Rambunctious

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by Rambunctious 7y ago
The number of kids featured in such articles is really a drop in the ocean. So, coming to the conclusion that 'having a gift is not synonymous with being successful' is not entirely correct. As a counter example, Zuck, Sergey Brin
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by Rambunctious 9y ago
This Rand study looks at impact of lives saved and recommends that "Results Suggest That More Lives Will Be Saved the Sooner HAVs Are Deployed". Any mishap, while most unfortunate and tragic for everyone concerned, should not resu
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by Rambunctious 9y ago
Why can't Intel acquire Qualcomm instead of Broadcom?
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by Rambunctious 10y ago
The lynchpin of this "logical argument" appears to be a Business Standard article that references a Morgan Stanley report that says FK is 4 times as big as AMZN in GMV. While neither of the two authors (and us included) may have t
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
On the subject of happiness, Prof Raj Raghunathan's "A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment" is also something I would highly recommend. The learner stands to gain a lot of insights on the types of motivations serve to enhance a
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
IIRC, this novel idea has been filed multiple times (and may have been granted as well) at the USPTO at different times. I believe that this is because the USPTO sometimes leaves it to the interested/affected parties to raise complaint
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Is there any data file to show what comment has been marked as positive or negative? For example, if you look at the Quora thread ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1197146 ), a comment could say something good about th
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Isn't it better for any individual/employee to have been a whistleblower under the False Claims Act - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act ? According to the Wikipedia page "Persons filing unde
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Well, one threat for Google's search business is possibly Apple. By controlling the device, browser and the platform - they have an option to integrate their own search offering instead of relying on third parties. Not sure what the To
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
What a few big name companies (e.g. Microsoft) are getting rid of is the "forced bell curve fit" rankings. The core issue supposedly that team members are loathe to help anyone else succeed as that may not benefit them in the appr
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Six weeks for closing a seed/angel investment from introduction to term sheet sign-off is not "too long". From my reading, it seems there was a firm commitment on both sides and hence, it was bad of both airbnb and YC to cut
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
From a company's perspective, just because one person gets a market rate that is higher than the rest of the team, the entire team can't simply be given a raise. While this sort of largesse may work for Google & FB, I doubt it
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Although slightly more nuanced than a blanket YES/NO, it would have been more helpful if there were more concrete suggestions on acceptable process mechanisms for 'limited free Internet access'.
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
On your earlier point about the domain name, if you had the money and had an option to buy your brandname.com (especially "housing" for the business they are in), $1 million is a good investment. There are a whole lot of things th
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Have put up my apartment for rent on Housing and all the other major realty sites. In my experience, Housing has: a) The best UI and UX b) The best customer service in terms of tele-service, the agent coming over and taking photos, etc. c)
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
Maybe if you used your Kindle more instead of making snarky posts you would get a clue.
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by Rambunctious 11y ago
> Don't even get me started on founders vesting their shares. As an average Joe angel (not blessed with any inherited wealth), I personally think it's fair ask to ask founders to vest a "majority" of their shares. IMH
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What to Do When People Draw Different Conclusions from the Same Data(hbr.org)
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
While it may be the case that kids these days demand and get the kind of toys they want, it is also the case (at least in certain cultures) that parents obsess a lot on what kind of toys make their kids 'smarter', 'happier&#x
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
BTW, journalists are reporting that the driver did indeed get a clean certificate by the local police station in May this year. Link: https://twitter.com/KarnHT/status/541875208844353536/photo/1 Not sure
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
I am making a claim that "police verification" is hogwash and the government itself knows its futility. Regarding "non-disableable GPS" - please share details of such "non-disableable GPS" devices that other ca
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
What happened in Delhi is tragic -- and no one would want such a dreadful thing to happen to anyone, anywhere. Yes, Uber did not vet the driver enough. But "police verification" in India is a big joke. You pretty much go to one st
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
To be more precise, these are first world YCombinator problems :). Unless there is something great cooking behind the scenes, raising $3MM in seed is not really a piece of cake.
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by Rambunctious 12y ago
Liked how the interviewer was posing tough questions around the failures of previous product launches and around any resentment towards folks who had deemed him incapable of running the Lisa division. Didn't seem like the interviewer w