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by alphast0rm 6y ago
Ethereum becoming the value settlement layer of Web 3.0 [1]. Stablecoins have proven to be the killer dApp and there are ~$10B in circulation currently [2]. [1] https://ethereum.org/ [2] https://stablecoinstats.
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by alphast0rm 6y ago
One of my last teams used gods from Greek mythology (e.g. Apollo [1], Ares [2]), and another nearby team used Pokemon names. Lots of folks started using similar naming conventions and eventually a clear naming manifesto was sent to all eng
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by alphast0rm 6y ago
Ben Thompson wrote an interesting article "What Is a Tech Company?" on Stratechery [1] recently where he discusses the trademark characteristics of tech companies and makes a convincing argument as to why Uber could be considered
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by alphast0rm 6y ago
"There is no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand. We have won that battle," Ardern said Monday. "But we must remain vigilant if we are to keep it that way." Asked whether New Zealand had eliminate
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by alphast0rm 6y ago
Hi HN, Happy to share Inverse, a Chrome extension that empowers teams to have conversations and share knowledge on any webpage. Unlike email or chat applications like Slack or Teams, where information is siloed inside each app, Inverse live
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Show HN: Chrome extension for team convos and knowledge sharing on any webpage(chrome.google.com)
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by alphast0rm 6y ago
Just an FYI but clicking on the link triggers Metamask's [1] Ethereum Phishing Detection, here's a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/p2m8nil.png [1] https://metamask.io/
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
ETH's all time high is $1,432.88 [1], so 32 ETH has only ever been worth $45,852.16 max. [1] https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
A good resource for comparing different VPN providers is the VPN Comparison by That One Privacy Guy [1]. I personally use Mullvad [2]. [1] https://thatoneprivacysite.net [2] https://mullvad.net/en/
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
Ben Thompson wrote an interesting article "What Is a Tech Company?" on Stratechery [1] recently where he discusses the trademark characteristics of tech companies and makes a convincing argument as to why WeWork is not one: So
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
Square's now shuttered Order app [1] also used to offer just in time order preparation [2]: > With the newest version of the app, Square will flip the model so that food will be prepared just in time for the customer arrive, thanks
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
If I click on any of the actual sponsor buttons it redirects to https://github.com/users/$user/sponsorship and 404's. Happening for anybody else?
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
Ouya is reaching its end of life on June 25th, 2019. [1] [1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/22/seven-years-later-the-ouya...
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
Zoom is a profitable company that plans to IPO this year: "Zoom has the very rare and valuable financial profile -- it's growing at over 100% a year and it's profitable" [1], they're not extinct! [1] https:/&#
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
For a single event, The International 2018 for Dota 2 had a prize pool of $25,532,177 USD [1] and "set the record for largest single tournament prize pool in esports history for the fifth consecutive year" [2]. [1] https:/&#
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
> Nobody takes BTC in exchange for goods and services, absolutely nobody. I was simply trying to show that your original statement was hyperbole, as there are clearly notable retailers that do. Also as a consumer, I don't see why yo
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
That's not true, there are large retailers that directly accept BTC, like Newegg [1] and Overstock [2]. There are also services like Bitrefill to purchase gift cards using various cryptocurrencies for use at places that don't dir
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by alphast0rm 7y ago
From Uber's Q4 2018 report [1]: Gross cash: $6.4 billion in unrestricted cash ($4.8 billion at end of Q3 2018, $4.4 billon in Q4 2017) [1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/uber-reports-3b-in-q4-re
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
I believe you are correct that it's not fractional, their website claims "100% Backed - Every tether is always backed 1-to-1, by traditional currency held in our reserves. So 1 USD₮ is always equivalent to 1 USD." [1] The whi
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Notch's (the creator of Minecraft) entries into Ludum Dare, a 48-hour video game development competition [1]. I only looked briefly on Twitch and his entry for #22 [2] was the only one I could f
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
Isn't that something that can be helped by having a good standard library though (e.g. STL)? OpenZeppelin [1] is one example that comes to mind. There are also other contract languages aimed to solve some of the limitations you mentio
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
That's explicitly called out by miedzinski, the PR author, in the discussion [1]--although for some reason it's mentioned as PEP 512 but links to the same page you mentioned. [1] https://github.com/python/mypy
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
This is a reference to the XKCD comic, Password Strength [1]. [1] https://xkcd.com/936/
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
Can you give some examples of existing companies you consider in that league?
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
A paper titled "Squaring Venture Capital Valuations with Reality" [1] was recently published by students at Stanford GSB that put forth a new model for valuing privately held companies [2]. If you consider "Table 8: Detailed
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
This aphorism is called Hanlon's razor for the curious. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
You can add this as a bookmark to circumvent the paywall (remove the parentheses in https though, works with WSJ/NYT/etc.): window.location.href='http(s)://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(w
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
Wow--props for your persistence. I thought the original blog post was bad. Hopefully this gets more visibility so it's escalated correctly.
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by alphast0rm 9y ago
Uber received a 17.5% stake in Didi as part of the deal [1], which is worth ~8.75B given their most recent raise at a ~50B valuation [2]. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/china-s-d... [2
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by alphast0rm 10y ago
> So, with that environment, company level discussion about family and fun just tend to ring hollow. The employer/employee relationship is transactional...we pay you to do what you do. The most accurate way I've heard the emplo

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