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Technology cost curves: the speed with which solar power cost fell beat the predictions by ~6X https://nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-should-you-have-kids.html?referringSource=articleShare…

6. Get pressKey question: What’s a unique, compelling, fresh story you could pitch press? Airbnb is one of the best examples.

1. Biology and computer science basicsAnalysis of biological data is just science! Combining a computer with biology. Molecular biology, etc. Biology is required for many of them.Being technical is definitely helpful when dealing with big data. Start here for bioinformatics.

Decentralized governance is at the heart of the ideological foundation of crypto: equal participation for all actors. The playbook of progressive decentralization is being followed by more decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. Users and tokenholders can now have more control over protocol parameters, treasury spending, and, in general, the... See more

Stop worrying and help respondents do the same Whenever you feel nervous during an interview, acknowledge the feeling and be open about it. This won't take away the stress, but it will ease it. If a respondent appears to be anxious, ask if the interview questions are making them feel that way.

How well you visualize something dictates how well you can achieve that thing: whether you'll be able to meet the goal, how you'll feel afterward, and whether you'll be able to handle a more difficult one.

A lot of products require a mixture of taste and customer obsession. So if you try to copy Amazon's PR/FAQ process without someone with product taste in the room, you're pretty likely to fail. There's also the tacit component to success, which is harder to articulate and, therefore, harder to acquire.

The Gutenberg diagram is easier for users to follow when you place the button in the bottom right corner of a dialog box. By placing your button in the terminal area, users will be able to see the primary action last, which improves both visual flow and task flow. Because there is a large visual separation between the two buttons, it is possible... See more

Implementing ML requires high coordination, highly skilled engineering, and product development. Baseten's co-founders were data scientists who scrappily became full-stack engineers so they could use machine learning to mitigate fraud and abuse and moderate user-generated content. At Clover Health, Amir led teams that developed machine learning... See more