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by vikramkr 7y ago
Most of the value in an MBA is from the face to face interaction and networking - the classes in business school are helpful sure but nothing you can't learn yourself in a book. If these schools weren't able to offer much in the w
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by vikramkr 7y ago
As someone not intimately familiar with the field of cryptocurrency research, I wonder if truly decentralized currencies can ever be completely secure? It seems as if one ever became important enough and there was a strongly motivated enoug
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by vikramkr 7y ago
It's even more fun when mixed with sulfuric acid.
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by vikramkr 7y ago
I think this is a perfectly reasonable price, the article even mentions that it undercuts one of their competitors, and very very few people will actually pay anything close to full price. I think there is a broader conversation to be had t
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by vikramkr 7y ago
I'm confused - are they already public? I thought an s-1 was for IPOs or offering new securities, but they seem to be already publicly traded - I see news about a "private placement," is that something that involves issuing n
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by vikramkr 7y ago
If the items in the backlog aren't related to the OKRs, then it's possible that they should be thrown our with the new cycle like the author says, but I wonder if it could mean that the OKRs need to be changed in certain situation
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by vikramkr 7y ago
I guess I would say I expect it in offline software, but I also expect it to be in the form of an upgrade to the new version of the software that i have to buy. Like having office 2007 installed and having to buy the new version of office w
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by vikramkr 7y ago
So we wouldn't be able to photo ship in a diagram into a bigger diagram later and would need to make it not downloadable if we post diagrams on our website? What if someone screenshots it from a journal publication?
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by vikramkr 7y ago
I think that online subscriptions come with a different set of expectations- I dont expect offline software to ever really get constant updates, work on any computer, and so on. Not have trouble transfering licenses when upgrading and so on
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by vikramkr 7y ago
This is amazing - I wish I had this a few weeks ago when I was making a presentation. Does anyone know if images made when on a paid plan would be usable for commercial/publication purposes forever? Or is is only licensed for as long a
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by vikramkr 7y ago
This reminds me of this case: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/business/generic-ritalin-... Everything in healthcare regulation tends to face intractable tradeoffs between cost, time, quality, and acce
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by vikramkr 7y ago
They have a ton of debt and that's what matters, investors can only legally take a haircut down to 0% and debt must be paid down. Another company buying then would be buying the debt as well. If their cash flows aren't enough to p
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by vikramkr 7y ago
Interesting - I didn't consider the connotations of the statement lining up more with argumentation for argument's sake and critical discussion. I think that's yet another case of the implications of the words used is depende
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by vikramkr 7y ago
I've learned the hard way that you always need to be cognizant of other people's defaults in conversation. Willingness to have a vigorous debate is never the assumed default, so even if you are receptive to criticism, other people
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by vikramkr 8y ago
Do they actually say that? You should only invest in companies you understand, and being a user if the product helps with that, but that's a metric for weeding out companies, not building a portfolio (i.e. if you dont understand them d
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by vikramkr 8y ago
Change the name. Especially if you're a security oriented service and not having the dot com opens you up to this sort of, I guess its phishing? .info and all are basically active red flags, especially for a security oriented project..
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by vikramkr 8y ago
I don't think you did discuss what you were working on though, it's a noble vision for sure - I'm wondering if this is meant to be a page for people who already know what polar is or is it meant to reach a larger audience? Ma
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by vikramkr 8y ago
I believe it's because YC is more looking for startups in the vein of traditional silicon valley VCs and the like: high-risk high reward ventures. With general VC math, they're operating on the power law where essentially the bigg