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As a Com Truise fan myself, I enjoyed learning that Brian commissioned him for the ad. Com’s slow motion funk fit in perfectly with the minimalist DVD screensaver motif.
Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:42AM (#30372912)
“The best way to fix the system is to prioritize websites that are there to share knowledge, not websites with their primary priority to make ad revenue.”

The best way to fix the system is to prioritize the best content irrespective of monetization strategy.

Search engines should not penalize websites trying to make money.

They should penalize spammy websites that add little value but know how to game the system.

The degree to which the creator monetizes their content should bear little weight with a search engine that is trying to serve the best content.

Re:I have never read a business plan or balance sheet on Sunday February 13, 2022 @09:12AM (#30321851)
YC funds software companies disrupting large markets. Software has high margins. Large markets are easy to intuit. Therefore business plans aren’t as necessary as opposed to other types of investors eg private equity.
Re:My First Impressions of Web3 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:48PM (#29854129)
I have been looking for an objective, skeptical evaluation of web3 and this delivers. Despite all of the discussion around decentralization, market forces like network effects, switching costs, and winner-take-all will likely occur and with it some degree of centralization.
Re:Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday? on Friday December 03, 2021 @08:18AM (#29429651)
Don’t assume malevolence when working with someone else but rather that they’re acting in their own self interest
Re:Tiny on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:02PM (#29384503)
I found it easy to use and it left no ambiguity around what Tiny is and how it works