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by swampthinker 7y ago
Except you also need to get money from those users on a recurring basis.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
It's the most successful cashout for investors and early employees, but let's not act like Uber isn't still running on borrowed time.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
The linked article about OYO's financials specifically show how they've been reducing losses YoY while increasing growing top line revenue. If anything, OYO rooms is the perfect example of the VF working.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
The same pipeline that the Native Americans protested, some of which are still in prison.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, Boston built the Valley.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
He's referring to traditional sources of fresh water like aquifers, rivers, and lakes.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
They paid their inside sales team insane commissions relative to industry standard, plus overall staff bloat to masquerade as a tech company.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
If I were to start a theoretical computer vision company today, which would I be better off using?
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Hey Patrick, could you elaborate more on hiring in nascent product areas? What does making it easier actually entail compared to hiring in more established areas of Stripe?
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Growth. Most initial investors have already exited the company thanks to Softbank.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Especially Fred.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
This is obviously poor timing with the Epstein scandal, but I feel like this isn't the first or last time this happens at the Media lab. Lots of ambitious projects are started by ambitious and/or desperate doctorates that we never
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Wendover has the most obvious, telegraphed segues. On top of that, the sponsorship is left at the end of the video. Linus on the other hand I completely agree with.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
The FAA waited for 2 catastrophic failures with the MAX before grounding all planes, risking the safety of thousands.
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Space Jam (1996)(spacejam.com)
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by swampthinker 7y ago
The OP article is also about the Boston bussing system changes, before it was cancelled.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Hey @ajw, congrats on the growth. Quick question for you: How does Scale's labeling speed and quality compare to Hive?
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by swampthinker 7y ago
I was a Caviar courier in a past life, it paid very well for someone with just a bike ($20-$25/hr before taxes). That courier was full of shit. You get paid regardless of customer status, and you also get paid per minute over a certain
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20500119
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Brings their total to $828M raised since 2013. I'm honestly surprised they haven't taken money from the Vision Fund yet.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Very relevant: https://youtu.be/YvNxgHTWIlo
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by swampthinker 7y ago
It's too cost prohibitive to be healthy, and even if it wasn't there is too much mental energy needed to be picky about which foods/ingredients you're buying (Checking labels, researching nutritional values, etc)
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by swampthinker 7y ago
According to the article, it seems like he doubled down on a bad trip - probably the worst thing you could do while on LSD.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
In traditional media, yes. But most New Media companies (Google, Facebook, BuzzFeed, etc) are liberal leaning.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Did these studies compare OLED dark mode vs traditional dark mode? I find OLED dark mode to be the best because there is quite literally no light coming from a large section of my screen.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
What does PPM mean in this context?
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by swampthinker 7y ago
The JR and Tokyo metro trains are significantly quieter and better maintained.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
That's why there are requirements around installing an air exchange system.
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Ah yes, Shai Agassi and Better Place right? There are some entertaining (if biased) post-mortem articles on that startup: https://www.fastcompany.com/3028159/a-broken-place-better-pl...
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by swampthinker 7y ago
Building envelopes need to be tighter

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