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by noodle 16y ago
indeed. i suppose i should clarify a bit -- advice given to YC companies and similar companies should be treated as such -- advice for companies on the YC company-like path, not as universal gospel, and i believe he's made that distinction
782.
by noodle 16y ago
yeah, it wouldn't be a YC failure, it would just probably be a company YC wouldn't invest in. why would a single-person 200k/year profit company need YC? edit: this seems to me like she's confused. YC's preferences on companies that they
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by noodle 16y ago
> a model customer is also someone who never complains no matter how bad the service is hardly. but a model customer probably isn't an ass about complaining, either. i've complained about tons of shit, and they are much more receptive
784.
by noodle 16y ago
its surprising how quickly people go out of their way to be friendly and helpful to you when you're a model customer. and i mean model as someone who is easy, friendly, regular, and consistently tips. most service industry people can't out
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by noodle 16y ago
very true. where i used to live, there was a very nice looking, new complex being built. i went to check out the property and ask about when units were available, and it was low income housing. i made too much to qualify for a unit. and
786.
by noodle 16y ago
schedule minimum work time, schedule minimum social time, and the rest is flexible.
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by noodle 16y ago
how many members of the general public even know what encrypted emails or admin/user accounts do for them? or even know that those things exist? i think i'd make the argument that it could be successful because of the publicity of the pr
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by noodle 16y ago
you only need to start with a handful of people. find one or two other people interested who will commit, and you can get it started regardless of who else shows up. make sure you don't make it necessarily very CS-specific, either. busine
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by noodle 16y ago
create something. start a club/group/organization and host something like a startup weekend.
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by noodle 16y ago
i'm not an angel, but i would think that at least some would be. depends on the idea, just like software. the problem of software vs hardware, though, is simply the fact that software will scale easier than an item that you must manufactur
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by noodle 16y ago
> Its a matter of time before something replaces it. replaces it for new development, perhaps. java itself will probably never go away now, though, lawsuit or not. its footprint is just too huge now. at worst, it'll just stagnate.
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by noodle 16y ago
it definitely helps solve a lot of the common short-term problems with startups, though.
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by noodle 16y ago
I admit I was hoping for some sort of clever tie-in to http://manpacks.com
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by noodle 16y ago
i haven't either, but my experiences were actually the opposite. i usually get searched when entering a foreign country because i have snacks on me or something. i usually have very little hassle when returning to the US, never been search
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by noodle 16y ago
really? i haven't had much of a problem (edit: or rather, not much more of a problem than the process required to enter in the other country). but i've also never had much to declare, either.
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by noodle 16y ago
humans are sentient, though. yes, we have DNA that points us in a certain direction, our environment and upbringing point us in a certain direction, but this doesn't necessarily predetermine our outcomes. some people are a product of thes
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by noodle 16y ago
you don't think that manipulation on the level of being able to fully remove free will would have to originate from a fundamental force?
798.
by noodle 16y ago
i wouldn't consider that to be a rule of thumb, but it is definitely something worth mulling over as an employer. i know a good number of employees who were extremely loyal not because they were bad, but because they had been with a company
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by noodle 16y ago
so, it seems to me that we have different viewpoints. i would say that you have free will until it is completely gone. if you're being manipulated, you have free will but are being externally influenced, and you only have no free will whe
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by noodle 16y ago
> ... then I would find fault with the theory that you have sufficient "observable data". That is the entire problem. i agree, and i think then it comes down to each of our own personal opinions, unless you have some hard facts to provi
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by noodle 16y ago
> To observe free will, you must have a really big picture view. why? can you justify this statement? beyond that, that is not how the scientific method works. you make conclusions on observable data, and if more data becomes accessib
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by noodle 16y ago
sigh. i was really hoping you were trying to take this in another direction. free will is an objectively observable phenomenon, and the burden of proof is on disproving existence or providing an alternate explanation for the observable. w
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by noodle 16y ago
what defines free will, and what scientific evidence would sufficiently prove your definition of free will?
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by noodle 16y ago
predictability doesn't necessarily preclude free will. free will doesn't imply randomness.
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by noodle 16y ago
agreed, but pretty much every investment is about deciding on that tradeoff between risk and return
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by noodle 16y ago
> The basic problem I see with this scenario is the tail risk. you don't think that there's a similar risk in the market? sure, you pick how much risk you take when you invest, but i'd say that you're doing the same when investing in
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by noodle 16y ago
dying? no. growing? no, not really, either. or, at least, nowhere near the pace that it had to get to where it is now.
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by noodle 16y ago
it seems to me that predicting the distant (20+ years) future based on the past never really works out.
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by noodle 16y ago
most people can live quite richly on around $50k/year, depending on where they live and what they're doing. especially if you're willing to pony up some cash up front to buy your house/car if you want to own one. but, if your idea of richl
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by noodle 16y ago
as the ajaxian article stated, i believe that people are trying to make use of it to squeeze the most out of the size-limited javascript contests that are out there. but, i've not seen an entry that does yet (haven't looked that hard tho

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