This argument is just surreal. Are you claiming that the two are related? Why are fertility rates low in other countries not on the list as well? And in many countries, it's even lower. You never explicitly link the two together but you seem to be making some sort of implication that the trend of low fertility rates, which is more than anything related to the economical development of a particular country, is related to the lack of religiousness in the particular country.
Tell me I was not the only whose first thought was how cool it would be to build a cluster out of these things.
But props to the OP, it looks like something I would spend hours playing with.
Just for you, Anemecek, I'll wear a beowulf cluster on my arm. I think it will vibrate off I you guys keep sending me email... www.getinPulse.com/images/toomanywatches.jpg
I remember him saying what he did for his previous book and I can imagine that for this one he did something similar. Basically, he came up with 10 or so possible titles (before having finished the book) and then used AdWords to check to which title customers respond.
The problem with this argument is that all of the websites that you mentioned were founded before Ror or alternatives were mature enough. Adam D'Angelo (former CTO of Facebook) said that if Facebook was created now, they would not use PHP (source: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=137376312958147). I can imagine that the situation is similar with the other websites.
The article mentioned he used Python, which is a language I really enjoy working with, but not a framework. Does anyone know what framework D'Angelo is using?
I doubt that there is anyone who is not that way. In fact there is a Chinese saying "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand." which arrives at the same conclusion.
What I actually meant to ask is not how do they make money, if they make money, or even if it is their goal to make money but if you were in moot's shoes and you wanted to turn page views into money, what would you do?
But seriously, not being commercially driven is what gives the chans their credibility. Commercializing that crowd is a million dollar question. Now that moot has taken VC, it will be interesting to see how his new project will monetize.
Thank you for your response. I'm aware of OPT and H1B but from what I have heard, H1B is nicknamed indentured servitude for a reason. The employer is often aware of the fact that the employee has to comply with any of his requirements as if the employee gets fired, and he is unable to find another job soon enough, he'd have to leave the country. Furthermore, I'm not exactly fond of the idea of being an employee, I'm leaning more towards self-employment or founding a startup. But I guess beggars can't be choosers.
Yeah, the H1B definitely has a bunch of issues and there is that lock-in affect which is... unfortunate. I would say the employers are always aware of H1B requirements, just some choose to abuse them. You can transfer an H1B visa, but it is a bit of a time-consuming process. H1B's are also only issued in October, which is another limitation.
How long have you been in the States? Would citizenship be an option? In any event, in your case it would be appropriate to have a consultation with an immigration lawyer who can walk you through the various visas that are available and help you figure out which one best matches your situation. There are other employment visas but I am not particularly well-versed in what they are.
