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by davidkatz 14y ago
I tried that use case several times, I really dig the vision. It never sticks for me though, I don't get enough value added. Especially for my parents, Path is too complex, and a family whatsapp group serves much of the same function. I'll
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by davidkatz 14y ago
detailed screenshots needed. can you email me at hi at davidkatz dot me?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
"the biggest thing since the light bulb". Keep reading their marketing, and you get "it's a bulb that lasts longer than a normal light bulb, and consumes less energy". So let me get this straight — the light bulb took us from expensive, unr
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Lots of real phenomena occur during an interview. For example, you could go one level deeper and describe the molecular mechanisms between adrenaline and whatever 'receives' adrenaline. That would sound something like: "What happens in job
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by davidkatz 14y ago
doesn't work for me, i get a login error. too bad.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
"A minority of your applicants are going to perform badly in that situation because the adrenal glands will effectively reduce the output prefrontal cortex below an acceptable level" I have an off topic question. I don't see what the proble
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Second this. Bootstrapping is great, and it's even underrated. Most people raise too much too early, and it ends up hurting them. In the end VC capital is a tool though, and you can use it well. One position from which raising money might b
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3D printing & the future of retail(daltoncaldwell.com)
3 points by davidkatz 14y ago|0 comments
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Sadly, that just invites a discussion. Laughing it off nips it at the bud and allows everyone to climb down from the idiot tree.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
This is absolutely true, and goes for any silly question like 'where do you see yourself in five years?', 'why should we be working with you?', and the like. If you drive conversation to topics that you think should be discussed, you will b
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What is a 'Solutions Architect'?
3 points by davidkatz 14y ago|5 comments
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Yes, they should. More importantly though, they should offer options. When you call your cellular carrier to complain about something, you surely want them to apologize and offer you options. If they told you 'We experienced an error. What'
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by davidkatz 14y ago
"The other day, I asked my wife to make me a sandwich. She told me to make it myself, and I politely informed her that the 15 minutes spent doing that would cost us $25 so it had better be the best sandwhich I have ever made." Ugh, what a l
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Most of these discussions really miss the point. Money is merely an amplifier, an enabler. You can think of it like technology. Does the Internet make people happier? Nope, but it sure enables a lot of opportunities to be happier. How would
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Journalists have a responsibility towards facts that is just as strong as a scientist's responsibility towards facts. The major difference is that journalists are not necessarily expected to discover facts, but report on them, which greatly
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I'm sorry to say that I've had personal conversations with faculty researchers in diverse fields that gave me the distinct impression that these people really should not be doing research. It's very easy to go through the 'form' of good res
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Seriously? How many more decades are we going to see people mistake correlation for causation as if this problem had not been thoroughly understood? This article reads like one long speculation presented as fact. Kahneman and other psycholo
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by davidkatz 14y ago
This is a pretty strong allegation, and requires evidence. Do you have any? For example, can you quote any IDF KIA stats that seem to include suicides?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I'm still not sure there's a real pattern here, beyond the always present 'make a quick buck' style of business, which has probably been around since business was discovered. Good discussion though. Thanks. You on twitter?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Perhaps you're right, but I haven't come across much superficially pretty junk. Any high profile examples come to mind?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I understand. Generally, we should aim to build tools that address the greatest gaps in quality. You might say that design is currently not the most important gap to address, and that may be, although it hasn't been my experience. Although
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I understand the point, but I'm not convinced. Looks factor into quality, and are not merely an indicator of it. If I can have a market trend which increases quality across the board, I fail to see that that can be a bad thing because it to
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by davidkatz 14y ago
The article clearly laments the fact that you can't use design anymore as a quick quality shortcut, and that's the point I attacked. Your point seems to be: "The problem is that the focus on design means that developers spend too much effor
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by davidkatz 14y ago
The whole argument here seems broken. The OPs main point seems to be: "So what's wrong with [good design]? The problem is we judge books by their covers. We're more likely to pick the prettiest object up first." Why would you value a shortc
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by davidkatz 14y ago
The OPs tone is perhaps unnecessarily aggressive, but I think the point deserves a fair look. HN, more often than not, shares content that is the nth derivative of the same old tired tunes (which were great the first year we heard them). HN
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I believe this misses the point. We have significant influence over almost everything that happens to us. For example, when a deal goes sour both parties could most likely have prevented it. Important - this does mean we live in a hopelessl
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Excellent post. One thing which the OP alluded to but I think deserves strengthening - 80% of the quality of your talk is in your talk, not in your slides. The OP helps focus you on your talk by giving you rules of thumb like 'less content'
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Here's something I need which I would pay 2% for right now - the ability to email someone an invoice. I'm stuck with PayPal, which I hate.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Honestly, I've spent decades of my life living amongst Americans, and I had no idea that 'blackface' is something offensive. This is totally harmless, and no racist by a long stretch.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Please, let's all stop this cult of parenting, and cult of personality. Let's assume that Patrick and John had played with legos, and that their parents taught them programming. What would that teach us? That we should teach our kids Progra

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