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   Star architect Zaha Hadid dies aged 65(theguardian.com)

   6 points by yurylifshits 11y ago|3 comments
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   Disruptive innovation, tiny drones, and the end of the Islamic State(medium.com)

   2 points by yurylifshits 11y ago|0 comments
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   Estonian President on Uber, Blockchain, and Why Startups Leave from Europe to US(youtube.com)

   3 points by yurylifshits 11y ago|0 comments
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   by yurylifshits 11y ago

   It can be a very early step towards "self-flying" delivery network between major US cities. I wouldn't be surprised if in 15-20 years Amazon / Google / Uber / Elon Musk are operating a national fleet of electri
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   by yurylifshits 11y ago

   San Francisco should do something too. I'd love pay an extra tax to fund solutions to this massive problem.
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   by yurylifshits 12y ago

   Hey, I was in the same position — personal debt, $0.07 on a card and a rent coming up. Do you take contract work now? I have a quick market research project with 15-30$/hour rate. Ping me at yury@entangled.ventures if you are intereste
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   by yurylifshits 12y ago

   I'd love to see a similar approach to San Francisco homelessness problem. At $1000 per unit, housing costs for all homeless people in SF will be below $100M.
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   by yurylifshits 12y ago

   Great intro to his work — Crash Course lectures by John Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Kw94qjdQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyvDYZ6hJNA
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   Apple may be working on a self-driving car(theverge.com)

   2 points by yurylifshits 12y ago|0 comments
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    Sequoia's Investment Memo on YouTube (2005)(milesgrimshaw.com)

    4 points by yurylifshits 12y ago|1 comments
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    We love Heap's retroactive analytics and use custom attributes pretty regularly.
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    I've read The Last Ringbearer twice. It's totally awesome and gives, perhaps, even more plausible story than the original LOTR series. The Last Ringbearer in English http://ymarkov.livejournal.com/280578.html The
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    Mercedonius – 13th month in Roman calendar(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by yurylifshits 12y ago|0 comments
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    The Rise of the Uncollared Worker and the Future of the Middle Class(forbes.com)

    2 points by yurylifshits 12y ago|0 comments
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    That's encouraging :-) We are working on mobile education. I see you investing in Codecademy and AltSchool. If education+mobile is in your interests, we can get an intro to you. We have ~15 mutual connections.
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Joshua, what is your take on strong (but not famous) teams in big markets with great looking version one but before meaningful traction? Under what circumstances do you take these meetings?
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Roughly speaking, most advancements come in two stages — initial technology breakthrough — building massive companies for mainstream markets These stages can be 10 years apart from each other. Companies like Dropbox and Uber a
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Hey Miles, we have Mission Hackers meetup this Wednesday. Come join us tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/events/1549813885231948/ Everyone else is welcome too! We are a group of hackers and entrepreneurs who get
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Also, a push for more international teams. E.g. Startup School and office hours in Europe.
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Totally agree. We are looking for a better UX that does not use right/wrong model. Maybe more like "what's YC recommendation on X".
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Thing we have learned: — For each insight from the class, on average 75% people get it right, 25% get it wrong. — The questions you get wrong are the most valuable. You don’t need a class, if your intuition can replace it. — People hate mak
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Reconnecting is another big benefit (for some attendees). Over the years there are a lot of cool people with whom we interacted but then have lost the connection. Startup School is a great place to meet them again, and learn all new things
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    A public story can help others not to repeat these misatkes.
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    Lockheed Martin's new fusion reactor(sploid.gizmodo.com)

    4 points by yurylifshits 12y ago|1 comments
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    What we’ve learned along the way: — A stream of cards is a very flexible, powerful model. With time you can add many types of cards and many dynamic rules how cards are sequenced. Cards examples: dual-choice questions, action checklists, sc
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Most of Skype early development was made in Estonia.
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    On the other hand, without "1M babies" headline this link would be less likely to appear on Hacker News )
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Hey, let's do a San Francisco meetup this weekend! How about 4pm, Sunday September 21, Ritual Coffee on Valencia Street? If interested, ping me at yury@yury.name or http://twitter.com/yurylifshits
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Flashcards for YC interviews: http://hnacademy.com
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    by yurylifshits 12y ago

    Thanks! Will fix soon. We started with mobile web for the speed. But implementing all those animations in the mobile browser is much harder than in native apps.