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INSTANT FUNDING
This is the most important factor that makes an exchanger’s customers’ happy. It doesn’t matter whether a customer needs their money now or not. Just pay them instantly when they sell e-currency to you. It’s clear that a customer who gets his money within 15 minutes would be happier than a customer who gets his money within 24 hours or 3 days.

We’re able to gain more and more customers because we endeavor to process their orders quickly, even when it’s not always convenient for us.

GOOD CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Because they’re big, some exchangers won’t answer your calls and will never call you back No matter what happens, a customer would be happy if they know their calls would always be picked. Even we like to return calls from customers, especially when we see that they’ve been trying to reach us. It makes a customer feel appreciated when they’re called personally to be updated on some new services rendered by the company. Customers feel good when they know they can talk to the owner of an exchange business directly. An owner of an exchange business should not be too big to talk to customers.

For example, Access Bank calls us when we have issues with them or when they want to know how we feel about an issue that was solved some time ago. Is any exchanger as big or as rich as Access Bank? Do they have as many customers as Access Bank? The bank calls because they know that customers are the ones helping them to grow and make money. As an exchanger, you need to know that whatever you might have become now, that’d be impossible without the patronage of your customers.

24/7 SERVICES
When customers know that they can still do business with you on Saturdays, and even Sundays; when they know they can do business with you in the dead of night, they feel happy. Some customers require urgent/emergency processing of orders, and they won’t like the idea of not being able to reach their exchangers on weekends or at nights.

For example, we’ve a customer whose kid got suddenly sick on a Saturday evening. The kid was rushed to a hospital and the dad was asked to make some deposit for treatment. Since the dad (a customer) did not have money, he contacted us via WhatsApp around 1.30 AM to sell some e-currency. He explained what he was passing through. After he forwarded the e-currency, he got paid with 6 minutes. He was able to forward some money to the hospital’s account.

What would happen if the exchanger is someone that switches off their phones and communication channels and services on weekends, when a customer needs their services desperately and urgently? We wonder why exchangers go off on weekends when their e-currency providers and banks allow weekend transactions.

This has nothing to do with how beautiful your website is. It got nothing to do with you automated orders. Buyers and sellers are humans. Beneficiaries of buying and selling of e-currencies are humans, not software. Treat your customers like honorable individuals, not like numbers.

For us, if we’re not going to be around because of certain reasons, we let our customers know that; plus the time when we’ll open for business again.

GOOD RATES
Customers would be happy when they sell e-currencies at good rates. Buyers are glad when they’re able to save some money from their e-currencies purchases, as compared to other exchangers

EFFECTIVE REFUND POLICY
Customers are always encouraged to contact their exchangers before buying and selling e-currencies. We don’t encourage automated buying and selling… It’s just like doing things blindly and it doesn’t make sense to us. When customer sends money to you to buy an e-currency which you don’t have, then simply refund them. Don’t hold their money until you’re able to get e-currency to sell (unless they willingly agree to that). When someone forwards e-currency to you and you’re not ready to buy, then forward it back to them.

A long time ago, someone sent money to us to buy e-currency. We tried to sell to him, but we discovered that his e-wallet account was barred from receiving funds. We contacted him immediately and sent his money back to him. Later, when he resolved the issue with his wallet, he sent us the money again, we processed his order successfully and then notified him. Later we found out that he was soldier! But gladly, we won his trust. Serve all your customers in most transparent way, for you don’t know who’s who.

Someone sent us $450 worth of e-currency, which we were not buying at that time. We forwarded it back to him. That person was hooked and he’s brought more customers to us, who were previous victims of online scammers.

HONESTY
As an exchanger, let your “yes” be your “yes” and your “no” be your “no.” Do whatever you say you’re going to do. If you can’t keep a promise to yourself, you can’t keep it to anybody else.

Some people think that aggressive marketing is the only way for them to grow their business. They’re wrong! If you’re a bad exchanger, you’ll soon be famous for bad business habits. Honesty is the most important secret that would make your exchange business grow in the long run. Tell your customers the truth, whether they want to hear it or not: They’ll later appreciate you for that. Without honesty, we’d go to jail (apart from ruining our own business). But with honesty, we’d eventually realize our business aims and ambitions.

WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE, CARRY YOUR CUSTOMER ALONG
Sadly, there are times (though rare) when instant cash transfers fail due to errors/issues with our bank or the recipients’ banks. When this happen, we’re often the one to notify the customers, when they can’t get their money within one hour. We constantly contact our bank and work with them to ensure that the issue is resolved as soon as possible, and we update the customer, carrying them along until they get their money.

APPLY THE GOLDEN RULE
This is one of the best mindset an exchanger can have. “Love your neighbor as yourself” or “Do unto others what you’d like them to do to you.” The world of business would be a far better place if you treat your customers as you would want to be treated, if you’re also a customer to an exchanger.

Put yourself in your customers’ shoes and ask: “If I was a customer of an exchanger, how would I like to be treated in this situation?” Would I be happy if another firm treats me the way I’m treating my customers? Give yourself an honest answer and treat your customers in a way that would make their hearts pray for you.

When Neteller banned our accounts, we made sure that we paid all our customers who sold to us that day. Because of our Instant Funding policy, we’d paid about 95% of them before our accounts got banned. There were customers who got paid in millions of Naira, and we delibrately bore the costs and losses in order to make sure that we maintain a clean conscience.

Though many exchangers are older and richer than us, you can’t see any customers complaining about us online.

Exchangers shouldn’t be proud, wicked, selfish, and egocentric. Good name is better than silver and gold.

NB: This article is from .com.ng

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To all our nomads, jetsetters and quarter-life-crisis adventurers: Some countries are less hospitable to foreign tourists than others. If you’ve been bitten by the wanderlust bug, you should learn where the locals are friendliest to foreigners and which snooty citizens will give you the death stare the moment your plane kisses the runway. Willkommen and sayonara?

FOR EXPATS, TAIWAN IS THE FRIENDLIEST COUNTRY — AND KUWAIT IS THE RUDEST.

According to InterNations’ Expat Insider 2016 Index, you’ll likely be welcomed with open arms in Taiwan, Uganda and Costa Rica, which took the top three spots for the world’s friendliest countries, followed by Mexico and Colombia. On the other hand, locals may just give you the cold shoulder in Norway, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. (Oddly enough, Canada, the poster child for being nauseatingly friendly, didn’t even break the top 10.)

InterNations, one of the world’s largest expat networks, surveyed more than 14,000 respondents from 67 countries and found that countries in the Southern Hemisphere are generally perceived as friendlier and more open than those up north. “The weather certainly plays a role. [If you’re] living under constant cold and freezing rain, you are probably going to be less outgoing,” says InterNations CEO Malte Zeeck.

The surprising part? Taiwan ended up cinching first place for the friendliest country and best expat destination in the world. Some 90 percent of expats in Taiwan gave local residents high marks for hospitality, compared to a combined average of 65 percent in the rest of the surveyed countries. And more than one-third of expats even considered staying on the tiny Pacific island forever, according to polls. “It’s in our culture; we avoid having conflict.

We treat our guests with kindness,” says Linda Lin, a director at the Taiwan Tourism Bureau in San Francisco. “If you travel to Taiwan and open your map, people will immediately offer to walk you to your destination.” On the contrary, Kuwait fared poorly in categories like “ease of settling in,” “feeling welcome” and “finding friends,” according to InterNation’s data.



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Oh this is too easy for me.

Once when I was about 12, I invited a friend from school who was also a neighbor of mine for a sleep over. My room was quite small but I had a small sofa bed that the two of us could fit in quite comfortably.

Now I've always known I talked in my sleep because my parents told me I was always having full blown conversations in my sleep since I was young.

Anyway, so eventually my friend and I never quite had another sleep over and I never thought much about it until a few years later when she told me that night she stayed over, in the middle of the night I screamed, “Shut up!” And as I screamed it my arm extended out from under the covers and smacked her right in the face.

I was mortified when she told me this and she said that she never said anything at the time because she thought I was fully awake and she thought maybe she was breathing too loudly.

