Kinnard

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by Kinnard 10y ago
Nice!
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Brings Paul Graham's fantastic essay strongly to mind: http://paulgraham.com/cities.html
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by Kinnard 10y ago
How so?
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by Kinnard 10y ago
It may be a billion dollar problem but it's a billion dollar problem like tax software, it wouldn't exist without the troll demanding his toll. The resources could be used elsewhere like on curing disease or on educating people:
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Do you have example of potential alternative naming schemes?
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by Kinnard 10y ago
I think it's rather salient: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11960708
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by Kinnard 10y ago
It appears this story has been flagged. It's dropped off the homepage rather suddenly. I can't find it ten pages deep. Blackernews anyone . . . HN wanna ring in?
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by Kinnard 10y ago
You don't think this is pertinent? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11960708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11645433
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Yes, AirBnB exists in a country with an entrenched legacy of discrimination. What they do about that on their platform is what matters here.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Did you read through the article? It seems they're reporting on something airbnb users, the company, and academic researchers have recognized as a problem and what's being done about it, including a few startups. Not to mention th
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Particularly wondering what this community thinks as AirBnB is a YC company and some of the proposed solutions to this problem are startups: http://www.innclusive.com/ http://noirbnb.launchrock.com/
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Racist hosts, not hotels, are the greatest threat to Airbnb's business(qz.com)
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Maybe get in touch with hn@ycombinator.com
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by Kinnard 10y ago
You might want to prepend a "SHOW HN: " and delete the duplicate
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Is it just me or is it obvious that "the app boom is over" . . . until another great app worth downloading comes out . . .
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Feastly
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by Kinnard 10y ago
I'm a big proponent of causality without directionality.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
This was so well written that it makes me want to hop on a plane to New York and give it a ride.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Higher Education in America is largely chicanery like noble titles before the French Revolution: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11756804
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Sounds like they built something users love.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
I'm in no way an expert, but I've pretty much seen the gamut: private preschool, public elementary school, charter middle school, inner-city public middle-school, elite private boarding school, magnet public high-school . . . I th
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Citation?
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by Kinnard 10y ago
I studied Material Science Engineering, never welded anything(high-ed is a long-form joke??), but I hope to learn. I'm certainly glad I know how to code and I know a lot of the underlying chemistry/physics. I doubt there are very
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Not much more discussion on the makeup of founders. Solid, if shallow, analysis.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Damn, first generation college student black americans sure are getting ripped off . . .
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by Kinnard 10y ago
In lieu of a prenup, perhaps a Ketubah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketubah
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Oh nooooo!
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by Kinnard 10y ago
I think it's obvious to anyone not living under a rock that the higher education cliff is in view.
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by Kinnard 10y ago
Surprised this didn't make front page . . . maybe story ranking are being manipulated!!!!
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by Kinnard 10y ago
The menu options metaphor applies so well to government. Especially given our current predicament.

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