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"AI16Z" class action alleges founders misled investors in $2.6B crypto scheme(claimdepot.com)
3 points by willyg123 5mo ago|0 comments
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Mercor faces class action lawsuit after supply chain attack(claimdepot.com)
4 points by willyg123 6mo ago|0 comments
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by willyg123 1y ago
There's a YC company solving for this, Papa.com
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by willyg123 2y ago
those were both interesting and worth the time to read. thanks for sharing.
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Police arrest four suspects linked to LockBit ransomware gang(bleepingcomputer.com)
4 points by willyg123 2y ago|2 comments
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Clearview AI settles class action for 23% of its equity at IPO(claimdepot.com)
2 points by willyg123 2y ago|1 comments
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Chase Bank Accidentally Posts Transactions in Other Customer Accounts(claimdepot.com)
27 points by willyg123 2y ago|8 comments
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by willyg123 3y ago
Replaced "AI" with "WMDs" and it reads like the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that was the precursor to invading Iraq
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Roku data breach: Over 15k accounts affected(claimdepot.com)
113 points by willyg123 3y ago|63 comments
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by willyg123 4y ago
Is it though? I'm not a VC but $142m (questionable source) [1] at 100% growth YoY [2] seems like it could make the valuation reasonable. It's critical infrastructure for a lot of Ecommerce companies. [1] https://getlatk
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by willyg123 5y ago
> She opened up her laptop, *fired up* Excel... "fired up" in this context needs a place in the CS Hall of Fame
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by willyg123 5y ago
> So we replaced something that sucked with something that sucks just as bad but it has an app. Genuine question: have you ever lived in NYC?
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by willyg123 5y ago
What is the prevailing theory to explain quantum entanglement? Must there be another dimension we cannot access or measure that is not subject to the laws of relativity? (I understand the laws of relativity break down at the quantum level b
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by willyg123 5y ago
This is an enjoyable and worthwhile lecture by Jocelyn Bell, who discovered pulsars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-335gUOvdhA
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by willyg123 5y ago
The next time I make the case for accounting to be a required course in high school I'm going to reference to this thread as Exhibit A: Assets & Liabilities Illiteracy .
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by willyg123 5y ago
> No, there is actually cancelling debt. There is also forcing someone else to pay, but that’s a different thing. How are these different things? -Money was disbursed to the university. That money came from somewhere! -If the loan gets c
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by willyg123 5y ago
> If I declare a banana to cost $1,000,000 but you can get it for the low price of $1 with a loan of $999,999 today and that loan gets canceled, does that mean someone else has to pay me the remaining sum? In this case you are the mercha
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by willyg123 5y ago
> (highly paid execs...) EDX's IRS Form 990 for 2020 shows five executive making over $800k [1] [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460...
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by willyg123 5y ago
Dru from Trends.VC compiled a list [1] of businesses that run on no-code tools but you have to be a subscriber to see all of them. [1] https://trends.vc/trends-0063-micro-saas/
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by willyg123 5y ago
Someone please ELI5 how this might impact the Grammarly Chrome Extension. Thanks in advance!
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Ask HN: Is $350k CEO salary normal for pre-launch company that's raised $2.2m?
5 points by willyg123 5y ago|3 comments
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by willyg123 5y ago
His prior company, ConferenceBadge.com, was bootstrapped too [1]. If his prior company was venture backed, I would agree with you. This is a completely new business and target market so I don't think it can be considered an expansion e
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by willyg123 6y ago
No matter if you think we're in a bubble or if this valuation supports your view that we are in a bubble, at the end of the day we are all losers who have decided to spend our precious time on a Friday night glued to HN.
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by willyg123 6y ago
Jacquard is French for "Solution in search of a problem"
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by willyg123 6y ago
That homepage has a lot going on
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by willyg123 6y ago
Too bad every user signed an arbitration agreement which prevents class actions from moving forward https://cdn.robinhood.com/assets/robinhood/legal/Customer%20...
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by willyg123 6y ago
There isn't a case because every user signed an arbitration agreement that prevents a class action from moving forward[1] [1] https://cdn.robinhood.com/assets/robinhood/legal/Customer%20...
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by willyg123 6y ago
> why wouldn't G*gle wait until they were "killed" so they could come in and buy their business for pennies on the dollar? The company waiting for this to happen missed out on the deal.
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by willyg123 6y ago
I don't think there's much doubt that social media platform algos increased the flaming the flames over a period of years. What we're talking about here is their role as a means of communication over days/weeks. If we a
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by willyg123 6y ago
When I lived in NYC I remember the first day it reached 50 degrees, sometime in late March or April, you would see people walking around in tee shirts. Now that I live in Miami, 50 degrees is cause to break out the warmest clothes you own.

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