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ExitPlatosCave··on Orthodox Privilege (2020)
Possibly... Take them at their word that they can they really believe what they are saying is true.

Thus being polite versus thinking they are deliberately deceiving you.

But not that you have to also accept what they say as correct or true for yourself.

ExitPlatosCave··on Lastpass Security Incident
Honestly his account was helpful. Lax hiring practices seem quite relevant to the security issues being revealed.

However, your comment comes across as an attack intended to maybe silence his experience.

ExitPlatosCave··on The rise of never-ending job interviews
Hey Steve,

Thought your comment was interesting, so went to check out your profile.

That was also clean and well made, so followed through to your website.

Found this: "I published a simple tool to all your repository details from Github, self-hosted Github Enterprise installations, and other compatible systems."

Do you mean: ...to [pull] all your repository details

Since you have such a nice profile and everything I thought maybe you intended to include this word in there.

Hope this is helpful.

Somewhat related to interviewing and getting hired.

If it's in an appropriate comment for this threat then please remove it. @admin

ExitPlatosCave··on Mixed Reality with Passthrough
I think it's interesting to think about adding elements to what we experience in reality via AR.

Versus importing elements from reality into a VR experience.

Based on your comments I would say one of the big advantages of importing from reality into VR would be to be able to move around without colliding into physical objects in the real world.

ExitPlatosCave··on Mixed Reality with Passthrough
Possibly this is not a great analogy but if there was just one car company in the world for example Ford, I don't think cars would be as versatile or as commonly adopted.

Therefore I'm seeing any progress on the part of multiple companies signaling that this is more than just a one-off.

Another example would be the very early handheld iPad predecessors (Palm Pilot). Look like nothing was going to happen there. But after several failures it started to take hold.

ExitPlatosCave··on Mixed Reality with Passthrough
This changes everything!

I would find it interesting to see how a layer on top of reality would allow non-technical people to perform technical tasks.

For example I don't know a lot about car engines. I can imagine being guided through minor repairs by utilizing these types of overlays.

I can imagine this kind of overlay system also to provide a big boost in diagnosis for problems and systems such as car engines or even medical diagnosis.

ExitPlatosCave··on Are Angels More Likely Than VCs to Drive Entrepreneurial Experimentation? [pdf]
He's just saying...

Two ways to learn about the market.

1 - Analysis He's defining as using data from existing companies, economic trends, etc. Much of this data is relatively low cost and can be fine quickly.

Analysis tends to provide insight into existing supply and demand. E.g. How many companies are selling electric cars? How much did the sales increase/decrease this year?

Based on analysis, a startup might want to create a new charging station.

2 - Experiments This is where someone puts an offer into the market and sees if there are buyers.

Usually these are for unique features, or possibly new products.

Example: clubhouse was an experiment

He's saying experiments usually cost more, because in theory you are at least prototyping + spending money on marketing/sales + support of early buyers.

____ Analysis looks to identify useful patterns in what is already happening, so factual.

Experiments try to find gaps that look for needs that aren't being met, so no behavior yet... So "counter factual".

____ Possibly he's also saying that deeper innovation happens based on experimentation.

And he's further asking: Do angel investors support experimentation more than other types of investors.