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by FD3SA 13y ago
That's one of doing it...the other would be something like this [1]. Not ashamed to say I had to beat the whole thing the first time I saw it because it was so brilliant. And I normally hate pointless puzzle games. http://li
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The American Oligarchy (2012)(salon.com)
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Such discussions always remind me of the short-sightedness of man. Anyone with a cursory understanding of history knows that if left to their own devices, the rich continuously consolidate wealth until there is a single Monarch, apparently
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The Age of the Obvious(ianwelsh.net)
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by FD3SA 13y ago
> The person that can build a small team, make crazy revenue in a very short (relative) amount of time. It doesn't matter what you call those people, but they do exist, are in short supply and should be compensated equal to their pr
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by FD3SA 13y ago
I heartily agree regarding your point on rigor, but I'm increasingly of the opinion that, because of MIT's excellent online offerings, legendary engineers like Musk no longer need to be in MIT to experience the MIT rigor. They can
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by FD3SA 13y ago
This is another perception issue that I keep encountering. The job description you've written above is for an extremely senior engineer, what some would call a product architect (e.g. your co-founder), not a fresh graduate. In fact, be
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Go to Harvard. If you're smart enough to get into all three, you're not going to school for the knowledge. You can learn that on your own. You're going to school to build a network, which is the most difficult and most import
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by FD3SA 13y ago
"There are more technical jobs open than qualified candidates to fill them." I love how virulent memes just get reiterated as fact once they reach a certain critical threshold. This one in particular, is pure bullshit as has bee
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Wealth Over Work(nytimes.com)
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The Skills Gap Myth(nytimes.com)
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by FD3SA 13y ago
I'm actually really looking forward to the day that technical people become more financially literate. There's a reason why Elon Musk is such an unstoppable force in the business world. Technical people have such a deep love of sc
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Out of curiosity, what justifies the purchase of non-nexus (or Moto G) devices for the HN crowd? I have yet to find anything even remotely close in terms of cost/performance. I can't fathom paying 600-1000 USD for an unlocked phon
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Certainly: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/steam-linux-500-games
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by FD3SA 13y ago
All these things could have been said for Android when iOS and Blackberry's OS were kings. The nature of gaming is changing. Listen to Gabe talk about player generated content being the way of the future. Core gamers are a niche bunch,
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Well said. The key point here is autonomy. It is no small matter to relinquish decision making power of your company to an entirely separate set of executives. I would argue that, by definition, you are no longer even the same company. If c
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by FD3SA 13y ago
And where are those products today? Elon Musk has openly said that PayPal has become a disappointment since he sold it. Relinquishing control of design decisions for a product company is suicide. Product companies make things whose function
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Cross posting my comment from the original article: ---- Hi John, huge fan of all your work. I think the biggest issue with the FB acquisition is over one variable: control. The Oculus team has, by definition, relinquished control of their
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Always interested in the factors being optimized when making these decisions. I would think that for people engaging in an inherently risky endeavor such as entrepreneurship, the most important goal would be to hedge against failure. France
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by FD3SA 13y ago
For the biologically inclined, I sincerely recommend reading this paper in full. It has a number of extremely groundbreaking hypothesis, which bring together the common elements of cancer, caloric restriction, and aging. I find it interesti
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by FD3SA 13y ago
If Occulus didn't do this deal, they: - Would have had access to unlimited VC money by being one of Kickstarter's hardware darlings, having John Carmack, and putting out an series of critically acclaimed products in the form of de
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by FD3SA 13y ago
This is extremely disappointing. This technology had the potential to be much bigger than Facebook. The Occulus was poised to create an entirely new industry. They were pioneering a technology never before seen, with a legend like John Carm
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by FD3SA 13y ago
This is extremely disappointing. This technology had the potential to be much bigger than Facebook. The Occulus was poised to create an entirely new industry. They were pioneering a technology never before seen, with a legend like John Carm
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Mark my words, SteamOS will do for the desktop what Android did for mobile.
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by FD3SA 13y ago
In the spirit of police brutality: http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016...
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by FD3SA 13y ago
The correct answer here is that you are not valuing your opportunity costs highly enough. If you are working 8-10 hours a day, you should be making an incredible surplus. People in ancient societies worked less, and managed to survive just
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Basic income is the first step to an empirically ethical society, which accounts for inherent human limitations and behaviors. Evolution is an extremely feckless game, and thus far we've been trapped by its whims, endlessly struggling
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by FD3SA 13y ago
This is equivalent to USPS opening your mail because they were tipped off of wrongdoing against their company, with no evidence whatsoever. Do you have a problem with that? Well too bad, its "their" mail. Randian utopia at its fin
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Precisely this. Elon is a genius, and absolutely one of the greatest men alive. But we must understand that he is an engineer, not a scientist. The fact that he had to put his own money into an ambitious engineering project just goes to sho
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by FD3SA 13y ago
Precisely. It seems to me insane that there are Wozniaks out there who are undiscovered. We shouldn't need to depend on a Jobs to find an introverted genius. Woz could have done wonders at a Bell Labs or equivalent. He was successful r

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