Really glad to see this happen. I (MIT alum) think this was a legacy of the past that had to change - MIT was just hoarding too many IP addresses. Not blaming MIT - it was a historical artifact, but most other universities had released theirs over the years and MIT hadn't.
Readit Newsdpandey commented on MIT no longer owns 18.0.0.0/8 whois.arin.net/rest/net/N... · Posted by u/imjustapie
Honestly, why is this news? :)
not much of a "wilderness"
Silicon Valley has two major things going for it. Talent and money. Asians are intelligent and talented, if they were not they would not be pulling huge work loads in American univerisities. At this point they have lots of capital too as a result of the ascension of the economies in their respective countries. Your comparison of so-called elite universities is a false dichotomy, those work on different rules than technology. Technology does not recognize social status and all that other stuff. Technology belongs to no one and can be acquired by anyone with money and talent.
>Asians are intelligent and talented,
So are Europeans and Latinos and Americans and Arabs and Africans and dolphins.
The discussion isn't about race. It's about creating a culture and ecosystem of innovation. Which even other cities in the US have failed to replicate beyond modest successes.
So I'm not attacking you, but this article, without the sources and methods is basically useless?
It might as well read "Silicon Valley may well be a 7, but Asia is on its way with a couple of 2s and 3s."
Exactly. The article focuses on something marginal (number of large companies starting an 'innovation center' aka a tiny office in Silicon Valley has come down). The title is misleading because it makes you think it's talking about Silicon Valley being left behind in innovation.
What it actually talks about is 'large companies are opening more satellite offices around the world than in Silicon Valley in the last few years'.
The appropriate response to this article is: 'so what? How does that matter?'
If you interpret the title literally, it's probably true. It's not something to worry too much about, however.
Just like the rest of the world starting large universities has rarely had a negative effect on institutions like Oxford, Harvard or MIT, the rest of the world starting innovation center is unlikely to do much negatively to Silicon Valley.
Starting an 'innovation center' and actually creating lots of innovative companies (including some really large ones) are not the same thing at all. In fact, just like IITs are a great feeder into MIT or Stanford, some of the best companies outside Silicon Valley have become a feeder for the SV ecosystem.
I'm not saying it can't happen. I'm just saying quantity is not the same as quality, and quality innovation center is very hard to create without lots of quality people in all parts of the ecosystem.
This is a great question. And 6 months after the last update is a good time to be asking it.
It's much less efficient for both YC and individuals if every interested individual started emailing and asking for updates. Much better this way - after all that's why broadcast or pub-sub systems exist. HN is kind of a curated broadcast system.
It often happens that people who're working on the project might not find 'right now' to be the ideal time to share updates. This could be either because they're immersed thinking through a particularly challenging aspect of the problem/solution, or they feel a little lost (which is a normal feeling in the middle of ambitious projects). Sharing an update at that point makes you feel vulnerable, but that's exactly what you need to do.
Or it could be that they have a really promising angle and want to see more data before writing something up. The 'more data' approach is usually a mirage (promising approaches start showing potential even at early stages/small scale) and sharing progress helps the project even in that case. (For example, you might learn that a similar approach has been tried before, and here is what someone learnt).
dpandey commented on The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (2009) steveblank.com/2009/12/21... · Posted by u/RKoutnik
Thinking out loud: maybe "giving without expecting anything in return" ? Perks and compensation are things you mostly expect to get something back from.
Something genuinely nice/caring at the place I work now was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving where they just told everyone to go home after lunch and enjoy the long weekend.
That's a great example.
John Glenn was an engineer.
Lee Iacocca was an engineer.
Elon Musk is not an engineer.
"he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from its College of Arts and Sciences. Musk moved to California to begin a PhD in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University"
maybe not, but pretty technical.
A better example of a non-tech CEO of a tech company is Jack Ma, who was an English teacher.