johncoogan
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Comment · 5 years ago
Okay, maybe it's just Twitter, Stratechery, and Matthew Ball, but in my little filter bubble... it felt like everyone was talking about the Metaverse non-stop.
Comment · 5 years ago
Author here, what do you think would give this kind of content more substance? Still very new to this and genuinely looking for feedback!
Comment · 5 years ago
Hey thanks for posting this!
Comment · 5 years ago
By "never be technically possible" do you mean:
Not possible in the usual 10 year timeframe we consider for Silicon Valley type companies.
Or
Never in a million years, completely violates the laws of physics.
Comment · 5 years ago
Pricing in a small chance that the acquisition won't go through (maybe due to FTC clearance, but could be other due diligence related items).
Comment · 6 years ago
TheMelt wasn't in Y Combinator, but it is an interesting story.
Comment · 6 years ago
It depends on the price they paid for stock or the exercise price for stock options. If you were an early employee and your received options when the company was only worth $10m or something low, you could make money.
The risk is that one of the later investors had a ratchet or something that would allow them to claim more of the proceeds in a sale. You can't just take $220M cash, subtract $105M in funding and pass that to the founders and employees. The preferred shares were probably "participating" meaning they get a portion of the common.
Here's an example of a ratchet: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2015/11/07/unicorn-s...
Comment · 6 years ago
Came here to comment this.
Comment · 6 years ago
Does anyone have any theories as to how Nanite actually works? I've never heard of virtualized micropolygon geometry before and it sounds a bit buzzwordy. Do we think they are just loading the full model into GPU memory, or are they baking down various LODs and normal maps at compile time through some automatic process? Either way, it's a huge workflow improvement. It's just unclear what's actually happening...
Comment · 7 years ago
Agreed, Peopleware is great. Very good for engineering leadership specifically.
Comment · 7 years ago
Just shared a google sheet with you.
Comment · 7 years ago
Highly recommend the Space Engine subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengine/
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