tonydiv's comments

How old is your child? That's awesome!

So true! We love Scratch.

There is also an open source project called Blockly run by Google. It's the "puzzle piece" portion of Scratch, which is an amazing resource to integrate into other kids learn-to-code projects.

I am using Blockly at http://block.school

We are the first live online school teaching kids to code. We've paired the Scratch concept with a 3D block world sorta like Minecraft. We're building out the curriculum now but you can try a demo here:

http://course.block.school/demo

We have some pretty amazing students building things at ages 6+ :)

Sorta. To my understanding WeWork has largely been funded by real estate groups looking for more return. I guess Soylent could find funding from CPG/consumer funds, but I'm amazed software VCs are interested.

you will begin to consider alternatives when they are available, and at a lower cost

It amazes me that VCs find this type of business interesting because it's not defensible in many of the ways a software company is. I am also not sure why the company wants to raise this much money -- they need to continue growing like crazy (outside of tech regions where engineers who are unwilling to cook live) or go bust.

Nonetheless, the drink is ok. I tried it for a few months. Instead of avoiding cooking, I have embraced it, and now cook incredible meals for $3-$4 using my Joule sous vide. Eating real food has changed my mood significantly.

If anyone in SF wants to buy a whole box of Soylent Original (white bottles), I will sell an extra I have for 40% off. Must pick up, located at Chavez/Bryant.

Hi Michael,

How will computer science ever be taught to the general K-12 population if software engineers make $102k and teachers make $45k in the US on average? This gap seems to only be increasing too.

How should we think about developing solutions to solve the problem of affordable CS education for everyone?

Even with the best textbooks, curriculums, etc., it is probably not enough for the average teacher (definitely without a CS background) to teach CS effectively.

Just ended by Instacart subscription for Amazon Fresh. I hated how Instacart would mess with prices. So far, much happier with Amazon Fresh. Costco access gives Instacart a huge advantage, but they abuse it.

Why don't more Chinese people apply to YC? They are they ONLY YC startup with Chinese founders? Wow.

*I mean Chinese, as in from AND living in China.

Hmm. 6 years and ~$30 million dollars later, this is what we get?

Are any popular Bitcoin apps using their APIs? I don't really see how an API marketplace paid via Bitcoin is better than a credit card bill at the end of the month based on API usage.

I stopped reading at "The weather sucks"

I worked for a company called Lightsquared that tried to do this. Big problems were faced from lobbyists, maybe SpaceX has more money to protect themselves though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligado_Networks

Wow, this is one of Uber's biggest acquisitions to date. Otto employees receive 20% of the profits from the division too.

Average monthly wage is around ~$200-$300 [2014].

http://www.dumblittleman.com/2014/05/what-is-the-average-sal...

Yeah, they believe they can get whatever they want. They won't care about the implications of their demands.

What, how is this a real thing?

Just because you're a CEO means you're a criminal? While I disagree with some of what these companies do, this seems ludicrous.

While the big "tourists," eg Fidelity, are investing, they aren't investing in the early stage froth. That's not to say Uber & co's valuations haven't been high, but I've found most investors to be here. Many of them have been here for quite some time too.

This article is a whole lot of speculation without much substance. What I'm most curious about is LP's effect on VC fund distribution. The big funds are still raising big funds, General Catalyst as an example this week. They still need to allocate that capital.

To answer my own question : I guess they'll be allocating it to the highest growth / most safe opportunities though. And at better valuations.

What type of user would want this?

It could be interesting in a school setting or maybe in the developing world. However, the product seems a bit paradoxical: use your phone as your main/only device, but meanwhile, you have a monitor available to use.

Most people who only own phones probably don't own monitors, right? A mini projector seems more inline with the "mobile only" use case since monitors aren't portable.

For those curious about the speech Lewis gave at Princeton referenced in the article, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQ_T5C3hIM

https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/87/54K53/

It's one of the most memorable speeches I've ever heard or read. A personal favorite.

Product Hunt faces a difficult challenge. Many people from the software/startup world are egalitarian, yet Product Hunt is a business. They must find a balance.

A more democratic approach to this would work much better than the insider model they've adopted. Hacker News isn't a business, Reddit is, yet both are egalitarian. There does exist a balance that works.

They've solved the problem of sorting good/curated products based on upvotes, but that is not the true problem.

The harder problem is ensuring new products can reach the front page fairly. Reddit would not be the amazing community it is today if there were a curation team at Reddit determining what should be on the front page. If I were PH, I would focus on this problem.

I would urge them to address the issues that the community is bringing up. His post does not seem to indicate any change will occur.