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thailandstartup

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About thailandstartup

I run a micro-ISV from the seaside town of Pattaya, Thailand.

I'm particularly interested in connecting with hackers and founders who are living, visting or interested in SE Asia.

gmail address - thailandstartup

Also interested in forming a hacker house in Thailand http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2432228

Recent public activity

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    Comment #2772626

    I was looking for a service just like this the other day. Because I'm in Thailand, Paypal freezes my account regularly, and for CCs many places won't ship to a different address, l…

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    Comment #2706126

    Wallaby is a feature of the IDE to publish as HTML5 - it doesn't seek to address all the SWF content that is already out there.

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    Comment #2706101

    It's counterintuitive but Adobe should be working on a project like this. A decent server side SWF->HTML5 would enable existing websites to offer the first class experience (the SW…

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    Comment #2645650

    I saw an old cleric at a funeral of one of the protesters killed in Egypt on AlJazeera. He spoke of how they had mocked him for his blue jeans(!) and his facebook. He begged forgiv…

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    Comment #2629127

    The key mistake the author makes is to assert no-one will ever spend or sell bitcoin trying to secure greater future wealth. As a bubble grows, large holders find that that a large…

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    Comment #2575982

    Click to Flash is the ideal middle ground for mobile devices. Only load the Flash when the user explicitly requests. 90% of the time, the user won't notice the Flash missing, the o…

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    Comment #2516977

    You need to think a little bigger to properly understand his point. Humankind is mis-allocating some of its most talented labour to what is essentially an arms race in financial ma…

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    Comment #2516652

    You'd think it would be wouldn't you? It's not. It's all about iTunes for Apple.

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    Comment #2514216

    Apple's number 1 priority is getting iTunes&cruft onto every computer their products touch. It won't be long before they put an end to this blasphemy.

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    Comment #2513172

    If the court considers the value of the item and agrees with the valuation of the shopkeeper then no. If the shopkeeper says the loaf of bread was worth $200K and the the court doe…

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    Comment #2512855

    The two companies can write whatever they like in the contract between themselves. You seem to agree that the contract should be held to some standard of reasonableness where it is…

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    Comment #2511365

    That contract could have been written to make them contractually liable for $75 trillion dollars. Following your logic, it would then be easy to establish $75 trillion dollars as a…

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    Comment #2511300

    If I had a contract with a company that charged $193K to replace said $80 artwork - should I then be able to claim $193K damages?

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    Comment #2510053

    >Justice Tennent jailed Monks for 18 months, with the last 12 months of the sentence suspended on condition she be of good behaviour for three years. >She was ordered to repay Auro…

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    Comment #2455931

    "We also accept Bitcoin. Please e-mail to arrange payment via this method."

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    Comment #2451989

    I wonder long before they're shutting down foreign .com sites for the 'crime' of infringing US patents. Having only a .com for a business feels a lot like having all your eggs in o…

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    Comment #2432852

    There's three factors I can think of - Number one is that it is an uneven distribution. Some hackers might make millions, some will make nothing. Number two is that hackers may foc…

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    Thailand Hacker House

    I wanted to gauge interest in starting a Hacker House in Thailand. A Hacker House is a co-working and/or co-habiting space for hackers. I've been living in Thailand for a year now …

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    Comment #2432162

    Yep, I'm pretty sure they're aware of Location, and they may be the best placed and biggest player right now. None of that is a guarantee for the future. The possibility is a new p…

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    Comment #2431866

    They already fail to understand Privacy - but maybe that's more of a bet that it is an old fashioned concept. Maybe they'll fail to understand Social Compartmentalization - I don't…

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    Comment #2411607

    My adwords account suddenly stopped displaying any ads about a year ago. As I tackled the problem, my understanding grew that the Google's Adwords support staff didn't have any add…

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    Comment #2372398

    From Wikipedia - Qualified services may achieve a precision of down to 50 meters in urban areas where mobile traffic and density of antenna towers (base stations) is sufficiently h…

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    Comment #2344619

    Click to Flash is the ideal middle ground for mobile devices. Only play the Flash when the user explicitly requests. 90% of the time, the user won't notice the Flash missing, the o…