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psawaya

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About psawaya

Founder & CEO of Elsewhere, a new kind of video game company. https://elsewhere.zone

Previously, co-founder of Human Interest (YC S15).

e-mail: me ahhht paulsawaya daught com

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    Comment #48950961

    They're calling it "the most Hacker News comment of all time"

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    Comment #48950954

    Great idea. Got it running on the web. Come hang :) https://chat.elsewhere.zone/

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    Comment #48927025

    Very excited for this one!

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    Comment #48536302

    Your unstated assumption here is that all work (per unit of time) is equally valuable.

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    Comment #47222724

    Elsewhere | Engineering Lead | San Francisco Ever wanted to build indie video games at a startup? Let's talk. Elsewhere is a San Francisco-based company building a new kind of mult…

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    Comment #46864481

    Elsewhere | TypeScript Game Developer | San Francisco Ever wanted to build indie video games at a startup? Let's talk. Elsewhere is a San Francisco-based company building a new kin…

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    Comment #46572568

    Looks like this was cleverly designed to prevent costs blowing up. There's one game shared for everyone on the main page, and up to 100 private games per day.

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    Comment #46562621

    Agreed! Some other cool ones I've seen: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2542850/1001_Nights/ https://www.playsuckup.com/

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    Comment #46504743

    I wouldn't say that for sure. Here's a take that says it'll create a lot of growth for the games industry: https://www.owenmahoney.ai/owen-mahoney-blog/size-matters

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    Comment #46502071

    As a YC founder turned gamedev, I can tell you that failure is the norm in both pursuits. As with YC, the question is: can we create more outsized outcomes when we succeed?

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    Comment #45357056

    Looks like it's back up! https://x.com/rtwlz/status/1970722519918498102

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    Comment #44965013

    Nice! Reminds me of an old school YC co called Semantics3. Any connection?

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    Comment #44781731

    This might shed some light: https://dynamicland.org/2024/FAQ/#What_is_Realtalks_relation...

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    Comment #43548079

    Elsewhere | San Francisco or Remote (US Time Zones) | Contract or FT | https://elsewhere.zone Are you a web developer who’s always wanted to make indie video games? This is for you…

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    Comment #42575554

    This is a sacred text.

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    Comment #42381326

    Very cool :)

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    Comment #42142378

    My first programming environment. Pure nostalgia. Love it!!

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    Comment #41211289

    I’m also looking for a good resource on survey design. If you remember the book, please let us know! :)

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    Comment #41142724

    His Hinge says 16 feet

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    Comment #41036184

    FYI I just shared this with someone who works in engineering at Anthropic