I can't even imagine how nerve wracking it must have been for her to go back to sleep that night while controlling the sound of her already silent breathing… thankfully we're still good friends and keep in touch but I always cringe hard when I think about that story.

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-embarrassing-thing-you-did-while-asleep

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In Nigeria, especially in Yorubaland, twins are revered.

The Yorubas have special cognomen in praise of twins. Some give twins special gifts. And some think that they have power to transform lives of parents who take care of them.

“O wo wo ile alakisa, o so alakia di onigba aso.”

Translation: He enters the house of a ragged person and turns him into an owner of two hundred cloths.

In various parts of Nigeria, there are myths surrounding twins. Are these myths correct?

Do twins really have spiritual powers? Can they really bless or harm people, including their parents?


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According to doctors, how does a person feel when they're dying?


My husband has seen death and has shared some stories and the one I recall him telling me about the most are the elderly. Apparently little old ladies are heard to say "I'm coming, I'm coming" some even mentioning names, reaching out to loved ones before passing on peacefully.

The brain is a remarkable thing and has the capacity to block pain when it's truly extreme, like a bisection (being cut in half in a traumatic injury)! they're in shock and can be unaware of their situation. Some injuries can cause extreme pain before passing and doctors and paramedics can give those enough morphine to make them comfortable.

Those who suffer from long drawn out illnesses seem to welcome death since they're so tired from fighting the illness and the pain. It seems though that most just want to be consoled and not die alone. A little compassion and dignity goes a long way


Source: https://www.quora.com/According-to-doctors-how-does-a-person-feel-when-theyre-dying

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When recruiters look through a stack of resumes for candidate screening, what is the vital information they focus on?


Agree with Ambra Benjamin that above all else it's about most recent role but here's exactly what I'd like to know about it:

- what you were actually doing ('software engineer' is a generic title with a huge variance of responsibilities - be specific about what that meant for you)

- who you were actually working with (include details of team size, how your team fit into the org structure)

- why the work was important to the company (was this the company's core product you were asked to work on, or some other piece to enable things to happen)

I would also add that as a recruiter for a start up I actually value a cover letter more than if I worked for a large company. The resume isn't likely going to allow me to make a judgment on a candidate's knowledge and genuine interest in our company and product. Reading a paragraph about why you want to work here vs. why you just want to work anywhere could very well be the difference between being passed over and being called for an interview.

Of course, that requires the cover letter to be specific. Anything generic that appears re-used across many job applications or focuses only on your background (which I could just glean from your resume) is useless and detracts from any genuine or specific interest you might actually have in the specific company.

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-do-recruiters-look-for-in-a-resum%C3%A9-at-first-glance

I’ve read 3 books, watched dozens of videos,and I have a well thought out strategy. Risk/Reward-3:1. My average win is about $35 and loss $28. What can I do to refine my strategy, and cut my losses? I feel like I am extremely close to being profitable, and I need a boost.

Let me give it to you straight.

You are on the right track. What you are trying to do is the equivalent of becoming a concert pianist, professional basketball player, or racecar driver.

Can you imagine saying “I’ve read 3 whole books on piano, watched a bunch of youtube… why can’t I get a paying job?”

You have a system, that puts you ahead of 90% of participants. Good for you, seriously.

Here’s how I work up a new system.

Firstly I want to make sure my prospective system is an edge. That means backtesting the ever lovin shit out of it. If you can’t program or it’s a discretionary system, that means pulling out charts and marking things up, taking screencaptures and spreadsheets. A lot of work - yeah it is, for most systems a few months of full time work before you are any where near to make the first trade. There are small optimisations you can make on exits and stop distances to tweak things. The time you move your trade to breakeven can make a big difference also. If the drawdowns are too big I suggest banking some partial profit at your average win (in R) so that you reduce standard deviation, and therefore drawdowns.

Secondly, you want to paper trade it for a while. You want to log both your system performance and your own performance (mistake rate)

Thirdly I start trading for really small money. Losing $50 / trade when it all goes bad. If I go 20 trades without making a mistake, I raise size. If I make more than one mistake every 20 trades, I lower size.

