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butwhy··on Lessons Learned After Shutting My Startup, Following a Six-Year Struggle
$100k and a year to launch something?
butwhy··on New Shepard: Bezos claims success on second spaceship flight
I find it quite amusing that Bezos does this and what's everyone's first reaction? Let's find out what Elon has to say!
butwhy··on New Shepard: Bezos claims success on second spaceship flight
So.. they beat spacex?
butwhy··on Shark Tank increased our traffic by 1000x. Here’s how we handled it
Nothing in this post is particularly interesting, from an engineering perspective. Anyone involved with web hosting should be able to deploy sites like this to this standard, if not better.
butwhy··on Remember the guy who gave his employees a $70,000 minimum wage?
Can I get a tl;dr?
butwhy··on Jack Dorsey giving up 30% of his stake in Square to help underserved communities
Yes, I'm sure the high tier engineers living in SF are very undeserved.
butwhy··on Twitter announces layoffs
Hey, you stole Elon's schtick: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/652605371857530880
butwhy··on Tesla’s $140,000 Model X SUV Does 0-60 in 3.2 Seconds
Yes, because inexperienced drivers tend to buy $130k vehicles.
butwhy··on Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream
I'm sure the crowd would have loved to see a Walmart bag instead.
butwhy··on Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream
He seemed to get a bit technical when talking about filters. I wish he had been more clear and described exactly what the use of filters were to normal people. In that when you're in the vehicle, you'll be breathing in less toxins emitted by other vehicles etc.
butwhy··on Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream
Tesla are building a great brand and part of that comes from the presence of a visionary like him. I think a lot of people respect the fact he doesn't allow a PR person to BS the audience. But hey, they've come this far doing it this way so I don't see a need to change now.
butwhy··on Ask HN: How would you sell open source software?
Spend 5 minutes googling license types.
butwhy··on Ask HN: Do you feel guilty when you quit a job?
Man, you need to grow some balls. You should have negotiated the contract and emphasised that it isn't enough to live on and that you were promised more. If you were too shy to do that, then you'll have to live with the fact that you got yourself in a non-sustainable position.

And..... according to you, the company lied to you about a promotion and then didn't deliver. So YOU feel guilty about wanting to leave? Oh come now.

butwhy··on Our Team Won Startup Weekend and All We Got Was a Shitty New Boss
s/owns/has a copy of/g
butwhy··on Ownership Story: Why I'll Never Buy a Gas Car Again
Yeah, isn't it horrible how people buy things with the money they have.
butwhy··on Tesla's $35k Model 3 Sedan to Start Production in 2 Years
Thank you for the insight. I have noticed they have a habit of making big announcements very early and even if they end up being late a lot of the time, they continue this practice. So it must be worth it.
butwhy··on John McAfee AMA
Yes he is very good at explaining good practice, such as precise instructions on removing software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg
butwhy··on Tesla’s Model S P85D Scores 103 Out of 100 on Consumer Reports’ Ratings System
p90D is 300 miles. You drive more than 300 miles in a row without needing to piss, eat or stretch your legs, do ya, buddy?
butwhy··on Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch
"I've also never heard of anyone using Uber" - well they wouldn't be raising a billion dollars if everyone already used it, would they?
butwhy··on Learn the Command Line
So you don't personally like CC based on your experience of it 2 years ago, so what? You don't have to use it. It just so happens that a lot of people really like their service.

If it outputs bad candidates, as you claim, then you should have no problem beating them in job interviews.

butwhy··on Learn the Command Line
tl;dr "omg I'm scared of new people learning how to program because it threatens my job. I learned the hard way looking through old textbooks and new entrants shouldn't get to use a nice new service to learn because I didn't have that available to me when I started!"
butwhy··on Pyxley: Python Powered Dashboards
Hmm I have a python script that monitors a few datapoints but don't know how to appropriately save them and plot data on a graph/webpage. I might give this a shot?
butwhy··on The Electric Car
The comparison is between cars, not price. Prices will come down eventually. When the iphone came out, did you cry about how it will always be a niche product because the nokia 3310 is so much cheaper?
butwhy··on The Electric Car
If you're just commuting; charge it at your workplace? park it anywhere you can access a power outlet? If absolutely nothing is available, spend an hour of your time on the weekend using a supercharger.
butwhy··on Reddit’s Chief Apologizes After Employee’s Dismissal
Yes, that's horrible. If you're going to play a prank involving Hitler, it should at least involve Mountain Dew.
butwhy··on Petition: Step down as CEO of Reddit Inc
You could have said over 120k but decided to round down. Hm.
butwhy··on Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin
I am also surprised. I wonder what this is going to do for their SEO because there is a lot of content now missing once googles bot gets to some of these pages.
butwhy··on Ask HN: Do you have a spare domain that I could use?
$0.99 for a .com with godaddy.
butwhy··on Ask HN: What can I do to turn things around and make my 30's “good”?
Hmm you may like to see a medical specialist concerning your physiological symptoms re: relationship(s) with imaginary things.

OP if you really want to go down the religion route, I suggest you surrender your life to the flying spaghetti monster. Only in his grace and mercy will you ever be free.

butwhy··on Uber CEO Says He’d Buy 500k Self-Driving Cars From Tesla Motors
Fun fact: if Tesla remained at the same manufacturing speed they're at today, it would take them 10 years to fill this order.
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