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by a13n 8y ago
> they sell in a year what toyota manufactures in a day You're off by more than an order of magnitude. Tesla sold 250k cars in 2018, and Toyota makes < 25k/day. Not to mention the Tesla number is growing substantially, while
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by a13n 8y ago
It has 3 rows of seats and seats 7 people.
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by a13n 8y ago
I gotta give it to them, it's insane how fast they're moving. In less than a decade they've gone from one highly niche electric supercar to a luxury sedan, a luxury SUV, a mid-range sedan, and a mid-range SUV. And in sales th
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by a13n 8y ago
The Y definitely fills a niche: a $40k SUV. The S, 3, and X are all either not SUVs or not anywhere near $40k.
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by a13n 8y ago
> Let's just collectively admit it, finally - you can't write safe C++ in a codebase this complex. Well, humans can't. And computers can't, yet.
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by a13n 8y ago
Not in my experience, so far.
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by a13n 8y ago
I left Facebook 3.5 years ago to start a startup and I'm quite happy. Software engineer and founder are two different roles, and it takes time to transition. Don't expect to be wildly successful in any short period of time. Launch
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How we've attracted top talent to our early-stage bootstrapped startup(canny.io)
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by a13n 8y ago
> Turns out that publicly shaking down cities across the US tends to draw out the opposition. Unless you're Elon, then it's celebrated.
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by a13n 8y ago
Meanwhile somewhere else there's a thread from a startup founder asking how to hire developers for less than six figures / SF market rate. Remote is the future, people!
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by a13n 8y ago
Join a remote company that doesn't pay solely based on location. eg. Zapier, Buffer, or Canny. ;) Check out Buffer's transparent salary calculator. https://buffer.com/salary/software-engineer/low . For an
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by a13n 8y ago
Maybe you want to port some existing JS to another platform (eg. OS X, iOS, Android) where you want to run it natively rather than spinning up a JS engine and dealing with the bridge.
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by a13n 8y ago
Hey Tyler, thanks for responding. Sure, I mean different forms of capital are better in different circumstances. So in which circumstances is the form of capital you're offering better than a 20-30% APR business loan? Asking as a profi
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by a13n 8y ago
Yeah, sure. Just seems like paying a bank 20-30% per year is a way better deal than slowly bleeding 200-400% back to Earnest. You're paying WAY more money (read: 10x) for a more flexible payment schedule.
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by a13n 8y ago
> We agree on a Return Cap which is a multiple of the initial investment (typically 3-5x) Why is this better than just taking out like a 20-30% APR business loan?
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by a13n 8y ago
https://www.nationalenquirer.com is now down
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by a13n 8y ago
Amazon has massive control over their margins. Therefore in a downturn, they just turn a dial and are profitable again. They're just choosing to reinvest profits into growth, and can stop doing that whenever they want. I think we mostl
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by a13n 8y ago
Related: "Is there an actual Facebook crisis, or media narrative about Facebook crisis?" https://jakeseliger.com/2018/11/14/is-there-an-actual-facebo... So sick of seeing this junk on HN every day.
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by a13n 8y ago
> I can't say "hey, CSS, this is the parent div, and all child divs must obey its size". I can't do anything basic on CSS without turning for help. Use Flexbox. It makes layout so much more straightforward. This is an
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by a13n 8y ago
Hey mods, can we change this title to something clearer like "MongoDB Atlas vs AWS DocumentDB"?
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by a13n 8y ago
Marketplace network effects – Hosts are more likely to use Airbnb because they have the most guests. Guests are more likely to use Airbnb because they have the most hosts. Instant book – A host can only have "instant book" on for
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by a13n 8y ago
Eh, by what measure? Realistically it's probably bigger than 90% of all Mongo datasets. It's tiny if you're a massive company and it's massive if you're a tiny startup.
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by a13n 8y ago
Yeah, that's pricy. They're definitely not going after early-stage startups then. But if you have a medium-sized data set (eg. 50+ GB), this is definitely competitively priced. More RAM, storage, compute than Mongo Atlas and Compo
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by a13n 8y ago
I run a startup that uses both of these. Mongo is a heck of a lot easier to configure and develop with, and works great as a general database with a rapidly changing schema. Elasticsearch is great at solving specific problems like searching
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by a13n 8y ago
It's red and it's chasing you! Was pretty clear it was bad to me :)
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by a13n 8y ago
> You Probably Can’t Run Your Code on iOS Unless It’s Python What about JavaScript? IIRC React Native uses the JavaScriptCore engine, which Apple offers to "provide the ability to evaluate JavaScript programs from within Swift, Obje
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by a13n 8y ago
Eh, that move is definitely nice for developers, but it's still self-serving. They're in an uphill battle against steam's moat, and increasing rates is a way of attracting more developers.
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by a13n 8y ago
> if you raise lets say 10million during an ico (typical amount raised 6m ago), there isnt much you can do with 20M (i.e you keep the crypto and it doubles) that you cant do with “just” 10M. By that logic, why invest in anything ever?
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by a13n 8y ago
Source? Don't believe that's true.
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by a13n 8y ago
I also wonder, if you got any traction whatsoever building a Facebook competitor, would they sue you for some kind of patent infringement? They'd definitely try to acquire you, and likely make it difficult to be successful if you didn&

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