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by vecter 9y ago
Where's the evidence for your statement? This is what Wikipedia says: > Currently, there is still no complete and consistent quantum theory of gravity, and the candidate models still need to overcome major formal and conceptual prob
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by vecter 9y ago
How To Be A 3% Man by Corey Wayne [0] I'm 30 now. I wish I had read this when I was 20. It would've made dating in my 20s so much easier. I came across it last year and it's probably the single most important book I'll e
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by vecter 9y ago
Fair enough. I answered the question implicitly but perhaps I should have been more explicit.
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by vecter 9y ago
I skimmed the abstract and the paper and didn't see any, but that doesn't surprise me either. This is a theoretical computer science paper. It doesn't need code to show correctness, as long as they prove their claims. I'
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by vecter 9y ago
Did you read the article? > The founders of Grammarly had eschewed venture capital since setting up the company in 2009. Grammarly said its business is profitable. It's hard for us to say without knowing the actual details and busin
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by vecter 10y ago
And therein lies the problem. "Itch" is too vague, subjective, and low of a bar for starting a real business around.
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by vecter 10y ago
Why would you even waste time building a bill splitting app if it never had potential in the first place? Yes, you would have learned something, but that in and of itself isn't a justification for making a poor decision. You could have
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by vecter 10y ago
Not only that, but there should be a large addressable market.
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by vecter 10y ago
I can't tell you the number of times I've been pitched a bill splitting app. It's an itch, not a real problem. For all of the positive examples of companies that were "built to scratch an itch", there are thousands
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by vecter 10y ago
I think the "build a product to scratch your own itch" is one of the worst pieces of advice for entrepreneurs, especially first time entrepreneurs. The reason is that most entrepreneurs end up building businesses to scratch an itc
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by vecter 10y ago
What makes a "true" entrepreneur, as opposed to a "fraudulent" entrepreneur? I think you'd be disappointed to learn why most people start companies.
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by vecter 10y ago
One data point, but I was asked that as a Microsoft interview question when I was a freshman. I figured it out on on the fly pretty quickly. I'm no genius.
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by vecter 10y ago
At least on the math side, MathOverflow is generally for research level questions, and math.stackexchange is for any level math, often easier, questions.
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by vecter 10y ago
Woops, that's what I meant to write.
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by vecter 10y ago
Please expand
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by vecter 10y ago
> It can be shown that there is no algorithm that can generate the shortest program for computing arbitrary given data on a given computer [2, 9, 1]. In particular, our physicists cannot expect to find the most compact description of our
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by vecter 10y ago
Why not just take some practice tests and assess then, as opposed to waiting for the real thing? You'll get a very good idea of where you stand and save yourself the pain of having to retake it again in the future when you get a first
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by vecter 10y ago
> Most took the SAT cold. This really bothers me. Obviously most people can't afford expensive prep classes, but it doesn't cost much to buy your children a few practice books. Back when I took the SAT, the Barron's book w
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by vecter 10y ago
Kamcord / iOS Engineer (Swift) + Android Engineer / SF ONSITE People spend 4 hours a day consuming content on their mobile phones and at Kamcord, we’d like to fundamentally change how people share interesting moments from their di
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by vecter 10y ago
> Three months later they found no remnants of the cancer, making him the first known naked mole rat cancer survivor. Did it magically cure itself? Does that ever happen in humans when there is no medical intervention? That seems amazing
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by vecter 10y ago
So what? That's literally their jobs. In fact, both parties entered into that contract knowingly with the expectation that it will be mutually beneficial. How is that money "free"?
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by vecter 10y ago
It turns out being an institutional investor is a fulltime job. It's quite ridiculous for GP to believe otherwise.
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by vecter 10y ago
If investors have to risk money in order to [potentially] earn money, that doesn't sound so "free" to me.
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by vecter 10y ago
Can you explain to me how this conjecture is intuitively true?
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by vecter 10y ago
Dating is a skill. You and your date can be greatly compatible, but as a guy, if you don't know how to move the ball forward, you two will never have the chance to enter an actual relationship. If you don't understand that there i
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by vecter 10y ago
Appreciate the good vibes, but no need for these kinds of comments. An upvote is enough.
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by vecter 10y ago
That was my read of it also, but I'd love to hear from someone else who understands this better.
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by vecter 10y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted. You gave actually helpful, accurate, and actionable advice.
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by vecter 10y ago
> and the funny thing is that when I went on a dating forums site and asked about it, they were quite rude in dismissing my concern, suggesting I was average or above average. I think you should open your mind and understand why they thi
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by vecter 10y ago
You take my analogy too literally and interpreted it incorrectly. I could have used "crocheting" instead of "basketball" and the analogy would be just as strong. From your incorrect interpretation, you made wildly false

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