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Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by cperciva »

euroclydon wrote: post #4
cperciva wrote: post #3

Beans make you gassy Much less so if you soak them (ideally in a slightly caustic solution) and cook them at high temperature (i.e., boiling under pressure). The former will leach oligosaccharides, and the later will break them down.

I have a five gallon container of NaOH that I intend to make soap with one day. Should I use a little of that, or is there a more tame kitchen staple which is caustic?

If you throw beans into concentrated NaOH they probably won't be edible any more. A pH of 8.5 is probably good -- try baking soda.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by tptacek »

techsupporter wrote: post #10

"At our first meeting with Paul, we showed him a PDF presentation and he sort of freaked out and it was really awkward for about 10 minutes as he tried to digest why we had made a presentation for him." Why is that? I'm genuinely curious to know what would be uncomfortable about having a presentation, especially at a first meeting. It seems like that would be a good way to say "here's where we're at" in a few quick s…

Wild-assed guess: it's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing.

We have a company all-hands this week, flying everyone in from NYC and SF; we're launching a new product and I have to do an hour on it. I don't think I'm going to do a deck. Why bother?

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by tptacek »

cperciva wrote: post #11
euroclydon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a five gallon container of NaOH that I intend to make soap with one day. Should I use a little of that, or is there a more tame kitchen staple which is caustic?

If you throw beans into concentrated NaOH they probably won't be edible any more. A pH of 8.5 is probably good -- try baking soda.

Check out what happens if you mix a very little bit of baking soda with eggs. Alkalinity speeds up maillard reactions.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by prpon »

By meeting frequently with the constant push of “have you launched?” and then “can I see your chart?”, PG and Harj helped us focus on making the right trade-off to do what it takes to make a great product but not a perfect one.

What chart is he referring to here?

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by Bretthuneycutt »

prpon wrote: post #14

By meeting frequently with the constant push of “have you launched?” and then “can I see your chart?”, PG and Harj helped us focus on making the right trade-off to do what it takes to make a great product but not a perfect one. What chart is he referring to here?

For us, it was our page and user growth charts -- the two main charts to show traction.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by rudyadler »

techsupporter wrote: post #10

"At our first meeting with Paul, we showed him a PDF presentation and he sort of freaked out and it was really awkward for about 10 minutes as he tried to digest why we had made a presentation for him." Why is that? I'm genuinely curious to know what would be uncomfortable about having a presentation, especially at a first meeting. It seems like that would be a good way to say "here's where we're at" in a few quick s…

paul is a casual guy and usually likes to have an informal conversation. looking back, the mockups we showed him were really overdeveloped. i think paul was reacting to an idea 5 steps ahead of where it should have been.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by colbyolson »

tptacek wrote: post #12
techsupporter wrote: post #10

"At our first meeting with Paul, we showed him a PDF presentation and he sort of freaked out and it was really awkward for about 10 minutes as he tried to digest why we had made a presentation for him." Why is that? I'm genuinely curious to know what would be uncomfortable about having a presentation, especially at a first meeting. It seems like that would be a good way to say "here's where we're at" in a few quick s…

Wild-assed guess: it's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing. We have a company all-hands this week, flying everyone in from NYC and SF; we're launching a new product and I have to do an hour on it. I don't think I'm going to do a deck. Why bother?

It's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing.

This is, generally, how I feel about ToDo lists.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by pyre »

colbyolson wrote: post #17
tptacek wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wild-assed guess: it's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing. We have a company all-hands this week, flying everyone in from NYC and SF; we're launching a new product and I have to do an hour on it. I don't think I'm going to do a deck. Why bother?

It's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing. This is, generally, how I feel about ToDo lists.

How so? Some people need todo lists to keep them focused. Otherwise they forget things that they were supposed to get done, or allow themselves to get distracted by other things.

Re: Beans make you gassy, and other advice from last night's first YC dinner

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Post by wahnfrieden »

colbyolson wrote: post #17
tptacek wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wild-assed guess: it's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing. We have a company all-hands this week, flying everyone in from NYC and SF; we're launching a new product and I have to do an hour on it. I don't think I'm going to do a deck. Why bother?

It's something people working on projects at BigCo's do in lieu of actual work. It's pantomiming execution instead of executing. This is, generally, how I feel about ToDo lists.

I use a todo list so I don't forget things. When I'm developing software, the ideas come faster than I can execute them, for one. But the list is only a vim buffer, so it would be hard to waste time micromanaging it like you can with more elaborate todo-list software.
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