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I’m putting an offer on this home; no joke.

Would not be good for Western Union

I don't think it does at all, what are you asking?

It wiped my playlists. Every time I restore my playlist backup it syncs and rewipes it. Will report back when I figure out the fix

Sierra wiped my iTunes library

For VCs that want to invest in VR this is the logical place; it is too early to invest in apps and too late to get in to the hardware.

UBER has sustained growth and momentum which provides access to capital so they can to pay win at the moment. The OP's article is contextual to a startup running out of cash (e.g. < 2 months) which happens because the startup hasn't sustained growth and investors are no longer interested.

likely the company that provides the data source would be more liable

good idea, thanks!

They are sourced through various channels and job posts. They are typical every day consumers, which is great for many products but less so for SaaS and enterprise products.

It is powered by a distributed network of people but they're bolstered by a lot of software. This gives a very personalized experience while gaining the efficiency of software behind the scenes.

likely first or second employee that joined the company

this is how you earn revenue as an OSS platform company (once you get it in the hands of everyone aka build a network)

when you fill out the LCA, you only supply base - not total compensation

You must not have watched the Ted talk which makes a very compelling case to why its a bad flag. The video talks about how great flags, like chicago's, are flown everywhere and bad flags are not.

I grew up about an hour north of Chicago and an hour south of Milwaukee; I visited and worked in both cities. I've never seen the Milwaukee flag but I always saw the Chicago flag around.

Congrats Kathryn and Alex!

I read it more about Robert Aumann believing in bible code[1] then that he is an Orthodox Jew.

That said, I'm surprised to find Ray Kurzweil's and Elon Musk's ideas in the same group as bible code and water memory.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code

acquihires are one way

ultimately passwords can be changed; internal chat messages regarding personal and confidential data can not be taken back.

No financial or payment information was accessed or compromised in this attack.

This wouldn't be my first concern. It would be all of the confidential communication that happens within slack.

This.

I liken it to Segment.io who managed to move up the analytics stack and being the integration point for a product. This lowers the switching costs to using other analytic services and gives Segment all the leverage to create the highest value products in the future and offer one button migration. Additionally they have efficient platform economics with their emerging app-store. If I was an analytics provider I'd be really worried about Segment. Now Magic has something that could be similar, defaulting them to owning all the relationships with the consumer in the very hot on-demand industry.

You're right. I didn't intend to indicate that it was PG's quote - I can see the mistake now though.

I found the quote here http://www.paulgraham.com/quo.html

Somewhere between $1.00 and 16 billion

congrats @tarof and team!

Employers can create separate log-ins for employees to use with their Work accounts, or users can link these up with their other profiles to access everything in one place.

Doesn't look like you have to have personal account or link it.

Many assembly.com products are just launching now so it's early but a few products are passively paying upwards of $1,200+ to members each month for their previous contributions.

that is coming. We're releasing version 2 of the platform shortly

These are good points, especially the comparison with the other marketplaces, along with more informed breakdown of what you guys offer. I think the idea is novel (at least it is to me, I haven't seen another effort like it yet other than the open collective idea I mentioned earlier), and I think it's really interesting.

Thanks!

If I could put it in a sentence, I might say that this system makes it easier to treat people as cogs.

I appreciate the candid feedback but this is the opposite of what Assembly is about; cogs don't make great products with care and attention.

The internet is best at bringing people together to create something bigger then what any one person could do alone. Open Source and Wikipedia are examples of what can be created this way. I believe this is the case because of an open collaborative model - where people that love what they do can do so with their peers. They are free to create and innovate how they want, on what they want, and where they want to - ultimately leading to our best work.

Assembly is trying to give people working alone on passion products the boost of an entire team of diverse skills and engaged partners - only there because they care about what they do - while at the same time ensuring all those participating can be fairly rewarded with any success that they create.

The best thing I can suggest is get involved with one of the existing community products first. See how the community helps each other and determine if there is value for your product. This is the path that founders have done in the past before eventually migrating their side products to the Assembly community. You can always email us if you have specific questions about the process.

Hi @semiel. This is our vision and we're hopefully iterating towards a more perfect solution. We've thought intensely about the details but in reality, we're still learning from the community and constantly finding opportunities to improve. My email is matt@assembly.com if you ever want to share specific thoughts - they are helpful.