Paddywack

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by Paddywack 2mo ago
A few years ago I was considering setting up something like this for B2B startups that get stuffed around / dragged along / ghosted by corporates to try and change behaviour. Including positive reviews…
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by Paddywack 8mo ago
This reminded me of a friend of my dad’s from South Africa - Don (Donald) Devine, who bought into a the Lighthouse Depot years ago and rode the (then) lighthouse fad. It was amazing seeing this successful large scale businessman turning his
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by Paddywack 1y ago
Can you recommend where to find beginners projects that “do stuff”.
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by Paddywack 1y ago
My first big startup had the following on the cover of the business plan (it disrupted consulting): “Some think, Some do, Some both, But few”. Got that from a lecturer.
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by Paddywack 1y ago
I’ll try, but not succeed with a view from Australia.. Companies and governments have been concerned about data and AI sovereignty, and chip (processing) access. The new risks imposed by the USA are increasing this concern / push. So,
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by Paddywack 1y ago
Reminds me of something that a Telco exec once said in jest - “A bank can track which hotel you stayed at last night, the Telco knows who you slept with”
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by Paddywack 1y ago
I may write a post. A lot of the effort was removing weight without killing the aesthetics. It has been an awesome outlet for creativity and fiddling. I have built everything myself, with input from tradies - everyone just loves helping. Ma
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by Paddywack 1y ago
I randomly bought a fire truck a few months ago. I was looking for something to convert into a camper van, and found my truck: (A) low mileage, compared to other trucks because of the usage. Ambulances etc. are super high mileage. (B) they
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by Paddywack 2y ago
In developing countries (Africa, South Asia, South America) many of the banks were disrupted by mobile payments providers. Granted, it was more that they missed servicing the 80% of their markets that were unserviced but still needed to do
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Apple to pay $95M to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping(apnews.com)
21 points by Paddywack 2y ago|14 comments
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by Paddywack 2y ago
I often tell my people to “stop decking around”, or “don’t be a deckhead”…
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by Paddywack 2y ago
Out of interest, who would be in the top X of that list?
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by Paddywack 2y ago
> So AI isn't really a tool for creating substance. It's a tool for automating impression management. I was speaking to a design lecturer the other evening. His fascinating insight was that: 1. The best designers get so much fu
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by Paddywack 2y ago
That’s fascinating. I get a big mental hiccup when trying to reference a group and am fearful to use the wrong terminology in case it causes offence / hurt / outrage. I never mean malice, and it’s especially bad when a term change
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by Paddywack 2y ago
Years ago Johannesburg put in an Olympic bid. Because of the high altitude (1753m) they had issues affecting a number of disciplines when it came to records due to the thinner air... If I recall correctly: - Javeline would go further (less
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by Paddywack 2y ago
I wonder if SpaceX could put cameras on the far side of the Starlink satellites to make a network gazing outwards. To help compensate for the frustration they are causing astronomers…
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by Paddywack 2y ago
I’m not a scientist, but is it not at terminal velocity for most of the way down by definition? So it’s not slowing down to reach terminal velocity, it’s just that the resistance becomes higher thus reducing terminal velocity?
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by Paddywack 2y ago
Thanks - such an awesome perspective! I’ll pay more attention to the character and see how it goes! It will save a lot of internal frustration if I nail that!
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by Paddywack 2y ago
Mmmm. I think I intuitively study like this, but I often have issues recalling the original word. For example - remembering “shy” for the dwarf “Bashful”, my brain will cycle through heaps of synonyms trying to pick which one is right (whil
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by Paddywack 2y ago
Could he not just have bought the rights from the studio that owns “Her”, and have been in the clear?
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by Paddywack 2y ago
I was brought to Pakistan in 2008 to help lead the launch of EasyPaisa, a mobile money platform. It was extreme, not only due to the scale of the launch (1000’s of branches on day 1), the complexity of setting up cash logistics etc across t
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by Paddywack 3y ago
Then imagine it feeding all of this through Neuralink as extra senses...
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by Paddywack 3y ago
These kind of posts always remind me of a quote from the movie “life is Beautiful”… “There is nothing as necessary as the unnecessary…”
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by Paddywack 3y ago
A few years ago I was thinking of how to use powerlines to recharge drones using the electromagnetic field. Imagine a drone hanging from a line like a bat, recharging in remote areas. I think MIT had a patent for that. This could be the per
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by Paddywack 3y ago
Is this a possible solution? Gravitational lense telescope? https://youtu.be/NQFqDKRAROI?feature=shared
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by Paddywack 4y ago
Yep - I am curious as to where the mental health subject matter expertise and validation of outcomes fits into your budget (unless it is more a directory or something more “benign” not requiring that).
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by Paddywack 4y ago
Not 100% sure I agree… https://www.ourherd.io/ has had really strong feedback that it has had a positive impact by actually being a social app tailored for mental health…
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Ask HN: The Future for Strategy Consulting?
2 points by Paddywack 4y ago|1 comments
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by Paddywack 4y ago
A bit off topic, but I love “learning to fly” by Pink Floyd… “Young tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit”.
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by Paddywack 4y ago
I worked in Bangladesh for 3 years, and it is such a land of contrasts. The main electricity supply company at the time was running manual billings from a big room filled with manual general ledgers, one “T” account per household. It is a h

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