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I've always figured (at least for former soviet states) that it's a combination of: + a rigorous STEM curriculum + limited conventional job prospects + a social/business environmen…

This seems quite backward - if France wants startups to succeed, why would they block a majority buy-out for nationalistic purposes?

It's a cool project, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a start-up. How will you monetize while depending on FB? Is this currently a pain-point for people, to the point that they w…

I was pretty excited about SocialCam when they first launched, and sad when I saw "OMG SEE THIS" type videos spreading via their app on FB. Why can't we have an instagram of video?…

That's an interesting reaction, and someone else said "This would be great were I a stalker." It comes as a surprise to me though -- all of these photos are already public. Do peop…

"3) ... There are plenty of parts of the country where you can earn a combined six figure income while spending less than $100/sqft for a home in a good neighborhood." Where are th…

From what I read, Instagram faced major challenges scaling their service to meet the demand of their growing iPhone user base. My guess is that iPhone growth just now plateaued eno…

What amazing proof of Apple's marketing savvy. I last used instagram with a second-hand iPhone 3G, and stopped using it when I upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus S. I never thought I downg…

That's only an option if you're shuttering the product of your own will. If you're part of a talent acquisition (which is the case with Posterous and Milk), the purchasing company …

Quick explanation: In orthodox judaism, one is not supposed to operate a light-switch on the Sabbath. I'm not jewish, but some of my friends are observant (but progressive) and use…

Again, hashing won't do much except make you feel fuzzy inside. Since the hashing mechanism is stored on the phone and the possibility space for US phone numbers is extremely limit…

You can usually assume that the non-country/area-code numbers have the same country/area code as your current user, if you know their phone number (good thing to get during registr…

It's mostly a question whether they store it or not -- although they have to store it in order to support notifying you when new users who are in your address book join the service…

How do you expect the app to find other users that are in your address book without uploading your address book? It can hardly send all other users to your phone in an attempt to m…

I've noticed a pervasive attitude throughout the SF social app community that your app is at a disadvantage if it doesn't use all of the (potentially dirty) tricks that other apps …

But Time Warner will know it was just you :)

Who on earth do you have service with that doesn't let you set your own WIFI password?

What amazes me the most is that recruiters today are largely as awkward and ineffective as they were ten years ago. Maybe it's just that the worst recruiters are also the noisiest,…

Email me (address in profile), I joined Google in 2010 from Slide. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :)

It's a shame, because UDID-based user blocking has been quite effective for a lot of apps and communities. I suppose users could authenticate via iCloud, and Apple has an interest …

What is going on with Samsung? This should have (a) raised all PR alarms as soon as it got traction on the internet, and (b) should NOT have taken >24h for someone to track down wh…

Right, and I could again disable your timer, which would just lead to a JS arms race. Why send the content to the non-authenticated client in the first place? Wait to get the confi…

Cute, I like the overall design a bit more than the voting to be honest. I did something similar over the weekend, plotting instagram pictures on a map. You can see it at http://in…