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fishcakes

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    Comment #42582169

    Strongly recommend tiger21 - which is an amazing community of people dealing with the positives and negatives of wealth. I have found it immensely helpful. Message me if you are in…

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    Comment #41693600

    We are building a new kind of venture capital investment firm - Empros Capital. We are hiring for two roles: 1. People that have a technical background and want to become investors…

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    Ask HN: Give 8 year old access to Chat GPT?

    My 8 year old daughter loves using Chat GPT / Dall-E to generate images. She also loves to ask the AI questions. Has anyone given their child access on their own device (she has an…

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    Comment #27322599

    This is a terrific idea!

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    Comment #25302447

    You said it perfectly. Agree 100%

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    Comment #17062631

    Interesting to think about why this reality didn’t come to pass. Ben was clearly right about the opportunity market being huge and i think it’s timing. Without having thought too m…

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    Comment #16882075

    That is like asking everything Oracle or Postgresql knows about you. It doesn't make sense. Palantir is software deployed for specific customers. The customers then use Palantir ag…

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    Ask HN: Why is no one talking about the us electrify getting hacked?

    Three cities had power outages concurrently on Friday... probably not conincidence. No?

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    Ask HN: Best Enterprise Stack?

    Hi Everyone -- I am setting a new company (not a tech focussed / engineering / product company) and am wondering what people have found to be the best stack for collaboration acros…

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    Comment #13103356

    I agree completely. I went all in and I have 7x UniFi ap AC in my house (2 per floor over 3 floors and one in the guest house). They are all powered by the switch (power over Ether…

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    Comment #9795928

    I think the spirit of this is misguided and goes against the spirit of the compensation. The stock based compensation is designed to align everyone's incentives as well as filter f…

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    Comment #9643928

    Here are a few ideas: - Selling enterprise software (you can make 10%-20% of an 8 or 9 figure deal) - Selling securities in some form or another (you make ~5% of deals worth potent…

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    Comment #8872558

    On one hand, it is true they deploy people to implement the software. On the other hand, the customer has results after 6-8 weeks. How much software can really be built in that sor…

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    Comment #8412765

    No engineers in our network are excited about working on the web. Everyone is either mobile or backend focussed.

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    Ask HN: Where to find great web developers

    We are having an incredibly tough time finding developers with experience developing for the web. There are a plethora of junior people, but we haven't been able to find engineers …

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    Comment #8328402

    That is simply FUD – Palantir guarantees to customers that their software is working within 90 days AND has generated results. They offer a refund if not. Their homepage said this …

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    Comment #8328374

    The alternative to Palantir - an alternative enterprise bespoke system or one built by the companies' or Gov's IT department - costs a whole lot more (25x) and often doesn't work! …

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    Comment #8327329

    Pretty affordable considering many other things on the GSA don't work once you buy them!

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    Ask HN: Why do uber drivers use iPhones exclusively?

    Its a very strange natural phenomenon and conventional thinking would expect Uber would have them use androids.

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    Ask HN: Which Tech CEOs should Obama Actually have met with

    I am pretty disappointed with a lot of the people the President met with, I don't think they reflect technology or our collective knowledge about how to build it. Just curious who …

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    Comment #6871572

    They should make David Sacks CEO.