huangm
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Comment · 2 months ago
Sorry, we’ll fix!
Comment · 15 years ago
We're actually using the Twitter Streaming API, which has pretty high limits even with access levels lower than the full firehose.
Comment · 15 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions - it's certainly an issue we're thinking about and looking to improve.
Also, d3.js is a pleasure to work with. Really appreciate all the work you've put into it.
Comment · 15 years ago
Did you actually read the article you linked? The article and the fund are quite consistent.
Thiel argues that the economic growth and tech breakthroughs of the past few decades are being taken for granted, that not enough people are taking on the ambitious projects needed to realize a future that we all assume is coming.
This initiative is him putting money behind his words.
Comment · 15 years ago
It depends on your view of what makes the world a better place.
For tech startups, the distribution of world-changing impact probably closely follows the distribution of investment returns. If it's extremely bimodal, then it makes sense to concentrate on generating big wins.
Comment · 15 years ago
Dropbox was not the first mover [1]. In fact, their entrance into the market for cloud storage/sync is in a way analogous to Google's entrance into search.
You're second point sounds right. But to me, Dropbox has always been about the UX and convenience rather than the cost / space.
I think it will be interesting to see what Google launches.
[1] See this slide for CEO Drew Houston's humorous take on this: http://www.slideshare.net/gueste94e4c/dropbox-startup-lesson...
Comment · 15 years ago
Both true points, but not sure what you mean by "actually".
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