HugoMelo

I would check out the wiki (https://safenetwork.wiki). The network's been in development for a decade, it doesn't use a blockchain, and the coin isn't the goal of the system (just a feature).

new folks: use https://drive.google.com/a/hugomelo.com/folderview?id=0B_H50... and https://drive.google.com/a/hugomelo.com/folderview?id=0B_H50... so it doesn't ask me for permissions, did not anticipate how many folks would ask :)

odd, I shared the 2 courses on google drive

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_H50uBwsok6ZGxzbjU0cUU0OW... https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_H50uBwsok6d2w4YlVQcjNNSG...

hope it works :)

you have to enroll in them and accept their honor rolls first. Does that work?

I'm in the same boat. Found https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl and was able to download part 1 and 2.

best bit:

"They had a specific date to ship, and a fixed number of engineering resources. They knew their bug count had to glide down to zero by X date, and some bugs had to sadly be resolved "Won't fix." If a PM doesn't hit their schedule and ship, they get fired. This bug had to be punted."

diffuse responsibility, give some folks one-sided power, and you've got a Parreto-efficient race to the bottom.

WHY THE HELL DIDNT I FIND THIS THREAD SOONER? THESE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT

It looks so pretty. Oddly reminiscent of G+

+1 for the redesign

[Edit] - Looks like I had some bad info. Several offers to students were from partner companies.

edskim case in point. He's off to Twilio now.

whoops ;)

nicholasreed makes a good point. Let me make some stuff clear:

- I paid a $500 refundable deposit by mailing them a check they never cashed.

That was legit. A $3,000 deposit is silly though.

- To the best of my knowledge no jobs were found from App Academy's partner companies.

- I don't believe the $83k average salary thing.

That said, Ned is one of the greatest mentors I've ever met, and he's radically changed my life.

:)

As long as there's an awesome system like Hacker News, there'll be people trying to hack it. HN wins to the degree that it can counteract that and MAKE SURE that the 'best' ideas organically flow to the top. And pg is all over this.

I really like the idea of 'trust' / influence making your upvotes worth more than my upvotes or someone else's if you're proven to give good stuff. Hmm..

It feels a bit slow now for me. Is it getting pummeled by HN?

By the way, cool project.

I like this, it sounds cool. What's the tech stack? How do you handle sending / receiving email?