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Answer: Not commenting on any particular entrepreneur or startup.​.​.​ What we h.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest When a founder is already wealthy, why would they need or want venture capital for a new startup? Marc Andreessen, worked at Facebook Written Jun 5, 2012 Not commenting on any particular entrepreneur or startup... What we hear from wealthy founders who raise venture capital for a new startup: ... Read More » Why is the speed of light so slow? David Kitson, Want to read great science fiction? Turing Evolved - Best Technothriller 2013. Updated Dec 11 Yes, I completely agree. I have never figured this out either and the first time I worked out how slow light actually travels was kind of an epiphany. It’s not that it’s slo...  Read More » If lightning hits the sea, how close do you have to be to the strike to be at risk? Lucas Martin, works at YMCA Written Jun 19 Unfortunately, when lightning hits the sea, the 300 million volts and 30,000 amps do not continue to spread vertically down the water, but rather horizontally. This means th...  Read More » How do you tell a programmer their code sucks? Barry Rountree, Computer Scientist, LLNL Written May 3 I've had to do this a few times. Here's what I've learned. If you've gone two months without a code review and you're just finding out now that the code sucks, that's your...  Read More » I accidentally left a big pot of turkey meatballs and red sauce out overnight. To eat or not to eat? That is the question. Jason Tan, B.S. Biology Updated Tue I definitely need to weigh in on this. I completely disagree with the other answers. (By the way, I’m a biology major and a medical student). They aren’t necessarily wrong. ...  Read More » What life lessons are counter-intuitive or go against common sense or wisdom? Jamie Beckland, Digital Roustabout Updated Sep 26, 2011 -Self promotion works: People like to hang around with people that impress them. You can't be obnoxious, of course, but don't wait for someone else to tell the world how aw... Read More » Why don't they generate artificial gravity in ISS by rotating the ship on its axis, to generate centrifugal force equivalent to gravity? Phil McClellan, works at International Trade Updated Apr 17 The rotating ship is simply Hollywood's answer to "Why aren't the actors floating around if they they are in space?" There are several reasons why the ISS does not. First, if...  Read More » What is it like to be a software developer in a Bank? Joe Francis, works at Planet Payment Written Feb 16 Honestly, things are a little different in a bank than in other software development shops, at least here in the United States. Key characteristics are: (1) Work is not ... Read More » How do psychopaths behave as children, especially around other children their age? Athena Walker, Psychopathy is present from the first breath one takes, to the last. Updated Nov 18 I was very independent. It never even occurred to me until later life that there was a concept that parents would “play” with their children. I never even thought about hav...  Read More » Why is the speed of light so small relative to the size of the universe? Gerard Bassols Updated Nov 19 That’s a good question since so many people imagine that the speed of light is very fast, when it is extremely, extremely slow in an astronomical context. And the only answ...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.