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by kzhahou 11y ago
I think he was mocking other commemters?
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by kzhahou 11y ago
The subtext of the Theranos story is that it's easy to mislead the press, and even investors. Silicon Valley still relies largely on optimism and TRUST. When a wolf in turtleneck clothing comes along and takes advantage of that, it r
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by kzhahou 11y ago
I call self-reporting bullshit. Err... no, what I meant to say is that I (super successful CEO) also enjoy a 5-mile run before 6am. I've answered all my underlings emails before they've hit the snooze bar. I cook my children a n
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Mchurch goes to the extreme quite often, but there's still a ton of truth in his main themes. He's trying to get people in the SV/VC-funded world to open their eyes to the subtle and not-so-subtle deceptions told here.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Where'd you go?
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by kzhahou 11y ago
All you say about motivation is true. People should be in this field and at smaller riskier companies because they love tech and they love changing the world. But what possible argument can be made that if/when the company DOES mint b
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Companies keep files on candidates, which generally makes sense for tracking purposes, but they can be counter-productive at the big companies. I go in and apply. I meet with 6 people out of thousands, representing 1-3 teams out of hundred
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by kzhahou 11y ago
I hear that about Dropbox all the time, but honestly I don't remember a lot of nay-saying when it first came out. What I DO remember is the crap sync-ware before it, around 2000-2001.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
"Top 10 ways your graphs may be isomorphic. Results will surprise you!!"
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by kzhahou 11y ago
American badge of honor. No point fighting it.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Sure, in absolute numbers, $200k is great. Relative to a multibillion liquidity event, and in particular where founders kept so much, it's a shit deal. Two guys have 18x all their employees combined. Oh well, the employees were bad
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Actually (and please correct my arithmetic wherever it's wrong), the prospectus shows 96.1% to founders, directors, officers, and VCs (page 146). At $5.8B, the founders stake is $2.1 billion each, and the 1300 employees share $226 mill
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by kzhahou 11y ago
How many employees get to split the remaining 20%? Well done, founders.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
He said there are resources available to help, but for whatever reason these people don't use them. Monstrous?
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by kzhahou 11y ago
What's this mean for a company like Polyvore, acquired a couple months ago?
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by kzhahou 11y ago
That slur expired many years ago.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
In a pinch, you can use a copyright-free version of the MLK speech. Sample: > "I Have An Idea" > > I'm super happy to join with you today in what > will go down as a noteworthy demonstration for
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by kzhahou 11y ago
How does this article fail to mention "no one will ever believe you"? That line from his random appearances was the key to his online ascent.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
I'm surprised by this reaction. Here's a more sympathetic reading: Sheryl thought Kim showed great potential and was doing great work. HOWEVER, it was clear to Sheryl that the presentation was super awkward from an audience POV
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Hacker News is part of the problem! This comment page is pure meta. I'm now going to close the six other HN articles + comment pages I just opened before this one, and just not read them. See you all in a couple of days!
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Yup, right before Cyber Monday.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
No -- ad hominem is a personal attack unrelated to issue under discussion. Saying an author cherrypicked to arrive at a desired conclusion, is not that.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
It's not surprising that your males friends weren't into it, if I correctly assume that they are in tech. But obviously the overwhelming majority of football fans are guys.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
The author only briefly touched on this, but the attempted suicide rate is alarmingly high in this school district. A lot of people here are making light, but something scary is happening there. I'll try to find a reference....
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by kzhahou 11y ago
The kids bust their asses, all day and late into the night, and it's still not good enough. They watch their peers get the top grades, top scores, and top admissions. The parents bust their asses at startups, working late and weekends
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by kzhahou 11y ago
> Notice we don't see calls for more surveillance after domestic shootings/terrorism. I think the reasoning is that in domestic school/church/theater shootings, the perpetrator isn't engaged in long communication
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Yes, the $$ amount is unrealistic for any true cure. But won't it be great if they fund non-traditional (i.e., silicon valley) people who maybe get even a single advancement in cardiac care? Certainly that's money well spent. I
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Exactly! It's great when customers can pay less and only get what they need.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Bacteria on the back of the tongue. Not so much on the teeth, I'm pretty sure.
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by kzhahou 11y ago
Ha, yesterday I counted the number of words and/or links they fit onto a mobile page. Forty! The page is almost all whitespace. Sweet, margin-padding whitespace.

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