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thrown321on Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds

Mark indicated that WhatsApp was next for growth/monetization and then VR, when he last appeared on CNBC's Mad Money.

thrown321on Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions

Congress writes laws vague enough for the experts to implement the policy. It's always been this way. It will be total chaos if Congress has to explicate the specific.

thrown321on Tesla Rescinds Job Offers to People Who'd Already Accepted Them

There is already well established precedent so you don't have to know, the judge will figure it out for you.

thrown321on Tesla Rescinds Job Offers to People Who'd Already Accepted Them

Someone who has had their job offer rescinded has legal recourse. I would suggest anyone in this position contact an employment lawyer.

thrown321on Tesla Rescinds Job Offers to People Who'd Already Accepted Them

Musk needs deregulation to keep autopilot on the market and Tesla on the road. He also knows and worked with Thiel who backs the new republican power base and probably has seen how much benefit that's brought Thiel. I imagine this also explains his interest in Twitter, a platform which would give him political influence.

Interestingly, back in the early days of the automobile people there were no "car accidents" rather "car murders" since the streets were mostly horses and pedestrians. Jay walking became a crime because of intensive lobbying by automobile manufacturers.

Deregulation has been a systematic effort by corporations to limit their liability for things that are not and should not be called accidents.

thrown321on Ask HN: Need some advice about my SaaS

I think by that definition you do not have product market fit yet. You have something though that could lead to something bigger.

I would try to prove to yourself that it is a sales problem. Do you have free trial users who do not convert? Or is it a marketing problem as in you need to acquire leads?

Who are your customers? Where are they? What is their workflow? And how to you get yourself in front of them?

thrown321on Ask HN: Need some advice about my SaaS

I'm a sales engineer and I think this tool could be useful.

I would also look at driving leads based on customer pain points. If I could train your system to use my docs that would also be useful. I would also want to exclude my competitors from my training data.

Maybe also focus your tool around government RFPs. There are a lot of consultants out there who make a lot of money writing proposals for various companies and it is quite time consuming.