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Potentially related - "I'd rather read the prompt" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43888803

The article would be better if the author replaced "smartphone" with "smartphone screen". A ton of activities are made better by smartphones - a walk or a run with podcast or music…

Thanks, looking forward! I don't know where most of your users are, but coming up with a safe road bike route in US suburbia is not a trivial problem. Current RWGPS planner routine…

I frequently use RWGPS for planning my bike rides but don't pay for it (yet!). Curious - is all routing done by graphhopper or do you have some secret sauce on your end? Also graph…

I don't see any mentions of Google but I personally think it's Google that will be the main beneficiary of chaos at OpenAI. After all, weren't they the main competitors? Maybe not …

My understanding is that in the US, earned wages (while employees were employed) are indeed employee claims. Not paying these is what YC guidance above says will lead to "very bad …

+1, hoping to somehow fit meditation in my life in 2018

http://www.somic.org/2015/12/28/on-employees-investing-in-th...

Good article. Bottom line is employees need to be aware what can happen and how future rounds of financing, among other things, could affect their equity comp. The more articles an…

Participate in 401k plan - yes, 99% people would benefit from starting as early as possible. Max out your per-paycheck 401k contribution (including in order to maximize employer ma…

My expectation of a typical HN reader is that they are saving for more things/experiences/goals, not just retirement.

"Always be invested in the market" - what does it mean? Always have at least something long in your portfolio? Always be 100% long in your portfolio? If I have 99% cash and 1% in V…

Whatever you do, if you are a typical HN reader, do NOT invest like Buffet. Hint: he never sells.

"Your company will probably extend a term saying “We will match your contributions up to N% of your salary.” You should always and under every circumstance invest enough money to m…

Supply and demand.

Exactly.

Focus on quarterly numbers is a side effect, which is unfortunate. You go public not because you want to report quarterly. You go public because you want public funding and potenti…

Not entirely true. IPO as a process exists to allow companies to raise money from the public, especially when private funding is not available. Overhead, requirements and legalitie…