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by tryitnow 14y ago
Cool. For those of you who would like a reference supporting this claim, check out the following: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10051225 . I often share stuff I read on HN with friends and it's useful to have evidence beyond "some dud
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by tryitnow 14y ago
"But please be careful when self-experimenting with possible nootropics." I would also add "please be careful when following the advice of a physician." In fact, I think it may be best to just say "Please be careful."
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Neat find. From the reading the abstract it seems that the key finding wasn't so much predicting depression (it just confirmed a correlation with the Hamilton Scale - in real life it would be easier just to use the Hamilton Scale itself, n
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Work/life balance? If I worked at Tesla I'd have a very hard time going home in the evening. I think exciting companies attract people who just keep going that extra mile. Getting out of work at 5pm kind of defeats the purpose of working
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Anyone who has an MBA will tell you that the least valuable thing about the experience is the book learning. Just like there is an opportunity cost of getting a real MBA there is an opportunity cost of reading all of these books.
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by tryitnow 14y ago
This got me reading up on buildings with 100+ floors. It's interesting to note how the US basically just gave up in the early '70s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_buildings_with_100_floo... What happened in the early 1970s? It seem
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by tryitnow 14y ago
I like this reframing. I've used it as my primary motivator for engaging in aerobic exercise. I used to struggle to jog a mile at a slow pace, now I'm training for a marathon.
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by tryitnow 14y ago
I don't do triathlons because of the time commitment involved. I'm training for a marathon and that's a big enough commitment. I still think the best way to learn to be an entrepreneur is to be an entrepreneur. If you enjoy a specific spor
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Bingo. This is about as amusing as Reagan using Bruce Springstein's "Born in the USA" in his 1984 presidential bid. Do some people just not understand how to interpret literary, musical, and other artistic works? Or are they being delibe
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by tryitnow 14y ago
We need more entrepreneurs doing cool stuff like this. I wish him well, but I also fear he may prove the old adage: "the way to acquire a small fortune is to start with a large one."
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by tryitnow 14y ago
This is amusingly simple minded. Does the author not realize that it will just cause big pay cuts for the most highly compensated employees (not necessarily a bad thing). Corporations will cut CEO pay in order to pay lower corporate taxes
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by tryitnow 14y ago
I might give this a try. However, subtlety is a good thing in dating, so I don't know if I like the expectation that "everyone is looking." I think this might work well for younger people who might need a little more explicit guidance. Mo
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by tryitnow 14y ago
There's a recommendation I give to people who are writing their online personals ad: If you're sexy, there's no reason to say that you're sexy. I think the same applies here. A data scientist is a fancy way of saying a "statistician who ca
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Yes. Both critics and proponents of nootropics give caffeine short shrift. Critics don't want to admit to chemical enhancement of mental function and proponents are always eager to propagandize the latest fad nootropic. This is true in ge
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by tryitnow 14y ago
If you've got the time, any references would be appreciated.
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Doesn't your Neil Armstrong argument kind of undermine itself given that Armstrong did live long, did decry private space venture, and yet private space ventures are happening anyways? I don't follow your point.
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by tryitnow 14y ago
As startups become more common, we will be getting closer to this ideal. There's a company that basically allows you to outsource your COO function. I forget their name, but apparently Uber has used them and many other startups do as well
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by tryitnow 14y ago
This is why I prefer to view commissioned salespeople more like channel partners than as employees.
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Not sure I understand this. I think it's very hard for engineers and other Silicon Valley types to evaluate salespeople. However, in the rest of the business world, a salesperson is about the easiest potential hire to evaluate. Ask them t
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by tryitnow 14y ago
"but internally at Amazon the Seller Performance team is separate from their Community (user review)" Indeed, my suspicion is that organizational politics have more to do with the lack of a better rating system than any technical limitation
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by tryitnow 14y ago
I'm not going to read any of the other comments before responding because I don't want to bias myself. Create a LI competitor that can get me a new job and I'll use it. In fact, I'll be willing to pay you thousands and the company that end
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by tryitnow 14y ago
My immediate reaction is to be skeptical. AI has been tried before and has failed many, many, times. Having said that, I think this exactly the sort of innovation timeline real venture capitalists should be considering - funding real R&#38
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Yes, it's not like YC is discriminating against older founders. It's more like older founders realizing it doesn't make sense for them since they've developed a network, savings, management experience, etc. Many of the benefits of an incub
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by tryitnow 14y ago
It would more often make sense for a consumer electronics manufacturer, not a retailer, to buy a startup. The manufacturer can sell in a variety of channels, whereas the retailer can sell only in their channel (most of the time). The manu
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Well stated. "And therefore there is no great loss if we remove fear of dying from the list of motivators to work." It's unbelievable that our species is still debating whether or not "fear of dying" should be a motivator of everyday behavi
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by tryitnow 14y ago
I think this is an excellent summary of the past few years and if you're Dave McClure or one of the other visionaries of this new model then you should run with it. However, now that great success has been achieved the herd is following. H
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Actually, yes, I agree with that. I have many friends who are varying degrees of polyamorous and I see no reason to deny them the right to have legal recognition of their relationships and all that entails (including joint property rights,
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Awesome. Yes, this is one thing I was looking for, right on. I will make it a point to check it out again. I have to admit, Grubwithus appeals to my laziness. I call it "push button organizing." It's not quite there yet, but it's gettin
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by tryitnow 14y ago
Indeed, I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, for whatever reason Grubwithus's user interface just doesn't click for me. I'm talking about this from a dinner organizer point of view, from the average user perspective, everything seems to w
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by tryitnow 14y ago
It's tragic that the SF city government is so set in its ways. There's a lot of people who are priced out of SF because of the city's reluctance to increase housing stock and to maintain rent control.

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