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by arikr 10y ago
Yes. I think likely best way around your second point about predicting candidates actions is to base all the data points on how they've acted in the past, and assume that people mostly don't change (I've certainly found this
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by arikr 10y ago
So ask me a series of questions to determine what I care about and in what magnitude, and what my incentives are, and then tell me which candidates and propositions align with my incentives Specifically would like this to exist for all vote
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Request for product: Ask me ~100 questions, and then tell me how to vote
5 points by arikr 10y ago|9 comments
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Ask HN: What are the important problems of your field?
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by arikr 10y ago
Yes, kids do need actual parents that are great. That would be ideal, if every kid had excellent parents. Unfortunately, many parents are not great.
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by arikr 10y ago
This would be hard. But kids certainly manage to find products, when they love them. e.g. flash games ~10 yrs ago, certain iPhone games that everyone loves now, Snapchat now, etc. Word of mouth. Making a product that 100 kids are obsessed w
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by arikr 10y ago
Definitely. I don't think it should be called a "parent bot" and I don't think it should be targeted at parents at all. I think it should be distributed/targeted at the end users i.e. kids.
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by arikr 10y ago
Originally posted on Medium [1]. HN is probably better. I'm sure some things I've left unclear so I'll watch the comments and looking forward to going back-forth with anyone interested. 1: https://medium.com/@
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Request for product: “Parent bot” for kids
3 points by arikr 10y ago|8 comments
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by arikr 10y ago
Of those management books, which have been the most impactful ones if I'm looking to just grab 2-4 now?
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Ask HN: What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016?
114 points by arikr 10y ago|82 comments
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by arikr 10y ago
I would love a "contains X letter" filter
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by arikr 10y ago
Add revenue and increase usefulness by adding domain name checks/show only ones with available .com/.org/.any etc, and affiliate link to the domain provider
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Ask HN: What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016?
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by arikr 10y ago
The only thing holding me back from getting an Android phone is the lack of iMessage.
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Ask HN: I want a Google Pixel. I want to keep iMessage. Any solutions?
1 points by arikr 10y ago|4 comments
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by arikr 10y ago
Surprised no-one has suggested this: Firebase. Free, incl SSL. Not sure about CDN, but you could use Cloudflare for that.
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Non-partisan guide to CA ballot initiatives(peterates.com)
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by arikr 10y ago
In short, IRR is yearly rate of return. i.e. If 25mm becomes 50mm in 12 months, then the IRR (yearly rate of return) is 100%. Try searching up something like 'venture capital IRR explanation' and you should get more details.
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by arikr 10y ago
A la Charlie Munger, develop a latticework of mental models. See: https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use...
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by arikr 10y ago
I remember reading an articulation that it is odd that we are taught to program differently to how we are taught to play music. With music, we are taught to read before we write. With programming, we start out writing. This seems like a gre
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by arikr 10y ago
> But just how soon will we see that happen? Pishevar says his team is “full steam ahead” to get us there by 2021 and that the first one will likely be overseas. > But we are getting closer to hopping aboard, according to Pishevar. Th
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by arikr 10y ago
Twitter tends to be ahead of HN. The trick is in knowing who to follow. Start out with following a small number, perhaps 10-15 people, who are experts/well known in the fields that interest you.
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by arikr 10y ago
Perhaps smarter email inboxes? i.e. tell me the urgency of an email based on the words/content of an email, things like this
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by arikr 10y ago
My advice: Don't ignore the part of you that likes art! Two interests meeting is where great things happen. > If you want an average successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply f
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by arikr 10y ago
As a general rule, lawyers and accountants are typically happy to provide ~30 minute introduction calls for free, where you can ask as many questions as you like and effectively "interview" them. They do this because the LTV of a
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by arikr 10y ago
> We've reached a manpower ceiling with just two of us working on it daily so the 200k is about double what we need for a few hires that would allow us to build out the desktop experience, some general design/UI updates, get of