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by j_shi 3y ago
Funcom’s Dreamfall, one of my favorite games of all time, has something to say about where this could go!
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by j_shi 3y ago
Realized there's probably pref on Databricks too, which would further lower the value of its common. On the other hand, there could have been a markdown from the 38B since August '21
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by j_shi 3y ago
Actually seems Databricks got a great deal for Mosaic. Real qustion is why Mosaic took it v. hold out or do another round Rough math plugging in public #s and comments here: - All stock deal at Aug 2021 val of 38B (1B ARR) - Assume rev doub
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by j_shi 3y ago
Disagree there are sacred timeless skills we ought to protect; tech has and will continue to reduce our need to spend mental bandwidth on skills Similar offline risk goes for all tech: navigation, generating energy, finding food & water
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by j_shi 3y ago
Open source with own fine tuning closing in fast: https://lmsys.org/blog/2023-03-30-vicuna/ https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-ne...
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by j_shi 3y ago
Self-hosted + self-trained LLMs are probably the future for enterprise. While consumers are happy to get their data mined to avoid paying, businesses are the opposite: willing to pay a lot to avoid feeding data to MSFT/GOOG/META.
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by j_shi 6y ago
Bingo and similar deal with Facebook. The best way to get leverage and power with FBGOOG is for advertisers to cooperate instead of compete. We are trying to do this with ecomm advertisers right now (by getting advertisers to coordinate ins
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Palantir to relocate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Colorado(cnbc.com)
56 points by j_shi 6y ago|4 comments
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Hong Kong shuts most China crossings over virus as medics strike(news.yahoo.com)
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by j_shi 7y ago
You mean his American wife whose parents were refugees from Vietnam? Source: light googling
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by j_shi 7y ago
Wait for enough confirmations where the payment becomes unlikely to reverse, which of course takes time and that's the more practical blocker for regular shops to accept Bitcoin.
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by j_shi 7y ago
Could also go strategic exit or PE route, though former tricky to put together and latter tough on valuation
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by j_shi 7y ago
This is the bull case for We that justifies a stratospheric valuation: it is the extranational life infra and connection market maker for the otherwise hyperalienated worker of tomorrow -- where corporations have surpassed "legacy&quot
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by j_shi 7y ago
ps can’t click last button on iphone se via iOS hn app
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by j_shi 7y ago
So both forks worth more 6mo in than they were immediately after split; sounds like actually supports idea forking for a good reason can be value accretive..
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by j_shi 7y ago
There are many valid criticisms of PoW but it's not contradictory to believe PoW can work (i.e. with large enough and distributed enough miner network) while simultaneously attacking particular PoW-secured networks
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by j_shi 7y ago
Seems by and large reasonable but notably doesn't address the elephant in the room: potential their hardware has built-in backdoors for China government access. Should be simple enough to provide at least basic assurances (a la Apple)
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by j_shi 7y ago
https://www.skishore.me/inkstone/
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by j_shi 7y ago
lmao. kernel of truth to be sure but in fairness American legal system and democratic governance do strictly result in more liberty and security for individuals by and large, corner cases notwithstanding
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by j_shi 8y ago
Defer to OP but that feels like bit lazy apologist framework for status quo. A few (unsubstantiated) guesses at reasons to counter: 1 - Medium risk medium reward opportunities exist (a currently unprofitable but otherwise promising startup
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by j_shi 8y ago
Awesome to see innovation from capital providers on the instrument in the wild. As a niche market founder wish option like Earnest existed when we were raising early financing. Curious - to extent you're willing to share - what dynamic
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by j_shi 8y ago
I'd like to see more content like this. Find it 100x more helpful than the success stories. Karenina principle and whatnot. Would gladly subscribe and pay buku bucks for a more rigorous startupgraveyard-esque page. And would gladly con
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by j_shi 8y ago
Main reason likely natural down cycle following parabolic run-up. Remember btc/crypto still a global, minimally regulated market driven by and large by unsophisticated retail investors (though pros are increasingly getting in). Domino
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by j_shi 8y ago
Lead contamination in school water supplies is a particularly pernicious, under-addressed, and improperly diagnosed problem, happening right here in California - with significant downstream developmental health consequences for children. An
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Ask HN: Has Uber CS gotten a lot worse?
1 points by j_shi 9y ago|0 comments
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by j_shi 10y ago
Is there a list of all apps/services that rely on S3?
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Ask HN: Is there a service that provides quick hit technical help?
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Lore account terminated without notice, all data lost
1 points by j_shi 13y ago|0 comments