DaniFong

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by DaniFong 16y ago
The O1 is the most consistently successful for a hacker entrepreneur of some repute, but is a pain to get. Definitely look for a lawyer who's done it before (I can't give names, though)
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Actually, my point was intended to be read with sarcasm. I am basically cynical about the suspicion that this society seems to automatically cast upon the successful. People automatically favor the underdog, casting it in a good light. Once
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by DaniFong 16y ago
As with everyone who's ever moved civilization forward. They think they're better than us! Let's go back to the caves.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
So if Facebook had a search engine, or Google had Facebook's data, an ad platform could be even more targeted, and targeted to when people are looking for something.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I have trouble relating, on some deep levels, to people of all kinds who haven't yet taken their destiny into their own hands. But it is not as if entrepreneurs are the only people who are in charge of their lives.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I believe the Nobel laureate has the wrong title. It is not as if there's no market efficiency, no collective pricing that occurs from the interaction of individual agents. But individual, selfish agents do not always act in the public inte
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by DaniFong 17y ago
"No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets, filmmakers, novelists and poets." I'd nominate Alpha Centauri -- it profoundly affected me, and linked me to a much greater explorat
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I think one of the problems is that the solutions people offer usually don't make sense for some reason, possibly complex, emotion driven, with a lot of past history that's difficult to reveal, and difficult to communicate. Offering a solut
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by DaniFong 17y ago
You don't need vector calculus. My demonstration of the power factor is a children's swing: if you push against your friend as they travel out you do work on them: if you make contact with your friend aas they're coming back, they do work
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by DaniFong 17y ago
That was beautiful. Thank you.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
The only thing this proves is that Elevation Partners is not well aligned with short term market sentiment.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
It's not quite true that investors don't respond to emails over the transom. In my experience they just have to be very targeted.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
It is interesting to read that the neutralization of rebel leaders is so effective. I would want to know how the disarmament happens. Intuitively, it would seem that the power vacuum and now leaderless organization would fragment or simply
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by DaniFong 17y ago
Chemistry, biology and ecology; time management and self-discipline; healthy vegan cooking...
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The Big Thirsty: Images from the World's Water Crises(foreignpolicy.com)
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I didn't go back to high school (you couldn't have made me if you wanted to), and whatever social learning attributed to it I think I made up with friends. This might not be the best transmission medium for our particular brand of culture
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by DaniFong 17y ago
It's pretty interesting to see the record of the MacArthur awardees. They've a younger group than the Nobel laureates, but they've gone on to kick butt in myriad ways...
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by DaniFong 17y ago
If one takes the narrow view, yes.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
For what it's worth, we do an intense but informal interview though we supplement it sometimes with a difficult take-home problem set. It seems to be working very well: in front of our VCs we're being praised above all for the team we've gr
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by DaniFong 17y ago
By 'will' do you mean 'would'? What comprehensive immigration reform do actually expect to see passed?
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by DaniFong 17y ago
Absolutely; I don't assert that being kicked out is a good thing, but it's likely a requirement for the bill to pass, and the relevant effected parties would, like me, prefer to be able to choose. This is just one more slightly less risky c
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I don't dismiss these concerns: I've lived them. I spent months contracting for a little startup helping them out for a little pay so that I could try to plant the seeds for my own startup so that it would look legitimate enough to the immi
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by DaniFong 17y ago
A lot of what we now call software engineering should really be sociological experimental design.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
I'm sorry to say this, but the life of your company, and by proxy your residence, is always subject to factors beyond your control -- random disruptions you need to get around. You could be hit by a bus. It's not all that uncommon. These co
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by DaniFong 17y ago
The immigration problems for entrepreneurs is shared by practically every nation I've looked into. It is a local industry with local advantages and global consequences. The only place I found that seemed somewhat better was my home country
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by DaniFong 17y ago
Any system will be gamed. The question is whether or not it is preferable to push startups that would be founded out of the country, or destroy them. None of your arguments describe why the startup visa is a worse idea than the status quo.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
No, it's about growth, in general.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
80% per year outpaces Moore's law, btw.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
Don't overgeneralize: my guess is that multigenerational households simply amplify the cultural values of the family relative to the cultural values of the nation and city and neighborhood you're in. This could be a good thing or bad thing.
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by DaniFong 17y ago
Not that coal is the source of all of our ills, but I have read that to elevated levels of mercury pervading the environment are primarily from coal plant stack emissions. Given this, I wonder why it isn't a diplomatic issue between, say, J

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