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by rdlecler1 6y ago
The number one problem with climate science is that it’s not falsifiable in the same way that physics or biology is falsifiable.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I’m just wondering when he has time for family. I’m making breakfast and dinner for my family, cleaning up after, giving them baths, reading to them putting them to bed. Some of this could be outsourced but a lot of it is quality time with
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Imagine the Chinese government has dirt on tens of millions of American teenagers, a select few who will go on to become future leaders of this country. Really. Really. Bad. idea.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Mobile and mobility are two different things. I have better things to do on a Saturday than to look up evidence, but intuitively people in the 60s were more likely to stay and work in their home town. As economies became more specialized pe
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
People are much more mobile today than in the 60s. So while the top 5th may be improving, I would guess that much of that is in major cities where the cost of housing and education far exceeded income growth. It’s not just growth in income
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
And for that reason you have a driver there who should have taken over.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Pesky toxic waste. We should just dump it in the river.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Either you missed the point or you’d be a bad VC.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
There are lots of free options. We use zoom because it has the best and most consistent quality.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
This has been exactly my experience. Even in the earliest stage startupS they’ll be looking for the fastest line to profitability rather than prioritizing to build something that’s big and important. It’s low conviction investing where the
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
We do ours under a 506c, and given that we can create a new fund with any frequency, they also remain open to new investors. It seems the funding window is still that quarter. If you miss that funding window you invest in the next quarter w
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I might be missing what is novel here other than a cool name and interface. We (AgFunder.com — a Fund focused on foodtech & agtech) launch a new fund every 6-12 months with a 6 week offering period, precisely because we can effectively
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I would love it if google would let us block search results from some sites in the same way that we can block spam in our email.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I see so many bear cases and they all play to my expectation. What I would like to see are thoughtful arguments why this won’t be the case.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
As an investor I don’t ever recall getting a paycheck from a company.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I’d be interesting in seeing a heat map where people are moving to (Permanently). Is it just to outside the Bay Area, outside (high cost) California, to other cities it to low cost suburbs.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
You set your own rate by accepting the ride or not?
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
There seems to be an agenda here. But juat because a few companies failed (and in venture it’s 65% - 90%) not all fail. That’s the venture capital business model and it’s given us Google, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Instacart, Impossible Foods,
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
So basically remote work leads to meritocracy. Maybe society would be better off if businesses actually worked like that.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Here’s a more practical example of this kind of design and the robots don’t cost much more. https://scoutsomerville.com/wp-content/uploads/MG_4809-1.jpg
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
IMHO That does’t paint a picture of a tech leader and innovator — maybe a fantastic CFO.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
My theory on this is that embodiment will be necessary (but not sufficient) as the physical world provides a consistent data model where high order learning can be built on. In effect this becomes the model to bootstrap off of.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I never understood the fascination with Meg Whitman. The PayPal acquisition did not generate nearly as much value as it could and eBay is terrible, could have been what Amazon is today. I see Meg as greatly benefitting from a rising tide, n
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
This is a national security issue.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
This may be true in public markets, but I’m not sure it extends to venture capital where not everyone can get access to the same opportunity. A good VC firm will not only see the best opportunities but may also pay far less in a competitive
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
I feel bad for anyone who can’t handle diversity of opinion and the destruction it always causes.
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
As a centrist saying. Irving particularly offensive your post was downvoted. I feel my days on HN are numbered. One used to be able to have an intellectually honest discussion. Now step out of line and it’s downvotes. This kind of monocultu
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
Collision could have looked at it very mathematically. It’s unlikely they would ultimately succeed in China, but if they take a stand, I’m willing to bet they win over more customers and employers. Call this a cynical view but if the majori
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by rdlecler1 6y ago
The security implications of allowing communications on a platform that is subject to the absolute control of a foreign government, seems like a very very bad idea. That can be a lesson learned the easy way or the hard way.
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The math here neglects the human element to all of this. There are speed limits to change and you also need to worry about the opinion of the other 50% of the population because when they fee disenfranchise they go and elect someone like Tr

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