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"The problem is, while pg outwardly disapproved of our actions, we know he secretly loves founders that push the limits!" You know what, though: the response f

by pg 16y ago

"The problem is, while pg outwardly disapproved of our actions, we know he secretly loves founders that push the limits!" You know what, though: the response function around the limit is not a smooth bell curve; it drops sharply below the x axis as you go past the peak.

BrainScraps 16y ago
It took me a while to get this, so I made a helpful graph for everyone else as slow as I am. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22926250/pgResponse.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22926250/pgResponse.png
- RockyMcNuts 16y ago
  kind of like a Kelly criterion bet http://www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/336_10/papers/jane.pdf http://www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/336_10/papers/jane.pd... if you bet like a mouse, you get cheese
  - palish 16y ago
    Thanks for the interesting paper.
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- dools 16y ago
  Who gets Italy?
reason 16y ago
Would you have funded them had they not pulled their stunts?
- pg 16y ago
  Yes. We were influenced by the large number of YC alumni that they got to recommend them, but not by the dinners they organized for the applicants.
  - andjones 16y ago
    Is it possible that those two events are connected?
    - pg 16y ago
      I believe not, because they could not have organized these events till they'd already been invited for interviews.
paulnelligan 16y ago
I find myself wondering if they're still pushing ...