Kinnard

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by Kinnard 9y ago
Sure, that's expressive of my viewpoint which I guess is probably a minority viewpoint but I bet it will grow over the coming years.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I don't define work as 'the thing that makes you money' or life as 'the things you get to do with that money when not attempting the goal of making the money'. Many people continue to work after they've made en
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I think you're thinking with the framework of contemporary corporations and 'employment' structures. I think many of us need to look outside of that box. I've found there are organizations that are actually working towar
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Blockchains can contain arbitrary data not just transaction messages . . .
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by Kinnard 9y ago
That's how you feel. Not everyone else does. There's a pretty compelling quote from the first chapter of The Fifth Discipline : "There is also another, in some ways deeper, movement toward learning organizations, part of t
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I don't buy the dichotomy between work and life, and maybe those ideas should be thrown out altogether. The whole notion of 'work' is flawed.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I'm looking for an alternative framework to work-life balance: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14538411 I bet there's more than one out there. Work/life balance doesn't "work" for a lot of
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Ask HN: Alternatives to work/life balance?
14 points by Kinnard 9y ago|32 comments
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Would it be a good idea for people to have to state a short rationale for flagging? Just clicking a flag button is too cheap . . . I've even done it accidentally a number of times.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Number of merchants accepting is an important thing to consider.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Why was this flagged?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Did you read the piece?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I recommend this read, "White Fragility": http://www.overcomingracism.org/resources/White-Fragility.pd...
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Wondering what the chances of YC following suit are.
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Boost VC Will Now Invest Directly in Crypto ICOs(coindesk.com)
1 points by Kinnard 9y ago|1 comments
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by Kinnard 9y ago
What would go into building something like this?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Can we have private airports, cooperatively owned and operated, and ban governments from them???
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Why?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Are there major benefits to ternary computation?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I find the auditability most interesting, I bet this could be useful for some blockchain based decentralized applications.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
>the Greyball technique was also used against suspected local officials who could have been looking to fine drivers, impound cars or otherwise prevent Uber from operating, the employees said Doesn't Uber have a responsibility to pro
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I bet this at scale, like a github for medical records, would be revolutionary.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Well, if it's useful for all those reasons, and it can be traded for a useful cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ether and now USD and to do everything a cryptocurrency can do then its useful . . . right? You basically just said it's
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Might be confused with Rootstock: https://medium.com/@CryptoIQ.ca/rootstock-smart-contracts-on... It's a blockchain programming layer aiming to implement Ethereum's virtual machine on top of Bitcoin's bl
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I don't know if I'd characterize it as a 'huge step'. I don't want to be negative but I think there are risks to clinging to this modicum of good news while the House is crumbling around us.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
How do you distinguish between rank/seniority and skill-level?
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by Kinnard 9y ago
Spanish Price Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Price_Revolution
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by Kinnard 9y ago
I know about Chaum, but I was off on when Cryptonomicon was written.
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by Kinnard 9y ago
The first thing I notice is quite remarkable, this is a cryptocurrency inspired by a science fiction novel?? It all comes full circle with Cryptocurrency first being described in Cryptonomicon. Haven't had a chance to dig through all i
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by Kinnard 9y ago
> Cryptocurrencies are a brilliant scam. Quite a bit too broad of a generalization.

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