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This is a really well-written essay, which actually surprises me a little given how timely it is to the YC application process. When did you start writing it?
by brlewis 20y ago
This is a really well-written essay, which actually surprises me a little given how timely it is to the YC application process. When did you start writing it?
- gyro_robo 20y agoTo me, it seems muddled; I don't see the usual thanks to the usual suspects so I assume PG single-foundered it instead of running it past RTFM et al.
- pg 20y agoIf you can point out a specific muddle I can fix, let me know.
- gyro_robo 20y agoSee my top-level post.
- ced 20y ago"if the difference between the 20th and 21st best players is less than the measurement error, you've still done that optimally." I thought that the coach was responsible for minimizing the measurement error. Then, the best he could do is to pick the best team. How do you define measurement?
- pg 20y agoYesterday afternoon. I was in the middle of turning that last Stanford talk into an essay. This was one of the points. During the talk I said this was important enough to be a separate essay, so I wrote one.