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by gkop 5y ago
Please consider the power dynamics here. The HN community owes no favors to FB or FB former staff. When a former FB staff member logs on to post the kind of response they posted, community members may stand up and call them out on their tr
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absurdly tone deaf, as in, does not warrant good faith engagement, “don’t feed the trolls”.
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> All-American swimmer https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/3... Athletics are another sense in which he was elite.
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by gkop 5y ago
- The in-person programming: speakers, seminars, support groups, fun events, CEO and CTO conferences - First Round Network Q&A site - Structured mentorship program - In house recruiters and job board (yes this is table stakes, but FRC d
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by gkop 5y ago
I haven’t worked with A16z, but will say in the case of First Round Capital, their services are truly amazing, and would be material to me in considering term sheets, or even in choosing an early stage start up to join. So I think the capit
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YouTube Shorts Fund(support.google.com)
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Counterpoint: http://boringtechnology.club/
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A compromise that I’ve found to make open floor plans work for me, is L-shaped desks. I don’t need a cubicle, but an L-shaped desk gives me the personal space that lets me focus. Unfortunately in my experience, companies are more interested
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by gkop 5y ago
This was a mainstream idea when I was in CS school 12 years ago. There are creative alternatives too, eg. by requiring the client to complete a network scavenger hunt: https://people.cs.pitt.edu/~adamlee/pubs/2012&
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Does postponing retirement affect cognitive function?(sciencedirect.com)
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The Diversity Rider: Changing the makeup of cap tables(diversityrider.vc)
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No difference
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First THINK C Program (2020)(beyondloom.com)
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> It’s become so mainstream to incorrectly use the word “invest” There are literally multiple definitions of “invest” in any dictionary. This essay is annoying.
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Is it possibly related to the term “crip weed”, so named because it “cripples you”?
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Interesting subject, disappointing article. I wish the author would provide a bit of the historical context of their approach within the field of management science.
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Just FYI, the generic word for this medium of data transfer is “sneakernet” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet ).
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The Handshake Deal Protocol (2016)(ycombinator.com)
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This is a really good point, in that the cities that are banning natural gas in new construction, have not as far as I know invested in more reliable electric infrastructure to compensate for the lost redundancy. Are they considering the co
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Quality gas stoves can be easily converted to propane. Doing as you propose would be in violation of urban building codes.
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Uber was fairly flawless when I spent time in Hanoi in 2015. I wonder if Uber dis-invested in Hanoi between my trip and yours, or some other dynamic detrimentally impacted their level of service there?
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Do the Californians have money when they go to Texas (I don’t know)? If yes, that could feel like a “big” migration from the Texas side.
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I don’t have a horse in this race, but must point out that Eureka sits directly on the Pacific Coast of the mainland United States, which adds significant desirability to a town that is admittedly best known for having a lot of tweakers. (I
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by gkop 5y ago
Author isn’t wrong per se, but has a thing or two to learn about human nature. The polemic as written is weak.
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Author, since you “dearly recommend” a related blog post of yours, please link to that post .
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We can all agree the second season of Twin Peaks was terrible, though, right?
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Sounds kind of like my experience using Gusto to comply with state and local laws when hiring employees and contractors in various places. Not groundbreaking, much legwork remains, but still helpful.
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Likewise, our RDS replica experienced degenerate lag, when neither the primary nor replica were in the scorched AZ.
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Just a heads up, but that safe would need to be mighty hard to dislodge and/or be extremely thick. The long gun safes from Costco are easily dislodged and sawn through. My understanding is the safe should be built into the wall, exposi
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by gkop 5y ago
Please don't equate human rights activism to a religious movement.

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