleast $500K additional funding OR $500K revenue with 20% gro…
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Comment #12295591
Paradoxically, water is one area where there is agreement between the two countries. I wish it were just an issue of water or agriculture!
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Comment #12295585
You can find a good analysis of this problem from a Game Theory perspective by listening to Professor C. Christine Fair. She has written a couple of books, and you can find her tal…
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Comment #11545068
Moscone center is undergoing renovation.
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Comment #11443341
Depends upon the university, if it is publicly funded or not. Tuition for private universities ranges from $1000-$10000 per year. Public universities - Less than $1000 per year, in…
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Comment #11176246
My guess is that they tie everything to the certificates used for signing up the App
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Comment #11134504
These guys are mass-producing ergodox - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ergodox-ez-an-incredible-... I recently got my keyboard
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Comment #11042607
Mindmaps, with notes. Allows you to organize the information in a visual hierarchy, so that you can quickly refer back to the notes. I use Freemind[1], an open source tool. [1] - h…
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Comment #11035557
If the idea is a B2C kind of business - Run a facebook ad campaign with the target audience. You can direct them to a landing page and collect email addresses/ other details. Faceb…
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Comment #11035518
For Live chat, there are a couple of options like LiveHelperChat/Livezilla. In the end, I ended up using Olark, since I didn't want to maintain one more service. For support - It r…
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Comment #11030812
Serious question: What would you be willing to pay for Intercom? Which features would you use the most? Intercom is a cross between a CRM, Marketing Automation, Support and Live ch…
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Comment #10521710
This is in the context of a labor dispute. This is a tactic known as "gherao" or a Lock-in (vs a Lock-out) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockout_%28industry%29#Lock-in
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Comment #9694921
Another approach would be to use the Backup API's provided by Google/Apple. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html
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Comment #9229506
Here are my thoughts on this - After emacs and shell, I typically spend time using the browser. I am thinking of trying out Conkeror[1] to minimize my use of the mouse. [1] http://…
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Comment #9229113
Master emacs & shell. You can achieve a high level of productivity if you can get into the flow. Of course, this requires more training and you will be slow initially, but over tim…
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Comment #8421971
I think that Django actually has very little "magic", given the functionality that it provides. With respect to the ORM - For standard CRUD stuff, I think the ORM just works. With …
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Comment #8395130
Vessel - https://www.vessel.io San Francisco Bay Area Vessel is a powerful platform designed for product managers and marketers to convert their mobile app users into customers. We…
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Comment #8391340
AWS spot instances