That’s how I do it, anyway.

Imagine you put a plank on the ground. Walk on it without falling off, thats paper trading. Put it 30cm off the ground, thats $50/trade trading. Trading for thousands of dollars per trade is the same thing, but the plank is now suspended between two buildings. If you just go straight to the tall building you are going to get freaked out at some point and make a fatal mistake.

Work yourself up to the main game SLOWLY. Remember, the goal is not to win, but to limit losses. Winning takes care of itself.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-am-I-still-losing-in-Forex

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Doing Forex without knowing what you're doing.

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Although some jellyfish are believed to be immortal, and some clams can live for a long time, this animal is what is believed to be the longest living animal ever with a vertebrae. Behold the Greenland shark. One female was estimated to be four hundred years old.

That shark was older than United States of America. Can you believe that? But what’s funny is that this shark was living very happily over several centuries and the moment it met humans, Bam! It’s dead.

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-longest-living-animal-ever


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It was a love message and I've already sent it before I got to my sense. I was so sorry.

Dogs are great at tricking you into thinking they're hungry even when they aren't.

Dog food bags usually tell you how much food a dog needs based on weight and age. Feed your dog that amount divided into two portions daily, and your dog will always be appropriately fed. (Remember that this amount is not consistent across brands; higher quality food has less filler and so usually requires smaller portions.)

In addition to that, keep your dog’s activity level in mind. I have an active beagle, who gets a couple short walks and games of fetch daily. A few times a week, he gets long walks, which means he can have an extra treat—usually a scrambled egg, a bit of pumpkin, or plain yogurt. Whenever I cook meat, I set a little aside (unseasoned) to feed him.

Your veterinarian will be able to tell you if your dog is a healthy weight, and you can look up general guidelines online if you know your dog’s breed. Your dog should be fairly lean but not skinny. If your dog is overweight, you should reduce their amount of food or change them to a diet formula (they make foods especially for older dogs who aren't very active). If your dog is too skinny, then increase the amount of food (slowly adding a bit of extra fat to their diet is a good method, but don't make sudden, dramatic changes as it can lead to intestinal distress).


Source: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-know-if-your-dog-is-hungry

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They get incredible benefits, get to retire at age 55, and get 3 months of vacation every year. They always complain about their salary as if they had no idea teachers dont get high pay. Anyway isn't it about helping students succeed in the future?

They complain because they are expected to work very hard and to accept very low pay, especially considering their level of education. The powers that be do not compensate them for the hours they spend outside the classroom (this applies at all educational levels). Moreover, they are often not respected or supported by parents. Let’s consider the specifics of your question.

They get incredible benefits? Not in most districts I’m familiar with. This varies by state and by school district, but the ones I’m aware of are not as good as, for example, working for an auto company or a defense contractor. I know - I’ve worked for all of these.

They get to retire at age 55? I’m not sure where that came from, as I know many teachers who are much older than that, at all educational brackets, and many of them do so in order to have enough income in their older years. And, besides, anyone can retire at age 55 if they save enough. I know a lot more plumbers who have retired early than teachers who have done so.

They get 3 months of vacation? It’s also vacation without pay unless they lower their salaries during the school year so they can have income over the summer. And is it vacation? The teachers I know spend much of the summer preparing lesson plans and such for the school year. I teach (part time) at the college level and I’m busy much of July and all of August preparing for the Fall (and I don’t get a paycheck until the end of September). During the school year they also spend a lot of time at home all night grading homework and tests. No pay for this either.

They had no idea teachers get don’t get high pay? They knew it. But many of them assumed they would get raises commensurate with inflation and level of experience. They generally have not in recent years because taxpayers love to give them additional responsibilities but don’t want to raise their tax rates to pay them well. As a result, the best and brightest potential teachers are more likely to go into something else these days. Ask any dean of a teachers college. Their SAT scores for enrolling students have dropped steadily for many years. It’s also worth noting that teaching is a labor-intensive occupation, so it does not benefit as much from automation as manufacturing and agriculture. Washing machines go down in price over the years because they make increasing use of automation to gain a lot of productivity. The cost of education keeps going up because it’s mostly labor cost. Do you really want to have your child taught by robots so that your school taxes will go down?

