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elleferreron Whatever goes up, that’s what we do

At the end of the day, data and numbers are powerful. They scream credibility. They shout, "you did your homework!" But they won’t be as effective as they could be if you don't use them wisely.

elleferreron Ask HN: Will soon have lots of time and little money – how to spend it?

yup! that's it!

elleferreron Ask HN: Will soon have lots of time and little money – how to spend it?

Follow the five-rule plan:

1. No more zero days - do something towards whatever goal or want. (e.g. make time to study/research/learn/design/develop/create/build/launch)

2. Be grateful to the 3 You's - The Past You, The Present You, and the Future You.

3. Exercise - when you exercise, you are doing your future self a huge favor.

4. Read Daily - almost everything we've ever thought of, or gone through, or wanted, or wanted to know how to do or whatever has been already figured out by someone else. Reading will help you better understand.

5. Have faith and follow through with action.

elleferreron Satellite photos of possible crash site of MH370

Doubtful on this one. I've seen several objects in satellite images of 'significant size' on Tomnod

elleferreron 2048 – multiplayer

I second this.

elleferreron 2048

Ah! This game IS addicting! My highest so far is around 3500.

elleferreron Ask HN: What happens to older developers?

This was a great question, plus a great answer from @bane. New technologies and new languages pop up overnight, it's overwhelming to keep up - so the next best thing for us to do was to 'hire our weaknesses' = management.

elleferreron Sam Altman for President

Congrats Sam! Looking forward to the big things to come at YC.

elleferreron Feedly Found a New Way to Steal Page Views From Publishers

Can we just please build an exact replica of Google Reader that can handle power users?

elleferreron What The Chinese Tech Industry Is Like

By the way, the interviewer was Loic Le Meur of LeWeb

elleferreron Female Founders

"People's abilities and interests by the time they're old enough to start a startup are the product of their whole lives..." regardless of their gender.

elleferreron AT&T's predictions of 2014 in 1994 were surprisingly accruate

That's insane. I wonder what they already have in store for the next 20 years.

Reminds me of this article I just read, "Ray Kurzweil: This is your future" http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/10/business/ray-kurzweil-future-o...

elleferreron Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue

A failed multimillion-dollar radiation-detection system. Why didn't they have this activated?

"The toxic seawater was sucked into the ship’s desalinization system, flowing out of its faucets and showers — still radioactive — and into the crew member’s bodies."

elleferreron How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

The internet can be a harsh place at times, but there are equally good people who will have your back, I'm glad she was able to embrace that.

"I am resilient. I've got thick skin. These are just words on a screen. I am safe and loved, strong and intelligent, and can fight back with awesome."

elleferreron We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m (2012)

Congratulations on Treehouse's success! I totally believe in the 4-day work ethic.

elleferreron FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light

Anyone remember this story:

School Used Student Laptop Webcams To Spy On Them At School And Home. School District Says It Only Turned Spy Cameras On 42 Times; FBI Now Investigating.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100219/1418438242.shtml

elleferreron FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light

Yes, a few of us have known for a long time, but so, so, so many are clueless of this revelation.

elleferreron The Most Heinous VA Medical Story on a Veteran in Human Existence

Indiegogo Campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/va-doctors-made-this-woman...

'Help Robin Temple U.S. Veteran for VA Malpractice' White House Petition is here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/help-robin-temple-...

elleferreron Tormented typhoon victims scour for food

Some people are surviving on just coconuts because they are afraid to fish due to all the dead bodies. I have family, friends and employees in the Philippines, fortunately they are all safe and were in areas only battered by the heavy winds and rain. I was told many years ago they were suppose to build a WALL near Tacloban, knowing it was a bad area for storm surges, but politics prevented that from ever happening. The devastation is so heartbreaking! No one knows what to do, it's just so overwhelming. OH.. and there's another storm, Zoraida, approaching the southern Philippines just days after this super storm.

elleferreron Tormented typhoon victims scour for food

This quote really got me choked up, "I am a decent person. But if you have not eaten in 3 days, you do shameful things to survive," ...as for Rappler's mood meter, I'm definitely SAD and angry about all this.

elleferreron Typhoon Haiyan kills 10,000 in Philippines

Nearly 480,000 people were displaced and 4.5 million "affected" by the typhoon in 36 provinces, the national disaster agency said, as relief agencies called for food, water, medicines and tarpaulins for the homeless.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/10/philippines-typhoon...

elleferreron Typhoon Haiyan kills 10,000 in Philippines

I really hope they are better prepared next time, because there will definitely be another super storm typhoon like this. And I hope when they rebuild new structures in these coastal areas, they will be higher and stronger to withstand these things.

elleferreron Typhoon Haiyan kills 10,000 in Philippines

Right now the important things needed are hospital ships, helicopters, medical supplies, drinking water, food and shelters... I feel so helpless donating just cash, so many lives need to be helped.

elleferreron Typhoon Haiyan kills 10,000 in Philippines

U.S. military will support typhoon recovery efforts in various ways.

The U.S. military announced that Secretary Chuck Hagel has directed troops to support these humanitarian missions. That includes deploying aircraft for search-and-rescue missions, bringing in aid and providing logistical support.

The U.S. force will be led by Marines out of Okinawa, Japan, according to two U.S. military officials. Other military services will participate.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/philippines-typhoon...

elleferreron 58 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana

So....while doing some research for a friend going through chemo for her recurring cervical cancer, I found myself watching this documentary on YouTube about GW Pharmaceuticals Cannabis Labs UK BBC Tour ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzFiC4UZqE ). They develop cannabinoid-based therapeutics (SATIVEX) and work with the world's leading Cannabinoid scientists in 7 Universities: Aberdeen, Hebrew, Buckingham, Reading, Complutense, Naples Frederico II & Insubria and The Institute of Biomolecular of the National Research Council, Italy.

I did more research on the company (this was around May 2013) and found out that their IPO just launched (ticker symbol: GWPH). I bought shares at around $8 a share. Today, 6 months later, their shares are trading at $29 a share.

elleferreron Ask HN: Easiest way to add membership to a site?

http://www.s2member.com/ for WordPress.

elleferreron LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses

Here's my 2 cents... maybe they'll settle and walk away with some cash. I too would love to see the evidence of this presented.

In today's world - individuals' data is the digital goldmine for any company.

LinkedIn is a publicly traded company (LNKD), like any publicly traded company their main goal would be profits, plus assets like customer data, etc.

This info can be seen in their financial statements: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CI...

Nowadays it's common practice for our digital footprints and identities to be designed/built/directed so that before we can gain access to a company's services, data or content that we would need to read and agree to the terms & conditions and the privacy policies, etc.

This info can be seen in LinkedIn's:

Terms and Conditions http://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement?trk=hb_ft_usera...

Cookie Policy http://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=hb_ft_cookie

What, you mean I'm supposed to read those things? Yes.

elleferreron Possibly the worst Facebook ad ever

"Once an image is out there it’s out there forever." ...this advice should have been taught to the kids who recently broke-in, partied hard, and trashed a former NFL player's home in New York - http://www.helpmesave300.com/

elleferreron How I Met a Billlionaire and What I Learned

Obviously your 30-minute interview/conversation had an impact on your life that will last a lifetime. That's awesome. Thank you for sharing that memory with us. :)

elleferreron How I Met a Billlionaire and What I Learned

I thought your questions were fine and he gave some good advice. Good advice is rarer than rubies. Anyway, I was dying to find out - is it Bruce Lindstrom?