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atpaino
14y ago
I'm certainly not arguing college is the only way, just the most common. I'm sure some people may figure things out through doing a startup, but in most cases (this Fellowship being an exception) they won't have as many resources at their d
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atpaino
14y ago
I agree with you on this, but it seems like most (if not all) of the students in the article have zero traction thus far. Hence the overly abstract and idealistic descriptions of their projects. A fair amount haven't even started college.
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atpaino
14y ago
I think Thiel is grossly underestimating the value in college, especially for the students in this Fellowship. Thiel argues (elsewhere) that college is only worthwhile if you have a good idea of what you hope to get out of it. I completely
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atpaino
14y ago
Intern at Microsoft here. As time goes on, Google and Facebook will eventually be bogged down by the same bureaucracy that exists in any large company. The main difference between Google/Facebook and Microsoft at that point will be what bus
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atpaino
14y ago
As an undergrad math major, I've just recently run into this problem as I begin to take graduate level math courses. In the past (i.e. through high school math and basic calculus) I have always had a deeper understanding of the math going o
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atpaino
15y ago
Google actually does have an iPod competitor of sorts in the Samsung Galaxy Player (in both 4.0 and 5.0 inch screens). The adoption of these hasn't been great, however this might be due to the lack of advertising for them (especially when c
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The Cambrian Explosion in Startups
(m.techcrunch.com)
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atpaino
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