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1. 121.▲
   by lquist 8y ago

   Came to the thread to say this. The site loses a lot of legitimacy by glossing over very real tradeoffs to having a fully remote team.
2. 122.▲
   by lquist 8y ago

   An opposing viewpoint from Andy Grove's High Output Management: Let's talk about surprises. If you have discharged supervisory responsibilities adequately throughout the year, holding regular one- on-one meetings and providing gu
3. 123.▲
   by lquist 8y ago

   CLI tools also have the advantage that their developers don't have to waste their time building and maintaining a useless GUI, but can instead use the time to improve the tool itself Maybe it's just me, but I stopped reading her
4. 124.▲
   by lquist 8y ago

   Priceonomics is a YC company and I believe that posts by YC companies are highlighted to other YC founders, so that might be what leads to this article being upvoted on HN. I agree that it doesn’t make much sense when this is essentially co
5. 125.▲
   by lquist 9y ago

   I’ve tried all the flavors and it’s pretty good! Still tastes a little bit too much like weed for my tastes but they do a pretty good job covering up the weed flavor. I think they’re working on a 5mg version.
6. 126.▲
   by lquist 9y ago

   I really like the product (and may use it!), but the landing page is very confusing. You get to the meat of the issue in your HN comment, but I see very little of that on the landing page.
7. 127.▲
   by lquist 9y ago

   Removed.
8. 128.▲
   by lquist 9y ago

   I think that's because too many SaaS CEOs think something else mentioned in the article: "Margins, to a first approximation, don’t matter...If they’re quickly growing, the company can ignore every expense that doesn’t scale direct
9. 129.▲
   by lquist 9y ago

   Something tells me that they'll be flexible if you have 300m DAU :)
10. 130.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    I think I understand what you mean but I think that is actually the proper functioning of capitalism not a failure. If Apple/TomTom/etc. didn’t create maps, Google wouldn’t invest resources in making theirs better.
11. 131.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Would love if this were open to non-YC startups!
12. 132.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Couple thoughts: 1) This engineer is getting offers from FB, Goog, etc. They are definitely in the top 1% of engineers in terms of interviewing ability if not in terms of engineering ability. 2) No salary increases do not slow down. A frien
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    WeWork has bought Flatiron School(fastcompany.com)

    119 points by lquist 9y ago|48 comments
14. 134.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Was talking to a friend of mine that’s at SoftBank. FWIW he mentioned that internally Son is targeting $880Bn for the three Vision Funds!
15. 135.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Also, why ignore the Chinese tech giants?
16. 136.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    So am I correct in understanding that Moore's Law marches on? If we see 5nm in 2020 and TSMC is seeing 3nm in production in 2022, this is on track, correct?
17. 137.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    I thought extracting bone marrow was very painful. Can you comment on the procedure and pain involved?
18. 138.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Is this product in development right now? How can I submit my brain MRI for analysis by your company/software?
19. 139.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Afaik App Academy only collects for software engineering jobs.
20. 140.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Also, without paying high interest rates and warrants (i.e. Venture debt) you'll be stuck with a personal guarantee before you hit ~$25M in revenue.
21. 141.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Also this doesn't have to be an either/or decision that you have to make on Day 1. We started our business as a lifestyle business and as it got traction have decided to pursue a startup approach. On track to do $10M+ revenue this
22. 142.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Why will it be tough for them? They will be able to figure it out 6 months later. Google can't make that much money in the short term in the grand scheme of this potential market.
23. 143.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    I don't speak the language, so I'm unable to read the underlying report, but I hope this quote is out of context in the article: "There should be no doubt that the employers discriminate on the basis of age," when the st
24. 144.▲
    by lquist 9y ago

    Having met Alex (founder/CEO @ Owlchemy) a year ago, this strikes me as a no-brainer. Owlchemy has put in the time and work to start to develop a new language for the new medium that is VR. They are not just porting over old tropes to
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    by lquist 10y ago

    Can the billions being invested in this space earn an economic profit? It seems to me that multiple companies will be able to bring this technology to market in roughly the same timespan and that number will increase rapidly with time, driv
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    by lquist 10y ago

    Gurley's post [1] (from 2014) gives one possible end goal: "Learning about Yu’e Bao gave us an epiphany that Jack Ma likely had years ago. If you want to truly disrupt the financial services industry, perhaps you need to stop atta
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    by lquist 10y ago

    One of the most valuable lessons I've learned from HN was to autosweep my PayPal account. I am thankful that I was fortunate enough to learn this lesson before starting my company and running tens of millions through PayPal. I can&#x27
28. 148.▲
    by lquist 10y ago

    Here's a less flattering article about The Negev: http://sfist.com/2014/11/21/tech_co-op_the_negev_faces_furth...
29. 149.▲
    by lquist 10y ago

    What are the biggest production apps on React Native?
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    by lquist 10y ago

    Nothing really new here for folks that have read PG's essays. Could be valuable for those who haven't. Appreciate links to specific questions.