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Ask HN: Name your favorite productivity app and reason
7 points by ruchin_k 5y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Name the most undervalued startup in the world
5 points by ruchin_k 5y ago|1 comments
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
Spent several years in venture capital investing and averages were always misleading - as Nassim Taleb says "Never cross a river that is on average 4 feet deep"
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
Absolutely agree. We probably spend more time looking at and interacting with software than the real world! Love apps like Superhuman which prioritize calmness and serenity in the user's experience
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
Saw this Veritasium youtube video a year ago and the technical complexity required to fly on Mars was shocking to me. Since the air density is super low the blades need to spin at a speed which nears the speed of sound at the blade tips. Cr
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
Although not uninvestable the risk appetite needed to invest in China has now readjusted to a higher threshold. How this will play out out with large investors (private equity, hedge funds etc) is that they will assume a higher "discou
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
The offices in Dublin and Tokyo are sales and customer success outposts. Hyderabad will be the first office outside the US with an engineering presence :)
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
Its encouraging to see this. Efficient carbon markets are going to be a key aspect of solving global warming. Ultimately there are human needs (and corresponding industries) that will likely need to emit - packaged goods, meat production ar
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
As an Indian I'm super excited that Notion's first overseas engineering office would be located in Hyderabad, India as a consequence of this acquisition!
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by ruchin_k 5y ago
It's possible that the most self-made successful people see wealth / money as a means to pick what they want to spend 70 hours doing rather than whether to spend 70 hours doing anything. If they want to spend 70 hours a week playi