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vishaldpatel

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vishal@cabanalabs.com
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vishaldpatel··on Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes rose from $15k to $72k
I could, but I wouldn't. You'll be surprised by how many brand name grads can't pass fizz buzz.
vishaldpatel··on Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes rose from $15k to $72k
And they have a name-brand degree going for them.
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
I'm not sure - I made sure that the videos I'm hosting were webm and mp4, and I've only tested it in html5 browsers.
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
I used Projekktor. The paid version has VAST support and works quite well: http://www.projekktor.com/
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Seems like a thankless sacrifice to use a photo app that will take pictures at a concert in a way that doesn't annoy others. How would you market this?
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Would you be willing to constantly stare at the top right corner of your eye, away from the screen in order to read the sub-titles?

I know in some video players, such as Amazon's, you can control the size of the subtitles. Perhaps this is more ideal than having to constantly switch focus away from the screen.

vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Yes for sure.. but one would have to be close to the enemy player and then he'd be dead. And ally players.. well.. maybe there can be a way to mute allies ;).
vishaldpatel··on Never Negotiate Your Freelance Rate
There is nothing wrong with offering a discount. Make sure there are good reasons for offering the discount and make sure that the discount is a line-item on the invoice.

For example, if a client is willing to commit to hiring you (by paying up-front) for a certain larger-than-normal period of time, you may be shooting yourself in the foot by not offering them a small discount to sweeten the deal.

vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
So, whats wrong with the spreadsheet?
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Here's one I've had for a little while: Say you're playing a sport with your friends. You're yelling at each other.. commands likes, "pass the ball here". Or if you're out playing paintball and trying to coordinate an attack - your sound, and your opponent's sound are both pretty important.

As far as I know, such use of voice does not exist in any game. Player's voice does not really interact with the environment. So, say someone says, "come to me!" through voice-chat.. you still have to look at the map to see where they actually are.

vishaldpatel··on How Dodgeball Became America's Most Demonized Sport
Eh.. it's not too bad. A scratch here and there, and the odd glasses flying off. It's way more fun than it is dangerous :)
vishaldpatel··on YC emails are sent
To those of you who got rejected: you're still fine. It's just one of many ways to possibly succeed. Not a big deal.
vishaldpatel··on Daniel's review of Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
On Canadian Household debt (as of July 16th, 2013): http://www.td.com/document/PDF/economics/special/CanadianHou...

"• However, the most commonly cited debt-to-income statistics in Canada and the U.S. are not directly comparable. There are differences in the methodologies used to calculate both debt and income. There are also differences in how health care is funded in Canada and the U.S. that should be fac - tored into the amount of personal disposable income households have to help service their debt. "

vishaldpatel··on [dead]
Owns?
vishaldpatel··on Ask HN: I am a good developer but have a serious gaming addiction
Your reward centers are all fucked up. You get bored easily because gaming gives you such a quick high. It's like being addicted to porn.. or smoking.. or anything else, really. My advice is to do what you have to do to start limiting your exposure until you have control over your addictive personality. Also, like someone else in this thread said.. it may not be a bad idea to go back to your day-job until you have this figured out.
vishaldpatel··on Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car
This might just work! How much would it cost you to offer a free car-wash coupon that's redeemable at local full-service car washes?

I would write blog posts on interesting success stories with different types of cars and seller stories -- often cars are hard to sell for various reasons.

Offering to take a professional picture is your ultimate in.

vishaldpatel··on Mozilla Chief Steps Down After 1 Week
Civil liberties. That's what all this is about. And he used his money to take civil liberties away from a group of people. That was a mistake. A costly one.
vishaldpatel··on Suspension of NASA contact with Russian entities
SpaceX
vishaldpatel··on Mozilla CEO: Gay-marriage firestorm could hurt Firefox
I guess this depends on how important the issue is. In this case, it seems to be an issue which is fairly important to a lot of people - that of civil liberties.
vishaldpatel··on Global Rich List
Do you make $32k per year or less and live in the US and support yourself / your family? If so, then perhaps you have a valid argument. Otherwise, I think you're insulting those who make that amount of money by putting them in the "we" group that you're trying to speak for.
vishaldpatel··on Show HN: Fresh-baked rustic sourdough bread, delivered within 20 minutes
Is it a mobile oven? The bread gets baked as you drive to the delivery point? :D
vishaldpatel··on Iranian Ship, in Plain View but Shrouded in Mystery, Looks Very Familiar to U.S.
Drone carrier?
vishaldpatel··on The Setup: John McAfee
I.. wow.
vishaldpatel··on The Setup: John McAfee
Flagging seems a little extreme.
vishaldpatel··on 2048 x 2 = 4096
Alternative challenge: least number of moves to game over.
vishaldpatel··on The Setup: John McAfee
I swear, the things I'd do with that downvote button. [edit: I just realized this wasn't actually written by Mr. McAfee]
vishaldpatel··on Show HN: Startup Sports Club
Most meetups I attend are of the hiking / watch sports variety.
vishaldpatel··on LHC Physics Center bans Powerpoint, switches to whiteboard-only forums
Awesome awesome awesome! Physics classes at the LHC turned from nap-time for all to nap-time for some :D
vishaldpatel··on Show HN: Startup Sports Club
How is this different / better than meetup.com?
vishaldpatel··on Obama DOJ’s New Abuse of State-Secrets Privilege Revealed
Like owning a single share in a very large monopoly. Except you're both the shareholder and the customer. The share loses value everyday and the service could be better.
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