Isn’t it about helping students prepare for the future? Yes, which is why so many of them put up with the ^%$%* they are required to these days. But why does it make sense to say that anyone who goes into a field that helps people should automatically assume they will be poorly paid. They have families to take care of and mortgages to pay and so forth. Doctors, nurses, and many other professions are highly paid although their purpose is to help people. And let’s turn that argument around. Would you accept an argument that a hedge fund manager should be paid well because he went into a field that has no redeeming social value except to make lots of money?

Let’s look at the REAL reason teachers are poorly paid. 50 or more years ago, most teachers at the K-12 level were women - at a time when women were poorly paid and had limited career options if they wanted to work. The schedules of school teachers were built around the model of a mother who needed to stay home all summer to take care of her own children. The school tax rates people became accustomed to were based on this situation as well. But today a highly educated woman has a lot more options, many of which pay much better than teaching. And most tax increases for education have gone to provide significantly fancier school buildings and additional services (such as care for the disabled students), rather than to provide significant increases in teacher salary levels.

They say that a society that disrespects plumbers will have poor plumbing. The same concept applies to a society that disrespects teachers. And from what I can see, parents are increasingly likely these days to disrespect teachers - pay them poorly, work them harder, and blame them for all of your child’s bad behaviors. When I was a child, children were taught to respect teachers. Today, too many parents assume their children can do no wrong and the crafty children know that means they can get away with poor behaviors in school.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-teachers-complain-about-their-pay-so-much

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If he did not kill any person, then he is a fake ass g and a studio gangster.


Not many people have had such a hard but interesting life as 50 Cent.

He was raised without a father and by a drug-dealer mother who died when he was eight. He was raised by his grandmother from then on. He opened a boxing gym at the age of 14 but had already started selling drugs on the streets and bringing his product and guns to school, until he was expelled and arrested. When he was 19 he was arrested again for selling narcotics to an undercover cop, and when police searched his house, they found small amounts of cocaine and an unlicensed pistol. He served six months in a boot camp and eventually started his new career in rapping.

I don't believe that he has killed anybody personally, but it was speculated that he organised the murder of “Darryl ‘Hommo’ Baum”, the man who shot 50 Cent nine times in May 2000. It was never proven to lead back to the rapper, but theories arose that 50 Cent may have had something to do with his murder, and it makes a lot of sense to retaliate against someone who nearly killed him outside his own grandmothers house. Moreover, in 50 Cent’s hit song “Many Men” in the music video, he can be seen making a ‘shady’ deal with someone who ultimately shoots someone as the rapper walks out a building 30 seconds after. Maybe he inclined that he had something to do with it, but one things for certain, don't Bleep with 50.


Source: https://www.quora.com/Is-50-Cent-really-gangster-Did-he-kill-people


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Bruce Lee was a man at the peak of human fitness. But not necessarily health. There is a fine line between health and fitness, where one can be fit but not healthy, yet another couldn’t be fit without being healthy.

The autopsy concluded the Bruce Lee died from an allergic reaction to the painkillers he was taking for headaches. It was officially concluded as “death by misadventure”. He specifically died from ‘cerebral edema’ which is effectively swelling of the brain.

Source: https://www.quora.com/How-did-Bruce-Lee-die

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Once I walked to my boss - who is a very nice person and was open and friendly. I told him “could you please fire me?”. He smiled and asked the reason. After listening to my reason, his reply: “No way in hell”.

I didn’t want to resign as that will not help my situation. At that time, there was a company policy during production support shift (one week every 8 weeks), if you don’t reach office by 7:15 AM (shift starts at 7 AM) and you do not notify and have a valid reason, you will be fired. I did not reach office for 2 days. Boss called me and asked to give a reason. I said “please fire me”. He created a memo, signed himself and put a reason. Did not fire me.

So, it can be hard. Easiest way is to resign. Company needs strong reasons and needs to follow process to fire you. I had to wait for a lay off and got laid off after 4 years.

Now, there are ways to get fired - but that will not look good on you as it can create criminal record.

