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kevando··on Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
hahah I know, right! I have such mixed feelings about this. There's no changing our actions during the cold war, and we should certainly better understand what happened, but doing so to help future makers of nukes? Very unsettling to say the least.
kevando··on Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?
Did you even read those links?
kevando··on Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?
You make lots of assumptions here. I'm not saying they're wrong, but don't assert these otherwise.

Some people just want to watch the world learn.

kevando··on Show HN: iPhone case that mutes your microphone
That's a bit tricky. We figured it the kickstarter gets a good response we will make that better. As it stands, the iphone has several mics and the os uses which ever has the best audio
kevando··on Show HN: iPhone case that mutes your microphone
oh man thats intense. we plan to release the CAD so hopefully someone can take it to that next level!
kevando··on Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO
ITT: I don't have a Visa card, how can they be worth $1T?
kevando··on Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO
From what I understand, IPOs are very complex, but an ELI5 goes something like this: They want to open the stock to the public without crazy volatility in price, so there is a "pre-IPO" where brokers get access to buy it at $17, then $18, etc. and when people stop grabbing - they open it to the public. I think the underwriter basically buys all the stock for $17/share and then they broker it out to everyone, so anyone that buys over $17 is profit to GS. And GS assumes the risk that they priced it correctly and Snap is happy with $17/share so they're cool with GS profiting
kevando··on FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger rollbacks
We need an NRA for the free internet.
kevando··on What I Heard from Trump Supporters
re: 1 I think it's 2 fold:

a) A really successful propagation of lies regarding her. I live in Ohio and get junk mail all the time, some of it is just absurd. They make claims about the terrorist attacks she allowed while "in office" as sec of state. Makes no sense.

b) They are quite possibly right and she is the worst. Look into the death of Vince Foster, whitewater, her suspicious reasons for hiding her email from the us government. There's A LOT of circumstantial evidence that she is beyond corrupt.

kevando··on Uber Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims by Ex-Employee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
kevando··on Deleting Uber is the least you can do
I feel like there is a "sacrifice for the greater good" mentality growing. Think about how many civilians the US govt killed in the middle east just so we could have decently priced oil. I think that mentality is bleeding into other areas, like Uber. The thinking goes: "We are the only ones working to solve transportation in ten years, so its okay if we are sexist today."
kevando··on Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for startups?
1 tip to improve your site, include the expertise next to the person.

https://i.imgur.com/KAPuVPv.png

For example, idgaf their name, let alone their username on a service I dont even use yet. This screen that should tell me everything, tells me nothing.

Best of luck. Promising idea.

kevando··on Trump’s F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules
DNC wants to eliminate a free internet as well.
kevando··on HN: What did you do the day after your company failed?
Yeah everyone's gonna react differently. I was hoping to hear some stories.
kevando··on HN: What did you do the day after your company failed?
That sounds like a valuable 2 months!!
kevando··on Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M
Can we all start using Trello clones as the tutorial substance? So in case Atlassian screws it up, we have 100s of developers that know how to re-create it? :D
kevando··on News Feed FYI: Addressing Hoaxes and Fake News
I know. This almost feels even bigger than politically motivated. This seems to me like a full on attack on the open internet. How quick before Edward Snowden is producing fake news and a new generation doesn't trust him?
kevando··on Snapchat Groups
What feature did they copy from WhatsApp?
kevando··on AngelList acquires Product Hunt
It looks like Product Hunt raised about $8 million. Can someone explain how this type of acquisition pays out?
kevando··on Why Snapchat didn’t give Spectacles to techies
This is a very good point. I understand the comparison to Google Glass, but I don't think it's fair. Google openly experiments. Snapchat openly does not.

Normally this wouldn't bother me, but I see so many early 'start ups' that are just experiments, but because we create benchmarks like this - they put on fronts to be more than they are and we get this ecosystem of show-and-tell.

kevando··on Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO
Interesting.
kevando··on Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO
MAGNIFICENT analysis.
kevando··on Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO
Maybe I'm alone here, but I love the way Evan and Snapchat, er Snap, communicate as a company. They are incredibly tight lipped, but also very honest and blunt. They've talked about this IPO for years, and made no secret about becoming a camera company.
kevando··on Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO
I won't tell you to 'produce some spectacles' but Snapchat has been incredibly blunt about their goals. They claim to be reinventing the camera, and with AR, that probably means lots of R&D $. So probably not spectacles, but their next camera products.
kevando··on Facebook is 1-2% responsible for the election?
Thank you Hacker News for being a place to notice this stuff
kevando··on Propaganda (1928)
This probably won't go over well here because reading this would take days. But I encourage everyone to at least read the opening message from Noam Chomsky, and provide their opinion. I love the HN community and you guys usually have perspectives I never considered.
kevando··on A Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires
Wow. I did this! And you're right it worked great! However, the candidate was a student with no experience so I did't pay him. I said here is the git repo to http://www.wookietranslator.com now go make some changes. 2 weeks later he figured out git, python, js and I was very impressed! Kudos.
kevando··on Slack may regret its letter to Microsoft
IIRC IRC doesn't switch messages to your phone when you close your computer. In fact I think IRC messages don't even tell the sender that you're offline.
kevando··on Mastering the Art of Data Preperation
Very interesting. I wish I had read this before I started my last project
kevando··on [dead]
A link to The_Donald has reached HN... The trolling has gone too far!
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