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I agree but this happens in time. First I need to start and show that it is possible to build successful internet companies without going to school. All of the information is available online.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

Thanks Ivan, definitely I would like to discuss, I just sent you an email.

I agree about hands on education and those are the two things I would like to teach (and Arduino eventually).

Hacker space describes well what I have in mind.

I will have some cash of my own but not much. In Turkey, it may be possible to get funding from local government. I need to do more research.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

But the idea is to build their own business, not to get a job.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

No, there is no education part. Everyone will learn on their own. There is StackOverflow, online manuals, tutorials... And there is no charity part. I don't like charity. The idea is to tell the kids that they can start their own company. That's why I call it incubator. And I think it is important to have more than one kid. Again like in Y Combinator.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

The way Y Combinator makes money. If I understand correctly, they invest in the companies they sponsor.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

Thank you. I edited the title.

nyiston Ask PG: An incubator to teach programming to street kids in Turkey

arkitaip: In fact, I don't want to do it as a charity but as a business. That's why I called it incubator.

I assume that kids can read and write but do not have further education.

Yes I hope to provide access to computer and internet. There are many organizations who help these kids. I may ask their cooperation or I can start a place myself or even start initially in an internet cafe. The details are still vague, that's why I posted here.

"This is your privilege talking and frankly it's a slap in the face of those kids who cannot afford to go to a decent school."

This is what I want to prove. You can be a successful entrepreneur without going to brand name school.

nyiston Ask HN: Why does NYC Department of Health think Babaghanoush is ice cream?

So say in 4 hours that baba ganoush stays in room temperature what is the probability of contamination? And do you know an online source to look up these numbers? And does anyone know if in other parts of the world baba ganoush is served freezing cold on a bed of ice?

nyiston Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

I think Pinboard has the feature you are looking for: http://groups.google.com/group/pinboard-dev/browse_thread/th...

After reading your comment I also added the same feature but I haven't pushed it to production yet. Please let me know if you want to try it.

nyiston Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

Pinboard looks good and my extension is not nearly as polished as that but you don't mind stopping what you are doing and enter tags and notes in order to save a bookmark?

nyiston Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

Much better than delicious and closer to my selling point.

I built this extension for my own use. When I am doing research I don't want to spend time about tagging or writing notes. My extension creates the tags and writes the first paragraph of the page as the note. The only thing that you do is to click on the icon. This way of saving a bookmark appeals to me but it seems that it is not a value for others. This was what I was trying to understand.

nyiston Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

I think the difference is that no need to add tags my extension add the tags for you.

nyiston Ask HN: Is there a "sync & share" service for Bookmarks?

I just uploaded a bookmarking Chrome extension that does the tagging for you. I am using myself so far but if you want to try it I can send you the link. I set it up so that I click on the icon and the bookmark is saved. But I am sure I can add a popup that will let you choose a "folder" to save. This is the backend in google app engine: http://ting-1.appspot.com/