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Orasyesterday at 5:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

I wasn't criticising his scientific contribution at all, that's why I started my comment by appraising what he did.

Creating a startup has to be about a product. When you raise 1B, investors are expecting returns, not papers.


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magicalistyesterday at 5:30 PM

>> but he had access to many more resources in Meta, and we didn't see anything

> I wasn't criticising his scientific contribution at all, that's why I started my comment by appraising what he did.

You were criticising his output at Facebook, though, but he was in the research group at facebook, not a product group, so it seems like we did actually see lots of things?

JMiaoyesterday at 7:28 PM

they are not expecting returns at 1B+, just for some one to pay more than they paid six months ago