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by amoorthy 7y ago
Hi there - our Chrome extension rates any news article: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/civikowl/clbbiejji... but it won't rate an arbitrary piece of writing (yet). To be honest, an unknown aut
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by amoorthy 7y ago
Thanks for checking out our site! We rebranded from OwlFactor and I forgot to update my HN profile! Doh. Fixed. You're right that our methodology encourages moderation in news articles. But it doesn't penalize far right or far lef
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by amoorthy 7y ago
Jack Dorsey references [1] Stephen Wolfram's testimony to the US Senate where he outlined a solution for algorithmic transparency and content curation. My startup, The Factual, coincidentally built something similar to what Stephen env
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American foreign policy has been inconsistent and often deadly to many civilians worldwide. Americans sometimes go in with the best of intentions, but not always, as we know from the Iraq war, CIA overthrow of Iranian government, and many o
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Having read the riveting book Bad Blood it seems Theranos failed for two reasons: 1. Elizabeth Holmes concocted a product that defied the laws of chemistry and physics and couldn't actually be built. She refused to relax constraints li
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by amoorthy 7y ago
Ah thanks for the clarification. My interpretation of the advice is to START with things that don't scale. Because it's about getting to Product-market-fit soonest. Then the advice is not common sense.
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Sorry shafyy. I don't understand why the addition of "ALSO" chnages the statement. Sorry for being dense.
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by amoorthy 7y ago
Ah, good point. Thanks.
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I'm surprised this blog post made the first page of HN given its lack of sources or analysis. Maybe a good discussion can come on one example startup advice from YC: do things that don't scale. I think this is really sound in that
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by amoorthy 8y ago
I really like this thoughtful reply. One thing to add: it's unlikely that the CEO's performance will change that much after a certain payout. S/he will likely put in the same effort beyond some compensation figure, if only be
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! Just reserved at my library to read after skimming a few pages online. Somewhat related, there's a great article in Mental Floss on the scientist who helped get rid of leaded fuel despite the industry's
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I'm not a Googler but read that Pichai oversaw the growth of Chrome browser from minor player to the dominant position it has today. And he also oversaw Android's growth after Andy Rubin's departure [1]. While he may not have
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Fair request on hard data. I don't have it and don't want to suggest this is a well-researched point on my part by simply Googling some random report. I was going off comments from some post-doc friends who immigrated to the US be
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I'm not sure why you conclude insurance cannot solve healthcare. Private insurance, where there's a profit motive, may be inappropriate but insurance - as a concept of spreading risk over a large population - seems logical for a g
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I've played both hockey and soccer for a long time (not super-competitive though). Hockey is far more tiring even with short 60-90s shifts in a 60 min game vs. full time for a 90 min soccer game. I'm not sure why but for me at lea
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by amoorthy 8y ago
A bit long but interesting read. This quote is a really nice way to think of an abstract concept like ethics: "Ethics do not mean keeping your voice down. Ethics do not mean keeping feathers unruffled. Ethics mean taking full and unqua
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Failing for the first time in your 40s(curiousjuice.com)
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Ask and ye shall receive. Article has a 77 OwlFactor rating: https://news.owlfactor.com/article/0-4279868/4279868-Why%20S... :)
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How this all happened(collaborativefund.com)
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Fascinating. Are you certain of this or is this conjecture? Feels like this could be exploited if true. Maybe it's more sophisticated like votes must be from people with high karma points?
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The highest-rated tech reporter in the US is an intern?(blog.civikowl.com)
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Any population, even of a small town, will have many unique aspects. That won't stop people from generalizing, nor should it if we are to try and understand our environment. And to be fair, Canada has a population close to that of Cali
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Media literacy, or more broadly critical thinking skills, is good to teach but hard to apply in practice when it comes to the news. This is because we get our news so fast, and in so many places, it's hard to slow down and evaluate pie
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Sorry for my delayed response. curun1r's reply is also pretty good but my two-cents: I wanted to see how focused my mind could get so that's why I did Vipassana. The improvement was noticeable but I'm not such a scatter-brain
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Really nice read. Honest, detailed, introspective. I once did a 10-day silent meditation retreat (Vipassana) that has some similarities to the author's journey. The lack of communication and interaction was even more extreme than just
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by amoorthy 8y ago
I wonder if the incidence rate for abuse is higher among the wealthy and powerful. Seems plausible that those in power feel they can bend the rules. And sometimes (not often enough) this blows up in their faces and ruins their personal life
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I've noticed this is more common than I expected and seems to happen when two conditions are present: (1) the person is an outsider so can ask "dumb" questions that make you think through the foundational assumptions of your
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by amoorthy 8y ago
I loved his videos on linear algebra. Were far more intuitive than anything I studied in engineering. In particular, the way he describes what a determinant is, and what value it has, is excellent. I'm proud to be a Patreon supporter o
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Thanks for taking the time to reply so thoughtfully. I feel a bit silly in my original comment now. This article, also trending on HN today, is illuminating on what life in China is like: http://www.baldingsworld.com/2018&#x
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by amoorthy 8y ago
Why are the above statements a problem? You can reasonably disagree with them but Sam seems to have made them in good faith based on his observations. His comments speak to important issues and merit a discussion, even if he's wrong at

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