Opportunities are indeed out of your control, but preparation isn't. And keeping an eye open for opportunities is also within your control. Everyone who got "lucky" worked their ass off. Bill Gates, Notch, ...
It is possible/likely that this refers to what Mariott was specifically doing, which is attacking cellular modem/AP combo devices that were not connected to Marott's network in any way, just physically located in/near their hotels.
University Wi-Fi blocking is usually targeted at APs that students have attached to University network drops without permission, which is a completely different thing.
However, the FCC did not appear to draw a distinction, which is interesting.
Agreed. The university unquestionably has the right to prevent you from connecting a device to its wired network. The only question is whether it can use wireless "self-help" to prevent you from doing so.
Right, of course they have the right to prevent me from connecting to their network. But as I understand the FCC advisory, they do not have the right to stop me from using my own personal cellular hotspot, for example.
Does your university actually block all other wireless networks near / on campus? This is prohibited by the FCC.
At my university, the wireless APs would scan for others and try to detect if they were on-network using a student's auth. They'd tell the student to remove the AP if they wanted to continue to have access to the school network. Wireless, off-network hotspots were allowed, provided they weren't impersonating the school network.
This is an awesome idea, and looks like it is very well executed. I have two suggestions:
- Add some sparse html tags (i.e. a basic doctype/body), which can help with search engine parsing.
- You'll notice that for a few milliseconds on page load, the text is shown before the JS rendering takes over. This can probably be solved via Javascript, just find a way to cache or pre-load the pages.
If they offer a video/audio streaming service, what happens if I upload an mp4 of a copyrighted movie, even if I own it? Do they check files to see if they are copyrighted? If they do, will files be deleted automatically or will notice be given?
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Rejected again. Unfortunately I don't have the prestige of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, or other top schools to carry my application through.
I don't think school is too important. My friend and I are from the same school, I got to the next round, he didn't. (He's going to go work for Google anyway, so it doesn't matter). That being said, it probably does play _some_ factor.
I will also heartily voice my love of this service. It has totally changed the way I view movies and TV shows.
I'm a technically-inclined person, but I really don't want to spend hours fiddling with torrents. The instant torrent completion is an absolutely killer feature. The UI is easy to use and dead simple. The developers regularly update the site and let us know when there are disruptions.
I'm a "broke" college student, and to be honest, out of all of the online services I pay money for, this is the one I think the least about before purchasing.
I know exactly what you mean- I use this free app called 30/30 on my iPhone (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/30-30/id505863977?mt=8), and it works great for a productivity cycle, e.g. rotating between focusing and doing something relaxing. I imagine it would be pretty good for workouts as well.
Oh please. Spare us the jealousy insinuations, and stop perpetuating the myth that if entrepreneurs are actually worth anything and work hard, it is guaranteed that they will swiftly become inundated with success.
Sometimes there are no "lessons that can be learned from success stories like this". Believe it or not, for every Instagram, there's a hundred startups with founders that are just as smart and try just as hard, but don't make the cut. Do the founders of Instagram deserve their success? Sure! Should we pat them on the back and "celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit"? Absolutely. But let's not fall over ourselves praying to the success gods while we forget to work on our own products.
> If I could build Instagram and sell it for $1b I sure as hell would
Bullshit. Maybe you could! All you need is hard work, the skills to get there, and yes, a good amount of luck. But let's not pretend you, or the founders of Instagram, are destined for success because you're special or you "knew" your ideas would kick off. Look up hindsight bias in the dictionary.
If the OP I replied to don't scream of jealousy I don't know what does.
That said, you are very right: Most startups fail, or barely break even. But without the inspirational properties of the likes of Instagram, would SV be the same? Would so many flock to Silicon Valley to try their luck? Probably not.
There are many many hard working entrepreneurs who never make it, that is fact. I do not, at least not yet, count myself among the hard working entrepreneurs. I am under no illusion that I will succeed in my future ventures nor that I am special and will automatically succeed where others have failed.
Of course there is always hindsight bias and the iOS market is more unreliable than the bitcoin price. My comment regarding building Instagram is meant as: If I had the right circumstances to take advantage of my 'unfair' advantage as a white, privileged male I would. The Instagram founders did and got lucky.
Lastly, I hope that your own startup venture is successful in the future. You seem to have done more good for the world, via volunteer work, than I ever have. I hope that you are not too disillusioned by the future to stop being an entrepreneur. Sometimes we just get that bit of extra luck that we need and hopefully that will turn out true for you as well as for me. (My apologies for kinda stalking you, I could not resist checking out your profile)
> But let's not pretend you, or the founders of Instagram, are destined for success
That's not what the other poster said at all. They were making a remark about their potential attitude towards "cashing out", not about their perceived likelihood of being offered $1bn.
Yes, that was my intention. Turns out I need to work a bit on my English, I can be a bit unclear at times I fear. English isn't my native tongue so at least I can blame my shortcomings on something :)
