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It shows that long term planning will indeed win out in the long term. Meaning, if the extremist privatization politicians got their way, the gov't would own zero. But, if the gov'…

I appreciate your inputs, but IMO this use case is kind of inevitable. Yes, it's hard, and not quite doable today. But, there are millions of people working on making the component…

Cool. Close, but not what I need. What I want (& maybe others?) is: Compute on a stick that's a VM. Then, I can plug this into my laptop's HDMI or USB port to work on my project's …

Jim Morgan [1] had this (relevant) mantra: "Bad news is good news. Good news is no news. No news is bad news." Essentially, it means: Bad news (criticism) done right will show you …

Thanks. That is indeed an incredible level of transparency. I didn't see a CSV download but just scanning, it looks like it's more like a $200k median, with 1.6M average. Medians j…

Great news & I have more hope for the community. However, many people outside of the startup scene have misconceptions, as they see survivor bias/success bias in the reporting. One…

In SV, it's less about color, and more about education. Yes, that's IMO, not fact, OK? But, seriously, I've worked with 1,000+ people in Silicon Valley, and >50% of them are not wh…

I was born there. It's sad, but hopeful. The "Renaissance Center" (celebrating the rebirth of the city) was built in 1980. The last 34 years, I've heard stories of the "inevitable …

For those with integrity, it's not worth the read. Yes, stop taking money from new customers when you've shut down the company. For those without integrity, it's a recommendation: …

The picture recognition test is particularly annoying. Even in their example, of "match this" (cat), are we to assume we're matching all cats, or just cats of that color? If they h…

Yep. The proper reply would be, "Thanks. But, I don't work for your company and am not bound by those rules. In fact, it's the policy of journalists to seek the truth regardless of…

I'm sorry to see evidence of a rare bad actor, but that doesn't warrant holding back critical data from the many good actors who want to invest. Simple P&L statement & balance shee…

2 big points I've learned & want to share on this topic: 1) In the smart long-term play, family & few close friends are most important. Everything else (including your startup) is …

If you brush before sleep (with triclosan, a very common antibacterial agent), you breathe >25% of your breaths through a mouth populated with antibacterial agents. The prevalence …

It's not too hard to separate 2 colors. (Just have separate STL files for each color). I do this currently. I don't think many designs will really require "pixelized" variations in…

That illustrates it very well. It's a shame that recombinantrecords.net has removed that from his site, even though it's original work, because lawyers sued him for using the title…

You're absolutely correct. However, when you combine host + time + location data, all at once, on your phone, then your carrier indeed has TONS of data to spy on you, regardless of…

Even so, there are weaker links in the security chain: Carriers (mobile equivalent of ISP's) Your carrier has access to every URL you visit (http or https) and the entire packets s…

Congrats! I met with the team in their YC days, and can say they are all quite sharp, and the market is overdue for this kind of automation/service. They might want to partner with…

Unfortunately, even if this works, it will likely have less and less application over time. California has very little fresh water reaching the ocean, and as population increases, …

At this rate, in another 10 years, it'll become George Bluth's "Sweat & Squeeze". But, let's not say this is any surprise. It's the trajectory of nearly everything that is initiall…

Abusing the cancelation policy is the specific immoral act I'm calling out here. Offering employment invitations is fine. But, often a company has very forgiving cancelation polici…

Too many times, I've seen people call ugly, immoral tactics like this as "growth hacking", which is polluting an otherwise positive culture. Yes, it may be legal. Yes, it may grow …