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Ask HN: Has Cold Contacting Investors Ever Worked for You?
13 points by zxcvvcxz 8y ago|7 comments
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
> Do you imply that the only way of having a meaningful life when your job is mediocre is by creating a family? What about other recreational activities or hobbies? Somewhat anecdotally, I recall a grade school teacher that was single in
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
Somewhat raw but at the end of the day I'd say mostly true. I'll add my own conjecture: the root problem is that this hypothetical couple you describe (who is more common than many would like to admit) are both settling. They are
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
> You can build a 3d key-points map using Slam algorithms real time on a raspberry pi. Does anyone have links to any open source projects doing this? Preferably with an example video(s) showing results?
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
Hate to be that person, but - If you can go from zero to SOTA from a web tutorial in anything less than, I don't know, a year, then the field is severely underdeveloped. But let that be an opportunity: what it really means is that the
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
A lot of people are putting forth this notion that the market just isn't offering enough compensation for the jobs, and that's why they're not being filled. That may be true. It probably is true. But here's something els
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
>Anthropologist David Graeber’s new book accuses the global economy of churning out meaningless jobs that are killing the human spirit. You know what really kills the human spirit? Poverty, starvation, war. Maybe there are a ton of crapp
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by zxcvvcxz 8y ago
It's almost like the market doesn't want to pay more for humanities professors. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
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UBTECH Robotics Gets $820M Funding; Becomes the World’s Most Valuable AI Startup(medium.com)
2 points by zxcvvcxz 8y ago|0 comments
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Ubtech raises 820M in Series C funding round(technode.com)
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UFactory announces xArm 7 (7DOF arm under $5,000)(ufactory.cc)
2 points by zxcvvcxz 9y ago|0 comments
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
I've seen a lot of seed decks and quite frankly while they may have many similar slides (summary, problem, solution, team, etc) I've noticed that the ones that get funded have one of the following: 1) Social proof 2) Significant T
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Ask HN: Tips for coming up with company name
1 points by zxcvvcxz 9y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Fundraising when you don't know anyone?
5 points by zxcvvcxz 9y ago|3 comments
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
>If yes, how come in such a regime? I would expect everything to be stuck in bureaucracy. Haha you're funny... It's us in the West stuck with bureaucracy. China's growth is unprecedented, with a labor force that's bec
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
This is exactly why I believe Basic Income would be a Big Joke.
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
The one thing Silicon Valley loves about Trump ;)
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Ask HN: Growth metrics for YC hardware startups
7 points by zxcvvcxz 9y ago|0 comments
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
As an employer in the "newer/startup space", I have some thoughts on this: > * Salary. Older employees are more experienced, but, just as importantly, they've already job-hopped a bit, so their base is a lot higher. F
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
I've never believed that Musk could be so daft. I always thought he was playing up media hype ('AI so powerful, could be evil guys!') as a way to recruit young ambitious talent to his endeavors.
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
I've read so many studies that show how diet and exercise and vitamin supplementation can boost your natural T levels (still within the natural range, though). And sleep of course. I encourage you to search around the web. What's
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
Alright, who's ready to learn some uncomfortable truths? Background: for fun I used to help friends improve their standing in dating, and now I am turning this into a side business focused on increasing men's success rates for onl
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
Makes a lot of sense. Why risk their cultural homogeneity - something clearly valued by the majority of Japan - if there are technological solutions to increasing productivity? Edit - why the downvotes?
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
> The country’s exceptionally thin safety net prompts residents—especially those with less-steady employment—to view partnership in more economic terms. Huh? This is literally the opposite of reality. It's the poorer countries with
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
> Benchmark argues that it never would have granted Kalanick those three extra seats had it known about his "gross mismanagement and other misconduct at Uber" Buyer's remorse! Investors think they deserve so much power bec
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
Super excited, that top image is literally me in the garage sometimes, albeit with safety goggles. Can these provide eye protection from bits of flying metal while one is drilling? Will keep digging through the page.
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
I've never been a fan of being an employee at an early-stage startup. The options on average have close to zero value, the salaries are lower, and the hours/working conditions are worse [than at generic big company]. So now as a s
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
No it's not, because it's directed at our society as a whole. We can collectively change how we recommend people to allocate their time and money. And as a thought experiment, this is an important critique of the value of modern p
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
I keep hearing the phrase "evade regulations" with regards to Airbnb, Uber, et al. Why not "increase efficiency", "increase consumer choice", "reduce prices", or something more positive? As a user of
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by zxcvvcxz 9y ago
> The bad part is that we live in a society with an antiquated work-ethic, where your value is measured in capital and the number of hours you put in each week at your job. Automation isn't the problem, living is a culture incapable

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