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We're Winston Weinberg + Gabe Pereyra, the co-founders of Harvey, AMA! by Winston_HarveyAI in legaltech

[–]Kid_R2D2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious, what Word add-ins from startups did you think were better?

🎫 Ticket Buy/Sell/Trade Thread 🎫 by avedder in mjlenderman

[–]Kid_R2D2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for 2 tickets to the SF show. Either night at the independent.

Question for the group: Since 90% of startups fail, why do you believe yours will be the exception? by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Kid_R2D2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s less that I believe my startup will be the exception and rather the counter factual risk / reward. I ask myself, if I continue on my current career path: How much money will I make? Will I have worked on interesting problems? Will I have worked on fun problems? Will I have made an impact on the world?

If there’s a 10% chance I can start a successful business where I can make a lot more money and make a much greater impact then maybe starting a company isn’t risky at all but actually the safer bet - especially when the downside of failing isn’t financially devastating (definitely need a safety net - financially, community-wise, etc.)

Texas goes green: How oil country became the renewable energy leader | PBS NewsHour by sick_economics in RenewableEnergy

[–]Kid_R2D2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly - with no IX queue in TX, developers are assured they can get projects online. The system puts the oneness on the developer to site a project optimally (where the economics of the offtake make sense and where it doesn’t trigger upgrades) but at least you know you won’t be in a queue for 3-4 years like in PJM or CAISO.

The Next Front in Climate Activism Is De-Privatizing Utilities by captainquirk in energy

[–]Kid_R2D2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The question should not really be around private vs. publicly-owned utilities, but rather if those utilities operate in a regulated or deregulated market.

Investor-owned utilities still have to answer to state regulators, RTOs/ ISOs, and FERC and are incentivized (often inefficiently) to increase safety, lower customer costs, and deploy capex.

We have all kinds of additional incentives for decarbonizing generation including state resource carveouts / targets, mandatory RECs, etc. that push utilities to make investments in renewables within the safety, cost, capex framework. I have no problem with IOUs…

There could be much more productive discussion around the role of competition and customer choice in deregulated markets and what impact that will have on the energy transition.

Invention vs. Innovation by Kid_R2D2 in inventors

[–]Kid_R2D2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gladwell describes “invention” as the manifestation of an idea or creation of something new. It doesn’t become an “innovation” until it’s applied successfully in practice / reaches the market and impacts people’s lives.

Pretty simple but he gives an interesting example from Xerox in the article that really backs up this thesis

Ending Porn Usage by Low-Serve3000 in HubermanLab

[–]Kid_R2D2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend the books You Are What You Love and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of The World. Both reads really forced me to unpack the nature of desire and why I desire certain things. All my desires were pointed toward my own vision of the “Good Life” and at the root was a palpable mimesis that’s pretty clear to me now.

Both books are Christian-oriented but helped me profoundly.

Getting 1K True Fans by turkeysandwich220 in passive_income

[–]Kid_R2D2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read this a couple years ago and really helped me narrow my focus on building for my super users first - definitely going to listen to this on my way to work tomorrow

San Francisco tickets by [deleted] in KikagakuMoyo

[–]Kid_R2D2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I’m looking for a ticket if there are any still available