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   by visakanv 13y ago

   Agreed, and this is nothing new. Pretty much the case since the origin of business.
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   "no one has ever spent $500M on what are effectively equity call options outside of a bubble. As such, I posit in the case of AirBnB his logic is not applicable." No one has ever seen a black swan outside of their dreams. If you s
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   Extreme example that illustrates the point fantastically: 37signals valued at $100 billion after investor buys 0.000000001% of the company for $1. http://signalvnoise.com/posts/1941-press-release-37signals-v...
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   I would be very happy to read anything you write about your experience, and promote it widely. Would you share your story, here or anywhere else?
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   This is surprisingly the case for lots of craftsmen in all fields. You may enjoy The Mundanity Of Excellence, by Daniel Chambliss, about how ordinary Olympic swimmers actually are. http://www.visakanv.com/blog/2014&#x2F
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   And you can sort talks by t-shirt color.
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   Aw, man. That was the best way for a group of friends to bond quickly. I had this funny moment with a guy where both of us ran out of ammunition at the same time while shooting at each other, then we were both killed by a rocket from anothe
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   Counterpoint: http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
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   by visakanv 13y ago

   I think designers will rule the "visual web", which will be a huge part of the "popular web", but there will always be a market for quality. I would happily read unformatted .txt files online if it's written by some
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Imagine life before Google, when people looked stuff up in actual libraries. Am I really an essayist, or just a good library-er? Am I really a musician, or just a good YouTuber? The ability to learning how to utilize resources that are avai
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    I'm not making any normative statements about what is fine and what is not fine. I don't claim to have such moral authority. All I'm saying is that different dictators achieve different things. Some 'dictators' enri
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Yeah, I wasn't trying to be ironic. I think the comparison is reasonably apt. I think LKY's stewardship of Singapore mirrors Steve Jobs' of Apple and Elon Musk's of Tesla. I think all of them had a clear idea about what
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Not sure what you're getting at. =\ If you have anything thoughtful to bring up, I'd love to hear it and we could have a constructive discussion.
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Allow me to clarify. The difference between a failed-state dictator and a benevolent one isn't how much money they have in their banks at the end of it, but how much they grew their nation/state/company/organization&#x2F
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Yup. Benevolent in this case has nothing to do with the person's personal treatment of others, and everything to do with the person being willing to serve the company/state rather than herself. The conventional dictators in failed
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Yup. So it's as "simple" as building a product that's notable enough to be worth a Wikipedia page.
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Also a good explanation of Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    "But instead of reading books regularly, when I sit down with my tablet I end up reading Zite, Flipboard, and Instapaper." This isn't a problem with self-published books. I don't have any ebooks at all. I have two full I
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    BonziBuddy(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by visakanv 13y ago|0 comments
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    neat, thanks for sharing
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Look up OneTab, it improved my quality of browsing the web x100+
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Tesla fan here, but I'm with you on this. "Mitt Romney famously called Tesla Motors a “loser” company" - what is the measure of "famous" here? Because I had no idea he said that. And I bet if I ask 100 other Tesla f
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    According to John Carmack: "For the record, I am coding right now, just like I was last week.I expect the FB deal will avoid several embarrassing scaling crisis for VR." "I have a deep respect for the technical scale that FB
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    I agree with that. I think it's important to always assume that your communications are insecure.
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    You're making it sound comical by making it over precise. Business comply with the law because the law has the capacity to punish them. That's it, plain and simple. It's about enforcement.
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    I've been making great progress just spamming "AWEAWEAWEAWEAWEAWEAWEAWEAWE"... and then realized that it's going to take hours. I'm done. Fun, though.
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    swipe up down left right?
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Hrm. I'm torn both ways. I think a world with whatsapp is less oppressive than a world without whatsapp, even if people can spy on it, tap into it, etc- because it allows people to communicate where they previously might not have been
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    agreed
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    by visakanv 13y ago

    Nice! While we're in the spirit of sharing aggregated material that we've found helpful, here's mine. Sorry for the messiness: http://visakanv.com/blog/recommendations