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csmajorfive

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About csmajorfive

My name is Ilya. In the past, I was a YC founder (Parse, S11) and part-time partner. I'm now a VC at Matrix Partners.

Hit me up at ilya.sukhar@gmail.com

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    I find it especially baffling considering he has Russian citizenship.

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    I think you're largely right -- a lot of founders get trapped in mediocrity because they raise so much that they don't feel enough pressure to execute. And that frequent, high-reso…

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    Perhaps but we’re talking about buying pre-built systems. I have a silent liquid cooled machine from a few years ago and I have not opened the case even once. So it seems possible …

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    I bought a System76 workstation last year. Everything about it is great except for one big thing that makes me hate using it: the air cooling is terrible and loud. My room sounds l…

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    It sounds like a full recap so it's not exactly the sort of fundraise you necessarily want to announce at all. Unless you made your other press release accidentally sound like you …

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    If you subscribe in the mobile app, you can self-manage the subscription through iTunes just like any other app.

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    Very cool, congrats guys. I am a Monkeybrains customer with a bunch of their equipment on my roof (I signed up for their enhanced "FTTH" campaign) and have wondered about replicati…

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    Ah, yeah, I found the CBT-i regimen naturally helped with that.

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    No, I wasn't napping prior. I did get an urge to nap when the CBT-i started.

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    Good question. In my experience there is a danger of over-optimizing, trying to get too much sleep, and then regressing again. Some of the literature agrees with you though.

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    I would recommend finding some evening activities that you enjoy but are less stimulating. For example, I find it much easier to drift into sleepiness when I'm watching Netflix on …

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    - Do you mean how to wake up best? If so, I can share some techniques I learned. - That's a really good point. I forgot that I was screened for it. I'll add that to the post.

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    Thanks for the feedback. I'll add that to the "common wisdom" invariants to clarify that's an assumed prerequisite. FWIW, I live in California and spent four months on the beach pr…