ajcodez

Most consumers expect that all available options in the marketplace comply with all regulations, and then make a surface level decision on the best option. So if there’s a company that is not competing in a fair way, there should be regulation to limit unfair behaviour (imo) -- otherwise every consumer needs to know every detail about every company and process and purchase with integrity.

It sounds like Carta is marketing to early employees and not to accredited investors. There will be quick product market fit if employees prefer to join companies listed on CartaX. I have offer A that is liquid, and offer B that is not liquid, etc

My friends are leaving for cities like LA where they expect to enjoy it more. In my experience the majority of new SF residents move in to start a new job - not for the food, nightlife, or culture. If the jobs are remote, that segment will not come back, and will not move to SF in the first place. It’s a good thing, fewer people having to make trade offs for better careers.

Saifedean Ammous writes pretty convincingly how a fixed money supply would be a good thing. I don’t know of any other unique benefit. It will be interesting to see how it plays out with nation states and diminishing block rewards. I’m holding a little bit just in case.

I have always regretted investing spare cash while feeling a sense of self imposed time pressure. I would sit on it until there is an opportunity you are excited about.

Working with 150ms handicap is not necessarily a bad thing for web developers.

It should eventually fall under consumer protection laws. Failing to report incidents on a status page is like failing to mention trans fat on a package label.

Data point - of my close friends in our 20s the stressed founders were the ones to go bald. It could be genetics, but it’s interesting.

I can see why they did it that way. Fixing the algorithm would require setting the base pay relative to delivery cost and then canceling orders that don’t tip enough to get accepted. Not exactly palatable for customers. ”Your order was not accepted by any drivers. Try again!”

Keep in mind every pull for transactions will cost money so you need to charge enough per month to cover those costs. It’s closer to $1 than a penny like most APIs.

Slacking means doing the minimum required to get by. It doesn’t mean doing nothing and getting fired. I was replying to the parent comment idea that engineers at Facebook work hard because in my experience they do not. Which is fine. Slacking in many ways is optimal.

Facebook hires tons of zero passion 10am-4pm engineers. It might not be deliberate slacking but it’s definitely not hard working.

For every Aaron there are thousands of people who signed up, took a great all letters no numbers username, never posted, and never came back.

I lived in Montreal for three years and for at least eight weeks of the year the air outside was so cold that it hurt my face and made my eyes tear up. It is also a beautiful city and was a great period in my life.