mildbow

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by mildbow 10y ago
That's a good point. Thanks for bringing it up so I can clarify my position :) It's not about calling one person a liar vs the other. Rather, it's about accepting that there are multiple sides to every story. Without an unbia
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by mildbow 10y ago
It's not just for the courts: I do believe in innocent until proven guilty. Why? Golden rule: given a role reversal, I would like the same consideration. Please note that the "headache" this seems to have caused is purely an
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by mildbow 10y ago
Yeah, I agree it should have been mentioned (literally my 2nd and 3rd lines) But, this firing has the smell of being one for appearances, rather than actual culpability. But then again, I don't know the actors so if anyone with addit
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by mildbow 10y ago
idk. Should he have disclosed it? Of course, because that would have lessened the impact when it did come out. Maybe he thought it was over and done with. And, since it was an allegation vs proven maybe he didn't want to muddy waters
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by mildbow 10y ago
Problem is those staff are seen as fungible and the onus is on them to show up. Didn't show up enough times? Well, you are fired. That's a pain point. A colleague didn't show up: well crap now you have to be a team player a
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by mildbow 10y ago
Wasn't trying to cast aspersions/take anything away: I think it's great that you are open sourcing anything. Kudos. I was just pointing out that this infrastructure might have been great to start, but you guys moved to a ver
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by mildbow 10y ago
Keep in mind that this is the version 1 so might straddle the line between pet project and production. IIRC, they built a version 2 due to various issues. But, yeah, version 1 should definitely be built using tech that comes easiest to yo
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by mildbow 10y ago
There are a bunch of competitors and SMBs very much care about the price tag so 100s of dollars is a massive stretch[0]. Note that this alleviates the pain of the staff, not the business ie vitamin for the entity paying for it, but pain k
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by mildbow 10y ago
It's not about saying everyone or even most people in the US are racist. It's about considering whether a visit would be marred by the current miasma of (institutional?) racism/anti-immigrant sentiment. For example: would y
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by mildbow 10y ago
Alcohol doesn't kill people, people kill people? :)
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by mildbow 10y ago
Rationally? No, you shouldn't drop your plans of visiting.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Easier still. Checkout http://www.armslist.com/ . The first time I bought a gun it was eye-opening: email a random person, give them cash, drive back with a gun. So easy it's scary.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Why? Why bother risking personal harm to visit a country that expressly doesn't seem to want you? Edit: Would down-voters like to comment on why this isn't a valid stance?
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by mildbow 10y ago
You need to be a special kind of idiot to actually think that increases safety. Is the fix to some countries having nuclear weapons that everyone has the right to nuclear weapons? Or, have we come to the conclusion that non-proliferation
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by mildbow 10y ago
This is one of the benefits of being a founder with YC/well-connected VCs. Even if you burn though millions without figuring out a market, you will land on your feet (if you are on the executive team). Your employees? Not so much. My w
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by mildbow 10y ago
2. That makes sense. 4. Definitely a horrible situation to be in. What do they/you think Trump has promised to do that might make an actual difference?
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by mildbow 10y ago
I agree. iirc, turnouts were average for Republicans, but the Democrats lost the election by not voting. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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by mildbow 10y ago
1. Why do they hate her? 2. Do they consider him not racist/sexist because they are a little bit too? (Not trying to be inflammatory) 3. I hate it too. 4b. Why are they hurting? Why is median household income so low?
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by mildbow 10y ago
Self-labeled smart people are the ones with the biggest blind-spots. Also, how would being livid help?
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by mildbow 10y ago
I might be missing the point, but a lot of the responses sound emotion driven, with the overwhelming emotion being the fear of change. So, it seems patronizing to attribute any sort pro/con formalism. Basically, Trump has a lot of f
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by mildbow 10y ago
thanks, I appreciate the links :)
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by mildbow 10y ago
Not to me. percentage of women who apply ~= percentage of women who get funded.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Sounds plausible that it's more distracting, but I'm not convinced that the difference is more varied than found among different types of passengers (back-seat driver/kids/dumb friends/audiobook(?) etc) If you have
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by mildbow 10y ago
I think GPS is secondary: you can easily get a mount for it. Based on experience, the most likely explanation is texting or voice calls. When I got a new car with bluetooth calling, all of a sudden I was fumbling a lot less. A call is now a
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by mildbow 10y ago
The problem is some people give good feedback, other people don't. Even if you pay the $5, it doesn't mean the person giving you feedback is any good at it. Made-up feedback is worse than no feedback.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Hahaha. I think you would be selecting the exactly wrong applicant. Why would one pay for a chance to make you money? Anyone you want to hire probably has enough other places where application is free. If anything, you should be paying pe
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by mildbow 10y ago
Recursive might be harder to grok to someone new because of the implied stack. However, once you understand the iterative version, it's probably easier to understand how the recursion is actually working.
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by mildbow 10y ago
From the outside, it seems like the founder saw a bigger opportunity and decided to move on. So, the primary motivation isn't shutting down this startup. The primary motivation is moving on to the next startup which they believe is a
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by mildbow 10y ago
I've been considering a training board, but it's too much hassle to put up. So, I've been using towels over my pull-up bar, but this seems great for $30. Thanks. Bought!
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by mildbow 10y ago
Guinness? Are you calling them stout? :) Anyway, the point should be you want to get people who are skilled. Maybe/maybe not that means English fluency. But, that's another matter. It seems most abuse[0] happens due to random Indi

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