Is it an extension to San José International Airport, or exclusive airport for google? How does that work out? I am confused by "The companies would be granted a 50-year lease and pay an estimated $2.6m in annual rent, along with an estimated $400,000 in fuel-flow fees and between $70,000 and $300,000 in new taxes."
I believe this means they are paying rent to the city for the land, which explains why San Jose is excited that it would bring in revenue.
I'm inferring the city is the recipient of rent, because the statement about rent is lumped in with fuel fees and taxes, which are already doubtless going to the city.
I have registered for the test kit. I really appreciate the way amit and friends have set up the campaign. This gives maximum chance for him to survive and also helps other victims as well, since they might contact you if some one else needs help. Good luck Amit, I hope you will pull through it.
According to wikipedia, flipkart was funded by founders with Rs 4 lakh and broke even in 2008, I don't understand how it is loss making. It is certainly not worth $1 billion now, but so was facebook when it was funded by MS. I don't think any body would be so stupid in making decisions as described by the author.
there is a huge difference between breaking even to an initial investment and making losses on a day to day basis. Sure they may have recovered their initial investment - but if the difference between their expenses and their income is negative - they are loss making. It's basic economics.
As for comparing flipkart to facebook... I dont really know where to start on that comparison!
I think this is because (as samwillis pointed out) the rollercoaster is actually going backwards, so the inclines are really the declines and vice versa. Why they are running the animation backwards is another question, though.
Sugar coating email invite is lame. There was a time when I almost always saw google doing awesome things. Now it doesn't look any different from other big companies like microsoft or IBM. I wonder if it is possible to be a big company and still do really cool things?
I would love to see someone compete with FB to prevent it from becoming a total monopoly. Having said that, it is really difficult to believe that google can do that, based on the last few new products from google.
If Google really wants to succeed at organizing that segment of the world's information, it should write a facebook app that ties in to your (and your friends') account info.
If you could sync your information on FB and other social networking sites to Google so that it knows the relationship outright, I think they could give you much more useful information.
Scheme, since it is so simple. Very easy to learn. No syntax, no comma, no semi-colon. I would have been delighted to learn scheme as my first language rather than c.
This. Scheme was the first language I was ever taught rather than clumsily working out badly on my own, and it was a joy.
If you've not yet had your mind (irreparably ?) damaged by prolonged exposure to imperative languages then programming in Scheme is a wonderful experience in which everything is so simple, clear, and intuitive that it feels like everything is not only possible, but easy.
The only other language I've ever actually enjoyed using is Lua, which would also not be a bad choice.
This post needs some content. It is indeed hard to find technical co-founders. But finding employees is not as hard as finding co-founders. Spending time on SO, hn and some mailing lists on the technology you are planning to use will help though. If an engineer takes offer for money from google, then he probably does not fit into a startup. There will be people willing to work for start up, if the idea is challenging, for equity.
Things come and go in HN, but that cannot be a primary reason to quit HN itself. Today it is TSA, yesterday it was offer hn etc. I have gained more in knowledge than what I have lost in time on HN, as long as it is that way, I am staying.
