Hacker News: abrimo

ClosedLearning: The latest technology meets traditional teaching.

abrimo — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:52:44 +0000

Article URL: http://closedlearning.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7508150

Points: 3

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Entrepreneurship MOOC drives enrolments: Puzzles, Crowd-Funding, National Pride

abrimo — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:14:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.openlearning.com/courses/GlobalEntrepreneurship

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7478365

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by abrimo in "Coming Soon to Hacker News: Pending Comments"

abrimo — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 02:51:34 +0000

I agree! My reply would never be endorsed either!

Student invents technology to produce world’s ‘cheapest’ power

abrimo — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:53:34 +0000

Article URL: http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/student-invents-technology-to-produce-worlds-cheapest-power/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6908535

Points: 9

# Comments: 9

OpenLearning launches new features to let anyone create a MOOC

abrimo — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:00:46 +0000

Article URL: http://www.blog.class-central.com/openlearning-launches-new-features-to-let-anyone-create-a-mooc/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6564405

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by abrimo in "Because it needs to be said"

abrimo — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:35:48 +0000

You're trying to blame the victim, which is troublingly common when someone has been raped or sexually harassed but it is never the right response. It is traumatising when these things happen, it is personally demeaning and it is never acceptable.

Justine is brave for coming forward and we should encourage everyone in a similar situation to do the same and support them when they do.

The deeper cultural problem here is that your comment has been voted to the top.

Breaking Through Limits on Spying

abrimo — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:44:17 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/opinion/breaking-through-limits-on-spying.html?hp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6185237

Points: 36

# Comments: 6

New comment by abrimo in "Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?"

abrimo — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:39:15 +0000

Yea it really is - I have nothing to do with these fellows but I found it interesting nonetheless so I posted it.

New comment by abrimo in "Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?"

abrimo — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:24:14 +0000

When you board a commercial airline you have to show that you have a valid visa/passport for your destination however that is not technically checked until you go through that country's immigration service.

So would it be possible for a private jet to pick up Snowden and drop him in Ecuador where he could officially apply for asylum? It sounds like the main issue is that he has to be in Ecuador to apply.

Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

abrimo — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:48:05 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.privatefly.com/edward-snowden-fly-private-jet-moscow-ecuador

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5977148

Points: 31

# Comments: 22

Ask HN: Anyone seeing a significant increase in yahoo/bing traffic?

abrimo — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:44:15 +0000

Normally most of the search traffic we receive is from Google however the past two days we have had 10 times more traffic from Bing/Yahoo than we normally do. All of this traffic has a bounce rate of 100% and spends 0 seconds on our site.

It appears to be a spider however this data is from Google Analytics and I don't think that a spider would be executing Javascript. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920663

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Next class of Richard Buckland's UNSW Computing 1 - Featuring PuzzleQuest

abrimo — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:03:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.openlearning.com/courses/unsw/computing1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821925

Points: 1

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Richard Buckland's UNSW Computing 1 - learn with games, puzzles and friends

abrimo — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:14:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.openlearning.com/courses/unsw/computing1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580771

Points: 13

# Comments: 6

New comment by abrimo in "The College Graduate as Collateral"

abrimo — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:13:08 +0000

The university is paid upfront by the federal government so it can still cover all of it's costs. The taxation office then collects the repayments, which are just taken out of your income.

There are risks for the government. For example, lots of Australians work overseas and unless they return to Australia to work, they won't pay back the debt. http://theconversation.edu.au/expat-workers-have-cost-austra... But that's probably not a huge percentage of outstanding debt.

New comment by abrimo in "The College Graduate as Collateral"

abrimo — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:44:18 +0000

I grew up in the US however I'm Australian and attended university in Australia.

The Australian system (HECS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_education_fees_in_Aust...) of managing higher education costs seems very fair. I studied two degrees at a leading university over 5 years. The accumulated cost for five years was about $30-35,000 for Engineering and Politics (some degrees are more expensive). My degree cost the university more than I paid with the remainder being covered by international students (thanks!), government subsidies/grants and donations.

All local students entering a university automatically go into this system. Each year you get a statement that lets you know how much debt you've accumulated and how much is left to pay. If you want to pay upfront then you receive a discount (10-20% off or something). However almost no one does because your debt is interest free and only indexed to inflation.

You don't start paying it off until you earn over $49,000/year (http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.aspx?doc=/content/...), at which point you pay about 4% of your income until you've paid it off. If you earn more then you pay it off more quickly and at a higher percentage.

This system has enabled me to work on my startup right after finishing uni without the burden of a debt that needs to be repaid immediately. It also let me focus on enjoying university without upfront costs. I think it also removes the cost barrier for students wanting to go to uni, as all universities cost the same and are all covered by HECS. You can decide where to go based on convenience, degree and anything else without worrying about the cost.

Lots of people here still complain about the cost and the system could surely be improved a bit. But it's quite a good solution and I'm glad the article mentioned it.

The Internet is life.

abrimo — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:53:05 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.mijura.com/post/22379129390

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3928133

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by abrimo in "Adobe Officially Unveils CS6, $49/Month All-Inclusive Subscription Service"

abrimo — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:27:05 +0000

That's 28 months - not weeks. So assuming you would normally upgrade every 2.5 years then it's about the same cost. If they release a new version each year then the subscription service would win easily.

More importantly, creative suite is now affordable for a huge range of people. Freelancers, students and small businesses can now afford a legal and full version.

New comment by abrimo in "Bad News: Google Is Doing The Corporate Future-Vision Video Thing"

abrimo — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:17:14 +0000

This reminds me of the article gruber wrote late last year about the types of companies that make future concept videos.

http://daringfireball.net/2011/11/companies_that_publish_con...

Twitter style inline autocomplete for TinyMCE editor

abrimo — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:02:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/abrimo/TinyMCE-Autocomplete-Plugin

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3553943

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Want to be a software engineer? Go to university

abrimo — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:28:32 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.mijura.com/post/12761772819

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3322448

Points: 15

# Comments: 5