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by RickS 12y ago
Parent comment >Options: A) The scientific method B) Organized religion. So my comment was re: scientific method, "To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific p
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7. Steps leading to said truth can be reproduced That takes care of that.
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"Happiness Hero" in the recent Buffer salary breakdown made me cringe. Customer service is an important role at a startup, but I couldn't tell another person that job title and not feel like a joke. There's no way of kno
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What were Gil's 3 questions?
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To use a loaded term, I think things like this do "trickle down". People used to say the same thing about mobile websites - building a responsive framework was a lot of extra schlep that wasn't always in budget. Now we have b
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Worse still is the implication that he was complicit in the uploading or transmission of illegal images. Any messaging or image based app is going to have to deal with that - young apps are especially vulnerable to abuse because it's e
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They're high in fats, compared to other plants.
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This is what happens when communities fail to make a distinction between visual design and interaction design. There's relatively strong visual design here, but as you've discovered, that's not worth much in the absence of ac
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SEEKING WORK - UX/Interaction Designer - Remote or SF Bay I specialize in high speed, high output brand direction for early stage startups. When the MVP is solid and the dust is settling enough that you can start thinking about a first
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Up until now, yes, in that it concerns something not yet released. YT is working on releasing a streaming media service, on terms that are still emerging/being defined. From the looks of this document, the terms will not be pretty for
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Replace "car" with "box truck" and the metaphor fits a lot more closely and remains strong. Businesses need vehicles to deliver stuff. Drones are poised to replace trucks in that regard. Also, who says a family won'
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I should clarify. Mugging someone because of the gopro.
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While I get what you're saying, I can't help but imagine that a person holding up their cell phone recording video would get no such response, despite being the exact same thing. Glass isn't uniquely invasive. I've yet t
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Here's a great chart on the way the A series paper is subdivided: http://i.imgur.com/5yw7b6Q.jpg
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If there's one place you'll find a 40 hour work week, it's enterprise Java. Most of the glorified 80 hour work weeks occur in the startup realm. I'm generalizing significantly here, but enterprise is stereotypically a &q
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24/7 blood sugar charts, and whatever other dietary chemicals can be easily tracked.
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Lazy moderation. An auto-delete filter for major news keywords is a poor way to run a news subreddit. They're throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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Just FYI, that's called a loss leader. Printer ink is the classic example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader
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Also in Econ 101: All else being equal, if you can solve the same problem at a smaller cost, do it.
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I and many of my classmates are in the process of graduating and moving from NY to SF. There's usually a decent relo budget (1-6k), but the problem is that it's a logistical nightmare. The interstate moving industry is still in th
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Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
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I'm not the one that downvoted you, but here's why: It's as groan-inducingly absurd as "how about you mail me a full stack of strawberry pancakes flaked with gold, just because I asked nicely?" It adds nothing to th
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Actually, no, that's exactly what happens a lot of the time. One of my longest and most enjoyable work experiences resulted from a craigslist post. Good fit can be built, but also found. It's why "fire fast" is a thing.
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I haven't directly cofounded a company remotely, but I've contracted at early stage startups (<5 members) multiple times from afar. They were always in DC or SF, I'm in NY. I'll no longer agree to do so, however. In f
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For someone supposedly upset about generalizations, busting out "brogrammer" in the first paragraph is not a good look.
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Three things, in order of significance: The value this creates/old methods it replaces wasn't communicated as concisely as it could be. This should be in the first sentence or two. Check out fiverr or voice123 and get a profession
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Is it common for startup employees (beyond the first dozen hires or so) to have access to the full information about who owns what stock, and with what liquidation preferences? If that information is available, the title could be rewritten
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I think that comes from a place of fear in a lot of people. Money is power, and protection. What does money ultimately buy us if not safety? Perhaps not always literal physical safety, but the safety of knowing you can live life as you see
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I agree that financial ignorance keeps Americans in debt, but I don't think that blindness to savings is a major component. Just look at JCPs recent situation - they tried to eliminate sales, implementing consistent, standard pricing o
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Ideally, there's no "one" working on the product. This is the value of a non-technical cofounder - their job is to adeptly handle the logistics that guys like us find burdensome, minimizing distraction. Whether (disproportion

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