I started Inquiry [1] to share a thought-provoking article, podcast, video, or other link every evening that shares a new way of looking at the world.
Simply put, I try to share smart people discussing interesting things, regardless of whether or not I personally agree with them. I think there's a gap in curated content that is genuinely interesting and thought-provoking.
Over the past few weeks we’ve covered futurism, public health, charitable giving, policing, medieval warfare, cancel culture, happiness, investing, finance, geography, math, and much more.
This is good advice. I'm hesitant to switch to a tablet because he already knows how to use a laptop and has never used a tablet before.
I agree with you. Especially the focus on security / 2FA has made it very hard to monitor his accounts, which is good and bad I suppose. For example, I changed his gmail 2FA phone number to mine yesterday, and they changed it back today. That's already a huge task when helping him remotely.
Websites are also getting much more complex which makes everything worse. For example, the new gmail minimizes the navigation tab on the left unless you hover over it. That's awesome for me, but TERRIBLE for him.
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This is an acceptable ask in the companies I've worked in the U.S., especially for a small business. My experience is that people will email you much less than you expect, and it's just for emergencies
How is this article on the front page of HN? It conflates cash flow with net income, and shows a lack of understanding of the business models of these companies.
Also... "why did we allow so many unprofitable companies IPO? When did losing money become acceptable and the new normal for publicly traded companies?"
This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how public markets work.
I've worked on many cost cutting projects in the past, in consulting and private equity where cost-cutting was the norm. These statements very easy to say in retrospect.
Many studies show that private equity owned companies, which typically run businesses the leanest, actually perform better.
I completely disagree. The new tools (bubble, zapier, airtable, webflow etc.) are an order of magnitude easier to create applications (and even relatively complex ones!)
That's actually really hard. Funds sometimes take 1+ years to raise, and then they can invest over a period of 2-4 years with capital committed for 10 years. Hard to time that
I started Inquiry [1] to share a thought-provoking article, podcast, video, or other link every evening that shares a new way of looking at the world.
Simply put, I try to share smart people discussing interesting things, regardless of whether or not I personally agree with them. I think there's a gap in curated content that is genuinely interesting and thought-provoking.
Over the past few weeks we’ve covered futurism, public health, charitable giving, policing, medieval warfare, cancel culture, happiness, investing, finance, geography, math, and much more.
Wanted to share with HN as well!
[1] https://inquiry.substack.com