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AgalmicVentures
6y ago
It does matter -- he was one of the first "network developers". He published RFC 896 over 35 years ago; he has more experience on this topic than almost anyone. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what
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AgalmicVentures
6y ago
You're replying to John Nagle, as in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagle%27s_algorithm -- perhaps it would be worth considering his words further, before dismissing his concerns? Surely we can all agree that spi
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AgalmicVentures
6y ago
YubiHSM 2 has worked fantastically well for us as a root of trust in a variety of applications, at a very reasonable price ($650) (I am unaffiliated with Yubico other than as a very satisfied customer). Accessible over USB or HTTP, it suppo
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AgalmicVentures
7y ago
You're absolutely right about the various advantages of pagers over cell phones. On the other hand, all of that medical information goes over the air in plain text. It is trivial to capture and decode POCSAG [1], requiring less than $1
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AgalmicVentures
7y ago
Levenshtein distance is a metric [1] and discrete metrics can be indexed with BK trees, taking advantage of the triangle inequality. For a detailed explanation, see [2]. I know of no real world implementation of this, however. [1] https:&#
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AgalmicVentures
8y ago
It's possible to configure git so that git ush becomes git push; for example, this .gitconfig correct many common misspellings: https://github.com/AgalmicVentures/Environment/blob/master/c... Obviou
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AgalmicVentures
8y ago
Thank you so much for writing this. I've struggled with positioning for a long time, and although I have a niche, it was a challenge to communicate the value I offer in a succinct way. This nails it: > You don't just deliver c
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AgalmicVentures
8y ago
Yepkit [1] makes these! They have 3 port hubs for USB 2 and 3, as well as single port "hubs" -- all controlled through a simple command-line interface or Python API. They also have other good stuff like USB controlled relay boards
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AgalmicVentures
9y ago
Would this still be covered under the original patent until 2029 [1]? [1] https://www.google.com/patents/US8213745
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AgalmicVentures
9y ago
Disclaimer: I am not an accountant and I am definitely not your accountant. You are correct to say that you can contribute 25% of compensation. However, your wages are different than your profits, even as a self-employed person. Let's
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AgalmicVentures
9y ago
Disclaimer: I am not an accountant and I am definitely not your accountant. Heads up that you can only contribute 20% of your earnings up (up to the limit) to a SEP-IRA. This is because you can contribute up to 25% of your taxable income, b
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AgalmicVentures
9y ago
Expanding on this, for anyone who wants to read more, http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/ is a good resource.
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AgalmicVentures
10y ago
And to extend your thought further, should US based VC's be backing this? NSO is backed by San Fransisco based Fransisco Partners [1]. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nsogroup-m-a-idUSKCN0SR2JF...