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by bitsweet 11y ago
likely first or second employee that joined the company
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by bitsweet 11y ago
this is how you earn revenue as an OSS platform company (once you get it in the hands of everyone aka build a network)
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by bitsweet 11y ago
when you fill out the LCA, you only supply base - not total compensation
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by bitsweet 11y ago
You must not have watched the Ted talk which makes a very compelling case to why its a bad flag. The video talks about how great flags, like chicago's, are flown everywhere and bad flags are not. I grew up about an hour north of Chicag
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by bitsweet 11y ago
Congrats Kathryn and Alex!
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by bitsweet 11y ago
I read it more about Robert Aumann believing in bible code[1] then that he is an Orthodox Jew. That said, I'm surprised to find Ray Kurzweil's and Elon Musk's ideas in the same group as bible code and water memory. [1] http:
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by bitsweet 11y ago
acquihires are one way
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Scientists Seek Ban on Method of Editing the Human Genome(nytimes.com)
42 points by bitsweet 12y ago|76 comments
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The story of a product built entirely in public(medium.com)
5 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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A product built in public(awwstn.com)
2 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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How we got 7,328 bits of first impression feedback from our community in 90 days(medium.com)
3 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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by bitsweet 12y ago
ultimately passwords can be changed; internal chat messages regarding personal and confidential data can not be taken back.
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by bitsweet 12y ago
> No financial or payment information was accessed or compromised in this attack. This wouldn't be my first concern. It would be all of the confidential communication that happens within slack.
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Assembly (YC W12) Is Hiring a Full-Stack and Front-End Engineer
1 points by bitsweet 12y ago
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by bitsweet 12y ago
This. I liken it to Segment.io who managed to move up the analytics stack and being the integration point for a product. This lowers the switching costs to using other analytic services and gives Segment all the leverage to create the highe
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Writing a newsletter people actually read(blog.assembly.com)
2 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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by bitsweet 12y ago
You're right. I didn't intend to indicate that it was PG's quote - I can see the mistake now though. I found the quote here http://www.paulgraham.com/quo.html
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Here’s what entrepreneurship 3.0 looks like(venturebeat.com)
3 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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by bitsweet 12y ago
Somewhere between $1.00 and 16 billion
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by bitsweet 12y ago
congrats @tarof and team!
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A better way to shut down a startup(blog.assembly.com)
3 points by bitsweet 12y ago|0 comments
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by bitsweet 12y ago
> Employers can create separate log-ins for employees to use with their Work accounts, or users can link these up with their other profiles to access everything in one place. Doesn't look like you have to have personal account or li
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by bitsweet 12y ago
Many assembly.com products are just launching now so it's early but a few products are passively paying upwards of $1,200+ to members each month for their previous contributions.
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Assembly (YC W12) Is Hiring a UI/Front-End Developer(jobs.lever.co)
1 points by bitsweet 12y ago
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by bitsweet 12y ago
that is coming. We're releasing version 2 of the platform shortly
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by bitsweet 12y ago
> These are good points, especially the comparison with the other marketplaces, along with more informed breakdown of what you guys offer. I think the idea is novel (at least it is to me, I haven't seen another effort like it yet ot
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by bitsweet 12y ago
The best thing I can suggest is get involved with one of the existing community products first. See how the community helps each other and determine if there is value for your product. This is the path that founders have done in the past be
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by bitsweet 12y ago
Hi @semiel. This is our vision and we're hopefully iterating towards a more perfect solution. We've thought intensely about the details but in reality, we're still learning from the community and constantly finding opportunit
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by bitsweet 12y ago
We're always looking at ways we can create more value for the community then the platform fee necessary to run it. Products on assembly benefit from administration of accounting, finances, legal, many operating costs (hosting) pre-prof
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Show HN: Save your side project(sideprojects.assembly.com)
175 points by bitsweet 12y ago|34 comments

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