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I was in the doctor's office and a person was on the phone talking in the waiting room. I thought it was weird. But then I thought "if a person was sitting in the seat next to them and they were talking, would that be weird?"
I don't think we'd see two people talking as being weird. Why is it weird if someone is by themself speaking to someone that isn't around on the phone? If two people can speak in that place, it's not weird for someone to have a phone discussion.
Now playing music speakers or watching TikTok videos on your phone in a public place...psychotic!
Someone locally said they wouldn't listen to anything Strong Towns wrote because they are pro-housing. Even though the article from Strong Towns directly addressed the question the person was asking about quite well.
Tribalism is going to destroy us all. Thiel can have great perspectives, even if he has been undercutting democracy at every turn.
Like no tactile controls in cars, this was also a mistake for TVs
This is one of the main principles of BAD design, where you create an entire area around close to a single use (offices). That creates a very fragile city. This "single use" zoning that the US proliferated makes us really fragile to changes like working from home vs in-office work.
Another point is that cities are rather hostile for families. We create cities so they need to be fled as soon as people have kids. We have streets entirely of concrete and 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. If we want cities to be more resilient we need to rethink them. We need streets that have greenspace as a fundamental part of the infrastructure. We need permeable surfaces.
I went to Park am Gleisdreieck in Berlin and stayed in a multi-family unit right along the park. There were tons of families with kids playing in the park, people riding bikes for transportation along the park bike paths, adults playing ping pong on outdoor tables together. It was wonderful. It made me rethink what a city can look like.
Denver needs to take notes. We don't need a single use city and a light rail system that only goes into that city. We made an incredibly fragile city. We can build better cities.
One aspect that I've been really wrestling with is how can we make the end user experience of seeing a recipe better, while still providing meaningful income to the recipe creators who labor so much to share their stuff with us. I'd be interested in your thoughts on this. That to me would be the very meaningful, positive change: that end users get a better experience, and creators get paid. That's been my overarching goal and motivation.
Healthcare in the United States isn't a market, and that is why it is so terrible. For instance, there is no reasonable ability to compare prices of services. Prices are entirely hidden. Then there is the "with insurance" price vs cash prices.
Healthcare doesn't function as a market, to our detriment.
But I've had the opposite experience. The average person is never going to read a scientific study, nor invest the time to find out the real details of any topic they are opinionated about other than simply typing a Youtube search and finding a video that is:
- Entertaining - The person has their same biases - the present the information in a short, consumable manner that doesn't require much investment.
In comparison to this dynamic LLMs are wonderful. They can reference scientific data. I have noticed that they do push back on bad takes (very gently) and steer people towards truth.
It's not that I think LLMs are perfect. They are not. But they are infinitely better than the average human at discovering truth.
For those people this would be a great outcome. The question is should this be the goal of most people? Probably not. But most people are not their ideal customer. They explained their ideal customer in depth in an episode of the Acquired Podcast.
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- For this hire we are specifically targeting a candidate who has experience at a product-focused robotics company
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*Note on location. While we have a presence in Mountain View much of our team is remote. We have a strong customer base in South Bay. A team member located in the Bay Area could be a strong fit.
Mountain View, CA Preferred / REMOTE (US)
ReSim is on a mission to revolutionize robotics development by building the ultimate virtual testing platform. We empower autonomy teams to scale simulation for their robots, helping them accelerate their progress and impact. We're looking for an Application Engineer to join our Professional Services team to help onboard and support our customers in integrating ReSim into their workflows. You'll work with some of the leading robotics companies in the world helping them move faster and make better robots. You'll also help develop the product across the stack to deliver customer requests.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical expertise and customer engagement. Our ideal candidate will have:
- A love for robotics or simulation.
- Strong skills in Python and/or C++
- Experience with Docker, modern CI/CD systems, and Bazel
- Passion for creating intuitive APIs and working with customers
If you're interested, you can read the job description (https://www.resim.tech/application-engineer) and apply at jobs [at] resim.ai with your resume and some examples of relevant experience.
- The plant - The location (sidewalk, park, etc) - Native vs non-native? - Seen as a weed or flower/desirable plant? - Who pollinates it.
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Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No (four kids in high school and middle school). Very willing to travel
Technologies: Version control, Swift, Ruby and other tools
Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maduff/
Email: matthewlduff @ gmail com
Started as a software engineer and have built Professional Services and Customer Success orgs at companies like MX.com, GitHub, and LaunchDarkly. Have been building my own startup for 1.5 years (writing code, doing everything), but am looking for a full-time role again.
Happy to work at small startups looking for Customer Success or Professional Services team members. I started as a very early employee for my teams in previous roles, so I am not afraid of starting as an IC as we build things. Or even happy to sweep the floors. Whatever is needed for the company to be successful! Feel free to reach out.
But I love it!
People are hacker news are not a representation of society at large.
I do like the simplicity and interface, however.
The conclusion (YC's brand has been tarnished because of the lower quality companies in their larger batches who do bad things) doesn't follow from the evidence of this ONE company doing something that people could view as a low integrity move.
This exact situation could have occurred even if they kept their acceptance rates, and cohorts, incredibly small. There can always be bad actors (not saying this company is a bad actor though). I think you wanted to share your conclusion, even if the available evidence didn't necessarily support your claim.