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by nlh 10y ago
Mea culpa! I was 100% wrong on this call. Made sense at the time though.
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by nlh 10y ago
Whoa whoa whoa stop the clock ;) Before everyone gets up in a big frenzy on the price, read the article (closely): "It isn’t clear how much Wal-Mart would pay, but a person familiar with the matter said Jet could be valued at up to $3
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by nlh 10y ago
Great article (I'm a fan of the show.) If I may turn the discussion toward something a bit more HN-relevant, a few questions: * The engineer in me is always intrigued by the operations of the show. Does anyone have any details on the
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by nlh 10y ago
That's interesting - never heard anything like that. Where did you go to high school? The idea of elite schools saying not to bother doesn't sit right with me - a lot of the top schools pride themselves on finding diamonds in th
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by nlh 10y ago
And at least from my experience, that is wrong wrong wrong. I was a solidly B student in high school, but I had some extracurriculars (not quite building fusion reactors) that I devoted an absurd amount of time to and excelled at. And I go
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by nlh 10y ago
What's even worse is one of the original posters on that thread ('sAyer' - a self-proclaimed paralegal) > From a legal standpoint (ISRG) should have trademarked this when they started using it publicly in November of 2014
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by nlh 10y ago
It's a bit of a weird thing that's happening, but you're right - there isn't a direct incremental benefit. BUT - like many economic systems, it's about competition. Yes, yesterday it was free to have a link coming b
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by nlh 10y ago
Similarly, my favorite line of all is: "The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." (I've forgotten which book it's from)
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by nlh 10y ago
Just an FYI since I'm assuming this is a newly-launched site? "WeWork" is now a pretty big/established co-working & real estate firm that plays in the tech space, so they'll likely take issue with your domain n
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by nlh 10y ago
> What often happens is that the person who reports harassment is then punished because people no longer want to talk to her. They keep her out of the loop on casual stuff, but lots of professional discussions happen in casual contexts.
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by nlh 11y ago
Yeah I think this is true. Also means that when the influx cools (inevitably) things will be tougher in SF :/
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by nlh 11y ago
Interesting data point - thanks for sharing. Tell me more: how did you meet and make friends in NYC? In SF - I find there's a more intimate social scene -- more dinner parties than bar nights, so easier to have meaningful interactions
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by nlh 11y ago
For all the negative things folks have been saying on here about SF (expensive, etc.) there's a huge positive that overshadows all of it for me: I've made more new friends in the last 3 years since I moved to SF than, I'd hon
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by nlh 11y ago
Just want to say, basically as an aside, that I find the structure and content of both the original post and the comments here EXCELLENT. Civil, intelligent, thoughtful. Well done OP, and well done HN.
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by nlh 11y ago
I'll ask the same questions / give the same advice I give friends who propose ideas like this: * Social networks are tough, tough, tough. There are so many subtle UX issues (why did Facebook work but Friendster fail? Why did MyS
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by nlh 11y ago
Well I for one think this is also a super cool idea. Agree with what many have said re: gaming -- just be particularly aware that people will try to figure out how to game this. But I'd emphasize the qualitative side of the evaluation
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by nlh 11y ago
scratches head Is this....for real? I mean...I guess it kinda makes sense? looks at date sigh
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by nlh 11y ago
I think the implication of the article is that pure fashion (i.e. clothes) tend to lead to adaption, and over time we feel less-happy about them. But plastic surgery seems to provide longer-lasting satisfaction (perhaps because in our head
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by nlh 11y ago
Sad to see any startup die, but this was not unexpected. I know I am but a tiny sample of the overall SF food market, but I'm squarely in the target demographic (work at home, don't like to go out to eat). I used SpoonRocket a
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by nlh 11y ago
Ok, counterpoint: I moved to SF from NYC about 3 years ago and, yes, it's now definitely more expensive than NYC. But I've built a friend network here that's absolutely unsurpassed in my short 37 years on this earth. I feel
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Uber Tops Car Rental in Business Travel for Q4 2015(autorentalnews.com)
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by nlh 11y ago
What an odd analysis, and I basically entirely disagree. I picked up Vainglory when I got my iPad Air 2 and have absolutely fallen in love with the game for almost ALL of the reasons that the author dismisses it. Background: I'm nowhe
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by nlh 11y ago
I had (and have) a similar reaction. It was strongest when I was raising money back in 2000 for my first startup. My co-founders and I were pretty dismayed by the anecdotes of "20 year-olds raising millions with just an idea!" be
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by nlh 11y ago
I think about this question a lot because and will eventually write something longer-form on it, but here's a short summary that builds on what others have said: It's not that startups "need to grow quickly" -- when VCs
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by nlh 11y ago
I work in tech (but started and sold several companies previously). Of the first three friends who have assistants that come to mind: two are CEOs and one runs a hedge fund. I guess no surprises :)
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by nlh 11y ago
I'm trying to figure out why I (too) am having a strong negative reaction to this. Let me think out loud: I'm fortunate enough to have a real personal assistant. She's amazing, she knows me, she does fantastic work, and I pay
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by nlh 11y ago
I feel like this could work out quite well, so long as they preserve the spirit of Twitter's original 140 char limit. That could be handled as simply as: The first 140 characters are shown (just like they are today), but there's
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by nlh 11y ago
The single most cost-effective thing I did was replace the garbage hollow-core interior doors with nice hefty solid-core doors. Hollow-core doors are common for interiors since they're cheap -- but they also act effectively as sound am
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by nlh 11y ago
I just went through a fairly thorough soundproofing project for my apartment in SF. (If anyone has any questions or needs advice, I'm happy to help.) Few things I learned: 1). It doesn't have to be expensive. My problem was that
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by nlh 11y ago
I believe so. FTA: "Looking at my code, even though I wrote it, it feels magical to me that it can handle itself as an input and translate it to assembly."

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