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If these valuations are based on funding rounds, then aren't they the direct consequence of VC funding and VC math? If this is the case, then More VCs should equal More Unicorns, because they are the one's creating them. If EU vs
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First there is Photo Stream which stores backups of your photos on the same phone -- even those you delete. Not even sure how it got turned on. Don't even have another iOS device. Then being "savvy", I was copying and delet
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This reminds me of how Steve Jobs said computers are tools that extend our intelligence. If only we taught our children how to do just this! The only thing that comes to mind education-wise is the LA iPad scandal :(
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Whether coding is a means or an end can be interchanged once one can code, so the importance of coding as a general skill still stands. And just from personal experience and observation, I have seen friends generate work for themselves (gra
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I believe the old excuse is OSS never has the money to hire someone. But considering Netflix is paying oodles to a senior UX designer and has ended up with what many hate (and for good reason), maybe UX really is just a harder problem tha
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That isn't a list of accolades. They are character traits heavily utilized on the way to what was accomplished. When comparing Mark to a kid who wrote a program that went viral, just see how instrumental he was. Facebook is far more th
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The book "Objectivity [0]" has many clues related to this topic. The history of science is closely tied with the history of how our sense of objectivity has been honed and culminated. Today, we take objectivity for granted, and th
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Well, Popcorn Time proves the value of an interface if anything, and has definitely made the second option more accessible (threatening those serving the first). No learning curve. No new words to learn. Better interface. Better selection.
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This. There is no contest. Right now there are only two options. An inconvenient pay to watch model with a horrible catalog, and a convenient free to watch model with an infinite catalog. The simple logistics of how a video gets on Netflix
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When a theory is based on evidence, then all it really is is an abstraction of said evidence. So unless the evidence is overturned, the theory still stands as accurately as it had since inception. What QM has is better accuracy and a differ
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Some traits shared by Mark, Bill, Steve, Jeff, and even PG apart from being born white, not poor, male, lucky, etc: 1) self driven 2) loves to build 3) doesn't let things get in their way 4) goals based on their version of the future 5
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In fact, if this falls under trade secret, then whoever figures it out is free to own it. Not even sure copyright would protect the original if all they are publishing is obfuscated code. If they wanted to get serious about IP, software pat
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Not just observing. Expressing is also key and is actually what most of us spend our time doing. At a higher level philanthropy is tied to empathy, terrorism to fear, entertainment to fun, food to hunger, family to love, even sleep to sleep
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Emotions are physical and are axiomatic to experience. It's hard to reason with something that doesn't talk back, hence most emotional states are altered via new experience and not reason -- such as a hug or a cookie. Emotion is a
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I am surprised you didn't use the word abstraction even once in your description of emergent systems. I admit I have some catching up to do on the state of that topic but I couldn't help but notice the symmetry between the stack o
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This essay upholds the gene-centric view of intelligence -- that IQ is physical and with higher IQ we all become geniuses. Except, sites like Quora is flooded with anecdotal evidence that high IQ is as much a burden as a gift, and many stru
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Ideas are cheap but they heavily determine the outcome also. #1. Ideas are seeds. They grow into the trees that then give us fruit, and it takes work to get to the fruit that is so valuable. Yet, without the seeds we would have nothing. So
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There are many, but my vote goes for flat 3d [0]. It is a natural progression from purely flat. It adds more context, and gives the designer more room (an extra dimension!) to be innovative without being intrusive. Flat animated is sort of
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I used to procrastinate on Quora and now I do it on HN. It has done wonders for my writing, my awareness, and my education. As a side effect, I now have far better plans for the projects on my todo list that I haven't been able to do b
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Any labor with love is a privilege. Any labor without love is sacrifice. It's safe to say people are more than capable of being content with sacrifice. Foxconn workers protesting the enforcement of US labor restrictions is a good examp
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The distinction between axiom and assumption is quite clear, so I'll assume you are referring to premise. The distinction already exists, which is the beauty of words. I am not making this distinction up. I am merely enforcing them as
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> 'oh well, science is full of assumptions therefore science is invalid.' No, they are saying "science is based on assumption, but in this case 'many scientists' were making the wrong assumptions." The title
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A better word for that would be "premise" or "axiom". Premises and axioms are objective exceptions with objective merits. Assumptions are too personal because they infer belief which is purely subjective. Nature doesn&#x
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> Every facet of human knowledge is premised on how humans experience the universe Absolutely. But that is why this is where we start . Before science, we had no way to invalidate illusions and validate what was real because assumption
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Show HN: Maquette – Minimalistic Virtual DOM library with animated transitions(maquettejs.org)
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Logic is hollow until we add references to reality. That is what physics is. It's filling variables with real data. Without data, mathematics is completely hollow. Skip this step, and it's all constrained fiction, but fiction neve
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Not center of course. Just one edge is probably more accurate. But I don't think you realize just how hard it is for a normal person to randomly hop on an IRC channel and be bathed and be able to keep up with it and make friends. If HN
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But it's true. And if you can understand reactions such as yours, you are really at the bleeding edge... It's not about right or wrong, but rather, knowing what is up. It's about knowing why people say the things they say. Wi
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#1. There is also doing things other people won't . Entrepreneurs tend to be willing to do anything. They're willing to survive discomfort, risk, and long hours, and complete unfamiliar tasks even if it means googling it from scr
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Let's not forget for whom we work. Replace the word startup with "that one inspired guy trying really really hard to accomplish something awesome who's personally asking you for help" and I think the post reads a bit d

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