Paperweight from Paperspace (YC) - a better PC in the cloud

By Vasudev Ram

Just saw this via Twitter.

Paperweight is a small hardware device from Paperspace, a Y Combinator startup that recently came out of stealth mode, according to the Paperspace about page.

Here is a post about Paperspace on the Y Combinator Posthaven (blog):

Paperspace (YC W15) Lets Anyone Access A Better Personal Computer That Lives In The Cloud

This video about Paperspace is good :-) Make sure to watch the whole thing - it's short.



If the embed above doesn't work, view the video here:

Paperspace video

The idea for the Paperspace computer-in-the-cloud may not be entirely new, since it seems to be (roughly) a sort of thin client, like the erstwhile Sun Ray, but it does seem innovative, overall.

I guess it could be called a PCaaS (PC as a Service :-)

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Teleborder facilitates labor immigration through technology

By Vasudev Ram

Seen via Hacker News.



Teleborder's goals seems interesting.

Teleborder is a startup that is trying "to bring free movement of labor to the world through technology. Right now, that means helping companies manage immigration, tax, and relocation for their expatriate employees. We grew our customer base 10x in 2014 and are looking to beat that in 2015. We're currently a tight-knit team of 13 and well funded by top tier investors, including YC (S13)."

The picture above is of a Chinese passport from the Qing Dynasty, 24th Year of the Guangxu Reign - 1898.
From Wikipedia.

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New: The Hacker News API (with Python support)

By Vasudev Ram

Hacker News (HN), a.k.a. news.ycombinator.com has introduced an API for their site - the Hacker News API.

Hacker News is a tech and other news site popular with developers, entrepreneurs and others, which was set up by Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, a startup incubator / accelerator.

HN thread about the Hacker News API.

The Hacker News API on Github.

The API has been built in partnership with Firebase, a startup that is a graduate of the Y Combinator incubator / accelerator.

There is a Firebase REST API available to access the Hacker News data.

They mention two Python wrappers for the Firebase REST API:

python-firebase, Python interface to the Firebase REST API, by Özgür Vatansever

and another one, also called

python-firebase, Python wrapper for the Firebase API by Michael Huynh.

The news about the Hacker News API was posted just today.

I'll experiment over some days with the API and then may write another post about using it from Python.

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Story of Bageshwori - Watsi

The Story of Bageshwori, Watsi's First Patient ‹

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5299910

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