peterkshultz

Given Microsoft's increasing emphasis on businesses, it makes sense that this is more enterprise-focused.

The product itself doesn't seem much different from Apple's Automator. Microsoft's marketing of Flow, however, is better at demonstrating the product's power. Apple never quite did that.

I'm a big fan of this project. I'd love to talk if you're ever interested in making it something bigger!

I have it on good sources that they dropped anonymity not because of harassment, but because of the history of anonymous apps fizzling out. Anonymous apps generally fail to generate sustainable, long-term growth.

That the app is both geofenced and anonymous reminds me of Yik Yak, which was a huge success on my college campus before the company decided to move away from anonymity.

Did you develop this as a side project, or is this something you want to turn into a business?

For those who aren't aware, Monopoly and its predecessors were actually designed to demonstrate the effects of income inequality:

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-landlords-game/

I agree with your take on newspapers: they try and capture the attention of a layman audience. As such, their work can be simplified to the point of impropriety from time to time.

I'm less inclined to agree with your opinion on academic research, however. Systems of peer review--and softer systems, like those of repute amongst colleagues--are in place for the express purpose of eliminating biases and errors across research works.

In the social sciences, there is a great amount of care that goes into ensuring that: 1. Data is handled properly 2. Future inquiries are sound

Whether or not that care happened in this body of work is up for debate.

Reminds me of the fast follower strategy:

https://hbr.org/2012/06/first-mover-or-fast-follower

What have been your problems with the Surface Book?

The title seems like clickbait, especially given the fact that the legislation isn't targeting those who use Airbnb to rent out a spare room.

As others have said, this feels very similar to Yammer. Microsoft has made a strong pivot to enterprise software over the past couple of years, whereas this feels like Facebook's first foray.

Although I don't doubt Facebook's agility, I give other enterprise software companies the advantage sheerly due to their head start.

For those who didn't know about the ".google" TLD:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/26/google_turns_on_goog...

Great work! I'm excited to see what people do with this.

The only thing that concerns me is the ease with which somebody can join a session maliciously. Have you considered adding an additional form of verification for joining sessions?

Airbnb's report can be found here: http://blog.airbnb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/REPORT_Air...

Only if you buy wireless headphones (have you heard about the AirPods?)

Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12098214

If the 29 minute read time is intimidating, consider this link: https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/mental-models/

All the information, easier to read quickly.

What are the benefits of this over something like Keybase?

I'm curious to see if this deal will get the same amount of backlash over Sesame Street's partnership with HBO.

I have no problem with people wanting to have GMO labels. Consumers should have a choice as to what they put in their body.

But the argument that GMOs are dangerous has had little--if any--scientific proof. That so many Nobel laureates are getting behind this fact is reassuring, especially in a world where malnutrition is still existent.

Fair. But a soul-crushing job is better than no job, and the question remains as to whether or not mobility into a job of equal requisite skill exists.

I'd imagine that people who need such picking jobs would rather have them around than not.

Amazon's acquisition of Kiva is one of the best examples of vertical integration in the e-commerce industry.

The article reminded me of acquisitions in the Gilded Age. Perhaps one could compare Bezos to Rockefeller, presuming Bezos was the one who pushed for such purchases.

But don't most open source licenses waive liability? MIT and other popular licenses state that the work is provided "as is" and that the author cannot be held liable.

NPR is a non-profit organization. Although they need to play the advertising game to keep the lights on, they certainly aren't there to try and make big profits on their listeners.

Commercial radio is not like this.

Much appreciated. I'm surprised the submission hasn't gotten flagged given the notorious reputation of MacKeeper.

No surprise here. Snowden knew he was the target as soon as Lavabit got shut down.

Didn't click the link because it's from MacKeeper. It's safe to read, right?

Chances are you learned something about gaming AND ended up on a terrorism watch list.

Carol Dweck's work on the growth mindset says that you can change who you are.

Her ideas have had a tremendous impact on various aspects of business, to the point where she's covered in the Harvard Business Review:

https://hbr.org/2016/01/what-having-a-growth-mindset-actuall...

Fair enough. Perhaps my surprise comes from the fact that the prediction markets got it wrong as well.

You're right nevertheless--25% is a meaningful probability.