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by johnrob 11y ago
Maybe that sweet spot is joining a funded startup, possibly at a very early stage? It seems like equity for early employees is on the rise, so that could become a pretty good version of the sweet spot (less equity, more cash). Also - don&#
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by johnrob 11y ago
Why not use the pixel values themselves to encode the data? Each pixel's RGB can encode three characters (one for each byte value). The resulting image would be much smaller. (Not sure how twitter might alter the image though, which
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Tim, if we're dumb enough to join your autocratic platform, then we're certainly dumb enough to not care about our personal data.
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The real issue isn't wages - it's cost of living. If we really want to make people's lives better, we need to address whatever causes prices to increase (limited housing supply is probably the biggest culprit).
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I believe what you describing is the ability to predict the future. Nobody can do it perfectly, but experience can increase your odds of being correct.
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URLs have a tendency to end up in logs. Unless you are careful in your implementation (including what you inherit with your 'stack'), you may end up inadvertently persisting keys. EDIT (btw, I love the concept of your product)
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If you measure Silicon Valley salaries in houses/year instead of dollars/year, they are quite low.
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I'm starting to believe that debt is the wrong metaphor. Imagine you have 1k in debt and 2k in the bank. You're free to pay down that debt, so you do. If you later realize that you actually need that 1k used for the debt, you c
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by johnrob 11y ago
If you wait for the animation to load, you'll see that it's free (even for enterprise features). They are owned by twitter (in case you're wondering how it could be free).
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And, people forget that Justin.tv worked this space pretty hard before transitioning to video game broadcasting.
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Most of the returns come from a few big hits. The essay needs to address why there would be none of those (I say none, because there are already so few that 'less' seems moot).
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With hosts in 34k cities (from article), airbnb probably has more employees if we classified hosts as such. Also, many hosts hire of cleaners. It's quite possible that ~500k people are earning income (directly or indirectly) related
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> Twilio told Venture Capital Dispatch it is adding another $1 million in annual recurring revenue every seven days. Sounds cooler than saying "growing 50% per year".
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Question: why didn't any of these issues prevent the web from taking over the desktop during the years between 1995-2005? Native has always been faster and more feature rich, on every platform and at every point in time.
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In the context of this article, a big portion of the risks and costs are supported by national health care (Obamacare). If these gig workers had to acquire health care via the old means (i.e. benefits from a corporation, or hoping an insur
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by johnrob 12y ago
The mistakes you listed make it sound like you're trying to move too fast. Moving fast is good when it comes to product development. But not on the business side. Just focus on these two things: 1) Find a few users who love the pr
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This could also be a nice alternative to a steering wheel for driving/racing video games.
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All transactions on ad exchanges are arbitrage, unless the real time bidder is actually selling a product.
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Traditionally, real estate was not a great investment. Only recent boom/busts have turned it into a money maker (for some).
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It is controversial, because half a decade of software development has proven it to be an oxymoron. If the solution for correctness is 100% automated test coverage, then your forward progress will have significant drag (every new feature sh
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by johnrob 12y ago
I think your first point is a pretty good summary of where the US economy is. Plenty of dollars chasing investments, but fewer looking to consume products. High price/earning ratios reflect this.
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Part of the blame needs to be on the drivers, who are likely bad at estimating the true cost of operating a vehicle. Uber could probably do better at making this clear, but it's not really in their interest. Long story short: traditi
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Any app/website with a large user base should probably add this feature. The main value here, compared to simply dropping an ecommerce link in a tweet (the current use case), is piggy backing payment and fulfillment on top of the exis
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by johnrob 12y ago
From: http://paulgraham.com/good.html : In Patrick O'Brian's novels, his captains always try to get upwind of their opponents. If you're upwind, you decide when and if to engage the other ship... In this case,
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Oops - taxes were forgotten! They can differ wildly due to income level and legal loopholes, but it's pretty safe to assume an additional 130k in sales doesn't all go into the seller's pocket.
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This is a case of the 'higher order bit'. Housing costs have increased to the point where other costs are negligible by comparison. The ratio of <cost-of-non-housing-good> to rent will of course be low.
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At least they have the option of buying it (if they have the money). The prior issue with health care was that, in lieu of working for a large enough company, those who needed it couldn't buy it at any price.
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Isn't Obama-care supposed to solve the benefits problem?
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That diagram doesn't show how Visa/Mastercard make their money (unless they act as issuers or acquirers). Where is their cut?
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Can facebook turn a bunch of garbage impressions into cash? Yes. Can twitter turn a bunch of garbage impressions into cash? Yes. Can snapchat turn a bunch of garbage impressions into cash?

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