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by axg11 4y ago
I like the aesthetic -- a modern warm Craigslist?
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by axg11 4y ago
Internally that's the long term goal. Essentials/basics lines exist because Amazon has superior data on what their customers search for and return rates etc. Parts of leadership wants to open up more of that data to third party se
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by axg11 4y ago
Amazon Ads is going to be a really interesting corporate case study in ~10 years. A combination of factors are coming together that will eventually result in the death of Amazon's retail division. Amazon has been doubling down on ads i
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by axg11 4y ago
Internally it was sold as: working together with other teams is too inefficient due to dependencies and differing priorities. It's faster to build it again independently than integrate with the existing service.
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by axg11 4y ago
Success is relative. Voice didn't turn out to be "the next big computing platform". It's still mostly a command interface. Perhaps it still could become something bigger. Alexa isn't widely used on the iPhone/i
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by axg11 4y ago
Context: I recently left Amazon Some orgs within the company are fairly lean, some are hugely bloated. Amazon isn't homogeneous. For example, Alexa is very over-resourced and it's common to hear about 4+ teams working on slight va
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by axg11 4y ago
This is really impressive. The speed record itself is not super relevant to everyday production vehicles, but it's a great way to win customers over to EVs. In general, I underestimated the progress that electric vehicles would make ov
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by axg11 4y ago
There's no profitability from navigation? Starlink could charge a massive premium for high resolution GPS.
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by axg11 4y ago
How many founders are claiming rent as a business expense? Granted, founders are able to expense a lot of things that employees are not.
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Ask HN: US and UK debt-to-GDP ratio
5 points by axg11 4y ago|2 comments
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by axg11 4y ago
I largely agree with the take that Uber is an inefficient company, but I don't think Uber is as simple as "an app company". Uber's main challenge is people. They're basically one of the largest employers on Earth (e
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by axg11 4y ago
Is there anything like this for a wider basket of (tech) companies?
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by axg11 4y ago
Typically 10-20% but the correct answer to this question is "it varies".
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by axg11 4y ago
Anytime you perform a sequencing experiment you will get _some_ microbial/fungal contamination. Every time. You can even check this yourself today. Analyse any publicly available (unprocessed) whole genome sequencing data. Usually the
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by axg11 4y ago
I think the basis of your comment is incorrect. Employees have never had more freedom. Work from home is now widespread. Working hours are more flexible than ever. Workplace benefits have improved drastically over the last 10 years. Percent
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by axg11 4y ago
This is a great idea executed very poorly. I would love to see a larger sample size of AI vs Fiverr with a wider range of prompts. Graphs are difficult for current models and that was already well understood.
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by axg11 4y ago
A new technology is developed with the potential to make you 100x more efficient at your job. Today, a creative artist can only contribute to a project through a narrow slice. Tomorrow, the same creative artist can single-handedly orchestra
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by axg11 4y ago
Have you ever interviewed with Meta? They are _the_ FAANG company that places the highest weighting on leetcode problems.
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by axg11 4y ago
SIMs were/are also issued by carriers? You have to go through carriers either way. You're using their network.
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by axg11 4y ago
Amazon should just own this mistake. They are already finding it incredibly hard to recruit and attract top talent. Perhaps the situation is slightly improved with the recent cooldown in the economy. I wonder how much this negative PR costs
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by axg11 4y ago
A less cynical take: this is a consequence of Elon's profile. He has 100M followers and is one of the most "interesting" people on Earth. Tesla is an extension of Elon and is viewed as the impetus for ushering in a new age of
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by axg11 4y ago
Uber Eats has to build a model that works worldwide, including in the US, Canada, UK, EU, etc. where unemployment rates are relatively low. I don’t think same hour delivery will ever be long-term sustainable in a country with low unemployme
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by axg11 4y ago
Self driving cars are on the road. Any two people on Earth are able to trustlessly transmit value between them using Bitcoin. You seem cynical.
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by axg11 4y ago
Yes.
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by axg11 4y ago
I use it, am paying for it, and wouldn't want to code without it.
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by axg11 4y ago
Alternative view: this is a pre-pre-seed and fills a much needed gap in the VC ecosystem. Well-connected founders raise very early money from "friends and family". Most people don't have wealthy friends and family, so getting
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by axg11 4y ago
> Joe ask the "dumb questions." The questions you would ask if you as a laymen were sitting in front of a Nobel Prize winning scientist This is exactly why he’s so popular. Most people are laymen. Joe doesn’t have a research te
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by axg11 4y ago
>To digress. I want a clone, more than anything. It's only thing I'd pay more than $100k+ for aside from housing. Can you explain why you want a clone? Genetically identical twins can and do end up having very different lives a
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by axg11 4y ago
This seems a bit unfair - the article is packed with useful information. Arthur is nailing their job. Useful content that happens to make you aware of Scanbot, without being too in your face.
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by axg11 4y ago
Do you run into any difficulties with Lockdown Mode enabled regularly?

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