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by alfl 2mo ago
I don't think you wrote this comment. I think you typed it into a text box. RTFA - it's about using tokens to research saving tokens.
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by alfl 2mo ago
I did too, and made https://clawback.md -- trying to figure out how to market it now (ie, invented the tech before I found the user -- again).
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by alfl 3y ago
> Biggest scam of the century that governments have outsourced tax collection. Last century, but yes :)
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by alfl 3y ago
What subtype are you?
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by alfl 3y ago
If insurance companies add ethics clauses to contracts that refer to this, suddenly it’s very enforceable. “If we build that we’ll need an insurance waiver.” “We won’t be able to get cyber insurance if we do that.” Etc.
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by alfl 3y ago
> This process imprints holes – or no holes – onto the surface layer, which represents binary information. It’s high-density ceramic punch cards!
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by alfl 3y ago
Starting a small company doing a niche product, while easier said than done, provides significant benefits in recapturing your own time. When the baby won’t let you sleep you can have productive time without it feeling forced, you can take
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by alfl 3y ago
Also, regular hard exercise and/or martial arts training, particularly BJJ, is de riguer for stress management. When you get into YC one of the first things they tell you is to develop a regular physical health practice because startup
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by alfl 3y ago
I have set extremely clear boundaries on my time and enforced them religiously. This has caused massive problems, including potentially destroying my company. I have simply accepted those problems as the cost of reading my son bedtime stori
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Name Australia's Lunar Rover(consult.industry.gov.au)
2 points by alfl 3y ago|1 comments
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by alfl 3y ago
Cory Doctorow has pointed out [0] that binding arbitration clauses leave companies open to legal DDOS “mass arbitration” attacks that end up being very pro-customer. 0: https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/24/uber-
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by alfl 3y ago
We were W22. It was a HUGE batch and we were raising at a large valuation, during the boom, so the YC standard deal didn't make financial sense for us. IIRC as soon as we signed the deal they would have 10x'd. Overall, I think not
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by alfl 4y ago
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZePj70B4IwyNn1ABhJWmBPe... Building a house from selection of land through to selling at auction.
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Resolution: NYSE Opening Auctions Technical Issue on January 24(nyse.com)
2 points by alfl 4y ago|1 comments
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by alfl 4y ago
Yesterday the NYSE had a technical issue in its price bounds checking system that caused it to revert approx. 4,341 trades in 251 symbols. The root cause was determined to be a manual error involving the Exchange’s Disaster Recovery configu
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by alfl 4y ago
https://archive.is/zyEP1
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by alfl 4y ago
That's why companies should use tools like ours https://threeid.xyz to give users control of their data while keeping it decentralized. alex@threeid.xyz to get started with an HN discount.
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by alfl 4y ago
Bigger problem is the thousands of companies altering atmospheric chemistry with greenhouse gasses, not one tiny company trying to counteract them with sulfur.
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by alfl 4y ago
Christmas is celebrated as Christ’s birthday because 8 days later is New Year’s. This was set so that each year starts with a spiritual circumcision to consecrate it in Jewish law, and to “embrace and extend” existing pagan festivals. Sourc
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by alfl 4y ago
The parts of Saturnalia that are best, imo, are the parts borrowed from Christmas.
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by alfl 4y ago
Merry Christmas to all!
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by alfl 4y ago
Slightly disappointed this isn't about a Santa's North Pole-themed paperclip optimizer for toys, which is what I first assumed :)
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by alfl 4y ago
Yes, essentially: "are you full time?"
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by alfl 4y ago
The typical response (for example, I've seen Patio11 say this) is: don't make your life harder than necessary by including big life changes in your startup journey. Running a company is hard, do it the easy way. That said, I did t
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by alfl 4y ago
Fun question to reflect on answering! It's all about teamwork! I'm defining "impact" as user count: About 8 years ago I built (as tech lead) a very simple commenting system that is seen by about a million people a day wi
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by alfl 4y ago
Post is about taking short breaks between video meetings, and can confirm. When we did YC the partners told us that regular physical exercise was extremely important. For me, regularly lifting heavy weights prevents extreme stress from corr
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by alfl 4y ago
Cribbing from Eric Weinstein: there are no labor shortages in (reasonably) free markets. There are just supply/demand mismatches, especially through the pricing mechanism. Wages in real terms have been stagnant since the early-mid 70s.
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by alfl 4y ago
Their account got banned too many times :)
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by alfl 4y ago
tldr; switch your drink to soda and citrus. Regarding "hating yourself when you fail" -- a growth mindset helps with this kind of negative thought pattern, generally. You are making incremental, iterative progress not flipping a b
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by alfl 4y ago
Echoing some of the other posters here: Clojure is fantastic, hiring (several) Clojure developers is hard. Conversely, you can also get to the end of your roadmap quickly (Clojure being great) and end up overstaffed. There's a differen

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