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PreZentit Co-Founder. (http://prezentit.com) Red Bull addict.

Lima, Peru

german(at)prezentit.com

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german··on Top 100 words in News.YC titles
There is YC, thought I'd find PG also.
german··on Ask YC: What podcasts do you subscribe to?
http://freelanceswitch.com/podcasts Great podcast about freelancing. Enjoy.
german··on Full Chess Game with AI in 5k of Javascript
You use IE right?
german··on OLPC a huge hit in Peru
No problem man, Peru has a lot of problems in public education and health care, but it's also a great country to visit, if you need anything else just contact me. Mail in profile.
german··on OLPC a huge hit in Peru
Sure, some months ago there was a teachers strike, they did it because the government was going to evaluate their skills, and I'm pretty sure they're scared of not passing that test. I'm talking about public schools here, private ones generally have a much higher level of education.

Again, let me tell you that it has nothing to do with religion. It's all about politics.

german··on OLPC a huge hit in Peru
I'm Peruvian, I don't know why you think that here boys and girls can't go to school together. I know the public education is not good enough here, but it has nothing to do with Christianity, it has more to do with teachers getting paid the lowest salary you can imagine. So, if a teacher gets paid so low, who wants to be a teacher? That's the main reason why most Peruvian teachers suck.
german··on Cheer YC: Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays hackers!

Edu, don't worry you still have New year ;)

german··on Bootstrap Design for Hacker-Founders
Have you guys noticed the text highlight in Firefox! That's great CSS!
german··on Do you ever switch off?
It happens to me too, for me the only way to switch off my mind from a project is practicing some sports. I've found that surfing (and I'm NOT talking about the web)is the best thing I can do to relax.

My advice, get out and have fun.

german··on Best-designed websites by popular vote - it's like Hot or Not for web design
pxigorth, why did you submit this site? now I can't stop clicking!

:P

german··on Ask YC: My idea, what do you think?
I'm not logged in at YC everytime y surf the net.
german··on Ask PG:What happened with the saved link?
Thanks.
german··on How to Always Remember People's Names
That's an excellent point Goladus ;)
german··on Why Design Matters, Too
This is so true...
german··on High-Performance JavaScript: Everything you've been taught is wrong
I hate the loading time between slides.
german··on Ask YC: Why bother with a blog if social news sites were to provide user rss feeds and profit sharing?
Blogging is not about money, sure, you can earn some cash from blogging, but I think that no one should really blog thinking about how much money can be earned.

You blog because you love writing and have something to share with the world, if people like your blog, then the money comes.

german··on Ask YC: Why not prevent suicides by automatically spying on people's emails?
Every time I see a post like this I'm sure amichail wrote it, does it happens to you?

I'm sure google ads will show some health club publicity with that kind of content on an email.

german··on Join us. Insert your professional profile. It's free.
Not as much as this guy has eh?
german··on CSS Sprites: What They Are, Why They're Cool, and How To Use'em
I've done this for my site, in a list of more than 20 elements in which each element has it's own image.

Merging all those little images together was a great improvement in loading time of the page. I really recommend to use this technique :)

german··on Ask news.YC: what are you listening to right now?
Tito Nieves, Fabricando Fantasias
german··on Which links have I already viewed?
a:visited { color:#606072; text-decoration:none; }

Thanks Firebug!

german··on Relaxation tips?
Sports.
german··on Ask YC: did Hacker News really achieve the objective?
Exactly, because this is read by start uppers, and that include programmers, designers, etc.
german··on Is this idea stupid?
No, it's not stupid.
german··on Critique our startup: HeavyInk.com
Looks good, just one thing, in my browser (firefox 2.0.0.8 on linux) the signup button display is funny.

german··on What beautiful HTML code looks like [Pic]
Nice Image, some great advice, I would like to have it as my desktop background but...

Doctype Transitional.

<img> tag without width and height.

<div style="clear: both;"></div> ?

german··on Absolutely, DO NOT, get a co-founder!
That's a good point but besides fighting, having at least one co-founder is a great deal (if he/she is a close friend). I'm telling this because a lot of startups change their business ideas several times, and sometimes your vision is not the right one.

There's one big issue here, if an employee tells you that your company will be better doing X instead of Y is totally your decision, it can be right or wrong but that employee will never talk to you about that idea again.

Sure, you can have a lot of discussions with your co-founders, but having a combined vision of the project helps a lot.

In my case, having one of my best friends as a co-founder is the best thing that ever happened to me.

german··on How did you find your cofounder?
In a couple of years that business idea will surely be done by someone else. I think that the best time for doing something is now.
german··on How did you find your cofounder?
Or form school, in my case my co-founder is my neighbor, I know him since we were six, thats like 22 years ago.

The thing about close friends is that the friendship will help you a lot when discussing the business, there are a lot of business that break out because a bad relationship among founders.

german··on [dead]
Really interesting and funny way to describe Languages.

I miss Javascript on that list.

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