Hacker News: rkk3

New comment by rkk3 in "Murder-Suicides by Pilots Are Vexing Airlines as Deaths Mount"

rkk3 — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:12:16 +0000

And just like school shootings, that German pilot studied MH370. The MH370 pilot likely did the same thing. He was separated from his wife & at his house they found he practiced the crash route on Microsoft Flight simulator.

New comment by rkk3 in "Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users"

rkk3 — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:49:19 +0000

Surprised it's even that high, I tried to switch to Firefox the other month for privacy but gave up because it crashed on me it-least once a day.

Edit: thanks for the downvotes, I would have preferred if it worked but it didn't. I tried basic troubleshooting, disabling extensions etc. but didn't find it usable on macOs Monterey, think it doesn't play well with youtube.

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: Need advice about co-founding a startup with a VC and equity"

rkk3 — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:06:33 +0000

> Work with 3 incredible guys that I trust

Do you actually trust them? It sounds like they haven't lived up to what you feel was promised in terms of helping with the GTM and getting the business off the ground.

You gave up control very early for money. Who knows if it was a good decision or not, but if you aren't at peace with the deal you made that is a very shaky foundation to be starting on.

> While the time with them is very helpful, I can't shake the feeling that if I'm doing 99% of the work + came up with the idea, I'm better of finding a co-founder and start my own company.

Since you are not CEO, presumably they own your IP - so your options may be limited with striking out on your own.

New comment by rkk3 in "How San Francisco became a failed city"

rkk3 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:00:28 +0000

> I think that depends where you land.

"dystopia: an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice"

That doesn't preclude rich people. In fact having rich people help with the contrast, like in the article where a human beings body rotted on the sidewalk for a day outside a 5 million dollar home.

New comment by rkk3 in "How San Francisco became a failed city"

rkk3 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:12:22 +0000

> The best way to describe San Francisco is that it feels like living in a cyberpunk utopia.

Utopia? More like a Cyberpunk Dystopia...

> Look at the actual numbers though and, at least officially, it’s not that bad. A city of ~800,000 residents has ~8,000 people living on the streets[1]. Around 1%, same as the ratio for USA as a whole with 580,000 homeless people[2].

1% of the US would be around 3 Million people...

New comment by rkk3 in "How San Francisco became a failed city"

rkk3 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:03:29 +0000

And with outdoor restaurants it's possible to combine the thrill of potentially being randomly assaulted with the pleasure of fine dining!

New comment by rkk3 in "Musk SEC Filing"

rkk3 — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:50:58 +0000

Sort of ignores that during this period they were fighting the US. federal government and their product development gotten taken over by lawyers

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: Need help in understanding private equity offer"

rkk3 — Mon, 30 May 2022 16:24:10 +0000

Well then the information you shared strains credulity, facts seems inconsistent & extremely odd- Why is a 17MM financing even worth mentioning if its worth 70B? And there are only a handful of companies even in that ballpark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_compan...

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: Need help in understanding private equity offer"

rkk3 — Mon, 30 May 2022 16:22:00 +0000

> if it goes for a piddling $500M your friend gets ~$11K over 3 years

They would get 0, you aren't accounting for seniority.

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: Need help in understanding private equity offer"

rkk3 — Mon, 30 May 2022 15:54:14 +0000

Could be but with 607.5MM shares outstanding, that 10k full vest would have a FMV of of a few hundred dollars - they wouldn't even need to give options

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: Need help in understanding private equity offer"

rkk3 — Mon, 30 May 2022 15:40:43 +0000

> at a valuation of $70B.

> it is a very early stage startup.

One of these does not fit.

New comment by rkk3 in "Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers"

rkk3 — Mon, 30 May 2022 15:36:31 +0000

The strategy is to focus on the 600 enterprise companies that are responsible for 75% of their ARR & to cut marketing expense and R&D. Seems reasonable.

New comment by rkk3 in "Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox"

rkk3 — Sat, 28 May 2022 18:28:53 +0000

I wanted to switch to Firefox, but gave up because it kept hanging on me with only a couple of tabs open.

New comment by rkk3 in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

rkk3 — Wed, 25 May 2022 21:26:19 +0000

Try boardgamearena for Through the Ages & Dominion.games for dominion

New comment by rkk3 in "Microsoft employees say 'golden boy' executives are still running wild"

rkk3 — Wed, 25 May 2022 19:34:21 +0000

Not people I'd want to work with but surprised how tame the alleged mis-behavior is, wasn't worth reading.

New comment by rkk3 in "Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China"

rkk3 — Tue, 24 May 2022 22:53:25 +0000

Probably because of 'Romance of the Condor Heroes', the series defined the Wuxia genre & the sinkhole is a major plot point. In the west similarly a lot tropes of get lifted from LOTR

New comment by rkk3 in "Why aren't fentanyl test strips more widespread? (2021)"

rkk3 — Mon, 23 May 2022 23:57:04 +0000

Should really just start selling "Illegal Drugs" in standardized doses like alcohol and pharmaceuticals so people don't get surprised. Drug users may be rational but individual testing puts a huge burden on the consumer that many aren't going to want to pay for in the name of preventing a tail risk.

New comment by rkk3 in "Kids are far behind in school"

rkk3 — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:06:48 +0000

> Well, to anecdotally back you up, in Massachusetts with the #1 public schools in the country

Maybe they have the "best overall public school systems" but looking at individual public high schools Massachusetts doesn't even make the list till #26 and then not again until #153 in the national rankings

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search

New comment by rkk3 in "Kids are far behind in school"

rkk3 — Mon, 23 May 2022 15:58:22 +0000

For college graduates in the US, high school is typically not something included on your resume. The only time it'd makes sense to include is if it's a flex, like if you went to Philips Academy or somewhere "special".

New comment by rkk3 in "Kids are far behind in school"

rkk3 — Mon, 23 May 2022 14:34:16 +0000

> or that employers in the future will note that they graduated later in life and thus pass them over for a different candidate?

How would a potential employer know they were graduating college at 24 vs 22, and without knowing the reason for the difference why would they care. "I'm afraid we can't hire you at FAANG, it seems you had to repeat the first grade 15 years ago."