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Idea to reduce AI token use at large orgs
5 points by mgav 28d ago|1 comments
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by mgav 2mo ago
“…Mr. Trump had claimed at one point that vandals had dumped fertilizer into the pool to feed the algae and had slashed the paint with “knives” in the “dark of night,” but the administration did not provide evidence to support those asserti
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by mgav 2mo ago
“…The administration bypassed normal procedures to award no-bid contracts, saying they needed to expedite the project to have it completed by the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4.…”
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by mgav 2mo ago
“…The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington said in a court filing that it had received documents showing that the damage to the pool “was the result of a flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to c
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Federal prosecutors > Trump administration's claims of vandalism were false(nytimes.com)
9 points by mgav 2mo ago|4 comments
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by mgav 2mo ago
This caught my eye, because I've started a travel startup! https://insiderbnb.com
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Don't Start a Travel Startup(skift.com)
4 points by mgav 2mo ago|2 comments
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by mgav 4mo ago
Excerpt: Before Mr. Trump took office for his second term last year, Mr. Andreessen spent “half” his time at Mar-a-Lago helping with the transition, he has said. The venture capitalist also informally advised Mr. Musk’s Department of Govern
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10 Questions We Always Ask Founders(the-founders-corner.com)
2 points by mgav 6mo ago|0 comments
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by mgav 6mo ago
Given that they're far more water-efficient, they may have a bright future down the road, as solar tech, battery tech, and climate change all advance.
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by mgav 6mo ago
“…Nona Yehia readily admits that her company, Vertical Harvest, which she helped start in 2010, made plenty of mistakes, like how to manage airflow and humidity. But the reason Vertical Harvest is still around is the scale of those mistakes
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by mgav 7mo ago
"The uncomfortable conclusion most angels do not say out loud: a large percentage of seed-funded PMF is not PMF but FMF (founder-market fit) combined with enough early customer goodwill to produce metrics that clear the bar. The produc
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by mgav 7mo ago
"Angels confuse founder quality with product quality and often fund the wrong thing. A strong founder who is personally closing customers, personally managing relationships, and personally rescuing churn is demonstrating something real
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by mgav 7mo ago
"The question: What percentage of your paying customers came back and paid again without any further involvement from you?"
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The One Question That Exposes Fake Product-Market Fit(susanjmontgomery.substack.com)
2 points by mgav 7mo ago|3 comments
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The most important quality in a startup founder is determination -Paul Graham (2006)(paulgraham.com)
2 points by mgav 1y ago|1 comments
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Founder's responsibility to protect the value of your team's equity
1 points by mgav 1y ago|0 comments
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by mgav 2y ago
DOGE is a group of thoughtless, self-serving goons whose only tool is blunt force. F ck each and every person who put vengeful, childlike, draft-dodging, felonious Tr mp in office.
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"How can we simplify? What's annoying, too complicated, or should be removed?"
3 points by mgav 2y ago|0 comments
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List of startup accelerators (in case you don't get into YC)(app.folk.app)
1 points by mgav 2y ago|0 comments
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by mgav 2y ago
Hmm. Perfection is not possible on Day 1, but the status quo isn't perfect either.
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by mgav 2y ago
This is encouraging!
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by mgav 2y ago
“…what I witnessed in Indonesia. Across the country’s 17,000-odd islands, domestically consumed plastic is so mishandled that 365 tons of it are believed to enter the sea every hour. And yet, deep in the highlands of Java, there are hellsca
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Waste Wars: The Afterlife of Trash(nytimes.com)
10 points by mgav 2y ago|5 comments
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by mgav 2y ago
Respectfully, that MAY be the case today, but not necessarily tomorrow (where the puck is going)
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by mgav 2y ago
Excerpt: “…Losing one’s home in a fire is devastating, with the first priority being to find somewhere to live. The trauma is then compounded by the onerous requirement of most insurance carriers to submit an exhaustive list of lost belongi
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AI biz idea: images into a list of detailed losses for insurance claim filings
1 points by mgav 2y ago|1 comments
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by mgav 2y ago
Good idea. Thank you @codingdave. I just did that, but it's not showing up yet.
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Ask HN: Anyone pursuing this AI image idea (images to list of insured losses)?
13 points by mgav 2y ago|15 comments
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by mgav 2y ago
The idea is for AI to interpret photos and videos and create a detailed and accurate list of exactly what was lost, so claimants can collect the full value of their insured losses. Excerpt: “…Losing one’s home in a fire is devastating, with

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