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> be an optimist, over-hype, get funding, and survive until engineering investments pay off

> whatsapp

What did whatsapp over-hype?


I meant latter option^^


Android has over 2 billion users. 0.01% of that is still 2 million humans.


There are also a few anti-OtherLanguage protests.

For example, this is hardly "pro-OurLanguage" - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/karnataka-raks...


That is pro-OurLanguage protest.

Also, as long as there is English, its totally useless to learn Hindi.


How is that a pro-OurLanguage protest? The board already had Kannada and English. In addition, Hindi was being added. That is clearly an anti-Hindi protest. Not a pro-Kannada protest.


I will take your comment seriously when Kannada shows up on Delhi metro signage and no body protests, until then its shoving things down peoples throat and holding them responsible for not swallowing up.


Not OP. One reason i find it is hard to pay you is because there is no way to buy your product without talking to someone. The pricing is not listed anywhere on your website.


That changed Jan 1 while were in the middle of figuring out what we were going to pay them -- then some X-Pack features disappeared from the "Gold" plan and the cost they quoted us was _way up_ from what we were evaluating.

There actually still is a pricing page somewhere on the site, but you have to dig for it, and I don't think it's correct anymore.


This looks nice! How does your product compare with Patreon? (edit:) The difference I notice about it is that this looks a lot less demanding than Patreon. A lot more laissez faire if you will.

Oh and, https://buymeacoff.ee/nettem :)


Thanks, @arrayjumper!

Patreon works best for creators with a huge loyal following, those who are most likely to pledge a monthly donation. Small creators find it difficult to raise any money at all from Patreon.

I think it's a decent idea to provide fans with an option of quick one-time payment since many do not like the idea of going through the long process of signing up and paying monthly.


Don't know about OP. In my experience a lot/most Computational Biology papers are Open Access.


I can second this. I've had a much better experience in Computational Biology compared to other fields wrt paper access.


Probably to keep hardware costs low.


A case can be made that since the British looted foreign countries to create their infrastructure it is only fair that the citizens of those countries be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their ancestors' labours.


A case can be made for a lot of things. That isn't the same as saying a good case can be made for it.


2 things -

1. The British Raj is still in living memory. All 3 of my surviving grandparents were born before independence and were adults and married by 1947 (when India gained independence). They remember British rule. Comparing the criticism that an evil empire from living memory receives with empires that came before it is pretty disingenuous.

2. As an Indian, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when tyrants like Winston Churchill are celebrated in modern Britain. His thoughts on the Bengal famine of 1943 and his inaction during that time which caused the death of an estimated 2 million people due to starvation is a matter of public record.


In android it works right now on the app toolbar with a long touch of a button for which you want to see the tooltip (if it is programmed right). The text shows up sort of like a toast message.


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