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by christiansmith 14y ago
It will obviously be a startup company that solves this problem, and technology will be involved, but it is not fundamentally a technology problem. It's primarily a problem of misunderstood economics. Instead of trying to monetize recorded
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by christiansmith 14y ago
> I'd rather see people calling MOOCs 70% and flogging them towards figuring out how to provide the remaining 30% than sit around praising their 70% and being contented with that. Praising progress and providing constructive criticism n
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by christiansmith 14y ago
For someone without the means, isn't 70% better than 0%? Education probably shouldn't be an all or nothing proposition.
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by christiansmith 14y ago
We're going to be at the event today, would love to meet any other HN readers. Email me (profile).
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PIE Demo Day (Portland Incubator Experiment)(piepdx.com)
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by christiansmith 14y ago
thanks!
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Ask HN: What's the best dog-friendly area near YC?
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by christiansmith 14y ago
The discovery of the South African diamond mines in 1870 and its impact on the diamond industry seems to be a good analogy for what the music industry is going through today. In both cases there is rapid shift from scarcity to abundance, an
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by christiansmith 14y ago
Give that the battery pack is part of the floor, I really doubt they're thinking of swappable batteries: http://dsc.discovery.com/pdi/files/2012/02/Tesla-ModelS-plat...
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by christiansmith 14y ago
I just had a chance this week to see the Model S up close at the Washington Square showroom in Portland. Have to say I wasn't all that hyped about it from the pictures (and I'm more of a truck/jeep guy), but in person it is just awesome. Re
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by christiansmith 14y ago
Minor imperfections are very often indicative of bigger underlying problems. We're talking about a physical product here. Variations in the output demonstrate a need to tighten up the process. You can't just redeploy, like with software. I
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by christiansmith 14y ago
That's a good point. It sucks to work overtime constantly when you had other plans, commitments, etc, especially when the bosses are ungrateful. On the other hand, when working on something that you know upfront is going to be an enormous c
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by christiansmith 14y ago
Having been through several cycles of burnout over the years I tend to agree with you. These days I take nearly as much time to play as work, and my work is better for it. That said, I wonder how much the type of work has an impact on dimin
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In deep with Tesla CEO Elon Musk(autoblog.com)
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