kyle_martin1

The USA experiment is the single greatest creator of prosperity in all of history. Our tides have all boats 1000x.

Thanks to USA funding them through outsourcing low wage jobs and commerce. Take a Google.

This wasn't hacked. It was legally obtained as it was left and became business property after repeated attempts of returning the machine.

Jack's response came much after the censorship actions were taken. You have to analyze with timelime. his PR firm told him he needed to do damage control.

Moreover why was this policy not applied to Trump's alleged tax return? This is one of many examples one could give. You may be too far in the SF bubble or not have a diverse news list.

The realities of censorship are and historically have been large net losses. That was one of the large premises of the founding of the United States, among many other ideals.

So in the interest humanity and historical evidence, censorship is and will always be a bad idea. The best ideas will eventually win, as history has also shown us.

Source: US constitution, Venezuelan history, Romanian history, British history, Korean history, Vietnam history, Chinese history, Cuban history, Cambodian history, Soviet Union history, German history. That’s just a start.

I did this with Netflix....8 years ago. I wrote a cross-platform desktop app that named DistanceFlix for my wife and I while we were long distance.

Hey what's the benefit of this vs MyFitnessPal? I use MFP very often.

I'm not convinced. Show me at least three examples where this works in an existing government jobs that matches the same criteria-- extreme risk, unpredictable situations, low pay, low appreciation.

Perhaps you could work as a police officer in the USA for a few years to get an authentic perspective. Based on your ideas, it seems like you're a large consumer of media narrative. There's no magic pill buddy.

Love is about grace, acceptance, and patience. It’s about serving the other person. It’s about forming a team where each other’s weaknesses are the other’s strengths.

The author seems like a depressed nihilist. The “everyone will disappoint you” vibe is toxic, a little immature, and selfish.

You can be smart and be irrational. You can be dumb and be irrational. So it’s sort of a moot point.

SuperShuttle was bleeding money from subsidizing fares to compete with ride sharing and shrunk 30% YoY for 3 years straight. The SuperShuttle that you see is now just a brand facade and the original business is on a feeding tube.

Because if you don't take trips then you don't make any money. They felt entitled and refused to adapt when the market demanded it. That's irrational.

The drivers are franchisees so they have huge interest in keeping the company going, otherwise they wouldn't get any trips. It was their problem. They just didn't want to change.

No. It isn’t more nuanced than that. SuperShuttle couldn’t make changes because the drivers irrationally refused to work more for the same pay, even though they knew the company was failing. It really is that simple.

Each van is a separate business franchise. The franchise owner, owned the van and could hire drivers as employees under their franchise.

It was more profitable for everybody with this way.

We tried. The drivers revolted when we changed fares because they didn’t want things to change. Remember humans are irrational beings.

Most were longtime drivers and knew historical fare. We just couldn’t get them to change their mindset.

I worked for SuperShuttle developing their driver mobile app.

I can tell you for a fact that a big reason SuperShuttle failed is because the drivers were independent. They would consistently reject low cost trips and wait it out until they got one "mega" trip so that they only need to actually work for about 3 hours/day. Some days they wouldn't take any trips, just hang out in the van playing Flappy Bird.

This was a main issue for the SuperShuttle because they couldn't get their drivers to do adapt when Uber came around, including accepting work that more resembled Uber pool workloads.

This cool. I did this exact thing in 2013 with DistanceFlix.com

Agreed. Vox isn't in the news business, they're in the selling ads through confirmation bias business.

I can see you're passionate about this and that's a great trait to have as an entrepreneur. I'd invite you to consider that most of life isn't linear. It's full of twists and detours but if you keep your vector pointed in the generally right direction, over time you'll end up somewhere awesome.

This image always a good reminder: https://studentaffairscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2015...

I am in a similar position-- a full-time roboticist and an moonlighting entrepreneur on the side. My goal here is to pick up marketing and sales skills that when the right robotics business opportunity presents itself...I'm ready for it.

If there's anything I've learned by watching the string of robotics companies close shop recently, it's that business model is more important than the technology.

Don't give up!

If you'd like to chat more-- you can hit me up at kyle (AT) castalytics dot com.

Tyler,

I would get a job that to provide yourself a safety net such that you can continue your passions. It doesn't have to be all or nothing!

This is called being comfortable with being lazy. You're allowed to do this but you should also be comfortable with the consequences too.

This is suspicious. So much for free-speech and open debate. Just let people hear both sides and make up their own minds.

You seem to have a healthy relationship with FB. Issue is...FB is actively optimizing the experience to achieve an unhealthy relationship that is effectively an addiction. That’s the evil part.

What specifically makes him “that kind of person”?

I elect to demote your ideas. How does that feel?

What do you expect out of a woke monopoly? If there were an alternative that valued free-speech I’d ditch YouTube.

I thought the comment section was for...comments? Tolerance please.

This tool could be useful when people are particularly fragile and lonely like in a pandemic.

However— Social apps are like vitamins...they’re a poor substitute for eating real nutrient dense food.

A social app’s interest is also inversely proportional to that of the user. The app wants maximum usage online where the human benefits most from in person interaction.

I’m not trying say everyone is brainwashed on HN...but there’s a lot of herd thinking.

I’m sorry you feel that way. There’s a church for everybody. I attend church online a lot mainly because it’s better for my schedule, the lessons are impactful and I’m completely comfortable in my own home.

I like the idea but I also think this is trying to replace something that already exists: churches.