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by boatsie 6y ago
YC always required teams to move to the bay to maximize their success chances. But if almost everyone in tech is remote, then they aren’t losing ground compared to other companies working remote. It’s similar to saying “you have to be on si
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by boatsie 6y ago
This data seems suspect. “Average” weight loss and gains of around 25 pounds for these people in 1 year? I also don’t see a baseline from previous years—our society increases its BMI over time.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Agree, but what about something like obesity? The lengths to which we will try to stop covid compared to stopping obesity is sad to me.
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by boatsie 6y ago
As far as your minor point, it is likely the person behind the desk will be looking at basically the same interface you would be online, then just typing things in for you. So if there is a service interruption, it’s likely they would also
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by boatsie 6y ago
It sounds tragic to “let” 500k people die, but it is also tragic that millions die yearly of hunger. And most people do nothing about it.
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by boatsie 6y ago
I think that is sort of the point, though. If you are able to work/succeed at FAANG, you could build software in these niches quite profitably, because the competition is likely not all that good.
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by boatsie 6y ago
I’ve heard the idea of automated restaurants for a long time, but there are still overhead costs and labor costs. You would still need proper permits/licenses and real estate/rent. Insurance. Utilities. The prep and cooking of the
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by boatsie 6y ago
I think this is an extension of pg’s advice he gives to YC startups when they describe themselves. For those who have looked a website or sat through a pitch deck and wondered what the hell the company actually does, this advice is crucial.
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by boatsie 6y ago
I can understand your annoyance at the FAANG obsession, but when the total comp is literally 2-3 times that of the hum drum industries, doing roughly the same work, it makes sense that people would want to consider them.
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by boatsie 6y ago
This bothers me as well and I constantly end up snoozing my timers! I can only imagine the reason it’s not fixed is that some people will complain that they reversed the buttons in their app!
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by boatsie 6y ago
And yet you continue to order using these services! That means you are still seeing significant value despite these issues, and I suppose why these companies have such massive valuations.
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by boatsie 6y ago
In some ways, it’s what’s not here that brings me here. Other sites are filled with ads, hate, click bait, images, videos, trackers, etc. When you need to kill 10 minutes waiting in line, the efficiency of what you can learn here is unmatch
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by boatsie 6y ago
There’s a fictional story about a girl going off to college and writing a letter to her parents (pre internet days). She laments about getting injured, her dormitory catching fire, and getting pregnant. But at the end of the letter, she rev
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by boatsie 6y ago
I think this falls into the “if you aren’t anti-racist, you’re racist” category of cancel culture. On the one hand, it sounds like a great idea that everyone should be against racism. However, it quickly becomes a slippery slope as it casca
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by boatsie 6y ago
I wish this existed as well but with the added element of AI based merging where it can take the best in focus faces (eyes open and smiling) and composite them into a single image. Seems very possible but I haven’t heard of an implementatio
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by boatsie 6y ago
Yes, I think GP is noting that egg quality declines somewhat exponentially, rather than linearly.
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by boatsie 6y ago
So, fat is bad. Carbs are bad. Meat is bad. Assuming you eat calories (ie leafy vegetables are not a large source of calories), what are you left with? Plant based low fat, low carb lean protein? Peanuts are high in fat. Beans are high in c
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by boatsie 6y ago
The internet is making everything winner take all. Off the first page of Google? You don’t exist. Not on first page of Amazon for “Bluetooth headphones”? You don’t exist. That’s why companies will pay so much to game whatever system gets th
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by boatsie 6y ago
Almost all online stores seem to be like this. Why would Dell or Lenovo show you products that had anything less than 3.5 stars? There’s a huge conflict of interest in showing reviews of their own products. BestBuy has to sell the inventory
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by boatsie 6y ago
It would be interesting if colleges offered a reduced or free tuition in exchange for future earnings. That might incentivize colleges to only offer certain degrees, help with job placements, keep the quality of learning high, etc.
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by boatsie 6y ago
I think the parent post refers to all of the different majors taking the same time.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Even dry beans come in a plastic bag...
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by boatsie 6y ago
If it’s in plastic tubing, would that include all homes with pex piping? Water dispensers in refrigerators? Seems impossible to get away from.
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by boatsie 6y ago
You also can’t defend anyone from getting canceled, as that makes you the “ism” as well. You must be anti-whatever“ism” or they will come after you as well.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Obviously Citibank was at fault here for not understanding how the software was supposed to be used, but they did not write the software Flexcube, Oracle did. And if you look at some of the manuals for the software, it is all very poorly de
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by boatsie 6y ago
I think next time I will say, “Sure, I’ll tell you my salary once you tell me those of the hiring manager and my new teammates. That way we all have the relevant information.”
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by boatsie 6y ago
Sounds appalling at first, but then I realized there are so many companies these days that will say “for every pair of shoes bought, we will give a pair to someone in need”, etc. It’s just more charity/feel good marketing.
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by boatsie 6y ago
It makes you wonder what would happen if they recommended the opposite for a generation, what would happen. Would recommending a ketoish diet improve health outcomes? Or does the recommendation mean almost nothing and people will just eat w
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by boatsie 6y ago
Despite the title being misleading, I think anti-Asian racism is definitely still a problem. Imagine the same things happening to someone who is African American. If someone created a restaurant listing with African American food stereotype
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by boatsie 6y ago
Presumably they use affiliate links.

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