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by csallen 7y ago
Not true, since the entire point of a social network like this is to browse a playground of publicly-visible conversations involving your friends, and the people conversing are quite aware they're doing so in public. What would be &quo
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by csallen 7y ago
McDonald's delivers?
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by csallen 7y ago
> Sure. But I don't think this is a sufficient defense — at the extremes, cultural norms can result in horrific things even though individual actors may not be motivated by malice. At which point you are better served by targeting
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by csallen 7y ago
I don't disagree with you that the system itself has issues. But the comments here are primarily attacking the "greed" of people richer than them, who would rather spend more money on themselves than on those in need. They&#x
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by csallen 7y ago
> The greedy behavior that leads to the kind of inequality faced by today's society is now so well established that it has become hard to recognize for what it truly is. So in other words: It no longer requires any malice to pay t
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by csallen 7y ago
The problem is that a line delivers crucial information: you can estimate roughly how much time it'll take before you're up next, you can see the constant progression, and you know you're not being forgotten or skipped over.
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by csallen 7y ago
Indeed, we're paid to be experts in our area of expertise (by definition), so we should see more flaws there. The key is not to go overboard by declaring that our area of focus is all that matters.
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by csallen 7y ago
This is a very developer-y thing to say. I read a book written by a brand marketer a couple years ago. He dissected about two dozen big companies that failed and, guess what, every one was due to poor brand marketing.
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by csallen 8y ago
As an investor, you'll want a business' value to improve in the future. Thus, you'll want to take actions in the present that maximize the chances and magnitude of success. It is generally not the case that simply rewarding e
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by csallen 8y ago
Your assumption is that the management was good despite their failures. It's quite possible that they simply didn't perform well or make great decisions, despite their reputations.
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by csallen 8y ago
It's not like programmers are some different moral class. "Many of X are immoral" applies to almost all X.
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by csallen 8y ago
> I've also noticed that a lot of successful solo projects seem to be network/directory platforms - i.e. building an audience through free content that you then monetize through commercial partnerships. Nailed it! What others h
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by csallen 8y ago
A common belief on HN is that any SaaS/tech business is constrained by the complexity of its code and product. Famously, the top comment[0] on Dropbox's HN launch was about how it's not a valuable business because the comment
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by csallen 8y ago
They've spotted the first type* of molecule, no? Not the actual first molecule.
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by csallen 8y ago
I don't think you're completely wrong to be offended, but it's also worthwhile to know that people may interpret your phrasing differently than you intended.
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by csallen 8y ago
> Who cares if it is indirect - if it puts any kind of pressure on the censorship system, it's worth it Determining whether an action is is "worth it" requires a cost-benefit analysis. You've merely listed a single
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by csallen 8y ago
> I have no idea why people don't call BS on news orgs that run 'exposes' on Facebook's ad targeting, when they target, track and follow their readers in exactly the same way. Not only is the media guilty of many of
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by csallen 8y ago
> just, think for yourself. Is it the best solution to your problem? What is your problem exactly, and what are other ways you could solve it? This is the crux of the issue, psychologically. When making an important decision in the fac
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by csallen 8y ago
I grew up in America. I went to MIT. Three(!) of my high school teachers didn't know what it was.
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by csallen 8y ago
I agree with your general perspective. I'd guess that the further back in time you go, the stronger filter bubbles were. One hundred thousand years ago when we all lived in tribes and clans was arguably peak filter bubble. These relati
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by csallen 8y ago
Counterpoint: Many people of the "general public" are at least vaguely aware of the fact that they're making risky decisions, but proceed regardless in order to reap the short-term rewards that you mention, calculating that t
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by csallen 8y ago
I think it largely comes down to supply. Developers get paid a lot not only because digital applications make so much money, but also because there are so few competent developers compared to the number required. Whereas talented musicians
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by csallen 8y ago
That's no different than most professions. Consider software development. Who makes more money, the CEO, the top sales people, or the developers? It's probably top to bottom in that order.
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by csallen 8y ago
I disagree there, too. Attempting to make money makes you a business. As a business, your fate is in your hands. You're the one making the decisions. If you decide that the path you want to take in the business of music is to give cont
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by csallen 8y ago
> You can’t make a living making music. Or art. You can’t even make a living taking care of children. First, this isn't true. Plenty of people make a living doing each of the above. (Art is somewhat of a special case, because so
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by csallen 8y ago
The idea that a for-profit business "doesn't give a shit" about the money-making parts of its business is… interesting. It smells to me just as reasonable as taking Google's "Do no evil" at face value. First, j
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by csallen 8y ago
The fact that Google was doing just fine didn't stop it from pouring everything it had into Google+ when Facebook looked unstoppable. Which is to say, the health of the current stock price doesn't preclude a business from being pa
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by csallen 8y ago
The media has a lot to lose in a tech-dominated world. They used to have a monopoly on reach. Readers came to directly to them. Today that role belongs largely to tech companies. Media companies are heavily dependent on the algorithms and w
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by csallen 8y ago
People like to traffic in hyperbole, because nuance burns calories and doesn't attract as many eyeballs. Some describe tech as a perfect meritocracy, which of course it is not. The overreaction to that is to claim startup success merel
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by csallen 8y ago
Post I saw from GP didn't give any reasoning whatsoever. Merely said, "I loathe Airbnb." Perhaps it was edited after I saw it and before you did?

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