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Based on what data exactly? Gut feelings? What could be faster than communications across vast distances at the speed of light?
Nonverbal and unstructured, unplanned communication don't really translate well to the digital world (yet)
> 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…
It was determined the same way FAANG, Banks, and others have determined in-person is best: "haha, the economy is slowing, get back to the office you F*(&# losers". Absolutely breathtaking level of cynicism from executive class that as soon as interest rates went up, hiring market cooled, and the power balance between workers & bosses swung back their way, suddenly in-office was "most productive". 100% vibes and "beca…
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I guess what you are saying is buy calls for Nvidia
Quite possibly; I'm not sure why calls would be better than straight-up buying the stock, but I am certain that Nvidia is going to have a pretty good time of the LLM hype. Nvidia seem to me to have been consistently competent in improving their product lines. Perhaps my only criticism would be of their artificial hampering of some of their products, which they do in order to appease certain PC gamers by excluding the…
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Nonverbal and unstructured, unplanned communication don't really translate well to the digital world (yet)
Let me introduce you to Slack and cell phone calls.
there's something positive about setting time on the calendar and then sitting down with someone (or a group of people) to talk about a specific subject that we've all prepared for. yes, you can do that with Zoom, but then you miss the ability to speak simultaneously and the body language / nonverbal.
not everything should be a meeting, but not everything should be IM / phone calls either. being able to mix and match is what makes in-person somewhat positive (even if I personally prefer a hybrid model)
YC is a one-trick-pony. If you have a simple product, it can guide you to get users, investors and to scale it up. But don’t expect anything else. It would not help, if you are outside of that scenario. It easily can screw you, by using any product ideas that you’ve refined and sharing these freely with a relevant startup in the batch.
> by using any product ideas that you’ve refined and sharing these freely with a relevant startup in the batch. Do you have an example of this happening in the past?
Was pretty annoying to watch, because it was quite clear that the idea was too early to try productizing YC-style at the time. It was essentially “code understanding” with early transformers, buck in 2017. But YC tried turning this into a product, while it was time to do foundational research.
> It's a beautiful space with an incredible history - it's where the US built battleships for WWI and WWII. Pretty sure this plays fast and loose with the history of American naval warfare. The only battleship built in San Francisco, that I can think of, is the 19th-century relic USS Ohio.
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No, it only reaffirms, if anything, that fast moving startups benefit from in-person relationship, guidance and communication with peers more than they would over Teams.
Based on what data exactly? Gut feelings? What could be faster than communications across vast distances at the speed of light?
For other problems? Sure, slack and zoom are perfectly adequate to preferable.
When did this pseudo math talk creep into normal speech?
It reeks of charlatans pretending to be technical when there is no need to be technical.