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by 40acres 8y ago
I like a full day interview because it allows me to get a good look at the office, the environment of people around it, and meet 4-5 prospective coworkers and get a fuller assessment. However, the day is truly grueling. I interviewed @ Goog
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by 40acres 8y ago
I think we should bypass the solution of Affirmative Action and really work on the fundamental issues of America which lead to solutions like Affirmative Action. In my ideal world AA would not exist because it would not be necessary. So by
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Solid point, I really feel for Asian kids and parents who are being discriminated against. The reason why these discussions usually end up in a discussion of black v. white is because (in my opinion) that "struggle" affects every
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I don't think solving the funding issue would directly solve the performance issue because this is a problem with multiple variables like you have mentioned. When we talk about stable 2 parent households we need to consider the fact th
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by 40acres 8y ago
Great point and I'm glad you brought this up. Like I mentioned, America has many gaping wounds which I believe can be traced back to institutional racism. When talking about the prevalence of black kids raised under single family homes
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by 40acres 8y ago
Opportunity. Affirmative Action is a band aid on one of many gaping wounds in America caused by discrimatory policies. White flight, block busting and redlining all contribute to the current state of affairs in which Affirmative Action seem
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by 40acres 8y ago
This argument, while important, is the low hanging fruit of the affirmative action debate in my opinion. We would not need affirmative action if legacy based admissions wasn't so prevalent in top schools. We would not need affirmative
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I'm 27 and never signed up for Facebook, something about it did not really appeal to me. Mainly because I hate taking / posting pictures and don't really care for posting status updates to friends. I also like to keep my real
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> I really wish I agreed with your characterization, but I don't. What I see as prototypical identity politics is something like the Why Can't We Hate Men article the Washington Post published ( https://www.washington
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by 40acres 8y ago
> But all of those things—women's suffrage, black emancipation, and equal rights for blacks—were won not by appealing to group identity, but by appealing to the universality of being human. It was both, and I think you need to do so
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Like I mentioned, I don't think you're looking at this in a realistic view. The original constitution was a very principled document, and yet it excluded many rights to women, poor white folks, and had no protections for Native Am
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> It would be one thing to make demands on the basis of unfair treatment with regards to universal principles. It's another thing to make demands * merely on the basis of identity.* I think the problem with the term identity politic
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by 40acres 8y ago
I think you are misconstruing what I've said. I'm all for inalienable rights based on the fact that people are human, what I'm trying to point out here is that there is an idealized view of politics and a realistic view. And
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by 40acres 8y ago
I don't think House of Cards comes close really, especially now that Spacey is out. Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal, the filming location of King's Landing in Croatia is constantly flood
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by 40acres 8y ago
I think so, as mentioned Netflix has definitely changed the game but when it comes to awards success and cultural impact I think they've been lacking. Netflix doesn't release viewing numbers so it's hard to tell but tradition
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by 40acres 8y ago
It's interesting reading startup literature regarding MVPs and iterating quickly and notice that almost none of it applies to the AR/VR space. Between Magic Leap and Ubiquty6 it seems like the most interesting players in AR are mo
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by 40acres 8y ago
Netflix definitely found greenfield with their business model, however the next few years will be decided by who can create the best original content. Netflix has spent billions on content: signing popular writers / show runners to lon
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by 40acres 8y ago
All politics is identity politics. After the revolution only rich white land owners could vote, elections and governing were based on the wills of a single identity: rich, white, men. Not much has changed in America since then but as more e
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by 40acres 8y ago
I was talking to my girlfriend the other day about this trying to wrap my head around what this will mean for the economy 20-30 years from now. We don't have student debt so we're in advantageous position. I keep wondering, what w
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by 40acres 8y ago
The other day a poster criticized A16Z's Cultural Leadership Fund targeting African American entrepreneurs because a majority of the LPs were of the entertainment business (athletes, musicians, actors). I've seen this criticism of
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by 40acres 8y ago
There's lots you could do w/o abolishing private schools: - Pay public school teachers more & hire more teachers (reduce class sizes) - Free lunch for all kids in the public school system up until senior year of high school -
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by 40acres 8y ago
Haha, actually now that I think about Ive been stuck in this rut for a year. But the past few weeks have been really intense.
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by 40acres 8y ago
I've been struggling with dream fulfillment vs. pragmatism for weeks now. The dillema is this: I only have a finite amount of time on the weekends and after work -- should I work on this side project idea that I want to turn into a sta
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by 40acres 8y ago
Snap's recent performance and articles like this just solidify my view that Spigel is a bad CEO and that the Snap board has very little they can do to turn the company around. Evan seems like a great product guy but when it comes to ex
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by 40acres 8y ago
This is a ridiculous view. Growing up people like Nas & Quincy Jones were idols even if I was never interested in making a career in music, simply because they made it. Representation in culture matters and to see these people held up a
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by 40acres 8y ago
I work for a fortune 100 tech company as an IC, here's what I've noticed. - All managers have gone through training w.r.t unconscious bias and the companies initiative to diversity and inclusion. - Recruiters have worked w/ o
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by 40acres 8y ago
Ben Thompson of Stratechery has written about this a lot. Software has a small marginal cost and that's why Facebook can have over 2 billion users MAU, I can't think of anything in the world except food and water that has over 2 b
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Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism(vox.com)
6 points by 40acres 8y ago|1 comments
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Interesting to see that more companies targeting women's health are going through YC. I definitely think there is a gap there.. living with my girlfriend has opened my eyes to what sorts of things women have to go through from a health
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by 40acres 8y ago
Wow! Thanks to YC for this opportunity. The valley is in no way perfect but its these sort of moments that make you excited to be in technology. I'm sure one of the companies that did not make it initially will earn the $10,000 credit.

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