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Sounds like a good answer to "When have you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage?"

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Lyft gives drivers a larger portion of the ride's cost (80% instead of 70% IIRC). I never feel obligated to tip, but tip if the service was great.

#bandaidfix

I left Facebook almost a year ago so I can't speak about Today. But back then internal adoption of React Native was definitely accelerating rapidly and it was solving very real org…

> So degrade the experience just to make the product team happy? Which part of "equivalent" did you miss? You're entirely missing the point. This isn't about product experiences wh…

There are definitely parts of the Facebook app built in React Native. I built some of them. :)

The point of React Native isn't to create a delightful product experience. The point is to create the equivalent experience of a native app with a delightful development and organi…

I totally would have used this last year when commuting from SF to Menlo Park. It's too bad I sold my car and quit my job, would have been fun to meet some cool people and make som…

My friend is 7 feet tall and he mentioned to me that he fit better in my model S than almoat any other sedan.

Credit card worked for me for the S

Hi Sam, What are some actions people like myself can take to push our community, nation, and world towards Basic Income? This is particularly important to me because of how fast Ub…

I think the term "self-driving" is preferable to "driverless" because it's not like there's no driver, the car is the driver. It's also less scary-sounding which could help speed u…

I agree that this is something HN should build rather than be supported via a Chrome extension. I work on a semi-relevant project called Product Pains where people can post and vot…

This is actually a good idea

Double taxation for C corps is on dividends but not salary so this isn't really as big a deal as you'd think.

> "so far we haven't seen nearly as much of an effect on early-stage fundraising as the level of press coverage would seem to indicate" This is pretty interesting to me. I wonder i…

> Better to have 93% of something worth 10MM+ than 100% of 100k. You're making an assumption that with YC your company would be worth $10m+ and without, $100k. That assumption isn'…

> 7% is a large amount of equity to give up for the money they're giving you The value you get out of YC isn't really the money. 7% is a lot.

7%

Bringing up concerns regarding sexism are abruptly shut down and labeled "shit disturbing" by a man in charge.

Agree 100%. Some are very sensitive to sexism and political incorrectness and some just don't care/notice. Regardless, a leader should encourage community members to voice their le…

Big spenders do a lot of due diligence to make sure that the money they spend is actually giving them a positive return. It's not like businesses just throw millions down the drain…