albertshin

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by albertshin 7y ago
re: xkcd, sometimes, it's not just about the time in minutes you save in aggregate. I often find routines especially helpful during flow states -- maximizing time for more creative work. There's also just something satisfying abou
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by albertshin 7y ago
Phil Knight (Nike) paid $35 for their first logo. Also he had just randomly found the designer (a student at the time) while walking through an art department hallway.
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by albertshin 8y ago
I believe this was Wimdu. Seems like they finally ended up shutting down last year. https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/27/wimdu-rocket-internets-air...
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by albertshin 8y ago
I heard the model was to actually sell the European copy to the original US startup as it got bigger. It was never in their interest to end up operating an actual company. This backfired on them for one of their "investments" (I t
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by albertshin 8y ago
your Grubhub number is referring to Q4'17...
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by albertshin 8y ago
For the drivers, Uber (and Lyft) tie some hurdle rates (rides/week or hours driven etc) to cash bonuses reward their loyalty. It seems like they have some status levels as well (e.g. Uber Diamond Pro) that I guess probably leads to bet
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by albertshin 8y ago
This is what I do but that "one day" never seems to come...
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by albertshin 8y ago
The number of students that simply download slides and take notes directly on their iPads with their Apple Pencils is astonishing these days...
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by albertshin 8y ago
I always see this claim in Reddit and sensationalist news articles, but I have never seen actual evidence of this. One would think that given the (supposed) frequency of this, an email or phone transcript that lines with this allegation wou
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by albertshin 8y ago
Hi, present day (grad) student here that has been seeing this change happen gradually over my academic career. honestly there have been times I wish that technology stayed out of education because I feel like that the clear explanations hav
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by albertshin 8y ago
sorry, can you provide a link to the FBI cancelling their internship program? I can't seem to find anything to read on that.
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by albertshin 8y ago
Reminds me of a similar debate my friends had when Google Wave first came out.