miraj

I am a bit perplexed. I think there is a mechanism to prevent duplicate postings on HN?!

Wonder what happened to the filter? I posted this same article earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11928990

this article gives a view from the gender aspect of korean workplace culture: http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21700461-conservative-wor...

related:

"Uber And Goldman Now Leasing Cars To Broke People Because Good Ideas Are Boring"

http://dealbreaker.com/2016/05/uber-goldman-sachs-subprime-a...

Scott Adams is entitled to his opinion and views. But his last paragraph is way off mark and (possibly) intentionally ignorant. Pierre Omidyar is the founder of Omidyar Networks, which funds and supports many worthy causes globally.

the database: http://netdatadirectory.org/

curated insights: http://insights.berggruen.org/issues/7

Thanks. This looks like a good read!

Intro/Overview: http://deibert.citizenlab.org/2016/02/down-on-the-baidu/

sorry, didnt notice the link expired!!

thanks @maysonl for posting a working link.

and here is another link to the original article from where it was synidicated: http://www.talentsmart.com/articles/Why-the-8-Hour-Workday-D...

Some of the books that made me think and look at things differently (from 2015 readings only):

- In the Light of What We Know

- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

- Bathing the Lion

- The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

- The Tears of Dark Water

- God Is Dead

- A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life

- The Water Knife

Refugees & IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) are some of the most resourceful & inventive people around - mostly by necessity. They've nothing else to loose; & can make the best from a (often bleak) situation - espcially if given the tiniest of hope & opportunities. Long time ago I worked with/for some refugee groups, & have seen the remarkable resiliency & spirit first-hand.

maybe not a hard technical problem; but they're tackling (with science) a gigantic challenge i.e. the global food industry and its discontents.

Hampton Creek http://www.hamptoncreek.com/

This one also looks promising: Endless Mobile https://endlessm.com

and they're also hiring! https://endlessm.com/jobs/

Kyle Hyndman at http://www.mccrealaw.ca/ - they do NOT recommend the 'Startup Visa' program to clients; but would be happy to discuss other options.

and another Vancouver are firm: http://sulemanco.com/

Any plans for expansion beyond USA?

I hope Instacart is coming to Canada soon. Toronto is an obvious choice.

The other city that would very likely be receptive is Vancouver. They're keen on the sharing 'economy' - including a home-grown car-share company called Modo. There are also a few Whole Foods stores in-town. I also read recently that cities with fewer cars per residents are more receptive to home delivery services.

So yes Canada awaits for your arrival eagerly!

single page: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/25/the_new_wes...

on another note (also on todays HN homepage!)

"Russia reveals secret diamond field containing 'trillions of carats'" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4534468

somewhat tangential notes:

"Are jobs obsolete?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2986501

the announcement was posted in HN too!

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505711

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505711

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2547607

but as ted said, even if people have only a rough sketch it's worthwhile to submit the ideas.

but how do we cross-check & cross-verify comments & opinions across various web/media/news outlets? for example if this current challenge info is posted/covered on reddit, boing boing, slashdot, hackernews etc.

it would be really beneficial if we could have a unified commenting system that can aggregate feedbacks from all publishing mediums and social-media channels. that in itself could create a single narrative & storyline for each story/news article on a global scale.

"Perhaps he/she is a non-native speaker and that's adding to the trouble?" - that's a red herring.

What technology recruiters are looking For http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/dream-job-help-w...

print only version: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/01/the-rise-o...

printer friendly version: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articl...

i think we will see more experimentation before a few successful models emerge. one of the promising recent initiatives i found is: Peer 2 Peer University http://www.p2pu.org/

some of their courses are being offered in conjunction with established academic institutions. for example: http://www.p2pu.org/general/open-journalism-open-web . even a for-credit course: http://p2pu.org/journalism

i've also posted a separate thread re: P2PU: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2021565

Facebook & TV.

the rationale behind adding "YC reject" in the original title was two-fold:

1stly, to highlight that there are success stories amongst those who are not accepted into YC.

2ndly, to point out that not getting accepted by YC may have emboldened the founders' resolve to 'go all in' and focus exclusively to make their startup a success.

i still think the extra 'noise' was a justified trade-off, given that the original article mentioned the YC rejection as additional motivation.