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by scobar 12y ago
(from the article) >Did the physics actually work? Check I apologize if this question is terribly ignorant, but do investors publicly disclose the results of due diligence that would lead them to believe in the functionality and practica
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by scobar 12y ago
Congrats on being invited to an interview, and for your progress with Sniply. I understand completing an application even if you don't intend to join a YC batch, but why submit it? Did your team previously want to get into YC, but deci
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by scobar 12y ago
I completely agree with most of your comment. I wonder, though, if some good could come from (erroneously) acknowledging one's own genius privately and temporarily. If that person were above a certain threshold, wouldn't the ackno
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by scobar 12y ago
I don't know about the other countries, but the author has left out some important conditions about Brazil's universities. I checked on the two he listed to confirm, but most public universities in Brazil have similar rules. They
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by scobar 12y ago
One of the readings [1] and some responses in this lecture emphasize friends of friends as the main outlet for first hires until a startup is successful enough to attract more talent. Many (most?) startups are based in SV. Do most initial h
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by scobar 12y ago
While a CT scan may be the best known method to confirm later stage cancers now, a better and safer way may yet be discovered that can track the cancer's growth long before a doctor would recommend a scan. Nanoparticles could be a prom
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Are Atheists Really Smarter?(scottbarbian.com)
1 points by scobar 12y ago|0 comments
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by scobar 12y ago
Most are unable to keep 100% focus on nothing but their families for even 1/2 of each day. Startup founders focus on their families less than many in other professions, but 3 dedicated hours per day is probably relatively close to aver
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by scobar 12y ago
If the intention of the post were to boast of heroism, then you're right to point out that simply reproducing doesn't make one better than another. To me however, it seems he meant to inspire others in a similar situation who want
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by scobar 12y ago
"For many San Franciscans who have been displaced or are on the verge of losing their homes, there's pain and a sense of powerlessness." When I recently visited the Bay Area for the first time, I spoke with a worker who was h
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by scobar 12y ago
"If a single individual present is unsympathetic to the foolishness that would be bound to go on at such a session, the others would freeze. The unsympathetic individual may be a gold mine of information, but the harm he does will more
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by scobar 12y ago
I agree that changing paternity leave rules to match maternity leave would reposition employer incentives with little or no improvement to unfair bias. I disagree that we should just accept that a choice must be made between preferring kids
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by scobar 12y ago
It seems that there are many studies that have compared mono and multilingual people. I wonder if similar studies have been conducted comparing a group of adults who are complacent with their mental development to a group who've made a
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by scobar 12y ago
Startup School was well worth the value of traveling to the Bay Area for myself. I'd read PG's essays and a lot of other startup literature so I didn't learn anything profoundly new, but I was inspired. Interacting with other
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by scobar 12y ago
First, thank you for your thorough response. You have more experience than I do in this domain, and I really appreciate you taking the time to offer your insight. > With any high concentration CPV system, you will not generate power and
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by scobar 12y ago
I hadn't seen your first post on parallel universes, [1] so I'm glad I found this one and could read both. I've often wondered how many times I've returned to a state before entanglements have occurred ('traveled ba
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by scobar 12y ago
I admit I'm well below the mental capacity to confidently state something as bold as "time does not exist", but I'd like to offer my thoughts. When thinking about Schrödinger's cat, [1] I imagined that the cat remai
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My Solar Energy Idea(scottbarbian.com)
10 points by scobar 12y ago|3 comments
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by scobar 12y ago
If you could redo the hand-written Christmas cards to show appreciation to customers, would you still send every customer a card at first, or would you start with the weekly schedule you transitioned to later? Thank you for the great talk.
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by scobar 12y ago
You're right that a very supportive partner is important. Being a mother, you probably have a pretty good system already, but I have some advice from my own experience that may or may not be helpful. I've been a work-at-home dad t
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by scobar 12y ago
This is exactly the inspiration women (and everyone else who believe they don't fit the YC archetype) need more of. She specifically recommends against directly copying some of her actions. It's admirable how she overcame so many
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by scobar 12y ago
One of many lessons I learned from this overwhelming surge of feedback in such a short period was about how quickly I gave into my instinct to defend myself. Instead of using excuses to justify my mistakes and moral shortcomings, I really s
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Toughest Adversity Follow-up(scottbarbian.com)
2 points by scobar 12y ago|0 comments
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by scobar 12y ago
Thank you for your comment. When I wrote the blog post, I had no idea it would be read by so many people. I wrote it thinking some friends, family, and acquaintances would be the majority of the audience. Those people already know who I am,
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by scobar 12y ago
Thank you for explaining how easy it is for a game developer with plenty of resources to identify this type of exploit if used excessively enough to affect the game's economy. Everyone who's complaining about game exploiters seem
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by scobar 12y ago
I've written programs for myself whenever I needed something that didn't exist (or I needed to improve), but I'm pretty certain I don't know as much as I should to consider myself a decent programmer. So, I'm learni
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by scobar 12y ago
It probably does seem more narcissistic because I wrote it recently after having gained back some faith in my competence. When you're at the bottom though, and you feel completely worthless, there is little narcissism left. I didn&#x27
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by scobar 12y ago
I understand how painful economy-ruining exploits can be as a player who has been through that multiple times when exploiters acted in carelessness or disregard. I didn't express it well enough in the article, but one of the most diffi
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by scobar 12y ago
Thank you very much for your kind and helpful response. I expected this post to get very little attention, but in the overwhelming response it's been amazing to read comments like yours. Thankfully my mother is still alive, and is enjo
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by scobar 12y ago
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Like mentioned in another comment, my post was primarily meant to be cathartic. I didn't expect it to get much attention so I've been kind of overwhelmed by the responses.

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