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Except you also need to get money from those users on a recurring basis.

It's the most successful cashout for investors and early employees, but let's not act like Uber isn't still running on borrowed time.

The linked article about OYO's financials specifically show how they've been reducing losses YoY while increasing growing top line revenue. If anything, OYO rooms is the perfect example of the VF working.

The same pipeline that the Native Americans protested, some of which are still in prison.

I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, Boston built the Valley.

He's referring to traditional sources of fresh water like aquifers, rivers, and lakes.

They paid their inside sales team insane commissions relative to industry standard, plus overall staff bloat to masquerade as a tech company.

If I were to start a theoretical computer vision company today, which would I be better off using?

Hey Patrick, could you elaborate more on hiring in nascent product areas? What does making it easier actually entail compared to hiring in more established areas of Stripe?

Growth. Most initial investors have already exited the company thanks to Softbank.

Especially Fred.

This is obviously poor timing with the Epstein scandal, but I feel like this isn't the first or last time this happens at the Media lab. Lots of ambitious projects are started by ambitious and/or desperate doctorates that we never hear about, some more bullshit than others.

Wendover has the most obvious, telegraphed segues. On top of that, the sponsorship is left at the end of the video. Linus on the other hand I completely agree with.

The FAA waited for 2 catastrophic failures with the MAX before grounding all planes, risking the safety of thousands.

The OP article is also about the Boston bussing system changes, before it was cancelled.

Hey @ajw, congrats on the growth. Quick question for you: How does Scale's labeling speed and quality compare to Hive?

I was a Caviar courier in a past life, it paid very well for someone with just a bike ($20-$25/hr before taxes).

That courier was full of shit. You get paid regardless of customer status, and you also get paid per minute over a certain delay threshold. Sounds like you just got a bad actor.

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20500119

Brings their total to $828M raised since 2013. I'm honestly surprised they haven't taken money from the Vision Fund yet.

Very relevant: https://youtu.be/YvNxgHTWIlo

It's too cost prohibitive to be healthy, and even if it wasn't there is too much mental energy needed to be picky about which foods/ingredients you're buying (Checking labels, researching nutritional values, etc)

According to the article, it seems like he doubled down on a bad trip - probably the worst thing you could do while on LSD.

In traditional media, yes. But most New Media companies (Google, Facebook, BuzzFeed, etc) are liberal leaning.

Did these studies compare OLED dark mode vs traditional dark mode?

I find OLED dark mode to be the best because there is quite literally no light coming from a large section of my screen.

What does PPM mean in this context?

The JR and Tokyo metro trains are significantly quieter and better maintained.

That's why there are requirements around installing an air exchange system.

Ah yes, Shai Agassi and Better Place right?

There are some entertaining (if biased) post-mortem articles on that startup: https://www.fastcompany.com/3028159/a-broken-place-better-pl...

Building envelopes need to be tighter

Most modern European housing also has to abide by strict energy efficiency and air leakage standards, so they come with heat-recover air exchange systems.