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Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)

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What it is

Darius Kazemi's XOXO 2014 talk on releasing 72 weird internet side projects in a year. Framed as 'How I Won the Lottery,' it argues that success needs both luck and buying many tickets.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the favorite antidote to survivorship-bias success stories, arguing that trying many cheap things raises your odds.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “You can see an excellent talk about the difference here”

    Distinguishes how I won the lottery from how to buy tickets

    wmeredith, 2015-12 · Strong recommendation · in “How to Get a Job in the Tech Industry”

  2. “This reminds me of one of my favorite talks of all time[1].”

    Trying many things is the secret to success

    peterlk, 2016-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Evidence on how to find the right career”

  3. “Darius Kazemi's iconic 2014[1] talk”

    Iconic talk: advice on buying more lottery tickets versus winning the lottery

    psvv, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in ““”Here's the number I used to win the lottery“ –Entrepreneurs giving advice””

  4. “brutally hilarious”

    Brutally hilarious talk about winning the lottery

    didntreadarticl, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in ““”Here's the number I used to win the lottery“ –Entrepreneurs giving advice””

  5. “he releases dozens of side projects a year, all relatively low effort.”

    Kazemi on releasing many low-effort projects and unpredictable Kickstarter success

    neilk, 2015-07 · Recommendation · in “Match Group Buys PlentyOfFish for $575M”

  6. “If you like this comic, you'll appreciate Darius Kazemi's talk "How I Won The Lottery".”

    Talk similar in spirit to the comic

    skrebbel, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “Survivorship Bias”

  7. “Here's a funny satirical antidote for "bet the farm" success-story fantasies like this one”

    Satirical antidote to bet-the-farm success stories

    namuol, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: side projects, survivorship bias, luck, indie creators, bots, xoxo

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