Was this resurrected? Algolia had this as posted 19 hours ago [0], and I swear I remember reading some of these comments last night.
[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Ways YC has changed in the last year
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Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#102This is off topic, but it’s crazy to me that the current incarnation of Twitter still seems to be the communication platform of choice for a good portion of the tech community. Presumably Jared still considers it to be the best way to share this information despite the fact that the app is so user hostile. Even using nitter to bypass these restrictions, we’re still breaking a paragraph into separate posts, as if shar…
Ok, then suggest some other platform that has the network effects of an existing large audience? Technology matters far less than network effects. Not saying it doesn't matter at all, but you have to overcome the audiences stickiness to a platform first.
One tweet link to a blog post on the YC blog? Yeah, sure, there will be some drop off bc people don't click out of the app, but most people not on twitter can't even read this content anymore without workarounds.
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#103Was this resurrected? Algolia had this as posted 19 hours ago [0], and I swear I remember reading some of these comments last night. [0] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Yes. I posted in it yesterday, in my own "threads" I see the posts' age reflecting that, when I look at this thread they are now only a few hours old.
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#104Was this resurrected? Algolia had this as posted 19 hours ago [0], and I swear I remember reading some of these comments last night. [0] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Yes. I posted in it yesterday, in my own "threads" I see the posts' age reflecting that, when I look at this thread they are now only a few hours old.
Oh, interesting, this shows up in the second chance pool:
https://news.ycombinator.com/pool
I knew this was a thing, but I didn't realize it worked by messing with timestamps.
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#105> We've now tried every point on the spectrum: fully remote, hybrid and fully in-person. So now we don't have to worry if we're being luddites: in-person YC just really is the best. How was this determined to be best? (Obviously, they haven't controlled for variables like the switch to 4 smaller batches, and the high percentage of startups all doing one exciting thing (AI). And do they realize the costs. And is it be…
Whereas in any thread about WFH it seems that 95% of HN has concluded that remote just really is the best. Case close. No further study needed. The only reason to think otherwise is corporate greed.
I suspect that people in both the main "sides" have decided what they'd prefer, either for their own individual interests, or some gut feel about what's better for the organization. And people feel threatened by moves against what they've decided.
(Disclosure: I'm pro-WFH overall, or, ideally, my own version of hybrid. I can see some benefits to some uses of in-person. I can also see WFH problems that still need creative solutions. I'm also aware that, in dialogue around this, some other people might not be playing the same game of nuance and problem-solving.)
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#106The way Twitter has changed in the last year is so I can no longer read threads since I don’t have an account.
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#107You are being luddites. COVID having forced you to be remote is not enough to validate this constant preaching from SV leadership (and only leadership - no one without millions in equity ever lobbies for this) that nothing can replace in person. The fact that Paul Graham compares it to communism is fitting for so many reasons.
I often highlight that every claim of +X% "productivity" with RTO is based on an implicit assumption that the commute is uncompensated , and that employees will eat all the costs (man-hours, fuel) of coming into the office.... At least for a few quarters, until angry people leave for closer or better-paying jobs. So we've got (A) a misleading "productivity" metric sometimes being used to rationalize (B) one-sided pol…
I've always wondered how modern cities would look if employers had to bear partial responsibility for the commute. Would we see a lot more mixed housing around the place? Would transit be much better?
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#108It's a risky investment strategy to put so much emphasis on AI startups. Not only do you have the already volatile nature of early-stage software companies (which YC is of course used to), but this is a bet on whether machine learning, chiefly LLMs, are going to continue to outperform other technologies and become sustainable to run. There's no question in my mind that 'Open'AI is subsidizing the vast majority of LLM…
Friendly reminder: the strategy here is to invest in the founders, not the ideas. So great founders right now create AI startups. So either AI solves problems or they arent great founders.
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#109This is off topic, but it’s crazy to me that the current incarnation of Twitter still seems to be the communication platform of choice for a good portion of the tech community. Presumably Jared still considers it to be the best way to share this information despite the fact that the app is so user hostile. Even using nitter to bypass these restrictions, we’re still breaking a paragraph into separate posts, as if shar…
People like to complain about X's (née Twitter) format, but isn't it possible that X is a good medium _because_ of the restrictions put on the format? Each paragraph needs to make a salient point in 280 characters or less. Personally, I like the direct prose that results from this restriction.
Re: Ways YC has changed in the last year
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
YC doesn't exactly need to do double-blinded controlled studies to come to some conclusions. I'm sure they get lots of feedback from the companies in a batch, not to mention the partners' own assessments of how things work. It seems entirely reasonable to me then, after they did have different sessions with different configurations, to point to particular points and say "in-person just worked way better".
> YC doesn't exactly need to do double-blinded Controled studies to come to some conclusions. Why not? There is a barrage of companies touting the benefits of in person collaboration, thinly veiled to just being "surveil the workers"
> Why not?
Is this a serious question? For one thing, every founder will obviously know whether they are in-person or not, so it's not even possible to do a single-blind study.