ScottAS

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AI Copilot for Lawyers Spellbook Raises $11M USD(semafor.com)
9 points by ScottAS 3y ago|1 comments
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There Really is No Time: Time management for early-stage founders(medium.com)
2 points by ScottAS 6y ago|0 comments
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by ScottAS 8y ago
It's pointless because of the hedonic treadmill. Any feel good feeling is neurochemical in nature, and any moment of feeling good will be counterbalanced at one point or another.
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by ScottAS 8y ago
A contrarian caution on exercise worship: Everything that makes us feel good is neurochemical in nature, including exercise. Exercise can lead to a withdrawal period of feeling shitty and unproductive, and it can be quite addictive. Really
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Where I live in Atlantic Canada you can rent the same for $550 USD, or just buy a brand new modern home for $180k USD. People here work remotely for companies like Google. The government will also help fund your startup’s product developmen
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How to Finally Make Something(medium.com)
2 points by ScottAS 8y ago|0 comments
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by ScottAS 8y ago
The ultimate technomurder mastermind was Charles Babbage. Rest in shame.
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Shh... No one tell them what operating systems the army uses.
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by ScottAS 8y ago
“Remember when we looked forward to every advance?” No. Humans have always been afraid of change and skeptical of technology. Books and the printing press were considered destructive inventions that would prevent people from thinking for th
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by ScottAS 8y ago
“Stop living in a bubble. Don’t be afraid to attend job interviews. Job interviews have nothing to do with job seeking.” Huh? He is advocating to blatantly waste the time of employers? And presumably lie to them to get the interview? I hone
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Encouragement is not a bad idea, and there’s nothing stopping doctors from doing that today. But the idea of “prescribing” an activity that is meant to be intrinsically motivated seems misguided. It reminds me of those kids growing up who’s
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by ScottAS 8y ago
While gold has a much later stage "shared illusion of value" that comes from its brand and emotional associations, I'd argue that Bitcoin is extremely similar, just much earlier stage. The purported uses of gold have no relev
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by ScottAS 8y ago
We value 3 swimming pools of an arbitrary substance at 7 trillion dollars. Any utility for it is irrelevant at this valuation - it does not produce dividends. Gold is a brand, and the value of gold is a shared illusion. Bitcoin is much newe
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Have you ever heard of gold?
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Well, the gold bubble has yet to "permanently" pop, and has been through multiple phases of mania - an arbitrary substance worth trillions of dollars which our entire supply of fits in 3 olympic swimming pools. Socially agreed upo
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by ScottAS 8y ago
I bet if you measured contentment levels then and now you would not find much of a difference! In fact you might find people are less content now than shitting in a ditch 2000 years ago. But I did not mean this as an excuse for “non-progres
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by ScottAS 8y ago
Some Buddhist wisdom: In life, we will always find “shining cities” to chase. The perfect house, the perfect job, the perfect romantic partner, the perfect software team. But, like a mirage, when we reach these goals it seems that the thing
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by ScottAS 8y ago
The concept of “the library” is one that holds deep emotional attachment for many people. The nostalgia of book smells, the exhibitionism of reading “cool” physical books in public, the idea of being physically connected to “the community”.
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by ScottAS 8y ago
I’m not sure it matters too much. A user can only have an absolute maximum of 5000 friends and most people don’t ever reach that, including famous people. Networks like Twitter and Instagram which are focused on asymmetric “following” rathe
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by ScottAS 8y ago
How can an open source company so blatantly rip off Gitlab? Total madness.
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by ScottAS 9y ago
It's complete crap. The saddest part is that they do have some amazing technical minds behind the scenes. They give their stage to sleazy marketing and salespeople who have no idea what they're talking about way too often.
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by ScottAS 9y ago
IBM is an embarrassing company. They are not culling based on age, they are culling based on severe lack of skills and dated values. IBM is saturated with tech people who threw in their technical chops 20 years ago to become a salesperson.
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by ScottAS 9y ago
IBM is an embarrassing company. They are not culling based on age, they are culling based on severe lack of skills and dated values. IBM is saturated with tech people who threw in their technical chops 20 years ago to become a salesperson.
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by ScottAS 9y ago
100% agree. Some of the questions are ambiguously worded but the results are displayed through the lens of sexism.
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by ScottAS 9y ago
Interesting survey, but it seems very disingenuous that the researchers have lumped in "objectionable behaviour" with "sexual harassment". These sets do not have that much overlap. "About a third of men said they ha
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by ScottAS 9y ago
# of times I've lost Valuable data because of malware: 0 # of times I've lost valuable data because of Windows Update: ~10 # of times malware has made my computer unbootable: 0 # of times windows update has Made my computer unboot
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by ScottAS 9y ago
There's a MUCH bigger problem to talk about. Air, it's time to end your anything-goes paradise. Your medium allows murderers, rapists and my crotchety old neighbor to create vibrations that will reach the ears of others. Why are w
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by ScottAS 9y ago
I think they should rebrand the browser entirely. I want to try this but imagining the Firefox logo on my computer makes me sick to my stomach - reminding me of a time when my browser crashed constantly and slowed to a crawl if I had 5+ tab
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by ScottAS 9y ago
The EEA was formed in response to Hyperledger, the heavily IBM-backed private blockchain. I think it was the only possible move. The risk of Hyperledger taking over the world of blockchain was too great. EEA is sort of to Ethereum/Bloc
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by ScottAS 9y ago
Well... As pg mentions in one of his essays: the startup game is about getting the rewards of a 30 year career out of 4 years. If you truly believe that you are building something that matters and you are going to win, 80 hour weeks make a

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