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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
OP, Will you consider allowing download of the actual dataset? (WikiPedia style) If not, what would hold you back from doing so? I would be OK hosting a mirror of this service including the infrastructure (and handling the associated costs)
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Does that mean there's no room for honest ticketing with minimal overhead fees? Of course there is but this is a marketplace and the supply side has figured out fraud is more profitable.
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Ticketmaster is largely a manual operation at this point and has a pretty high overhead. They are hemorrhaging their tech staff and currently profitable because of their position in the market, collusion with scalpers and the high priced ti
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> If it's a public company True. I was responding to the OP who left an impression they were talking about a private early stage company
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> You mean like Glassdoor? No. Glassdoor are posts by (ex)employees and you have to fill out their existing template, which leaves out a lot of perks/benefits/options/RSUs at companies. If you looked at Glassdoor, you woul
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Anyone, CEO included, that thinks they have a secret tier of comp... we know No you don't. You have no clue what benefits and comp the CEO gets. Not even the CFO, CTO, COO, CxO knows benefits and comp the CEO (or each other) gets
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
majority of companies oppose transparency. Also, transparency is not a technical issue. The people here can easily setup an Airtable spreadsheet where everyone writes the offers they are getting. There's no such Airtable spreadsheet cu
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
The Founding Engineer (aka First Engineer?) needs to be removed. Speak with the CEO and CTO, surface your concern. Having been in the CXO shoes before, I would have let the Founding Engineer go. Awesome if they give us a few weeks (fully pa
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Is there any deep research on this topic and an advanced tool to work with semantic types? Uhm, there's a process called Domain Driven Design that requires you to think of your types semantically. IMHO semantics are always a highe
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
The sense of entitlement in the OP is nauseatingly overwhelming. Unless there's an existing, explicit contract, only assumed, implicit contracts apply - and it's unlikely "I, the author, will spend a lot of time creating a co
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I'd argue that university degrees don't even sufficiently prepare students to work for someone else Well, it does filter out those who consistently fail to respect a process and deadlines. A smart businessman can buildout a p
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
It doesn't make a lot of sense learning vocational training at a university. Getting a certificate in entrepreneurship without having started your own company from scratch is as useful as having a certificate in painting without having
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> In a previous post you said that you are using surveys. How long are them? I have very little patience and I'd answer only 2 or 3 questions I don't like using surveys for initial user research at all, preferring actual 1:1 us
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> My question goes out to anyone familiar with this situation: how do you change your product strategy to be successful despite an 800-lb gorilla in your market? Happy to discuss more in details but if that 800-lb gorilla is VC funded, d
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
I thank you for this reply. You think deeply and your use of lofty as augmentation is very well placed. I am unsure if most people there behave so, I can hope it is. > Thirdly, I don't need permission from anyone the sell my shares
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I see you all over this thread accusing Marc Andressen of engaging in massive fraud, so I don't feel like you are debating in good faith. If: i. We know that consumer electronics depreciate rapidly over time eventually to become o
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Part 4 is only necessary because there isn't good infrastructure for working directly in crypto > Overall it's been a positive experience so far, and I'm making good returns (about 9% annual return on my cash). Just t
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
I am planning to rebut all your 4 points one by one but first: i. Are you actually using NFTs at this very moment the way you write here without a parallel system of property title management that's independent of NFTs? ii. Please show
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> This inability of advocates to clearly and concisely explain the pros and cons of their own technology is what constantly sets off my bullshit detector when people talk about blockchain. I don't think you will be disappointed in y
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Which bad actors actors on the blockchain > That’s a large part of the value-add of professional VCs, be it in blockchain/web3 or any other domain, that they have the expertise to discern legit teams from scam ones. That's
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Explain to me why banks would need blockchains over federated databases. All these federated databases have strict audit trails and controls. Banks have been using these for nearly 50 years and the systems are very well understood. Event So
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Hard problem is who should pay for what work which a blockchain is not solving Yes, this is one of the many hard problems. I would be 100% behind MA if he used his influence, wealth and power to fund solving these hard problems. Unfort
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Here how you prove the fraud: The hard problem that needs to be solved in a Decentralized blockchain is the risk and effect of bad actors. None of the current funds, including that of MA, addresses this risk. Instead, all current plays are
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
There's a fine line between vision and orchestrated fraud. It's always been easier to commit fraud and once you're managing billions of other people's money, it's extremely hard to not take the easy path. The hard p
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
So painful because it's true. That said, I don't fault AWS for jumping on the bandwagon and making money. I actually hope Amazon Managed Blockchain picks up so that the truth (and the hoax) emerges faster and we can put all this B
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> He's borderline lying saying that web3 is decentralized The "web3" he is funding is only decentralized in his mind a decade into the future. So either he doesn't understand decentralization or is knowingly lying for
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
What Marc Andreessen said: > The enormous payoff from decentralization and permissionless innovation. I cannot believe more people don't understand this. It's so obvious. What Marc Andreessen meant: > The enormous payoff for
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
I am all for reducing hype and buzzwords. This post doesn't make the best case against them. > Would it be accurate to call modern cars "engineless"? No. Uber/Lyft/Taxi perhaps would be closer to "engineless
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I will recommend the book The truth about addiction and recovery if you want to better understand what happened. It suggests that giving people meaningful work and a means to succeed is a viable means of treatment for addiction. I real
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
You need to know what you need to improve on and your manager can share that with you. You need to be honest with him/her/them, tell him you know about the promotion and that you need him to tell you where you can improve on. It&#

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