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I've done four years Japanese. 1-2 years Chinese + 3-4 months immersive Chinese at Beijing University. My chinese is way better than my japanese, so immersive study definitely work…

does anyone ever want to click on the leaders link on top? its pretty static. most of us follow your example nick, we contribute cause its fun and interesting. thanks man! this pos…

For one of the companies, founder is a really nice guy. It's a software startup. He's been working hard on his company for 6 years. Can't say much more. But, I read below that you'…

good point. i only have 70pts so i feel for this. maybe the total accumulated points of all time are also kept. YC doesn't erase any data. its just writing a new database query. ol…

If they receive permanent awards. They get recognition AND they get motivation the next season to say interesting things.

It never resets. So its utterly meaningless when we're trying to catch the charismatic people with 7000 points. The point system should encourage participation. If we reset the poi…

he probably means outsourcing your design/foundry work to taiwan, then manufacturing the chips in china. management you keep over here. typical of a company like Marvell (not the c…

I have to agree with kingkong here. Organized Horse Archers cannot be beat by any pre-gunpowder army. People like to the label the mongols as "The Horde." But a Mongol Army of 25k …

I just got back from a business development trip to China. China programmers are cheap. Their monthly salary is $1,000 for the top of their graduating class programmer. Their work …

Introvert != Shy

I used to think introvert was a bad thing. But I think most people understand the word wrongly. Introvert = you get your motivation and energy from your own creativity and thoughts…

I like the mental model description. I think programming (like other skilled arts) requires constant evolution of programming mental models or memes. Developing new languages is a …

Nice movie plot for Jet Li perhaps, but they don't actually explain how to kill yourself in all universes. So, unless you're a cat or Solid Snake, you can get out of that box now.

Probably an equity question too. If you demo in March and look for funding, your answer is your valuation. Write $4mil, VC gives you 2mil, they get 50%.

This is similar to CAPTCHAs being used to scan books. Smart idea. Wouldn't be surprised if that's where it got its inspiration.