Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | cloudout's commentslogin

sapiens - yuval hariri more money than god - sebastian mallaby black swan - nassim taleb anti-fragile - nassim taleb fooled by randomness - nassim taleb


Try some strengths tests like:

https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/Purchase/

sounds cheesy but these are sometimes very insightful. It likely will not tell you anything new, usually just makes the obvious clear.


Dark Clouds; internet becomes more vulnerable as 80% of all data now hosted in 20% of the world's data centers.


I'm on CCTV all day, but my insurance company and employer don't use a mosaic from that data in quoting rates or doing background checks. Glass or anything similar, can change all of that.

The point is that valuable privacy silos are lost due to centralization by a sophisticated party, that makes money by selling that privacy.


buckets of opportunity to move into the boring but more lucrative space of pooling group pension plan, life insurance and healthcare costs to synthetically provide "big corporate" perks.


Bar Sign Prediction: No Under 21 and No Glasses


I heard the reverse of this question a week ago at a lunch. Starting to think that in a lot of cases, this might be a symptom of other issues (communication etc), because it sounds like each side is reaching outside of their "killer app skills", which may not be the best use of each person's time. Not always, but mostly, the goalie should goal-tend and the striker should strike.


Excel is still used because it has High Operating Range with a Low Barrier to Entry. Someone can learn how to do simple tasks in 5 minutes, while advanced users can write macros. You can build a simple calculator or a complicated model without going through a programmers learning curve; where, you've traditionally had to learn multiple concepts before you can print "Hello World".


There would be no way to quantify it....it would be qualitative questions I guess...e.g "Most interesting books you've read" or "what different projects are you working on"


"a thermostat in one of its corporate apartments and a printer in its offices — were still communicating with computers in China"

This is the dark side of the "internet of everything". Software=inherently buggy Software EATS WORLD Word=buggy?


Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: