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New comment by lanrh1836 in "Andy Rachleff on 35 years in Silicon Valley, Wealthfront and telling stories"

lanrh1836 — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:00:50 +0000

I normally wouldn’t raise it if I couldn’t independently verify it happened myself, but this person is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, so I totally believe it. They left a very cushy job to take a job at Wealthfront, so leaving after a few months had to take something pretty substantive.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Andy Rachleff on 35 years in Silicon Valley, Wealthfront and telling stories"

lanrh1836 — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:00:21 +0000

I have worked with someone who used to work at Wealthfront, and said that he had said to them “do not speak to me unless I speak to you.” They left within months of starting.

Lambda School fined $75k by CA for operating without state approval [pdf]

lanrh1836 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:10:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/actions/lambdainc_ord.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20555351

Points: 338

# Comments: 337

Ask HN: Best practices for leaving crypto in a will?

lanrh1836 — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:56:15 +0000

Does anyone have experience on how adding crypto holdings in a will and best way to store information like private keys, seed phrases, location of cold storage wallets etc that are only accessible if you pass away?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20511507

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies"

lanrh1836 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000

It is risky. Why work at a unproven startup doing something really hard for $150k and equity of questionable value when you can work at a FANG for $350k/year doing less work?

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies"

lanrh1836 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:45:09 +0000

Google acquired DeepMind...

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies"

lanrh1836 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:28:04 +0000

I just finished the Eric Weinstein/Peter Thiel podcast, and came away mostly agreeing with their assessment that we’ve really stagnated when it has come to progressing scientifically.

I definitely feel like there’s this illusion of tech innovation coming from these big companies that suck up all the tech talent, but at end of day the best and brightest are working on optimizing ad clicks (FB, Goog) or getting people to buy crap (Amazon) or working on incremental hardware improvements (Apple).

If anything, I would hope any outcome against big tech would level the playing field when it comes to attracting talent, and create an environment where working on true “moonshot” tech was not so risky.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales, Loans"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:39:59 +0000

Yeah I’m referring to basically that, except it would be customized so that they’d be pay by 15m and put in public spaces or coffee shops instead of private offices. I have used them at companies I’ve worked for and they’re great, but thinking more about the remote worker or freelancer out in public (not at an office or coworking space) who might want to pay a few bucks in an otherwise loud public space for a quiet place to talk a call.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales, Loans"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:11:28 +0000

Yep, true. The single person booths would still be interesting for most remote workers though and don’t take up much space at all

New comment by lanrh1836 in "WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales, Loans"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:00:29 +0000

I’ve been playing around with the idea of building on demand phone booth conference rooms (the ones you see in coworking spaces) but reservable in 15m blocks that open with a code from an app. Could partner with coffee shops or even cities for people who need some sound proof time while out and about to take a call, zoom into a meeting while out in public, etc.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and turmoil"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:45:05 +0000

Isn’t that the whole story behind the linked article?

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Building the New Twitter.com"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:22:31 +0000

Eh to me part of the appeal of Twitter is It’s a very unopinionated social networking tool, which means there’s 1000 ways to use it.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and turmoil"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:11:27 +0000

Surprised Match hadn’t bought Grindr long ago.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Building the New Twitter.com"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:39:41 +0000

I find it all so bizarre. Everything from how big the font size is in the left nav, to the ordering of the nav items, to how the feed and right nav scroll together (can’t see the top of the right nav if you scroll down the main feed) to how huge tweets with images appear (can only see 2 tweets if they contain images on a massive desktop screen) to the fact that you cant resize the left or right nav on your own...

New comment by lanrh1836 in "The Rise and Fall of French Cuisine"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:59:36 +0000

Perhaps I made some classic tourist mistake, but when I was in Paris last year I felt like every mid-priced French bistro was extremely mediocre and overpriced. Menus all the same and food did not taste fresh at all. Wine bad too.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day"

lanrh1836 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:51:41 +0000

Given the algorithmic pricing on a lot of things (everything?) sold on Amazon there’s probably money to be made building some bot that checks for pricing mistakes and buys when one is found.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers"

lanrh1836 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:41:07 +0000

Personally I haven’t found the quality of Netflix originals to be anywhere close to the same level as HBO. Their approach is more “consistently release a ton of average quality shows” and hope a few stick. Will be interesting to see if that actually work long term.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers"

lanrh1836 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:20:29 +0000

Yikes. A little more than half the estimate. I’m pretty sure that is the worst miss the company has ever had.

With recent news that reruns like the Office and Friends are leaving next year, it would be really funny if a large chunk of Netflix subscribers are literally subscribing just to watch decades old reruns. It could be a bit of an Emperor Has No Clothes situation for them.

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’"

lanrh1836 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:26:28 +0000

Curious how a self driving car would’ve responded in the NYC blackout, and to Good Samaritans directing traffic at various intersections

New comment by lanrh1836 in "Dean and Deluca Is Closing Its Stores"

lanrh1836 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 03:08:57 +0000

It’s pricey, but it feels like a Disneyland for foodies, which is what D&D should have tried to do and why AFAIK they keep expanding worldwide (just saw a new one on the Strip in Las Vegas, no less). Also the restaurants and rooftop in the one in NYC are all great as far as atmosphere goes. Food is reasonable IMO.