hari_seldon_ | 2 years ago | on: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport
Article explains the what but not a why…
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hari_seldon_ | 3 years ago | on: People tricking ChatGPT “like watching an Asimov novel come to life”
Hmmm
hari_seldon_ | 4 years ago | on: As We May Think (1945)
Tangentially related, but this made me think of Aristotle's teachings on technology effectively as a "prosthesis" or non-biological way to evolve. Even back then, being able to record trade deals, journal, and so on enabled folks to offload some of their brain capacity. Today, we can consider the smartphone as an extension of our brain. Source: http://www.joachimschummer.net/jslit/aristot.htm
Of course, it is important to note that I am trying to discuss these neutrally and do believe that there are negative repercussions of offloading too much from our brains onto these devices, particularly if it results in relying on social media dopamine hits and news articles to tell folks what to think...
hari_seldon_ | 5 years ago | on: Facebook knew for years ad reach estimates were based on ‘wrong data’
+1, the issue here is not that errors can occur but instead how a company responds. It’s tough to be sympathetic to leaders in a company that were aware of the errors and then took no action for years to remedy it, particularly as the error resulted in overcharging customers.
hari_seldon_ | 5 years ago | on: Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like one (2012)
hari_seldon_ | 6 years ago | on: What Are Spomeniks?
Is it Anglicized, or is it just using that Latin alphabet that some parts of former Yugoslavia employ (including Serbia and Croatia)?
hari_seldon_ | 6 years ago | on: SoftBank to take control of WeWork: Sources
Can you explain why you think they are not going to be forced to remain in “wartime?”
hari_seldon_ | 6 years ago | on: WeWork Bonds Drop Below Par for First Time Since IPO Filing
Which market cap? The one that was set by investors during the last round and has already been more than halved?
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: Most Americans don’t realize what companies can predict from their data
Great analogy.
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: Please don't share my email with Amazon without my express consent
But stackoverflow asked users to provide an email address for the gift card as part of the survey.
Speaking from my past experience when running surveys like this at a startup, you are given the option to get a claim code to send to your customers, or to provide their emails for a one-off direct gift card message. The latter was safer because there is no handling of sensitive financial info (a live gift card code is effectively cash).
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to find a co-founder?
I genuinely say this because I want to be helpful and not because I am trying to be snarky:
Search past HN posts and even Google the topic. People have written a lot about this, and nothing that will be said here will be any more useful without more context on your situation...
If you really want feedback to YOUR post on HN, I’d say to rewrite it with more context on your idea, background, and what you are looking for in a co-founder (skillset, money?, location, commitment, etc.).
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: AT&T confirms it is buying ad platform AppNexus reportedly for between $1.6B-$2B
With IPO rumors existing for at least 4 years and a price under $2B, is this a good exit for the company’s leadership and employees? (Understanding that an exit is better than nothing at all!)
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA
This is the standard HN effect. I also love when I think some startups are killing it based on what I read here; but then they end up shutting down soon after due to a lack of any real revenue model.
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: 1976 letter from Silicon Valley exec calls Steve Jobs 'flaky' and a 'joker'
While it is easy to say that it is hard to spot “genius,” it is also important to note that people grow and change over time. Maybe being called flaky influenced his growth down the road.
Feedback like this is based on limited interaction with someone at one point in their life, and I hope that many 21-year-olds mature and find their element later.
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: On Cumulative Advantage and How to Think About Luck
Maybe we can think of it as everyone having a lottery ticket, but certain things can increase your odds. When it comes to startups, for example, VCs are often arguing that just being closer to them in SV can help your chances. The neighborhoods we grow up in, the schools we attend -- they all influence that "luck" number for each person!
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: On Cumulative Advantage and How to Think About Luck
When talking about wealth in our society (especially when it is tied up in real estate and other non-cash assets), things get a lot more complicated, especially when wealth can help move markets and set policy. I was purely talking from the perspective of thinking about games and probability.
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: On Cumulative Advantage and How to Think About Luck
That's a fair point for some games, but even in games where the gambler has a positive expected value would have him/her go bust eventually when playing against someone with much, much more wealth (ignoring the fact that you can walk away):
hari_seldon_ | 7 years ago | on: On Cumulative Advantage and How to Think About Luck
Not from the article, but this makes me think of something that we learned back in my college probability course: "wealth gravitates towards the wealthy." Even in fair games and situations, it is much harder to come out ahead when you start out behind. Think of how the house always wins in Vegas, or how a random walk can experience heavy drift.
hari_seldon_ | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
Would the package include both equity and pay? Do you have a link to your deck?
hari_seldon_ | 8 years ago | on: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Even After 4Q Cost Cuts, Uber Lost $4.5B in 2017
Agreed. The dominant strategy seems to be to undercut competitors until they are driven out of business, and then you can raise prices. However, raising prices then gives opportunity for a new ride-sharing service to come in and say that they can compete by offering lower prices for a period of time...
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