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by panabee 10y ago
for the cynics who will invariably pile on with "survivorship bias," would you mind sharing what choices you consciously made that were different from other messaging apps?
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by panabee 10y ago
besides google, what are the best sites for learning about the challenges of underground mapping and the current state-of-the-art?
723.
by panabee 10y ago
no analysis feels complete unless it factors both benefits and costs. this post seems lopsided on the cost-side. the author persuasively portrays the negative effects of a facebook monopoly, but does not objectively delve into the benefits.
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Facebook launches augmented reality Camera Effects developer platform(techcrunch.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts From Jeff Bezos: Amazon 2016 Letter to Shareholders(scribd.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In(bloomberg.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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by panabee 10y ago
luck is undeniably a factor in success, but it's far from the only one. this is the flaw in equating coin flipping to other fields. sports are the easiest way to illustrate this point, but it also applies to other areas. with coin flip
728.
by panabee 10y ago
exactly, so not sure whether the original assertion (i.e., most characters lack semantic meaning) is correct, but it's an interesting thought to consider. someone could prove/disprove this by analyzing the 3000 most common chars a
729.
by panabee 10y ago
Thanks for sharing this contrarian perspective that most Chinese characters lack a genuine semantic component. I don't know if the data supports this or not, but it's an interesting thought. Regarding the example of 正, Wikipedia s
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by panabee 10y ago
while i sympathize with the implication that facebook and google are not socially valuable, it's important to note that those advertising engineers help finance free worldwide communication, self-driving cars, and smartphones.
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MIT Media Lab Announces $250K Disobedience Award(media.mit.edu)
4 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
732.
by panabee 10y ago
yup, i also wrote a deeper analysis after someone posted about opendoor in december. what will be super interesting to watch is how the market size (i.e., annual real estate transactions) changes in response to reduced friction. historicall
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by panabee 10y ago
the business model is fascinating. the capital requirements make opendoor seem crazy on the surface, but it is not at all insane if you dig deeper. the short term model is predicated on managing inventory like a retailer and diversifying ho
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Pinterest brings its visual search technology to the web(techcrunch.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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by panabee 10y ago
[Too late to edit the parent] The metric to monitor for Snap is daily engagement. Snap has all but confirmed it will not play the MAU game [0]. This doesn't mean Snap won’t try to expand the user base, but merely that maximizing MAUs i
736.
by panabee 10y ago
Extrapolating from personal anecdotes and media reports, the vast majority of Snaps may be non-nude messages. If true, Snap presents a very compelling medium for advertisers to reach teens and young adults. Moreover, the ads could get inser
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by panabee 10y ago
It's unclear if they will mine pictures; the third point was merely speculation on what could present a valuable component of the business. That said, mining could be done in a non-creepy way similar to how Facebook mines data without
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by panabee 10y ago
It is difficult to comment on whether Snap is overvalued without analyzing its potential worth. Instead, here are a few observations about Snap's business: * It seems unlikely Snap could plummet in popularity over a few months like som
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A Kickstarter idea could be on sale in China before fundraising has finished(qz.com)
21 points by panabee 10y ago|14 comments
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by panabee 10y ago
Thank you for a sensible analysis. However, if you're off by an order of magnitude, 4x revenue for a fast-growing startup in a $582B industry seems reasonable [1]. The key data point is number of customers. What's a reasonable rat
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Teardown of Nike HyperAdapt (Self-Tightening Shoes)(mindtribe.com)
1 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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GoPro stock crashes more than 10% after not meeting Wall Street’s expectations(techcrunch.com)
1 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Your Best Thinking Is in the Shower (2014)(openculture.com)
173 points by panabee 10y ago|66 comments
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HBR: Technology Is Only Making Social Skills More Important(hbr.org)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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by panabee 10y ago
Key paragraph: The activities most susceptible to automation are physical ones in highly structured and predictable environments, as well as data collection and processing. In the United States, these activities make up 51 percent of activi
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McKinsey report on automation(mckinsey.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|1 comments
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Snap's NYC store selling its camera glasses is now mostly empty(cnbc.com)
5 points by panabee 10y ago|7 comments
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Mozilla's Internet health report(internethealthreport.org)
1 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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Line loses users for the first time, but makes more money than ever(techinasia.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments
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Machine Vision Helps Spot New Drug Treatments(technologyreview.com)
2 points by panabee 10y ago|0 comments

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