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The book "Slicing Pie" delves into the topic of how to split equity before receiving any outside funding in detail: https://www.amazon.com/Slicing-Pie-Funding-Company-without/d... …

One of the best books I read last year was "The Halo effect" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NY128M/ It talks about exactly this issue: If company A is successful, we explain it by s…

Based on Nick Bostrom's fable about aging: https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html A couple of points: (1) Unlike in the story, in real life aging is a natural process that almos…

Well, he WAS a child prodigy who published his first major paper at 18 and got his PhD when he was 20, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he actually did independently come up with …

I have been thinking about it and I think the issue with Facebook in particular is how AGGRESSIVE and CARELESS they have always been in violating privacy. Just like Uber their phil…

This should not be viewed as a failure. This is the nature of startups, even if you do every single thing right, work hard, manage the cash flow, innovate, etc., there is a more th…

This is great stuff! I am a CS professor and these are exactly the kind of things my undergraduate students struggle with! Especially these two points: * Start assignments as soon …

Eh, I still don't buy the hyperventilating. The breathless narrative is that Amazon is some all-consuming all dominating monster that is just going to crush everyone everywhere. I …

I really like this obituary, this is exactly what I was looking for. Penrose not only understands the details of Hawking's work at a much deeper level than most of us, but as a con…

Here is another "simple" explanation: https://rweba.livejournal.com/446326.html It's definitely WAAAY oversimplified, but it gives the first idea: The "filter" just cleverly averag…

I think there are a few factors: (1) The culture started by Paul Graham, back when he used to write lots of essays, emphasized a certain "hyperrationality" and attracted a lot of s…

I lost so many comments on IMDB. I haven't even bothered to visit since they removed the forums. I understand why they did it, the racism and trolling was ridiculous there, but the…

Wow, so this comment just got me more karma than any other comment I've ever made in almost 7 years on HN! I honestly didn't think anyone would read it, the article was already sev…

(1) Your sentiment is common on HN and I do agree that a college degree is overemphasized as a universal panacea, but it's also absolutely true that lots of people benefit from a u…

This is New York Magazine not the New York Times magazine (which I think still appears in print every Sunday).

More and more websites are getting rid of user comments on their websites. Just in the last couple of months the National Review and The Atlantic have got rid of comments. In simpl…

Two points: (1) I haven't seen this article mentioned here: https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-... I am not sure if the article addressed this model in par…

I remember reading and commenting on this same article when it was posted a few years ago. I agree with most of the comments posted here. In a certain sense making friends is reall…

The author does not offer ANY evidence for Amazon's supposed "dominance". How exactly is Amazon dominating? What percentage of online retail sales does Amazon have? What percentage…

I found the studies showing the impact that movies actually have a significant impact on career choice to be interesting. I never thought the effect would be that large.