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by pyb 1y ago
What's your product?
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Recurse Center: my return statement(baccou.com)
1 points by pyb 1y ago|0 comments
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by pyb 1y ago
...and the new policies haven't really taken effect yet.
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by pyb 1y ago
>> they're primary skill is that they have a great "product sensibility" that engineers lack Sounds a lot like what comes up when you google "Rick Rubin meme" OTOH, I regularly come across great engineers who
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by pyb 1y ago
This cultural phenomenon is sometimes called "the Long 90s"
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by pyb 1y ago
Exactly. My grandfather was punished in school whenever he spoke Breton
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by pyb 1y ago
There are a couple of light accents in France (Toulouse,Marseille) but not many. Stronger accents are found outside France: Quebec, Africa...
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by pyb 1y ago
"You will find the same thing in [...] France". Actually, you don't. Strong regional accents are pretty rare compared to the UK or Germany
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by pyb 1y ago
It's true that the general public have a revealed preference for the housing crisis to continue forever. However in principle, as with many social issues, a motivated actor such as a startup could still have a chance of fixing it.
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by pyb 1y ago
No, where did you get this idea? Good startups do not think this way.
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by pyb 1y ago
A good question to ask before starting a startup is : "Do I see myself working 10 years on this problem?". Looks like they ran out of steam, rather than out of runway.
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by pyb 1y ago
1M "on paper", no cash
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by pyb 2y ago
Not having to self-host is 80% of the point of these services
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Michael Seibel Moving on from YC(twitter.com)
2 points by pyb 2y ago|0 comments
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by pyb 2y ago
Browsing through the "selected works", some of the photos don't do him justice. There is some interesting stuff but also some drab apartment housing, and even a shed ?
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by pyb 2y ago
If you read their tweets, YC's message is that their companies are growing faster than ever
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by pyb 2y ago
Dropbox and Airbnb were superhot companies within 2 or 3 years after YC. My first Airbnb booking was in 2013, and that I felt like a late adopter.
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by pyb 2y ago
... in mice
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by pyb 2y ago
Check out the eevblog forum
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by pyb 2y ago
No need... if things continue the way they are, they'll soon be offered the opportunity to buy Siberia
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by pyb 2y ago
Meanwhile, in the UK: let's obliterate our Digital-Mittelstand. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152154
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by pyb 2y ago
It's not generous. Did you RTFA?
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by pyb 2y ago
You described Linkedin?
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by pyb 2y ago
I had the same question reading this. Ron, which was the idea you had highest conviction in?
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by pyb 2y ago
On the other hand, HW engineers are very cheap to hire in the UK. So, as a founder, you could look at this problem as an opportunity. I'm more concerned with the impact of Brexit, in terms of attracting people, and also the issue of q
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Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts(9to5mac.com)
45 points by pyb 2y ago|32 comments
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by pyb 2y ago
Anything less would be throwing your customers under the bus. Of course there are well known companies out there closing services with a only couple months notice ; but that's not an example to follow.
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by pyb 2y ago
Because a 2x bump isn't perceived to be enough to justify all the drawbacks and hoops : extra cost of living (healthcare, travel), being treated as a second class citizen, and of course the H1B lottery.
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by pyb 2y ago
As others suggested, read through the Recurse Center website and see if you'd be interested in applying. They'll even help you find a new job afterwards if you want.
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by pyb 2y ago
I enjoyed Eraserhead (1977), Playtime (1967), The General (1926)

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