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by rweba 8y ago
The book "Slicing Pie" delves into the topic of how to split equity before receiving any outside funding in detail: https://www.amazon.com/Slicing-Pie-Funding-Company-without/d... https://slicingpi
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by rweba 8y ago
One of the best books I read last year was "The Halo effect" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NY128M/ It talks about exactly this issue: If company A is successful, we explain it by saying that the managem
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by rweba 8y ago
Based on Nick Bostrom's fable about aging: https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html A couple of points: (1) Unlike in the story, in real life aging is a natural process that almost all living creatures go through
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The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (CGP Grey)(youtube.com)
1 points by rweba 8y ago|1 comments
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A Short Talk About Richard Feynman (2005)(stephenwolfram.com)
2 points by rweba 8y ago|0 comments
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by rweba 8y ago
Well, he WAS a child prodigy who published his first major paper at 18 and got his PhD when he was 20, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he actually did independently come up with the idea of hashing at age 13. In general I think peopl
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by rweba 8y ago
I have been thinking about it and I think the issue with Facebook in particular is how AGGRESSIVE and CARELESS they have always been in violating privacy. Just like Uber their philosophy is "It's easier to get forgiveness than per
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by rweba 8y ago
This should not be viewed as a failure. This is the nature of startups, even if you do every single thing right, work hard, manage the cash flow, innovate, etc., there is a more than 90% chance you won't get that billion dollar plus ex
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by rweba 8y ago
This is great stuff! I am a CS professor and these are exactly the kind of things my undergraduate students struggle with! Especially these two points: * Start assignments as soon as they are given out. Stupid, right? * Be curious. You are
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by rweba 9y ago
Eh, I still don't buy the hyperventilating. The breathless narrative is that Amazon is some all-consuming all dominating monster that is just going to crush everyone everywhere. I don't see any justification for this. (1) Walmart
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by rweba 9y ago
I really like this obituary, this is exactly what I was looking for. Penrose not only understands the details of Hawking's work at a much deeper level than most of us, but as a contemporary of Hawking's he has followed his career
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Derek Sivers: Books I've Read(sivers.org)
223 points by rweba 9y ago|53 comments
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by rweba 9y ago
Here is another "simple" explanation: https://rweba.livejournal.com/446326.html It's definitely WAAAY oversimplified, but it gives the first idea: The "filter" just cleverly averages the noisy real
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by rweba 9y ago
I think there are a few factors: (1) The culture started by Paul Graham, back when he used to write lots of essays, emphasized a certain "hyperrationality" and attracted a lot of super-logical people in the beginning. (2) Heavy mo
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by rweba 9y ago
I lost so many comments on IMDB. I haven't even bothered to visit since they removed the forums. I understand why they did it, the racism and trolling was ridiculous there, but there were some good comments, especially on the forums fo
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by rweba 9y ago
Wow, so this comment just got me more karma than any other comment I've ever made in almost 7 years on HN! I honestly didn't think anyone would read it, the article was already several hours old when I wrote it. It's obviousl
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by rweba 9y ago
(1) Your sentiment is common on HN and I do agree that a college degree is overemphasized as a universal panacea, but it's also absolutely true that lots of people benefit from a university education. Comments like yours make it sound
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by rweba 9y ago
This is New York Magazine not the New York Times magazine (which I think still appears in print every Sunday).
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by rweba 9y ago
More and more websites are getting rid of user comments on their websites. Just in the last couple of months the National Review and The Atlantic have got rid of comments. In simple terms they couldn't keep up with comment moderation a
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by rweba 9y ago
Two points: (1) I haven't seen this article mentioned here: https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-... I am not sure if the article addressed this model in particular, but I found it
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by rweba 9y ago
I remember reading and commenting on this same article when it was posted a few years ago. I agree with most of the comments posted here. In a certain sense making friends is really very simple. But, to paraphrase one of my favorite quotes,
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Physicists create new form of light(news.mit.edu)
9 points by rweba 9y ago|0 comments
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by rweba 9y ago
The author does not offer ANY evidence for Amazon's supposed "dominance". How exactly is Amazon dominating? What percentage of online retail sales does Amazon have? What percentage of TOTAL retail sales (online and offline)?
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by rweba 9y ago
I found the studies showing the impact that movies actually have a significant impact on career choice to be interesting. I never thought the effect would be that large.
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‘Black Panther’ Is Groundbreaking, but It’s Shuri Who Could Change the World(fivethirtyeight.com)
5 points by rweba 9y ago|2 comments
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We're designing minds(cbc.ca)
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by rweba 9y ago
(1) I don't think this is necessarily the right place to ask this. HN is not particularly known for mathematics, it's better to ask at a math focused site like https://math.stackexchange.com/ (2) My generic answer
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by rweba 9y ago
I understand that people are reacting to the "missed expectations", but the reality is that everyone knew that their original production goals were very aggressive. Here's the bottom line: If Tesla originally planned to produ
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by rweba 9y ago
Really surprised this did not get more comments.
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by rweba 9y ago
I have thought about these questions for a long time. The issue is precisely what Haier brings up : "IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes." The problem

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