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by jfarmer 15y ago
Well, right then, let's all enjoy our Two Minutes Hate. The claims are hardly specific or verifiable, for what it's worth, and I don't think Anthony sees it as his job to determine what "actually happened." What "actually happened" is incr
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by jfarmer 15y ago
'A single article, quoting sources, and even giving the founder a chance to respond right in the article itself, is not "internet vigilantism".' Yes, it is. This isn't meticulously researched. This is not a 60 Minutes exposé. Did Anthony
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Thank you for illustrating my point, earl. The damage is done, and the people in this thread are acting like Romans chanting for gladiatorial blood. In short: vulgar.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Well, at least you admit your interest in this article is essentially selfish. You like it because you learned something. What did you learn, exactly? Never mind than Andrew had no say in whether this article should go to press. He may o
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Internet-scale vigilantism has an awful side effect: it can never be entirely walked back. The damage has been done and the crowd is happy. They have their circus.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
What a vulgar article. I don't know Andrew Hsu and from the sound of it, neither did Anthony Ha or anyone who commented on it (there, or here). Airy Labs may be poorly run. There are dozens of small, well-funded startups that are poorly r
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Why do people think online identity is broken? Better yet, why do people even think this is a "problem" at all?
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by jfarmer 15y ago
It is. It's just like Meno's slave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menos_slave
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by jfarmer 15y ago
All but the most blatant examples of sexism (and racism -- "food stamp President" anyone?) are like this. At worst they seem insensitive, at least in isolation. That's why it's so easy to talk about getting a thicker skin, etc. I know thi
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Nice! Yes, when other people in this thread -- and let's be honest, men -- play the thought experiment where the roles are reverse and it's the wife sitting in the audience, they don't see what's so offensive. "I wouldn't be offended!" the
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by jfarmer 15y ago
I'd encourage this for a thought experiment. Take a step back. Bottle your immediate reaction to this article. Starting asking yourself a few questions. Why did the author react this way to the introduction? Why do so many people in the
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by jfarmer 15y ago
I see this shit all the time, and most men don't even realize they're doing it. Lots of startups quickly converge to a culture that's little better than a frat house. If you think this is much ado about nothing, consider this: the subtle se
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Kaitlyn spent the last 2-3 months learning Python just to build this, with no prior programming experience. What's your excuse, Mr. Non-technical Person? :P
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Kaitlyn learned Python to build this as a Valentine's Day present for her boyfriend, Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram.
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Instagram Co-Founder’s Girlfriend Learns Python to Launch Lovestagram(lovestagram.com)
6 points by jfarmer 15y ago|1 comments
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by jfarmer 15y ago
I'm a hacker. It kindles my knowledge. Speak for yourself.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Lack of empathy. Lack of appreciation for what is obviously an elegant, more thoughtful design across the board. "Why do you need Dropbox? You can just use rsync and some bash scripts."
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Nobody does it that way because you can't do it that way. I and most people I know either use two hands, or grab the phone while holding the dock in place with one finger. This is an absolutely fantastic, thoughtful design.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Give credit where credit is due. Zynga would never in a million years do this. Facebook probably wouldn't, either. Dave's message is straightforward and sincere.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Fair enough! Here's a good video: http://mrmeyer.com/threeacts/speedoflight/ I like the combination of the video and the info-animation. Really interesting.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
I just went through the presentation. It's an interesting experiment, but seems completely unsuitable for teaching the example I gave from Spivak to a first-year college student with no prior exposure to CS or formal mathematics. It might
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Thanks for the reply! I'll read that presentation when I get back. First impression: the author needs to learn about luminance as it applies to readability! Blue text on black background == headache. When you say "do a better job" what do
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by jfarmer 15y ago
I agree the article was too strident, but if you watch his videos I think they do a good job of illustrating his philosophy.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Fine. Express the homological proof of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem on a computer. Ideally in a way that is easily understood by both a computer and a mathematician. Bonus points if it can be used as a teaching tool, too, so that a (s
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by jfarmer 15y ago
You're asking people to do math in a non-mathy way. How would you feel if schools insisted, for the purposes of learning, that all programs be written out by hand in plain English? Or, heck, just think of how annoyed some developers get wh
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Awesome! I was just talking about this with a friend the other day. My formal education is in mathematics, but I've been writing software since high school. I wish Dan made his argument in a less pointed way, though. The underlying questi
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by jfarmer 15y ago
It's normal in my experience. A cliff of some kind has been part of every incorporation agreement I've seen or signed. http://startuplawyer.com/incorporation/why-your-startups-fou... http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2007/07/19/what-s
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by jfarmer 15y ago
1. The standard vesting arrangement is four years with a one-year cliff. This means 25% of your stock (as a founder) vests at the end of the first year, and the remainder vests month-to-month for the next three. In your scenario it sounds
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by jfarmer 15y ago
Ah, true, yes, if I authenticate a Facebook application against my account I can't give it access to my friends' emails, which was the core functionality of Scoble's script.
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by jfarmer 15y ago
It's common to re-up soon-to-vest employees with additional options, especially founders.

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