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This is well done but the struggle is going to be getting a critical mass. If you can get one or two well known people to commit to answering questions regularly then that will attract users. A lot of people used Whale initially to ask Justin Kan questions [1].

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/justin-kan-launches-video-...

In 2001 NY was by far the biggest target. Today I think the Bay Area is a close second.

Buy real estate before everyone moves there.

Well said. I would add the access to mentors and investment capital is large draw for entrepreneurs.

He doesn't mention it but I am sure the reduction in state tax was an incentive.

This is a dupe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15762035)

Both pizza and chicken nuggets are higher in fat and protein so don't spike insulin or blood glucose levels. The preservatives and additives make the Pizza Hut pizza and frozen chicken nuggets unhealthy for other reasons.

If you were making your own baked chicken nuggets or pizza from quality ingredients then they are definitely healthier than potatoes or white rice, assuming the calorie intake was the same.

This is counter-intuitive to most people because of all the misinformation around the benefits of a low-fat diet [1].

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24945404-the-obesity-cod...

I don't like spamming people that aren't specifically looking to buy something. How much or how little I spend on something feels a little private. There are lots of things I wouldn't care about as much.

Refined sugar is the worst and refined carbohydrates are not that much better. I found that Dr. Fung's book and videos are the most informative and most scientific explanations of these concepts [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKC3hiyLeRc

I wonder if we will see a class action for everyone that has developed type 2 diabetes. There is a precedent.

The total amount of sugar is less important than the glycemic load and the insulin response caused. Carrots are high in fibre.

"The glycemic index is a value assigned to foods based on how slowly or how quickly those foods cause increases in blood glucose levels" [1]

Coca Cola® (63) vs Carrots (39). Higher is worse.

[1] https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glyce...

They are working on that. As more people stream TV, it will be easier for Facebook to enter this market.

I don’t like the idea of my Facebook friends knowing what I’m selling.

OP is trying to do something about it! He is setting up video chats with people.

It’s like saying why do fans cheer at a sporting event. It makes it easier for Tesla to raise capital to pay for the production of the trucks.

It also gives Loblaw a seat at the table when Tesla is deciding what features to include.

Imagine a graph where one axis is how interested you are and the other axis is how quickly you pick it up. There is a diagonal line the separates those that will persist long enough to be a good coder.

I’m in SF but always happy to do a Skype call with anyone that wants to bounce ideas.

I’m currently working on a startup to help people that are remote so love this type of discussion.

Email is my username at gmail.

It took Facebook and Google a while to nail their advertising strategies. FB shares dropped down from an IPO price of $38 to less than $20 at one point.

Its a very competitive climate and Snapchat needs to keep innovating, but I wouldn't write Snapchat off too early.

This is spot on. I've been vegetarian for a long time. I have seen a drastic change in the availability of vegetarian options at restaurants and grocery stores. It makes it easier for someone who isn't vegetarian to choose to have a vegetarian meal.

All the people that bought the original Tesla Roadster paved the way for the Model 3. The people that originally created a market for energy efficient bulbs enabled economies of scale to allow those bulbs to become mainstream.

I wouldn't diminish the role of early adopters in shaping culture and the economy.

PG already had a following because of his essays. He shared a link to Reddit in one of his essays. This allowed them to transition from artificial content to content from real users.

It should read “hoard cash”, i.e. mattress money.

Apple Maps is used more in iOS than Google Maps. TomTom has been in the market a lot longer than Google.

Apple Maps will tell you the DMV is closed.

> I now frequently have my packages never arrive (I have cameras on my porch. Not being stolen) and four times in the last six months have received a delivery for someone else.

It does actually solve the issues you gave as examples.

The driver is at the wrong house, scans the box but the door doesn't open. If Amazon doesn't detect the door being opened and the driver coming inside and delivering the package then they definitively know the package wasn't delivered.

This gives them an automatic way to evaluate drivers. When you complain that you did receive a package they can check the footage and resolve your customer service issue immediately instead of having to contact the driver.

Not black market ads. For example someone pays a group of people to review a product they are selling. Basically Amazon is competing with ‘black market’ techniques. A seller can now just pay Amazon to have their product at the top.

Stock levels are important for home delivery but this robot is also a logical first step for a fully fledged shelf packing robot.

If the current robot signals something is out of stock but a human determines the robot is incorrect then it means the store map is wrong or the product identification needs work. Once the error rate is low enough then full shelf packing can be implemented.

WhatsApp and Instagram were innovative but were acquired.

The only reason Instagram isn’t a $100B company in its own right is because Facebook had a better vision for it than investors. If Instagram were able to raise at a $5B valuation rather then be acquired, then Facebook would now have a serious competitor.

Similarly, Facebook messenger wasn’t as popular as WhatsApp.

Facebook could have been acquired by Yahoo or Microsoft but wasn’t.

The self driving car brings you dinner at an affordable price.

It makes more sense for the dinner cooking robot to be making thousands of meals a day than just two for you each day.

Big retailers don't do well in this type of online marketplace. Target and Toys"R"Us already tried partnering with Amazon and both deals failed [1][2].

Google should start developing warehouse technology and a delivery network in order to start competing directly with Amazon. Their current strategy is just a coat of paint on declining businesses.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100017752821017751 [2] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113798030922653260

Google home doesn’t work 50% of the time in English; how are they going to get other languages working reliably?

It’s a good start but typical Google: try to release a hardware product with half-baked tech.