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by jmtame 9y ago
I have a few questions: (1) When can we start using this? (2) How will you acquire the currency? I think #2 is the pain point, and I didn't see this addressed in the whitepaper. Most people talk about Bitcoin's transaction speeds,
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by jmtame 9y ago
While I'm not trying to pick apart small pieces of the essay, I agree with some of the high-level points. Culturally in SV, we are increasingly afraid of discussing anything that is controversial. Ad hominems are increasingly popular f
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by jmtame 9y ago
Ok that seems fair
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by jmtame 9y ago
Why is this comment being downvoted? If you disagree, please say why.
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by jmtame 9y ago
I almost spit my beer out when I read this comment. It’s funny because it’s true.
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by jmtame 9y ago
Does this remind anyone else of the old Subspace/Continuum game?
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Migrating from EC2 to Heroku at scale(medium.com)
7 points by jmtame 9y ago|0 comments
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Classifying Marketplace Inventory at Scale with Machine Learning(medium.com)
5 points by jmtame 9y ago|0 comments
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Interviewing at Tophatter(medium.com)
8 points by jmtame 9y ago|0 comments
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by jmtame 9y ago
I vividly remember how difficult it was. You had to print pages off and fill out all this stuff and mail it to someone.
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by jmtame 9y ago
"They were bought for $80 million." AFAIK that's not public info. How'd you find out about this?
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by jmtame 9y ago
What's wrong with a company stating its mission to hire a diverse workforce? It's pretty hard to hire for diversity, especially if you're not explicit about it.
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by jmtame 9y ago
"It doesn't reliably notify you when candidates apply." I get e-mailed every time candidates apply for a role I'm following. I actually disagree with most of what you're writing and I've been on it nearly full-
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by jmtame 9y ago
I've never hired for an engineering manager before, but it just popped up on our OKR this quarter. I think what I'd be interested in knowing about someone's management background: - tell me about a time you had to let someone
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by jmtame 9y ago
Counter-argument: http://fortune.com/2017/05/11/tophatter-e-commerce/ Disclosure: I work at Tophatter.
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Meet the Whistleblower Behind a Silicon Valley Meltdown(bloomberg.com)
3 points by jmtame 9y ago|0 comments
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by jmtame 9y ago
Tophatter ( https://tophatter.com ) | San Francisco | Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Senior Android Engineer, Android Lead | Full Time - Onsite We're one of the fastest growing e-commerce startups in the world - our rev
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by jmtame 10y ago
I think it would depend on a few things: the size of the grid, how many bombs there are, and whether the board uses the rule of "the first click is guaranteed not to be a mine."
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by jmtame 10y ago
VCs have never really had an interest in dating startups. They summarize it nicely here: "Often they’re strategically mismatched. VCs look for a loyal, active, long-term user base, and dating apps tend to attract periodic, short-term u
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by jmtame 10y ago
Tophatter ( https://tophatter.com ) | San Francisco + Palo Alto | Full Stack Software Engineer | Full Time - Onsite We make shopping fun again. We're one of the fastest growing e-commerce startups in the world - our revenue i
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by jmtame 10y ago
Tophatter | San Francisco, California Raised $20mm from Sequoia, CRV, SV Angel, Travis Kalanick, Ev Williams. Growing fast and profitable (happy to discuss on an intro call). Great team and founders. Competitive/above market salary + e
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by jmtame 11y ago
What's the best book you've read on poker strategy? :)
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by jmtame 11y ago
Within the first few minutes they were talking about tor exit nodes. I knew very quickly I'd like the show.
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by jmtame 11y ago
In flight entertainment has been notoriously awful. Would love to see some improvements in design here.
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by jmtame 11y ago
There are some interesting psychological reasons why people hang out in cafes. Procrastination is one of them. When you're at a cafe and you have your laptop out, there's a similar social pressure that exists in the workplace or u
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by jmtame 11y ago
I think the fundamental lesson here is speed. What took Paige 3 weeks or more to accomplish took YC 10 minutes, and then they said yes and signed the paperwork. Remember, this was unheard of before YC came along (granted, there's more
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Ask HN: Does this seem like an interesting idea?
8 points by jmtame 11y ago|7 comments
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by jmtame 11y ago
As soon as I read the headline I was scared to read Josh's name in the article. I had the opportunity to interview him for a book, and I placed his interview at the very beginning of the book because I personally found it one of the mo
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by jmtame 11y ago
Essentially Grouper, but you choose the groups and it happens immediately. I think the model where you take something and make it happen a lot faster is compelling and this seems like it has potential for the 20 somethings in the big cities
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by jmtame 11y ago
Verbosity is part of the design philosophy behind Objective-C.

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