KeatonDunsford

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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
With all due respect, it's a total fallacy that edtech has to be different from other industries. There's no physical force in the universe forcing education to be any certain way. So if one way is provably better, we should just
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Sounds good. Shoot me an email at keaton@bloomv1.org. Other social media info is in my HN profile page.
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
If you look over my application linked in the OC, you'll see our number one design goal is to connect users physically. There's something incredibly powerful about the social experience that school provides like you're descri
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
I've been incredibly inspired by YC and only mean for my criticism to be constructive. But by naming their edtech initiative "Imagine K12", they've already lost. I care as much about solving education as they do. I think
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Nope, which is why I applied. And I agree in the sense that I believe in YC more than anybody. But I disagree in the sense that no edtech solution to date is dramatically changing the world as much as a Facebook or Uber, so something must n
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
But that's my point. Uber and Airbnb and Bitcoin didn't confine themselves to laws in the beginning. They just built something that worked. Yes, now that they are big they are hitting legal obstacles (like NYC's ruling on Air
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
You may be right. But if I'm right, I'll help more kids faster. And that's what I care about. And I think I am right, because I see what I'm talking about every day. With the exception of a few incredible teachers and me
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
To be honest, I'm extremely disappointed in these guidelines, given that this is coming from YC. Why? They divert focus away from doing whatever it takes to make something incredible for users: underserved students in a failing system
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Silkworm son: "What's for breakfast?" Silkworm dad: "NANOTUBES."
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Hey Sam. I'm considering applying with my nonprofit edtech startup (a new crowdsourced education system that's peer-to-peer and mobile -- built around software, like Watsi). I'm a solo-founder still currently building the MVP
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
For a 2005 article, this is totally awesome, as well as that Steve Yegge response. But in 2016, it's hard for me not to get excited about what's seeming like Clojure's upward trajectory into the mainstream and want to jump on
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Relevant for both YC & Elon: Since it seems like every company trying to hyperscale is experiencing a desperate shortage of tech talent, how can we get more unexposed people excited about technology? If Elon didn't have an engineer
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
This is amazing. Instead of getting an apartment with my cofounder and office space for our engineers, I'm just going to have us get a fleet of these things. Would be so dope. Be anywhere -- SF, South Bay, Berkeley, LA, New York. Live
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Can imagine this will be impossible to force with the rise of decentralized exchanges for BTC and ETH like Bitsquare and EtherEx. But still... "The bill would prohibit a person from engaging in the digital currency business without enr
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An act to amend Financial and Corporations Codes relating to digital currency(leginfo.legislature.ca.gov)
65 points by KeatonDunsford 10y ago|56 comments
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
Anyone working on any cool edtech-related ideas/side projects to create something cooler than the stuff the author is referring to?
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Coding is not a Magical Cure-All(medium.com)
4 points by KeatonDunsford 10y ago|1 comments
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by KeatonDunsford 10y ago
No doubt. HN naturally selects for smart people and relevant stuff. And no ads!