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by kjksf 8y ago
Those days startups take ~10 years to get to IPO. Even if we assume that they are willing to part with stock for consulting engagements, can you afford to wait years to get paid? Can you afford to pay taxes on that income this year? (to you
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by kjksf 8y ago
If you're against Lambda School model then what are you for? The only viable alternative is to take a loan and go to college. The average us student debt is ~$40k ( https://studentloanhero.com/student-loan-debt-statistic
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by kjksf 8y ago
Steve Jobs stole $5k from his best friend Steve Wozniak https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/steve-wozniak-cried-jobs-kept-atar... He denied, for many years, that he was a father of his daughter and, while a millionaire, didn't s
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by kjksf 8y ago
Interviews are hit and miss. That being said, if you're applying for jobs you're qualified for, you should hit 50%, not 0%. I wouldn't expect useful feedback from companies that interview you. In your position I would look fo
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by kjksf 8y ago
Hydrogen is not economical for most use cases. For example if you have solar/wind energy, you can transfer it very efficiently over existing power grid to provide energy for heating or lights. Transmission losses in power lines are 8-1
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by kjksf 8y ago
Name one example where rent control was followed by decrease in average rent in the city. You can't and that's how it's counterproductive.
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by kjksf 8y ago
Requiring electric cars won't kill car industry. The cars will still be made. They'll still be bought. Making them will still require jobs. You're doubling-down on a false premise that killing ICE cars means killing car indus
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by kjksf 8y ago
And your source for that information? (other than using Samsung cells). I'm really curious because claiming they lost money on that project is rather specific. Also, claiming that Samsung could have done that is specific. Was Samsung o
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by kjksf 8y ago
At which point making a better product at lower prices stopped being a moat? SolarCity was a totally different business (installing traditional solar panels but mostly the business was financing those installation) and Tesla is winding it d
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by kjksf 8y ago
That product is not made by Panasonic but by Pika Energy ( https://www.pika-energy.com/harbor-battery/ ). Never heard of Pika before? Me neither. Which is why they are not as much a threat to Tesla's Powerwall as yo
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by kjksf 8y ago
Here's a problem MSV guards against: a new checkin in a dependency introduces a massive security hole and it silently gets pulled into your project. The "security issue" argument is bogus because while new code can fix bugs i
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by kjksf 8y ago
1 hr of TV on a public broadcast network (ABC, CBS etc.) has 30% of time i.e. 20 minutes for commercials. This is up from 13% in 1952 ( http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/commerciallength.htm ). Maybe you're talking about
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by kjksf 8y ago
"is it justifiable" is an irrelevant question. Apple charges 30% because they can. They can because software companies have demonstrated they are willing to pay that 30%. Apple holds all the cards so they have pricing power. Contr
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by kjksf 8y ago
First, forget about netsec or cyber security. It's too niche of a field and usually it's usually seasoned programmers that transition to security. There's little for junior people. If you think you have aptitude, sign up wit
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by kjksf 8y ago
Lambda school. 6 month, full time, covers both basics and advanced stuff.
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by kjksf 8y ago
They publicly stated they plan to launch this year ( https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymo-self-driving-car-se... )
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by kjksf 8y ago
I don't know but reading between the lines: soon. This article happened because Waymo wanted it to happen. Waymo has a very strict NDA which is why outside of Google press releases we haven't heard a word about how this early ride
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by kjksf 8y ago
Market dynamics demonstrated in other commodity businesses say otherwise. In a commodity market you win with combination of price and brand. When it comes to price, a player with a fleet of a million cars can wage a pricing war for longer t
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by kjksf 8y ago
I guess-estimated the numbers from several angles. What I came up with is that a single occupancy (i.e. one person per car) cost will be less than $10/hour, which is competitive with public transport ($2.50 (subsidized) bus ticket in S
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by kjksf 8y ago
Talking about progress of various players in self-driving industry is like talking about Schrödinger's cat. They might or might not have made progress but we won't know until we open the box (i.e. until they launch commercially).
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by kjksf 8y ago
You should confirm with immigration lawyer but you can't work for yourself on h1b Visa so you really have no (legal) options. All you can do is work on the side and lay a foundation for your future business. But legally speaking you ha
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by kjksf 8y ago
Lock files also remove the "silent security fix" that was touted as the benefit of other systems. You can't have it both ways. You either get reproducible builds (by default with vgo, by adding lock files in other systems) or
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by kjksf 8y ago
If you visit https://www.indiehackers.com/ or https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/ you'll find plenty of people desperate for a technical co-founder. Whether it's wise to pair with such pe
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by kjksf 8y ago
I'm not him but to me the big thing that Firebase has and AWS Lambda doesn't is Firebase - a database. Firebase Functions === AWS Lambda but it's only one of 17 components that is Firebase. Also, Authentication component is n
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by kjksf 8y ago
Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Sex And the City and The Wire are currently "free" in Amazon Prime. At some point those licenses will expire but this illustrates the "innovator's dilemma" as applied
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by kjksf 8y ago
A mining company mines raw materials. Panasonic takes those and makes battery cells. Think AA battery. That part is done as a joint venture between Panasonic and Tesla which means Tesla contributes to the design e.g. Tesla employs people do
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by kjksf 8y ago
I use Notion for everything. I even made part of my notes public: https://www.notion.so/Public-Space-for-Krzysztof-Kowalczyk-5... I love it. Coda is still in closed beta. I requested an invite months ago and still didn&#x27
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by kjksf 8y ago
1. Insurance: you buy it either via Obamacare exchange (e.g. https://www.coveredca.com/ in California) or buy it directly from health insurer operating in your state. Use Google to find one. If you can, buy Oscar Health. 2.
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by kjksf 8y ago
Daimler (parent of Mercedes) reportedly rented Model X and disassembled it to learn how it works. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a14106521/competitor-t... Munro & Associates did a complete Tesla 3 teard
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by kjksf 8y ago
It's unclear what it is you think Atlas gives you and therefore what you would consider an alternative. If you're in US, you can accept Stripe Payments without a company. You can accept money in your own name or by registering DBA

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