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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Agreed in general, but I am specifically not talking about technology used to improve processes or help a company move up the learning curve. I was trying to offer an explanation of what separates out "tech" companies and not tryi
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Agreed. I also saw a talk by a PM from Blue Apron a while back, and it seems that another problem is that people subscribe with the hopes of cooking more but then discover that having the meal kit still involves enough time and friction to
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
^ this. I think the bigger question becomes "why does it matter if something is a tech company?" Is it because that is what makes it easier to raise money today? If that's the case, then I wish more investors and analysts wou
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
The way that I think about a "tech" company is that it is able to scale its growth non-linearly with its staff (or human resources). This isn't a binary rule, and obviously many successful companies are in a gray area -- but
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
They already do manual review for many of their high-serving ads, and people shouldn't shy away from some human intervention in these processes. AI and machine learning are most effective these days when they help assist people (flaggi
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
I have a 2015 15-inch retina macbook pro and a surface pro 4. Ever since Windows 10 added a native ubuntu bash shell to its OS, I have preferred using the surface for all of my development (some web stuff where I ssh into other boxes and so
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
They are in a tough bind because they used to be interested in that space and were slow to move on enterprise, allowing Box and others to have more momentum in that space. Now with Google and others dominating the photo storage consumer spa
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Agreed, and my comment was just that it goes beyond Stanford and Silicon Valley...
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Agreed! If you actually talk to recruiters and teams at top-tier companies, then the stronger Ivies still do well when it comes to CS careers.
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
It was a bit more controversial than I intended, but I still stand by the opinion that Silicon Valley is weighed a lot more than any other location. I don't disagree that the figures come up from time to time, but they are rarely on th
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Many people on HN seem to forget that many strides in computer science, computer architecture, and mathematics came from schools that don't start with an "S" and are from outside of the Bay Area. I think it is more that the d
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by hari_seldon_ 9y ago
Quick aside, many people who go to Harvard Business School receive financial aid or pay for it out of their own pocket -- the school determines need based on your assets and not those of your parents. While there probably are still students