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willyg123

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    There's a YC company solving for this, Papa.com

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    those were both interesting and worth the time to read. thanks for sharing.

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    Replaced "AI" with "WMDs" and it reads like the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that was the precursor to invading Iraq

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    Is it though? I'm not a VC but $142m (questionable source) [1] at 100% growth YoY [2] seems like it could make the valuation reasonable. It's critical infrastructure for a lot of E…

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    > She opened up her laptop, *fired up* Excel... "fired up" in this context needs a place in the CS Hall of Fame

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    > So we replaced something that sucked with something that sucks just as bad but it has an app. Genuine question: have you ever lived in NYC?

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    What is the prevailing theory to explain quantum entanglement? Must there be another dimension we cannot access or measure that is not subject to the laws of relativity? (I underst…

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    This is an enjoyable and worthwhile lecture by Jocelyn Bell, who discovered pulsars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-335gUOvdhA

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    The next time I make the case for accounting to be a required course in high school I'm going to reference to this thread as Exhibit A: Assets & Liabilities Illiteracy .

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    > No, there is actually cancelling debt. There is also forcing someone else to pay, but that’s a different thing. How are these different things? -Money was disbursed to the univer…

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    > If I declare a banana to cost $1,000,000 but you can get it for the low price of $1 with a loan of $999,999 today and that loan gets canceled, does that mean someone else has to …

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    > (highly paid execs...) EDX's IRS Form 990 for 2020 shows five executive making over $800k [1] [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460...

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    Dru from Trends.VC compiled a list [1] of businesses that run on no-code tools but you have to be a subscriber to see all of them. [1] https://trends.vc/trends-0063-micro-saas/

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    Someone please ELI5 how this might impact the Grammarly Chrome Extension. Thanks in advance!

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    Ask HN: Is $350k CEO salary normal for pre-launch company that's raised $2.2m?

    For reference, there's a pre-launch/pre-revenue company on Netcapital that is raising at a $49m valuation. [1] The founder is receiving a salary of $350,000. [2] The CEO says this …