Or just do not go to office and do not reply to any calls from office - after 30 days they can terminate you. But still you will not be fired.


Source: https://www.quora.com/I-want-to-get-fired-how-do-I-go-about-it


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Life has no value in Nigeria.




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The smartphones that sit uncomfortably inside our pocket are now more powerful than the large desktop computers from 10 years ago. However, many people will tell you that these fantastic advances in technology are not always a sign of progress.

For example, anyone that remembers the days when the tank like Nokia 3310 ruled the world will scoff at our unusual modern ways. Back in simpler times, you didn't have to worry about dropping your phone or constantly searching for a power socket to charge your phone, and it even fit in your pocket.

You didn't feel the need to have to search for a game that you somehow buried on page 7 of your phone apps because the only game you played was called Snake. This was an era where reliability and resilience were rated much higher than shiny new gimmickry.

Sure, there was a reversal of fortune when the iPhone appeared on the scene, and we fell in love with mobile apps and screens that shatter just by looking at concrete. Eventually, Microsoft infamously acquired Nokia's mobile phone business in 2014 for a whopping $7.17 billion in a move that would eventually be the kiss of death for the Nokia phone as we knew it.

According to Evan Blass, HMD Global Oy, the Finnish manufacturer with exclusive rights to market phones under the Nokia brand have an interesting announcement on the horizon. It appears there are plans to announce four handsets at Mobile World Congress later this month including the much loved Nokia 3310 that many still remember as the first phone they fell in love with.

HMD is expected to unveil the phone that was first released back in 2000 at a launch event on February 26 in Barcelona. The attractive price of €59 will aim this new incarnation at nostalgic tech lovers who might want a second phone when they expect more battery life and resilience at a music festival or camping trip for example.


Although there will be two new Android phones on display too, it seems the love of all things retro will the Nokia 3100 will once again grab all of the headlines. Whether it's original users getting all nostalgic or hipsters promoting ironic living, there is clearly a lot of love for the 17-year-old phone.

We now live in a digital age where sophisticated smartphones from all manufacturers all look remarkably similar and are only separated by gimmicks. However, as users, we don't necessarily want waterproof phones, with curved screens or the ability to take live photos. The average user simply desires reliability, resilience and a half decent battery.

Nobody would seriously suggest returning to solely using phones that are nearly 20 years old. But, I think this is a clear indication of what consumers feel are lacking from their current generation of smartphones. There is an argument that if any phone manufacturer added these two requirements we once took for granted to their next model of smartphone, they could hit a winning formula.

Yes, we expect our model of choice to be aesthetically pleasing and contain all the features we know and love. However, savvy consumers have quickly realized that new features are often just gimmicks to create fake selling points.

Maybe, we also need to look in the mirror. Our desire for something new and exciting via annual refresh rates is responsible for leaving less time to develop anything genuinely new or exciting. Depending on your pocket size preferences, there are small or plus-sized phones to cover all tastes. But, what have we sacrificed along the way?

Recently a soldier advised his 17-year-old Nokia 3310 has survived three army tours and a washing machine, but still works perfectly fine with 4 bars of signal. Whereas a screen that doesn't crack when dropping from 3 feet and a battery that goes beyond a full day somehow seems entirely implausible here in 2017.

If we are completely honest, our obsession with being face down into a smartphone was almost non-existent in the days of Nokia reign. Our usage and expectations from these tiny devices have progressed to epic proportions, and maybe this is an inconvenient truth for those that look at the past through rose-tinted snap chat glasses.

However, the impending announcement of the Nokia 3310's return from the grave at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona certainly offers food for thought. What was your first and favorite mobile phone? Are you tempted to pick one up to use the second phone? Or do you prefer the past where it belongs?

Please share your insights and experiences by commenting below.


Source: https://www./why-people-excited-return-reliable-nokia-3310-neil-hughes

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Steve Jobs' story is a great lesson that we all need to emulate.

How to Use Steve Jobs's Insanely Simple Strategy for Getting What You Want
Overcome your fear of rejection and failure with this three-letter word.

here's a video clip on YouTube of Steve Jobs telling the story of when he was 12 years old and he was looking for spare parts so he could build an electronic device known as a frequency counter.

