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Reading Bad Blood at the moment and this post immediately made me think of it. Obviously Tesla has already released products that work etc. and I have no clue whether who is in the…

Welcome to Chicago. Also not a dev, looking for an interesting challenge to throw myself into. Built a few side projects, vc by day, mattmg83.guthub.io PM if interested to meet peo…

I see twitter as a good personal bookmarking tool that's exposed to the world. I use it for myself but also hope once in a while a client or employer sees my profile and thinks my …

From the text itself, in the words of Lou Gerstner. "You always get more of what you measure" could be the root of a solution. I think that's the idea behind the Gross National Hap…

I'm a meat eater that's being won over by Impossible Burger. I could seriously consider going entirely meat free if a few other meat and fish alternatives came about that are as go…

Nextdoor does postcard based verification so you know people are in your neighborhood. There is still some name calling, but no bots or pure trolls.

The book "moonwalking with Einstein" is about this very concept and how it's used in memory competitions

Related concepts, in the Netherlands they taught everyone to open their car door with the right hand, which makes your head turn and improves odds of spotting a cyclist. https://ww…

That's the best phrasing I've read that reconciles these two beliefs (easier to build + saturation). Nicely and simply put.

I believe you're correct. Also, we've been churning out CS graduates and coding bootcamp graduates like crazy, so the bottom of the labor market is the only place where supply may …

As a frequent long flight traveler I have range anxiety on my wireless headphones. I like the 3.5mm jack guarantees me one less device or peripheral to worry about, it just works (…

In my fund we do, even our CEO reminds us that it’s ok some of our bets will fail, but the rest of the organization is a bit less in tune and thinks we just are a new stage to the …

Not OP but I had a panic attack one day (first ever) and that spiraled into 6 months of general and often debilitating anxiety. Talk therapy and meditation (suggested by my therapi…

I used it (a year later than I was expecting) and it was so bad it was worthless. I brought in with low expectations and it didn't even meet them. It was slow, unresponsive and cra…

Knightscope is on its way to unicorndom, I believe, but overall I'd say robots tend to be fairly specialized and therefore each go after smaller TAM than most of unicorns out there…

The entire TIC industry (I work for Underwriters Laboratories) does just that, we independently test and certify and then audit the factories to make sure it’s still made the same …

I will give it a try, glad to see a new approach.

Actually Canvas by Ford (month to month car rental) does this, but yes it's rare