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sha_burn··on Property Pump Propaganda alert: US home price appreciation accelerates for
Spot check Zillow in most areas and you will see listing volumes increasing, existing listings dropping price, and many substantially below delusional Zestimate.
sha_burn··on The “Rent vs. Buy” Dilemma
What people really need is an object advisor with a fiduciary obligation and no commission incentives to help them answer this question.
sha_burn··on Airbnb’s design to live and work anywhere
They don't have the pull to change immigration laws but they can set and prove the standard to execute with excellence with this model.

To the other comments, it is an expense-less raise.

To the California tax base, it is yet another wakeup call.

sha_burn··on Zapier: A $5B Unbundling Opportunity
1. Revenue is only $125m 2. Revenue growth has not plateaued 3. There is user value and multiple value in an all in one offering 4. Distribution will be hard exceptionally hard, going up against a thought leading, financially solvent, Founder led organization with a proven solution. ...Thus, your unbundled solution must be exceptionally better for a few million dollars in aspirational revenue. Otherwise, so distinctly different that it is not really a competitor.
sha_burn··on Show HN: Solana Workbench, your one stop shop for Solana development
Excellent and past due. More GUI and low code solutions are needed desperately.
sha_burn··on Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
As a past customer, this is simply a great company with many Greenfields ahead in the space and some of the best leadership I've crossed in the Valley.
sha_burn··on Russia may be cutting itself off from the internet
Is this possibly a Putin objective?
sha_burn··on Global climate tech investment trends since the Paris Agreement [pdf]
The sad fact of this chart is that a trivial amount of money is going into seed stage. The flow of funds needs to invert. If there was any break through technology at the seed stage you would have market pull of an unparalleled magnitude relative to any other sector. Fact is not enough shots on goal and climate tech is almost always unprofitable at all scale(so far).
sha_burn··on Reasons Not to Buy Oil ETFs Like USO
Dated but Beware of Oil ETFs: WTI = ~$125 & USO(lead "Benchmark...(WTI)") = ~$85. Google: Contango.
sha_burn··on How BART on the Golden Gate Bridge died: A new history
When was the last time anyone in this thread saw an SF BART terminal of late?
sha_burn··on Wartime Is a Bad Time to Mess with the Internet
Seems like there's a high probability of inducing extreme individual isolationism
sha_burn··on Ask HN: Co-Founder Equity Split
I've formed multiple teams of technical Cofounders, starting on the business side. His initial offer seems extraordinarily low and naïve, unless your technical skills are not considered essential by them(at which point you may want to run on this alone). If you have faith in the opportunity and not your fit with it, invest your money, not your time and reputation.
sha_burn··on Netflix Has Defied the Russian Government, for Now
Tweet See new Tweets Conversation WIRED @WIRED With Russia accused of war crimes in Ukraine, the streaming platform finds itself increasingly isolated as Western companies abandon the pariah state.