kak9's comments

On: How Y Combinator Started (2012)

[kak9]

Do you have link to original announcement?

On: ‘Story Of Your Life’ Is Not A Time-Travel Story

[kak9]

Just binge read this. It was great--any other recommendations?

[mrob → kak9]

I picked up the recommendation at Reddit's /rational/:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/

The sub-reddit was made in response to Eliezer Yudkowsky's "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", which I also enjoyed. Not everybody likes it, but even if you don't you'll probably find other works you'll like recommended there.

On: Beepi Winding Down After Burning Through $150M

[kak9]

Yup. People sometimes use ARR to mean multiple things. Previous poster was referring to run-rate which likely was the run rate for GMV--versys ARR which I assume you mean as annual revenue

On: Verizon Explores Lower Price or Even Exit from Yah...

[kak9]

Yes, but would be tough, since how could you guarantee you deleted the data you stole

On: Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO

[kak9]

Uber does not need the amount of money it raises because of vehicle automation. That's a relatively tiny portion of their spend.

[chejazi → kak9]

Where is the bulk of their spend? Hiring? Lobbying local jurisdictions?

[CN7R → chejazi]

Subsidies for drivers as Uber attempts to expand market shares overseas and maintain dominance over domestic competitors: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/uber-lose...

Honestly, the China gamble Uber had earlier this year shows me that they're spreading themselves too thin.

[TeMPOraL → chejazi]

I would imagine the latter. Conducting an illegal business in the open must be expensive.

On: Tips for Making It Small in Hollywood

[kak9]

Don't Think Twice is a fantastic movie. Highly recommend it

On: Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the ...

[kak9]

Think they mean the company was hiring one person. Not that they were looking for an unmarried person.

On: Why Uber Won

[kak9]

Don't think this article disagrees with most of your statements. The leverage of money is cyclical--so it's not incongruous that at different time periods the profile of growth vs profitability focus of startups funded varies.

On: Jet.com raises $500M from Fidelity at $1B pre

[kak9]

Why when you already got the post money equity at 33%...

On: Merch by Amazon

[kak9]

Many streamers/ esports teams / etc make good portion of their money from selling merch.

[shostack → kak9]

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the context.