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by alehul 6y ago
Just an FYI, your link uses dwarf planet as a modifier. From the Dwarf Planets section: "These planets are Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake." (Not commenting on whether this is correct in this comment, just what the link says).
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by alehul 6y ago
> I started writing a “How to work with Julie” guide for my team The best managers I've had, which I've tried to emulate, have been exactly the opposite . Good managers know enough about their team to create their own "Ho
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by alehul 6y ago
Human rights are rights that every human is entitled to simply through being alive, as opposed to civil rights, which are conferred on those who are members of a society (hence voting in America was a civil rights issue). The better take he
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by alehul 6y ago
I wouldn't say the UX challenges get any easier as you grow from social networking "super app" to generalized "super app." If anything, it would become more challenging, and the top comment would make more sense as
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by alehul 6y ago
As an American who looks at WeChat and sees a massive, unintuitive jumbled mess, you've explained in this comment how that could possibly be so popular in China! I feel foolish for not having realized that the UX must make perfect sens
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by alehul 6y ago
'Ok' is tricky — we're weighing an unhealthy reliance on the government that gives it a dangerous amount of power against the well-being and guaranteed sustenance of our fellow citizens. If people truly need to rely on the go
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by alehul 6y ago
The proper analogy would be universal food stamps, rather than need-based, where everyone would begin to rely on the government for food. If that's the case, then I would personally feel the same way!
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by alehul 6y ago
I definitely empathize with your position on this, and you're right that community is the valuable part, hence the focus around active users. What makes TikTok unique beyond growing like wildfire: their monetization strategy will be ea
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by alehul 6y ago
Good question - TikTok generated $176.9m revenue in 2019, but it's still in its infancy in terms of generating revenue. Instagram, acquired for $1b in 2012, had $0 revenue. WhatsApp, acquired for $19b in 2014, had $10.2m revenue. Based
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by alehul 6y ago
Many are suggesting that TikTok would be overvalued at $50B. If that's the case, do you believe FB is overvalued at $662B? Instagram, as of 2018, was estimated to be worth around $100B on its own (with about 1b MAUs, versus TikTok&#x27
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by alehul 6y ago
Related on the history of crowdfunding: I was recently researching a local community group my grandfather was a part of, and I found out that they frequently had "bond drives" [1]. It was really interesting to learn that U.S. bond
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by alehul 6y ago
Having an optional subscription to enable the heated steering wheel or adaptive cruise control is bold (and probably a bad idea) because people want what they buy to be 'a good value.' Tesla has made me believe that software &#x27
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by alehul 6y ago
In this case, why would you be interested in YC? What would it offer you? It seems disappointing that YC's value is no longer qualitatively good advice for early-stage founders and a close-knit community of hackers. Maybe I'm just
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20-Year-Old Robinhood Customer Commits Suicide After $730k Negative Balance(forbes.com)
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by alehul 6y ago
Search is one of those services that requires tracking to get right [1], whether to understand what we mean by a certain phrase, or to customize to a specific user. This makes it at odds with Apple’s emphasis on privacy. (See Siri for anoth
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by alehul 6y ago
> The user antennas are likely to be quite expensive at first (several thousand dollars). Cost reduction of the user antennas is the biggest hurdle Starlink currently faces. Nobody knows yet how much SpaceX will charge for the antenna or
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by alehul 6y ago
https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1180655701271732224 Per part 4 in the thread above, more military-style equipment appears to lead to a significant increase in police violence. It's also worth reading for t
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by alehul 6y ago
What are some examples of British-ruled HK citizens having less freedom than today’s PRC citizens? From my limited knowledge, the government of Hong Kong was quite liberal, which created its large economic inequality, low literacy rate, and
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by alehul 6y ago
Most of the resentment stems from how much crime is committed in these neighborhoods, which requires police presence, and how the penal system in the U.S. punishes rather than rehabilitating those found guilty. Also, the lack of cooperation
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by alehul 6y ago
American here — we have more guns per capita than any other country in the world. In the UK, the criminals ~never have a gun (and less crime occurs), so it makes sense that the police wouldn't need guns either. In the US, normal citize
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by alehul 6y ago
I’d agree with “it’s fine to take advantage,” but “unethical not to”? Would that line apply when playing your young child in a game?
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by alehul 6y ago
> But I've never really seen anyone being persecuted for good grades as such. As someone who went through the US public education system in a lower-class neighborhood in the 2000s, I can't speak for wealthier neighborhoods [1],
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by alehul 6y ago
IANAL, but all I know of the National Labor Relations Act pertains to unions and collective bargaining. These were UX designers, far detached from warehouses, speaking on warehouse conditions. While warehouse workers could file suit under t
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by alehul 6y ago
Amazon is firing them for commenting publicly on its business. If you were employed by a company and disparaged them publicly, breaking company policy, would you believe that your employment with them is in any way protected?
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by alehul 7y ago
I imagine that any German, if they desired to commit genocide, could join the Nazis and acquire a weapon. Those who disagreed with the party in power could not. Citizens being armed would both change the calculus of a genocide, making it ha
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by alehul 7y ago
Would the Holocaust have been quite as terrible if every citizen (Jewish included) owned a gun, and it wasn’t just the bad guys backed by the government who were armed? Also, to talk about how it’s hopeless to have a gun versus a drone — th
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by alehul 7y ago
I'm a sucker for good design and your product looks quite sleek and beautiful, so if I was starting a company tomorrow, I might consider giving it a try. (As others mentioned, it does look a tad bit overwhelming). What concerns me abou
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by alehul 7y ago
LogRocket (~2016) is much younger than FullStory (2012) - as an aside, though, I didn't find their UIs to be that similar. FullStory feels like its UI has certainly received more thought and care over time, whereas LogRocket is full of
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by alehul 7y ago
> It wasn't even created until 2002 This is technically true and often-cited, but it's really misleading. Its 'creation' was more of a restructuring. When ICE was created in 2003, it absorbed many parts of the United
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by alehul 7y ago
A substantial portion of Americans advocate for the abolition of ICE, most of whom are on the left. [1] I'm not commenting on whether that's right or wrong, but it certainly suggests that the left favors open borders. [1] https:&

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