davros's comments

If you'd like all those details and more its all online eg http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triat... which includes links to detailed analyses of the photo times and splits (which I find convincing).

Counter-point from me. My triathlon club is almost entirely down to earth middle aged people looking for competition and/or challenging healthy activity. Not particularly well-heeled (and those who are don't advertise it).

For those down-thread wondering if this is a witch-hunt, I've followed it in detail and if you know the sport the evidence of cheating is very clear. She has been singled out in the sense there are other cheats out there (I've seen it myself) but her high profile fairly reflects the callibre of events she's won (ITU long course).

Yes, this is YC acting more like an investor and less like a founder-supporter which may turn into an interesting trend. However, I don't think pro-rata or participation rights are problematic as they encourage follow-on investment which is usually desirable. The downside to rights like this is a minor increase in the complexity of completing investment rounds.

Outside YC, chasing a 'yes' actively to turn it into a completed investment is even more important. Optimize for speed is closely related to optimize for outcome.

One minor addition to the chart - if investor asks for a longer timeframe, respect that - and chase other investors!

If you do something and get that 'doesn't seem like work' feeling - great! Like all the best heuristics it seems obvious once you say it clearly. My question, though, is about the case where something does feel like work - does this imply you should not pursue it? Or are there cases where sticking with it and over time you find the vocation? For example I hated people management at first, but its a huge component of the 'doesn't seem like work' vocation I'm following now. Are there signals to look for that would indicate there is the prospect for this transition?

The article says 'hence the best solution to fix this temporaily is to disable 2FA on Google via texts or phone calls, and enable Google Authenticator based 2FA, if you think your telco may be vulnerable.' I suppose you would also need to remove any 'backup' ohone numbers or the attacker could request a 2F code to them?

One solution would be that if you click any part of the url and you get fully editable text so you can change the domain or any part of the path.

This is an interesting variation on the sidecar concept. It makes sense to look for ways to leverage the efforts of skilled angel/pre-seed investors.

These high-skill investors often add significant value through mentoring, introductions, and so on. Anything that encourages that and gives them more ability to do that is a very good thing in my view.

Interesting idea. I prefer to work with people in my local area, is there a way to filter on that? I'm thinking of ways to foster more cooperation in the local startup scene and a sub-set of something like this might be an interesting option. Just a thought.

Whoah there - that's a huge leap from investors finding out that the entrepreneur is lying to them to the investors colluding on price. One is fine, the other is not.

You probably can run, but it will take a long slow process. Can you walk a mile? If so, do that several times a week. Gradually increase to two miles. Then jog (very very very slow run) for a a few yards at a time during the walk. Gradually increase the run distance. 6 months to 2 years later, you'll be able to run that whole two miles.

A huge barrier to fitness is that it is typically taught and promoted by those who find it easy, and they really can't understand how difficult it is. However, if you persist over a long period of time you can get enormous benefits. And this gradual approach means it is not painful - in fact the slogan ought to be 'no pain maximizes gain'.

My experience is that reaching a 'work-optional' state is not the easy transition most would think it. I recommend that you search for a meaningful goal and get to work on it, drifting is dangerous.

I own one. I routinely get over 600 miles, but 700 needs careful and slow driving. This A4 is a really tough comparison because the fuel economy and driveability is way better than most mid-size cars. The Tesla looks a lot better if you compare it to either more typical sedans or to its more direct competition which is sports cars. Eg compare to an R8 and the range difference is much reduced.

I agree some skepticism is warranted, so I am looking to see what Google and others say. If several big companies all say similar things then we either believe in a much bigger conspiracy or accept their claims there is not bulk access to all accounts.

I think its a big deal. I'm not American. I don't think things will change - at first.

The leading US internet companies are all built on a foundation of trust. Undermining that trust counterbalances the convenience of their services and over time new competitors without these trust problems are only a click away.

The problem is that Obama himself has acknowledged the program both exists and is very active, the only limitation being 'Internet monitoring is only for those outside United States'- no comfort for Google users like myself outside the US[1].

I don't mind targeted surveillance against genuine suspected terrorists. What frightens me is broader intelligence collection especially commercial intelligence. Over time programs broaden and if we're not really, really careful we'll find gmail being read by intelligence analysts who can brief our US competitors.

If non-Americans can't trust Google with their information that is an existential risk to its future. I think the Google leadership needs to do a lot more than this one short post!

[1] From Obama's comments: Now, with respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens, and it does not apply to people living in the United States. And again, in this instance, not only is Congress fully apprised of it, but what is also true is that the FISA Court has to authorize it.

So in summary, what you’ve got is two programs that were originally authorized by Congress, have been repeatedly authorized by Congress.

That seems pretty clear - there is a congress-approved spying on non-US citizens Internet and email.

EDIT: added Obama quote

Nice, thank you. I dislike new compose, but am finding big advantages as well because its forced me to learn keyboard shortcuts.

Now if only there was a shortcut for 'reply/forward in new tab' or I could change the default size for cmd+r reply in new window or gmail remembered the dimensions I last resized the new window to.

To me its less about the location, than how you go about running your startup. As Jeff says, working from home and distributed teams help a lot. In my experience that can enable you to maintain a very healthy engagement with your family while still working at founder-desperate levels. For example I picked up the kids from school every day and spent some time with them in the afternoon, which refreshed me to do much more work in the evening.

Of course, there will be times when founders need to be on the road a lot. But putting these trips on top of a base of family engagement makes them a lot less painful for all involved.

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Its worse than that. In many companies, a slick powerpoint presentation weighs far more than thoughtful analysis. I've done the experiment and presented the same recommendations based on the same logic in two ways. The concise email got a 'good idea we should think about that' - the powerpoint three weeks later (same words, nothing in the business had changed) got a 'brilliant work we need to drop everything and do that now'.

These are smart and capable people too. They're just somehow got this deep bias about only pretty powerpoint could be important.