Elite

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by Elite 16y ago
How do I downvote this comment? You're disproving my argument ;)
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The default position of HN is skepticism
69 points by Elite 16y ago|47 comments
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by Elite 16y ago
What types of problems does your company need to solve?
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by Elite 16y ago
What you call a bug, with protein's being defective 2-3% of the time, is the most important feature of the biological program. It's more elegant thank you think.
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by Elite 16y ago
Is Oprah the only self-made Billionaire in the US/Europe? I know that there are several female billionaires but all the fortunes I can think of now are inherited
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by Elite 16y ago
Caveat, I'm not a finance guy, but my understanding is that on a short time scale you can predict the price direction of stocks under certain conditions. For example, if I notice that there are several large orders buying a stock, I can ass
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by Elite 16y ago
What are doing in Africa? I'd love to talk to you about it sometime. I'm doing some work there as well construction/water&waste mgmt. We'll soon make some very early stage efforts to enter the energy industry as well. See my profile
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by Elite 16y ago
Anybody else clicked this thinking it would be an artificial intelligence module that exhibited musical creativity?
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by Elite 16y ago
The data from the story saying their sales were down was for the 52 weeks ending in April or May. And even those numbers were suspect, as there was another retail data source that said the opposite -- that sales were slightly up.. I never b
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by Elite 16y ago
They don't have much of a choice but to defer. Political officials are notoriously vindictive. If 23andMe released a scathing response, it would be taken personally by some power hungry politico would make it his personal agenda to destroy
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Spammy looking site, but amazing technology. Can anyone explain the algorithm?(us.akinator.com)
6 points by Elite 16y ago|10 comments
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by Elite 16y ago
I should be able to read interesting posts without having to sign up. Many people lurk before getting engaged in a site, if they ever do so at all. I'm sure many people read FMylife for the schadenfraude -- there will people who may just w
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by Elite 16y ago
This makes more sense to me. It would be very surprising if what I think one of the most engaging ad campaigns in recent memory had a NEGATIVE impact on sales.
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by Elite 16y ago
"had just been disciplined for ignoring privacy issues I considered important" Details?
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by Elite 16y ago
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34239119/Ceglia-v-Zuckerberg-compl... 2003 Contract starts on page 11
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by Elite 16y ago
Thanks for clearing that up on the name.
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by Elite 16y ago
According to the above Bloomberg Article: Ceglia claims his alleged contract, which refers to " The Face Book " was signed about nine months before Facebook was founded, the company said in court papers. According to the NYT from 2007: http
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by Elite 16y ago
As absurd as these visualizations are, it does raise the bigger point that it is very difficult for our brains to understand large numbers. It is difficult for most people to really grasp how much 184 million gallons is, or to tell the diff
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by Elite 16y ago
How do you guys make money? Sorry, didn't have time to explore the entire site
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by Elite 16y ago
> The company says that...the company or Wilson "surreptitiously hacked into plaintiff’s database with an unauthorized 'administrator' password, extracted confidential materials" and gained access to Think Brilliant's confidential mater
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by Elite 16y ago
I used crowd sourcing for lack of a better term. Anyone doing work on the project would be an employee under a pre-specified profit sharing plan. Profit distribution may be regularly adjusted based on contribution to product development o
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Could a for-profit business be built through crowdsourcing?
4 points by Elite 16y ago|4 comments
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by Elite 16y ago
I'm pretty sure Nassim Nicholas Taleb wasn't the source, but I first heard the term from him.
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by Elite 16y ago
I'm sure Kevin's a great guy, but his site is not him. I was regular there for a few months and there was a marked decline in link and comment quality. Eventually, I gave up and left. Many people on reddit share the same experience. But
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by Elite 16y ago
The barrier to entry to creating basic applications shouldn't be programming syntax knowledge, so I applaud this move by Google. There are millions of people who think logically and systematically and could write down on paper the architec
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by Elite 16y ago
With a 40-50% equity stake, what's a reasonable salary range for an experienced programmer? What's the minimum? I would raise initial salary from my own pocket for the lead CTO, so I'm curious if I'd have enough. $90k+ is not feasible.
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by Elite 16y ago
Great advice! I'm currently making plans to exit a mild-moderate profitable company and I can attest to the fact that a startup is like family! We share the struggles, triumphs and everything in between.
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What would do you need to see before joining an early stage startup?
17 points by Elite 16y ago|19 comments
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by Elite 16y ago
Elon, it's lonely at the top but it's jam-packed at the bottom. I would recommend that now that you've set the record straight, you no longer publicly respond to this individual, even if his continued insults and biased reporting negativel
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by Elite 16y ago
When I engage in difficult or critical conversations, I try to avoid the word "you" as much as possible. This immediately tends to put people in defensive mode and their response can become combative as they perceive this as an attack on w

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