devinmontgomery

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by devinmontgomery 9y ago
A person who does this being "otherwise good" doesn't lessen the harm to women looking for jobs or investment. But it does go to the person's intent and overall desert of punishment.
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by devinmontgomery 9y ago
That was still a risky move. The key (literally, one of the elements of sexual harassment) is whether the advance is welcome. I'm guessing that Bill used a lower-risk way of finding that out than sending a text message after a job inte
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by devinmontgomery 9y ago
It's the position of power, regardless of intent, that's the problem. It's lonely to be the boss. Don't hit on women you meet in that capacity.
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by devinmontgomery 9y ago
That message was absolutely inappropriate. Women should be able to raise money without being hit on by investors. My comment was in response to the idea that Dave was secretly different than his outward appearance. I don't know him, I
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by devinmontgomery 9y ago
I think there are both 1) sleezeballs who intentionally take advantage of their position and 2) men who don't realized what they're doing and need to use better judgement. Without knowing details, there are at least indications in
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Ask HN: How should vesting work for a side project?
3 points by devinmontgomery 10y ago|0 comments
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by devinmontgomery 10y ago
>There may be a little bias too since YC obviously has an interest in the most stable of all configurations for their startups, which is the 50/50 split (although it may not be the most fair one). It seems this is what founders want
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Astrochicken(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by devinmontgomery 10y ago|0 comments
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Highly customizable craft kits. We started with some design and stitch yourself thin wallets: http://fabnik.com//products/bookbinder-bifold-wallet-kit/ . Working on a leather watch strap now.
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
This NOVA episode with Cliff is what got me interested in the Internet when I was 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Thanks - and you're right, almost all of that size is the leather texture and thread images. The rest is just svg and some css tricks. Visualizing what their choices would look like together was a big problem for customers, and we were
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Show HN: 571,000 product variants visualized with 417kb configurator(fabnik.com)
5 points by devinmontgomery 11y ago|3 comments
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Your kit will ship tomorrow (well, today - Wednesday), so you should have it by the weekend!
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Awesome. Thank you! We'd be really interested to hear how making the kit goes.
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Thanks - this is absolutely true. We're working on a javascript configurator so customers can better visualize what they're building. And see it all without scrolling. :)
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
Thanks for the interest! It's $5.
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by devinmontgomery 11y ago
For those interested, we did an Instructables "launch" a couple weeks ago: http://www.instructables.com/id/Custom-Thin-Wallet-Kit/ . Having great instructions for the kit was really important to us, so it
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Show HN: Design your own thin wallet(fabnik.com)
17 points by devinmontgomery 11y ago|12 comments
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
They want to set your old salary as the reference point for your new salary. If you're moving laterally, this isn't awful, but it is if you're looking to move up. A better anchor (both closer to market and better for you) is
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
It seems like refunds would be hackable. If they're made in bitcoin, I could get back more than I paid if bitcoin value goes up. If they're made in dollars, I could get back more than I paid if it goes down.
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
I don't think this is meant to be a piece of persuasive writing - he's not trying to form an argument. It compares two companies of different eras with the same name, who ran into their doppelgängers because companies founded 15 y
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Show HN: Shipnik – Print postage and schedule a pickup in about a minute(shipnik.com)
7 points by devinmontgomery 12y ago|0 comments
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
It's more like: VC: "I am going to buy these goods at $1,000 today because I expect to be able to sell them for $1,100 in one year". How they arrive at the $1,100 is based on the amount of risk there is and the return they co
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
>Remember: These valuations aren't for what a company is currently worth. Otherwise, there's no point to investment. They valuations are for where they see the company going, and more probably, growing past. Nit pick: a valuati
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
I think the impressiveness of what these guys made is the best argument for what a mistake that is. The effective 0% unemployment rate of engineers in SV shows what you get when you're not willing to be "bad at math." I know
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
I am at once both amazed and saddened. Mastering fraction reduction and later simple algebra when I was a kid was one of the most empowering experiences of my life. This is like having an app run a marathon for me - it's easier, but I&
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
This is the standard applied to treating people differently on characteristics not part of a protected class: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_basis_review
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
High intelligence isn't what's called a "protected class," meaning smart people have not historically been discriminated against. That's the difference.
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
I know a lot of people like this - smart, talented people who want a lifestyle business. Being able to afford to do what you love for a living is awesome. Good for Notch, now he can.
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by devinmontgomery 12y ago
This is not Five Thirty Eight type reporting. This is just pseudoscience. It starts with admittedly subjective, unvalidated criteria then proceeds to analyze and present them as though they were data. It's non-science presented as scie

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