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by visakanv 10y ago
That's true, but in which case the term ceases to be useful!
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by visakanv 10y ago
Since we're in the business of nitpicking – unique means one of a kind, so the "truly" is redundant. That said, there are so many planets in the Universe that it's practically impossible for any single one to be unique –
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Ray Dalio's Principles, now available on the web(principles.com)
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by visakanv 10y ago
What is the point of anything?
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by visakanv 10y ago
Profound, yes, but also pretty much as old as time. "Don't do something, be someone." "The journey is more important than the destination." Etc. etc. Maybe new to folks who're used to a goal-obsessed environmen
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by visakanv 10y ago
I have a feeling, from the title alone, that some people are going to find some way to mock the OP. "You built some thing to do some task? I do it differently. Loser!"
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“A tale of lies and deceit” – GrabGas CTO let go by founders(julianee.com)
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by visakanv 10y ago
To quote a commenter on /r/singapore: [–]erisestarrs 38 points 3 hours ago The "no Internet" thing really just means, our Internet access will be on a separate PC from where we usually do our work, not that we have no In
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by visakanv 10y ago
I don't know the backstory here but having 3 children in 3 years sounds quite normal to me. If you want 3 kids, and you want them while you're young, it makes sense to crank 'em out ASAP. I get that it must be pretty frustrat
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by visakanv 10y ago
> He isn't responsible for generating many of the important features or business decisions, though he certainly has to approve of them. Alternative way of framing this: Any CEO who is personally responsible for generating most of th
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> If it was purely based on luck, without any talent involved, you'd expect billion dollar companies to be more evenly distributed, and not cluster among certain individuals. I agree with you that talent is a thing. That said, the M
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by visakanv 10y ago
Yep. Some of the best writing most of the world never sees happens in internal memos in large organizations. Leaders need to be able to communicate clearly, memorably, etc. Any decent manager typically learns to write well in order to get s
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by visakanv 10y ago
I too am here to signal my virtue!
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by visakanv 10y ago
And so the circle of metaphors continues.
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What's prescient?
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by visakanv 10y ago
I've always imagined that the first trillionaire will be the person responsible for asteroid mining – and SpaceX does seem to have a good shot at doing that.
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by visakanv 10y ago
Those are two extreme positions, most of the substantial conversations I have lie in the middle. We typically assume that humans are not well-adapted (yet) to communicating in a digital format, and so we're still developing norms and w
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by visakanv 10y ago
My tactic is this, and I've used this in several different circles – look for people who are moderately influential in a field, but not super famous (say less than 2k followers). Then follow them, and tweet positive things at them, or
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by visakanv 10y ago
The inverse can also sometimes work. If you're a newsworthy public figure (say, the President of the USA), you get away with violating the rules, shilling your product, etc: https://www.quora.com/Whats-it-like-to-play-b
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by visakanv 10y ago
It's tough to be prescriptive about this sort of thing in a general way. Every situation is different. It really depends on who you're working with, sort sort of context you're working in, what sort of expectations you'r
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by visakanv 10y ago
> It is not a claim on the nature of emotions, but rather a claim about the nature of existence itself. In other words, he's speaking figuratively, not literally. Figuratively = as humans interpret it. The idea of a desolate planet
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by visakanv 10y ago
My wife and I use https://www.youneedabudget.com/
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by visakanv 10y ago
As a casual observer, I have been incredibly impressed by what he's done since taking over at Zenefits. He's such a great role model.
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by visakanv 10y ago
Right on. Reminds me of Richard Feynman or Steve Wozniak, the way they just casually talk about taking things apart and putting things together while following a curiosity on an adventure. This is representative of the sort of ethos that dr
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by visakanv 10y ago
That's a very sensible use case. I was thinking more like, super-trippy live music visuals.
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by visakanv 10y ago
It's a simultaneously awesome and saddening feeling. Awesome because you know that there are unexpected amazing things that are going to happen. Sad because a bunch of them might give up from lack of exposure, feedback, etc...
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by visakanv 10y ago
> This is also why you can't just plug four stereo cards into a PC and expect it to make an 8-channel system. Huh, I always sorta wondered about this. Thanks for clearing it up!
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by visakanv 10y ago
I wonder how many other cool-ass projects like this are going on that we have no idea about.
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by visakanv 10y ago
This is insanely cool. I've often vaguely fantasized about stuff like this but this guy takes it all the way. He deserves a huge budget. Can we fund this somehow?
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by visakanv 10y ago
I say thanks to my slackbot when it reminds me of something; it just feels natural. And slackbot replies, which is fun. I know it's not real but it's just nice to have a little bleep-bloop of feedback.

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