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> it’s difficult to look at people like Graham — people who aren’t as bright as they think they are Graham’s (alleged) arrogance about his brightness isn’t really the issue here. L…

Sugar Free Dark Almonds from Sees[1] has to be one of my favorite chocolate products of all time. Friends and family always gobble them up at my place so I sometimes buy them as li…

To me, the real issue is that content in apps is temporal with a lack of visit history, unreproducible feeds, and a lack of deep links. This means I often lose my place when a mome…

A memory seared into my brain from the 90s: I was in the highschool computer lab, working on a website for the school IT administrator. She wanted me to include a patterned backgro…

This argument falls into the trap of comparing the average home to the stock market. If I was primarily concerned with returns, I would never buy the average home. That would be a …

Did anyone else read this title as “NYC Pilot (that flies planes) Tries Mental Health Responders in Place of Police” instead of “NYC Tries Mental Health Responders in Place of Poli…

Hi HN, playing Just Dance on Switch while I am stuck inside. Can anyone explain how a game like Just Dance determines the accuracy of your dancing given a single Joy Con per dancer…

Does Atlas setup vesting for the founders?

What colo company did you use?

I should clarify that it is certainly doable for widely recognized companies, but it’s very difficult for the majority of startups that no one has heard of even if they have some s…

Selling private shares / options on the secondary market is near impossible if the company isn’t on something like SecondMarket. Right of First Refusal, Co-sale Agreements, and the…

I agree wholeheartedly. This is important and will provide balance. That said, often people have some sort of passion, their job might be a manifestation of that passion, and they …

An alternative way of looking at it: whether or not face to face is important for the specifics of the job, it might be important for emotional connection between humans, fulfillin…

This has been my experience as someone who started a fintech company and has friends in compliance departments at banks. Highly bureaucratic on both the bank and regulator side. Co…

Unfortunately, getting a no action letter can take years and there is no guarantee you wilk ever get it. So far only one has been issued among probably numerous requests within the…

100% agree on this assessment and the difficulty of applying securities law. The application of the Howey test is so open for debate that it becomes uncomfortably subjective. See m…

There is a major issue at stake here that should deeply concern anyone who cares about innovation in the US. I feel that HN is getting too caught up in the "scam" rhetoric and miss…

Hi HN, What are your favorites educational resources (books, lectures, blog posts, videos, or otherwise) on the topic of giving and receiving feedback in either personal or profess…

Share grants would be seen as income by the IRS and most states and taxed at their Fair Market Value. Options on the other hand usually qualify as Incentive Stock Options that aren…

Here is another company doing this: https://www.earplay.com/

Correct, the analysis comes with the disclaimer that I am not a lawyer, and it is not legal advice. I am active in the space and have consulted leading lawyers for my own activitie…