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2arrs2ells
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About 2arrs2ells
* education
* edtech
* data problems
Cofounder of Clever (YC S12)
https://clever.com@bytingtheapple
Email = hn username @ gmail.com
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Comment #48983627
Check out https://www.modernbloom.org/
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Comment #48983608
When AI can handle the content, teachers get to focus on motivation, values and emotions. I started my career as a teacher and spent > 8 hrs a day lesson planning, delivering conte…
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Comment #47840547
+1 to the book, it's great
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Comment #46034676
This is a great example... except I think the right answer to "what exactly would you do in this case?" doesn't support your argument. I'd document that mobile Opera with Javascrip…
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Comment #45047733
This has changed - at least for me, in the US, Airbnb shows all-in pricing.
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Comment #43933124
You’re spot on. Bootstrapping a reputation is really hard (and expensive), and the very painful accreditation process makes it much harder (need students to get accredited, can’t o…
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Comment #41973021
I bought an M2 iMac for my parents. It’ll last at least five years for them - likely closer to 10. At that point, I’m happy to recycle or donate it and get them a new iMac - likely…
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Comment #41100886
Congrats on the launch! Curious how you fit into the landscape of award travel tolls like point.me and seats.aero. What are you doing differently & who’s your target user?
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Comment #39794760
This is Coase's Theorem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem
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Comment #38366322
Have heard similar things from friends, who were then able to get access via AWS
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Comment #37439343
The chili & other crockpot recipes were still going strong in S12 ("crockpots scale linearly with number of startups") - but pg was no longer cooking. Batch dinners are catered the…
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Comment #37437711
If you back up the iPad locally, will it back up Procreate data? I would expect it to...
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Comment #36507259
I remember loving the "Wishbone" shows on PBS as a kid... this reminds me of that but 100x better (kids are reading along with the movie, not having the movie replace the book). Lo…
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Comment #36450589
This podcast is wonderful – I'd recommend starting with the Paul Graham espisode.
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Comment #34466557
All sorts of things. Therapy. Psilocibin. A girlfriend (now wife) with a wildly different worldview than my own. Retreats. Meditation. ‘Conscious community”. Workshops. Yoga.
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Comment #34437211
The best part is you can. Not saying it’s easy (and certainly far easier for some people than others), but how you react to events is one of the very few things that’s actually und…
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Comment #33502929
For Harvard, that's not true – financial aid covers the cost of room and board. (There is a student contribution of ~$3,000/year, which is fairly easily met through on campus jobs)…
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Comment #33311372
Making an app you spend significant time in every day more useful & powerful can be a path to PMF (see Slack vs Hipchat, for example) I’d argue Superhuman does have PMF - just in a…
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Comment #33311341
Your argument is a “unique insight” isn’t enough to provide an enduring competitive advantage (or “moat”). But that’s not what the OP is talking about. A unique insight (and great …
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Comment #32616207
I’ve seen sim swaps to get desirable instagram handles. I have to believe it’s easier to extract money from a PayPal account takeover than insta.
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Comment #32616189
FB engineer explained they always rolled features out to New Zealand first - similar user behavior as the US but outside the eye of the tech press & smaller market (so less risk).
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Comment #31886063
The philosophy behind hospice is that you are *not* hooked up to all sorts of medical equipment. Rather, you only receive the minimal treatment needed to make yourself comfortable …