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williwu

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About williwu

Making things and apps.

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    I really hope that biking SF will improve in the future. It's freaking dangerous to bike on some of the streets in downtown SF.

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    Comment #12665977

    Awesome work. I use the app frequently.

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    Comment #12655709

    Get self directed IRA or 401K. Then you can do whatever you want.

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    Comment #12573628

    Genius idea. Similar idea applies for iPhone's anonymous shipping packaging and plain envelope for credit cards -> reduce theft.

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    Comment #12566290

    The article is just general YC advices. I was hoping to read more about visa issues, funding issues as international founder, building teams in US and Norway etc.

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    Comment #11759326

    Jeff Bezos?

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    Comment #11552136

    It's the Ten Years movie

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    Comment #11424389

    Actually industrial design doesn't mean the design will work for mass production. Usually they should think about the manufacturing part as well. That step is called Design for Man…

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    Comment #10911959

    Due to the map issues. Uber drivers always call you to ask where you are. Which is a huge issue if you don't speak Chinese. Uber is powered by Baidu map data in China.

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    Comment #10911908

    Amap is also where Apple is getting some of its Chinese data from.

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    Comment #10218129

    We've made an mobile shop on iOS with integration to Shopify. We are planning to open source it once we release our own shop. Let me know if anyone is interested in trying it out.

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    Comment #9463679

    I just had an awful experience with Airbnb a month ago. I rented an apartment in Maui for two nights. We arrived really late in the night. When we were in the apartment, we found o…

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    >> I think a major differentiator is that in the EU credit cards are a lot less common and even debit cards aren't used for most transactions (e.g. even at the supermarket most peo…

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    Comment #8895199

    They are all pictures of actual blind people. There are no "Photoshopism" involved other than the usual enhancing brightness or contrast etc.

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    Comment #8671370

    Pretty interesting that it includes our Thermo app as well.

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    Comment #8387713

    This article come to mind. Would Google be interested in buying a stake in Paypal now? http://www.cnet.com/news/google-to-buy-slice-of-ebay-unlikel...

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    Comment #8072299

    If it's for secruity concerns why can you not send a t.co link in DM?

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