brucephillips

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by brucephillips 9y ago
This advice is essentially "don't build on top of platforms, because platforms can become competitors". It's good to point out this risk, but as with all maxims, it can be wrong depending on the details. Many big compan
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by brucephillips 9y ago
What alternative do you propose?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Can you name any consumer technology in history that wasn't ultimately available to the masses?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
I can't innovate on furniture directly, but maybe on the design, manufacturing, and distribution processes around it. I have no idea how this industry is structured, but here are some ideas. - Made to order furniture. Let users design
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by brucephillips 9y ago
How would we provide the essentials of life other than through basic income or a similar welfare program?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
When was the last time a new language family was created?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
This argument could just as well be made against life saving medicines like antibiotics. Death is a part of life. Let's not fight it.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
This adds nothing to the discussion.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Why shouldn't he?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
You're underestimating how expensive that goal is. Providing every adult with basic income so that they can pursue their dreams would bankrupt the country.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Great point. This is why I advocate for taking money early on, but only increasing burn when a profitable business model is found. This is the best of both worlds.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
What do you mean "worth pursuing"? Do you mean that you can't find an idea worth investigating further? Or do you mean that you can't find an idea that survives a month of concentrated market research? The latter is reas
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by brucephillips 9y ago
There's a strong bias for founders to describe their founding story as a "Eureka!" moment. Don't fall for this. Most founders come up with ideas because they're looking for them.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Blue ocean does not equal unicorn. That's a mistake the author makes. Blue ocean, by definition, is just an open market. That market can be big or small.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
I'm not sure what point of mine you're arguing. I agree that new markets exist.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
What do you mean?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Agreed. I've had a doctor google my symptoms in front of me.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
It's my own deductive theory. An opportunity is a profitable product, meaning demand is higher than cost. Most opportunities are new opportunities, due to market efficiency. So something must have occurred recently to increase demand o
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by brucephillips 9y ago
For example?
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by brucephillips 9y ago
The author doesn't describe the most reliable indicator of new opportunity, which is economic change. Change can come in the form of shifting demographics, new tech, or new product adoption. These are the events that increase demand o
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by brucephillips 9y ago
This is demonstrably false, since it can be said of the problems addressed by any new product, and new products succeed all the time.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
David Foster Wallace was average looking, at best.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
What does that have to do with anything? The claim is that arrow keys are more intuitive keybindings. If you're remapping keys, then the familiarity of keys is irrelevant.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
That can be said of any product, not just ML.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Yes, you would. Ctrl/alt are within finger range. The arrow keys aren't.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
If you're going to levy an accusation, please include some evidence.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
No, this isn't true. It's something Peterson now claims, but it's not true. Go to ~9:30 in this video: https://youtu.be/O-nvNAcvUPE He claims that he wouldn't use preferred pronouns even if there was no
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by brucephillips 9y ago
There's no value in nitpicking. 99% of keyboards are standard qwerty.
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by brucephillips 9y ago
> To date, most software imbued with machine learning reduces costs rather than increase revenues. Source? ML includes trading algorithms, recommendation systems, self driving cars, search, translation, asset pricing, etc., all of which
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by brucephillips 9y ago
Arrow keys are slower than letters, since you have to move your hand.

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