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by randall 8y ago
Indie.vc is built to make this not admirable, but the norm. I think KPCB is amazing and should be totally shouted out for this, but indie.vc is building an entire model so that founders don't have to choose.
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by randall 8y ago
Market determines your growth almost always. I have enough data points now to basically say this with enough certainty. Friendster is the countercase where the technology couldn't scale, and their execution was poor, and they focused o
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by randall 8y ago
I mean that's the thing, China is going to implement it, we get to see what happens, and I don't think there's much we can do to stop it. I'm interested in seeing how historians look at this period of human history since
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by randall 8y ago
Wait these two questions are so divergent for me. Context: Got acquired by fb. So I learned Hack (PHP). It was surprisingly not bad. It's really nice when someone who's an expert builds all the tooling for you. :) My favorite tech
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by randall 8y ago
The downside risk is never worth it for me. I'm always hands on, and curves I treat it like a drivers' ed situation: You better do the right thing.
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by randall 8y ago
This is so complex. I think it's too complex to completely understand for me (dude in california). Originally I thought it was kind of dystopian, but in itself (ie academics doing "bad things") it fits into the rest of the so
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by randall 8y ago
That's a pretty big jump.
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by randall 8y ago
I think this one isn't per user, but likely Netflix's keys would be per user.
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by randall 8y ago
I guess to be eat my comment was intended as a "good riddance" regardless of the truth of his firing. Clearly with you I failed to deliver that message, so sorry about that.
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by randall 8y ago
Dvorak is a troll. I could go show the reasons, but he's all about saying inflammatory things (mostly at apple fans) and getting them to buy magazines / click things. This is a continuation in that trend, but may or may not be tru
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by randall 8y ago
Om is a lot more than an investor. He started GigaOm... a lot of tech history in Om. He covered FB early on, etc.
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by randall 8y ago
Thank you so much! This is great. I'm super interested in making video interactive in a lot of places.
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by randall 8y ago
It's interesting you can infer so much negativity about me, a person with whom you've never had a single interaction. I applied / was accepted into Y Combinator, therefore I "know how to keep my eye on the ball" and
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Thx!!
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Dude thanks so much. Clerky has saved my bacon so much!
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The product isn't going anywhere for our customers. That's a big reason we did the deal.
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really great!
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by randall 8y ago
Hugged to death? Anyone have a mirror?
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by randall 8y ago
That's great! I hope you share your story with others who've come from similar backgrounds. It's great to know people can make it.
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by randall 8y ago
I think also, the dominant founder mythos is often required to propagate vision in the company. Equity distribution, especially in the earliest days, is about ensuring the company's survival and thriving early on. Re-grants of equity,
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by randall 8y ago
The canonical essay: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/12/strategy-letter-i-...
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by randall 8y ago
... except it was discovered and widely publicized.
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by randall 9y ago
Late night tho... that 2am subway home is a lifeline for a lot of folks. I remember getting home at like 4am once thanks to the subway. I could probably live without it, but it wouldn't be as nice.
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by randall 9y ago
These would reduce the scale with which it would be able to operate. Someone would have to interact with the app directly, as opposed to their friends' friends' friend.
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by randall 9y ago
Probably a better link than the blogspam.
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by randall 9y ago
I think this is a very salient point... it's essentially ad hominem and I'm tempted to fall into this fallacy. Thanks!
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Probably to get press. If you have a giant botnet and get press for it, it's probably easier to get clients.
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by randall 9y ago
I met one of my cofounders via hacker news, and was accepted into Y Combinator shortly after thanks to this post on HN on new year's eve. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993981 Change the trajectory of my life fo
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by randall 9y ago
Ars says the latency is 25ms. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/space... They say it's due to lower orbits. Iridium is fewer satellites so they have to be higher. More w/ lower
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by randall 9y ago
Material science is so interesting to me. Like real life mad scientists.

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