He tells how he opened the Palo Alto, California, phone book and located the number for Bill Hewlett, the founder of Hewlett-Packard, the company that made the parts he was seeking.

After introducing himself, Steve quickly got to the point: "'I want to build a frequency counter, and I was wondering if you had any spare parts I could have ... ' Bill not only gave me the parts I needed, he gave me a job that summer in Hewlett-Packard working on the assembly line putting nuts and bolts together on frequency counters. He got me a job in the place that built them. And I was in heaven."

There have been many instances in my life where I've struggled to muster the courage to ask for something I wanted, fearing that my request would be refused, or that I would embarrass myself for even asking. Yet, in many of those instances, because I asked, the outcome turned out to be very positive.

Like the time when, at the pub where my grad school buddies and I hung out on the weekends, I asked the pretty friend of my classmate's friend if she would dance with me (she said yes, and we're still dancing -- occasionally, at least -- today).

Or when I asked my business school classmate for the name of the hotel where a consulting firm was holding a recruiting event -- and then showed up uninvited, and boldly sat myself down next to the partner who would eventually hire me (after putting me through eight grueling interviews -- with case studies).

And I can't forget the time I coughed up the courage to finally ask for my first promotion and significant raise after four years of waiting and hoping that the promotion -- any promotion -- would be offered to me.

I can also trace some of my biggest failures and disappointments to not speaking up and asking for what I wanted. And today, I still hold back from asking for what I want. I still lose out on opportunities.

There's an art to asking for something you want, and at the right moment. Figuring out what someone needs and offering something of value to the person can be an effective strategy for getting the yes that you're looking for.

But I've also learned that many people are willing to give of their time, their ideas, or even their money with no expectation of getting anything in return. In fact, I've found that many people derive personal satisfaction from being helpful to others. Maybe it's a value they learned from their parents. Maybe it's built into their religious beliefs. Maybe it's just who they are.

"I've never found anyone who said no or hung up the phone when I called," says Steve. "I just asked. And when people ask me, I try to be responsive to pay that debt of gratitude back."

So think about what it is that you really want. Go ahead and put in the time and energy to learn new skills, acquire new knowledge, and experience new things. Invest in building the relationships you will need to call upon when you're ready. And then, when you feel the time is right, be sure to do the one thing that will help you get what you want: Ask.

"Most people never pick up the phone and call; most people never ask. And that's what separates sometimes the people that do things from the people that just dream about them," says Steve.

"You've gotta act, and you've gotta be willing to fail, and you've gotta be willing to crash and burn, with people on the phone, with starting a company, or whatever," he says.

"If you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far."


Source: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AaBsdI/:6J$C-H4r:aPMhnXtq/www.inc.com/glenn-leibowitz/how-to-use-steve-jobss-insanely-simple-strategy-for-getting-what-you-want.html

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Big Brother Nigeria is a reality TV show based on the Big Brother TV series in which 12 contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize worth $100000 at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted by viewers. A collaboration between Nigerian and South African production teams, it aired on DStv Channel 37 from March 5 to June 4, 2006.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_Nigeria

The program is currently going on on DStv and Gotv. It’s like 24 hours reality show, and it’s so boring.

I can’t see any sense in it, but some viewers swear by it and breathe it.

Nigeria is not doing reality shows for computer gurus, electronics gurus, science gurus, technology gurus… No encouragement for those who bring innovation that can benefit the country.

Companies waste money on those who do nothing but chat, cook, exercise, eat, sing and sleep; while lazy people fritter away their life watching it. How can that bring progress and development to this country?

It’s a pity.



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Valentine... Valentine. Nay sense in it?


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Which of these countries (Australia, Canada, Russia, USA) is the most selective when accepting immigrants?






I have lived in Australia, Canada and the U.S.

Immigration laws are as follows.
Russia: Easy

Canada: Easy

U.S: Hard

Australia: Very Hard.

