That's pretty low and strict, I wonder what the reasoning for this is?
I would argue that most people looking to drive innovation have actually had some time to gather experience in some industry to see what opportunities exist to innovate on, so most candidates for this would definitely be above 25...
Our goal is to encourage the next generation to take more risks and make entrepreneurship more acceptable across European culture. We believe many VC products out there cater to entrepreneurs irrespective of age. By focusing on under 25 year olds we aim to support a younger set of founders that often don’t fit the requirements of venture investors. Backing first-time founders at a young age is more risky but it’s the bet we’re making to change the narrative of European entrepreneurship."
I mean I think it's great to fill the gap where venture investments are lacking, but then don't call it 'Project Europe' if it's an initiate with a rather narrow focus!
If I had to guess, it's because "old dogs can't learn new tricks" rationale whoch doesn't make sense. How about judging innovation on its merit regardless of age.
YouTube Music barely works, is terribly designed even by Google standards, lacks basic features any free music player had in the 90s, and they'll probably shut it down next week anyway.
Which basic features is it missing? And even if it is shut down (it is the result of the shutdown of Google Play Music, and there is no successor, so unlikely in the near future), you'll still have YouTube itself to listen music on, so no real loss there.
Seamless (gapless) playback (that actually works). Equalizer. Cross-fade. Volume normalization. Buttons that react when you click them, not 5 seconds later. Desktop app, I'll even take a shitty electron wrapper. Literally anything related to customization of the application/playback/UI/music library.
If I'm setting the bar too high, just playing audio without freezing or bugging out constantly would already be a huge improvement.
> there is no successor, so unlikely in the near future
What is Google's successor to Google+, Stadia, Reader, Wave, Buzz, Domains, blocklist feature, YouTube Streams, Inbox, Health, Answers?...
Depends. It can also mean "being aware (of something)": "(sich etw.) bewusst sein". In that sense I guess mindfulness could be translated this way (in case you're wondering, the German term for mindfulness is just "Mindfulness", just like the German term for computer is "Computer").
I'd go a bit more with "being (self-)aware". Being conscious sounds a bit more like a (positive) medical condition, compared to being unconscious, while awareness is more of a mindful thing.
He did not write the engine from scratch, he is using MonoGame a framework that takes care of graphics, audio and input:
https://www.monogame.net/showcase/
MonoGame is a rather shallow abstraction over DX9/10 era APIs, I don't think it's fair to say it "takes care" of much beyond wrapping some platform dependent code. The content pipeline in particular ranges from painful to unusable.
Isn't he completely anti-meat / pro-vegan?
His research is cherry picked to a large part and he usually cites epidemiological studies. At least he did when I got into nutrition.
Reading multiple books and doing research yourself is to recommend, at least there's one book with a whole website about the research used in each topic.
---> Boundless by Ben Greenfield.
Both "How not to Die" and "How not to Diet" contain hundreds and even into the thousands of references. All meticulously fact-checked by a team of researchers.
If all the research points to "meat" being problematic, wouldn't a truthful book be considered "anti-meat"? I am a meat lover myself, but Greger seems to follow the scientific process to the letter.
Quoting a lot of studies makes a great impression, but it's only worth it if you're not cherry-picking. Have you read the actual studies he's quoting? I did. Well, I read the first 50 or so. More times than not, they did not give what he says or he is interpreting the result so it matches what he likes them to say. Many are done badly. Many studies are done by hardcore vegans or animal right activists. He quotes the same studies multiple times, adding another references each time he quotes it again (making a great impression!).
A vegetarian diet may be the healthiest there is - I don't know. But Greger is biased for sure.
You are under 25 years old."
That's pretty low and strict, I wonder what the reasoning for this is? I would argue that most people looking to drive innovation have actually had some time to gather experience in some industry to see what opportunities exist to innovate on, so most candidates for this would definitely be above 25...
---------------------------------- Edit: Found the answer from their FAQ https://docs.google.com/document/d/11nM7i-WlGqgC9w_2uAl0LZVO...
"Why focus on 25 years and younger?
Our goal is to encourage the next generation to take more risks and make entrepreneurship more acceptable across European culture. We believe many VC products out there cater to entrepreneurs irrespective of age. By focusing on under 25 year olds we aim to support a younger set of founders that often don’t fit the requirements of venture investors. Backing first-time founders at a young age is more risky but it’s the bet we’re making to change the narrative of European entrepreneurship."
I mean I think it's great to fill the gap where venture investments are lacking, but then don't call it 'Project Europe' if it's an initiate with a rather narrow focus!