tdylan

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by tdylan 11y ago
Research != Business idea
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by tdylan 11y ago
Once again, this isn't about banning anything. This is about productive conversation. A value which makes HN unique out of all the internet communities. What the commenter was doing was insinuating a conclusion based upon a straw man,
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by tdylan 11y ago
This isn't about surpressing free speech. It's about basic communication and debate.
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by tdylan 11y ago
YC has little (to nothing) to gain by selling HN info, but everything to lose.
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by tdylan 11y ago
This isn't Reddit. Make a succinct point, not a straw man.
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by tdylan 11y ago
This was right around the time Uber realised what their UberX could be, after seeing Lyft's system be left alone.
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by tdylan 11y ago
I thought that was Marissa at Yahoo?
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by tdylan 11y ago
As much as a fan of Gates I am, not a sustainable/efficient system when power is fairly centralised and can be bought.
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by tdylan 11y ago
That's the entire premise. It's econ101.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Rude/abrupt, yes. But 'horrible' through an email and a tweet seems like a stretch to me.
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by tdylan 11y ago
How is Amy a horrible person?
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by tdylan 11y ago
You can't go to sleep in an RV and wake up at a predefined destination.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Correct, you'll be rating the previous passenger in your Uber's once we have self driving vehicles. Same mechanics will apply.
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by tdylan 11y ago
"He is a model of what success currently looks like in Silicon Valley – young, white and male, with all the confidence, opportunity and connections that an expensive education can provide" Just when I thought I was reading a good
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by tdylan 11y ago
Perhaps for recreational use, yes. But I would assume that humans will be a hinderance on the road system and would far increase the possible accidents. Self driving vehicles will be able to 'cluster' and travel, literally, as fas
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by tdylan 11y ago
Self driving vehicles will not show up overnight. The road to 100% penetration will be a long one, with many intermediate steps. I'd say as low as ~20 but as high as 75 year time frame.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Not a big multiple for a supposed growing company. Phil Libin said it takes on average of 40ish months to convert a free to paid user, that's harsh.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Were you able to import your Evernote notes?
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by tdylan 11y ago
Very true. Many people insult Apple over their factories, but the fact remains, those jobs some of the best in the area and are subsequently heavily contested.
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by tdylan 11y ago
That's not evidence of age-ism. Years of experience != talent/quality of work.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Nothing is free. You still pay for healthcare and schooling.
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by tdylan 11y ago
A more efficient government catering to the needs of the citizens is a good thing for everybody. Only competition can ensure that.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Competition is good. We need _more_ competition between governments, not a cartel. If a government is more efficient and can lower taxes, than others are incentivised to be competitive and more efficient as well, or risk losing their reven
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by tdylan 11y ago
Why is it disappointing?
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by tdylan 11y ago
20mm AUD / year gross.
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by tdylan 11y ago
It's getting more and more possible. Instagram, 10-13 employees at time of acquisition. Were 5 for most of the growth. WhatsApp 30 people 19bn.
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by tdylan 11y ago
You misunderstand the word 'choice'. You have a choice to go on sites with Google Analytics, you are not being coerced into using their products. You have a choice to not give out your number to those whom have Android phones, you
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by tdylan 11y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what sort of work do you do?
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by tdylan 11y ago
You have a choice to use their services, don't use Facbeook, don't use Google. They do not have a choice to hand over data.
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by tdylan 11y ago
Better solution, don't allow governments to spy in the first place. Facebook and Google don't want to give up data, they are effectively being coerced into handing over data.

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