Hacker News: Scott_MacGregor

Pics of Googles Russian competitior Yandex's Data Center

Scott_MacGregor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:06:08 +0000

Article URL: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://company.yandex.ru/technology/datacenter/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgZiW9GtuCE6BpWk11-NxlAVYEjew

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1993569

Points: 11

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Ever wonder what Google's Russian office looks like? Look Here

Scott_MacGregor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:00:28 +0000

Article URL: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/12/09/google-with-russian-flavor/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1993358

Points: 28

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Ask HN: What BIOS is the Google Cr-48 Netebook Shipping With?

Scott_MacGregor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:54:06 +0000

Has anyone had time to explore the hardware or it's files yet?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1990049

Points: 7

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New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Ask HN: Best programming font?"

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:04:41 +0000

I like Consolas. It's monospaced and designed for programming.

New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Geek Christmas Ideas... Anyone?"

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:39:42 +0000

NANO USB flash drives are useful for laptop backups.

Austin; Too many jobs, too few candidates

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:55:15 +0000

Article URL: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/business/too-many-jobs,-too-few-candidates

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1985946

Points: 1

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Battle for the Brains; Departments shrink at Berkeley, UT Austin expands

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:50:26 +0000

Article URL: http://blogs.forbes.com/joelkotkin/2010/12/08/education-wars-the-new-battle-for-brains/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1985938

Points: 1

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Austin tech workers 12th highest paid in US

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:44:43 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2010/12/08/austin-tech-workers-12th-highest-paid.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1985926

Points: 1

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Nasa sells shuttle PCs without wiping secret data

Scott_MacGregor — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:07:45 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11947721

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1983910

Points: 2

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US Copyright Group Drops Cases Against Thousands of BitTorrent Users

Scott_MacGregor — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:11:15 +0000

Article URL: http://torrentfreak.com/us-copyright-group-drops-cases-against-thousands-of-bittorrent-users-101206/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1977852

Points: 4

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New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Founder Control"

Scott_MacGregor — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:50:15 +0000

With an equal number of founder elected Directors and VC elected Directors, if your outside tiebreaker director is brought in by the VC's you will be in danger of losing control because you cannot control the situation.

Especially if the tie breaker is planning on doing some additional business with the VC in the future, you may not have a truly neutral person casting the vote.

So, how is founder control typically structured?

For instance, do founder Stockholders get 2 votes per share to elect Directors with, and VC's get 1 vote per share with a guaranteed VC director seat on the board? Or are Directors elected by founders getting 2 votes on a particular decision item A and 1 vote on decision item B, and VC Directors get 1 vote on A and B?

Does anyone know what is currently going on with this?

New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Whats up with my local geek community.Need to vent"

Scott_MacGregor — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:55:38 +0000

You should have found "one" who was interested (hot to work on your project) while you were there, and "closed the deal" right there.

Separate the wheat from the chaff, and ABC (always be closing)!

If you thought to get their e-mail (in my opinion, the best way to "initially" communicate with most coders) pop them an e-mail and see if they are still interested. Not everyone is a phone person.

New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Supercomputer Use at the BGI in China to Study the Genetic Neture of IQ"

Scott_MacGregor — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:52:06 +0000

It might be more productive to isolate genes that relate to a low IQ, and then discard those from the sample. When looking for a needle in a haystack it would make the haystack smaller.

New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "TROJAN WARNING Do not click: Branding to Founders What Law Firms Got Right"

Scott_MacGregor — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:14:06 +0000

WARNING: Trojan.JS.Redirector.cq caught by my software comming from this site.

TROJAN WARNING Do not click: Branding to Founders What Law Firms Got Right

Scott_MacGregor — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:13:31 +0000

The site has a trojan on it.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1970002

Points: 1

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New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Branding to Founders: What Law Firms Got Right and Others Haven't"

Scott_MacGregor — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:09:27 +0000

WARNING: Trojan.JS.Redirector.cq caught by my software comming from this site.

New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Austin Co-Founders Meetup is this Monday"

Scott_MacGregor — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:48:04 +0000

I think it would be nice if this were a co-founder meetup/founders networking & drinks.

Broaden the horizon a little and include founders who are not looking for co-founders among the networking time.

Try it as an iteration and see if it improves the quality of entire evenings experience for everyone.

Droid 2 Phone Blows Up in Man’s Ear; Requires 4 stitches

Scott_MacGregor — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:18:50 +0000

Article URL: http://erictric.com/2010/12/03/droid-2-a-mind-blowing-experience-litterly-blows-up-in-mans-ear/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1966100

Points: 8

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New comment by Scott_MacGregor in "Ask HN: I want to build a robot that cleans my bathroom. "

Scott_MacGregor — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:53:57 +0000

Maybe think about building separate robots for each task (tub, etc...) that can be permanently attached to wall or the ceiling near its work spot. Tasks could be accomplished using special arms for each sub-task. A lifting arm, a chemical spraying arm, etc...

It would take the "where am I" "where is the target" out of the robots equation. You could simply hardcode the desired movements into the robot. Then if you wanted to sell them you could build a learning routine into the code so the public could easily use it after bolting it to the walls in their houses.

Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? Take a Look

Scott_MacGregor — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:26:23 +0000

Article URL: http://people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959690

Points: 140

# Comments: 100