Cultural acceptance:

Canada: Most accepted (Canadian Culture is unique, not aggressive and way more accepting)

US: Accepted (Cultural Diversity)

Australia: Mixed (Yes racism is still rampant in the country)

Russia: Bad (specially if you are from the LGBT community)

The most selective country is Australia, They have a tough immigration system, and a tougher screening process. No tom dick and harry can enter Australia. They are good with breaking down the immigration population and bringing in the most talented ones to the country.


Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-of-these-countries-Australia-Canada-Russia-USA-is-the-most-selective-when-accepting-immigrants


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43,826,196.898

Yes, I am going against the grain of answers but read on for an explanation.

Today we use computers to multiply large numbers. Unfortunately, computers don’t really understand or know how to store infinity (nor irrationals) and only can store finite rational numbers. Under the most common 4-byte architecture, an integer is allocated 32 bits of information, making the largest (unsigned) integer available 4,294,967,295. Adding one to the largest unsigned int overflows the allocated data, making the result loop back to zero.

Sidenote: A story about how Gangnam Style overflowed the Youtube view counter can be read here:

Gangnam Style overflows INT_MAX, forces YouTube to go 64-bit

Adding 43,826,196.898 to itself 99 times (then casting to unsigned int) will result in an overflow loop, resulting in.. the original number.


Source: https://www.quora.com/If-1x-99x-what-is-the-value-of-x


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How do people survive financially after quitting their job and pursuing the entrepreneur route of a startup?


I've done it twice. Both times I went into massive personal credit card debt (US $50,000 and US $70,000). Both times the company I founded eventually raised investment capital, and things worked out. Here are the few pieces I've learned about surviving as a bootstrapped entrepreneur after quitting my job:

1. If You Aren't 100% Sure, Don't Even Try to Survive Financially. Get Your Job Back.

Being an entrepreneur is painful... and not the romanticized pain that ends in two hours and gets packaged like a Disney Special. It's a dull, lingering, financially disastrous pain that is only worth it if there is absolutely nothing else you can see yourself doing. If it isn't that black and white for you, get your job back. Now.

2. Plan for At Least 2 Years of Financial Suicide. That's a Bare Minimum.

Most entrepreneurs begin their entrepreneurial journeys with rosy forecasts. If they can just do these four things, well heck, they'll be the next Facebook or at least Instagram. That's the fairy tale anyway. The reality is you'll be probably trudging through financial quicksand for years. So plan for it!

3. Find a Cofounder As Wildly Passionate As You Are. Ideally a Rich One.

When you're lost and alone in the desert with no directions for how to find water... it is easy to let the hallucinations and ramen-inducing vitamin deficiencies take hold. But when you have a cofounder, an advocate, a best friend who needs it as much as you do... that person can keep you sane. If the person is rich, he or she can also take you out to dinner every now and then!

4. It Doesn't Matter if You Once Lived Like a King. You Are Now a Pauper.

Before I took the social entrepreneurial plunge, I was making easy money, driving a nice Mercedes, staying at 4-star New York City hotels, and enjoying life. It took me a few months to realize I was a pauper when I started my first business. The result: I used what could have been 3 years of savings in 5 months. Don't be as stupid as me.

5. If You Hit Zero, Credit Cards Can Be Your Best Friend. But BEWARE.

The only thing scarier for an entrepreneur than losing money every month is losing money you don't have every month. But this is part of the financial suicide referenced earlier. When you've hit zero, 0% interest credit cards (readily available in the US for first 12 months if you have good credit) are your best friend.

** Use with caution: If you aren't idiotically sure things will work out, return to step 1. Ask for your job back.

6. (Final Financial Survival Step): Work On Your Mental Game. It's the Most Valuable Asset You Have. It's More Important Than Money.

Entrepreneurship is oftentimes a war of attrition. Those who can take the most pain and stay in the game the longest are oftentimes the victors (if they are smart and adjusting all the time). The key to staying in the game isn't money. It is knowing the truth about yourself and your team: you are immensely capable and resourceful, and you will find a way. After all, there is no other option!

Source: https://www.quora.com/How-do-people-survive-financially-after-quitting-their-job-and-pursuing-the-entrepreneur-route-of-a-startup


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