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by Sealy 11y ago
This looks like a re-hash of the findings published in a 2008 book by Malcolm Gladwell called "Outliers - The Story of Success". He's the one that made the 10,000 hour theory popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/
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I left Investment Banking to set up a Bitcoin startup(forum.bitcoin.com)
1 points by Sealy 11y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 11y ago
>But of course, there's still a lot of eggsplaining to do. Upvoting this share just because of this pun!
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SecondMarket acquired by Nasdaq(secondmarket.com)
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by Sealy 11y ago
Behind a paywall for me. Can someone post a TLDR or summary? Thanks!
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by Sealy 11y ago
yeah i wonder how many passwords are stored in there in free text format
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by Sealy 11y ago
If you aspire to be a startup entrepreneur, take note. Stories are the most powerful form of communication you can use. Whether its your experience in working for Amazon, or a multi billion dollar pitch for your next startup. Great piece.
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by Sealy 11y ago
Anyone else think its ironic that Mark Zuckerberg is on the list of introverts? Facebook by design favours extroverts more, those who talk about themselves and feel comfortable sharing about their lives.
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by Sealy 11y ago
I second this. You are after all asking the Hackernews community! Like what dankruss says, you have a lot of complementary skills too. I'd recommend some sort of dynamic web based language so you can launch your own startups in the fut
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Show HN: Magnr – A Bitcoin Savings and Investment Platform. [London Based](magnr.com)
4 points by Sealy 11y ago|1 comments
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by Sealy 11y ago
I would be curious to know what would happen if you put a carbonated/soda drink in it.
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by Sealy 11y ago
I agree, its hard to monetise something which people do for free and for fun however as someone who considers themselves to be a casual gardener, just remember the audience you are trying to reach is not the hobbyist... its the mainstream m
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by Sealy 11y ago
I really like the way the article gets its readers to interact by drawing the line and giving tailored feedback. It makes the article way more memorable and engaging. This is EDUCATION done right.... Quite fitting really as the article is
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by Sealy 11y ago
I love the idea of this. I have a casual interest in gardening and often come across plants I'd love to know the name of. I hope you go on to great success. Finding niches like this to run a start-up is awesome. In response to the othe
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by Sealy 11y ago
Is this the equivalent of them 'netting' transactions?
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Goldman Sachs tweets about Bitcoin in talk with A16Z partner(twitter.com)
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by Sealy 11y ago
Zimbabwe. A prime use case for Bitcoin? "At the height of the country’s economic crisis, Zimbabweans had to carry plastic bags bulging with banknotes to buy basic goods. Prices were rising at least twice a day." Bitcoin is often c
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The NYSE Bitcoin Index(nyse.com)
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by Sealy 11y ago
that girl just taught me the "say" command in terminal... i never knew you could do that on a mac. winning.
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by Sealy 11y ago
How did you come to the conclusion in the first place that his code is complex? The answer to this question may provide your answer to your coworker. Ultimately if its only an opinion, then you don't have much to go off...
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by Sealy 12y ago
Thank you for these posts. We need to keep awareness of the issue as high as possible as it will become easier and easier for both the forces and liquidators to dilute the funds left for payout down to nothing over time.
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Controversial Dark Web Bitcoin Bot Released from Custody(coindesk.com)
2 points by Sealy 12y ago|1 comments
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by Sealy 12y ago
As a word of encouragement, try and see it as a positive thing. After all, Paul Graham says that we can learn a lot more from failure then we ever could from success. Second to that, you have one of the most valuable assets in the world in
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by Sealy 12y ago
A lot of good take-aways from this, the most noteworthy and obvious one though: In interview, Dahl talked at length about his regret that he didn't bootstrap the company, instead trying to raise "a significant amount" early o
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ButterCoin (Y Combinator) CEO Reveals 'Mistake' That Lead to Company Closure(coindesk.com)
2 points by Sealy 12y ago|1 comments
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Ethereum's Vitalik writes a white paper on Blockchain Scalability [pdf](github.com)
3 points by Sealy 12y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 12y ago
If you register a .sucks domain against a company you want to complain about, then the last laugh is on you for paying that much.
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by Sealy 12y ago
I hear Fidor bank chose to go with Node.js. Strikes me as an interesting choice though as Node isn't in even in a v1 state yet....
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by Sealy 12y ago
His only mention of Bitcoin: Competitors are coming in the payments area. You all have read about Bitcoin, merchants building their own networks, PayPal and PayPal look-alikes. Payments are a critical business for us – and we are quite g
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by Sealy 12y ago
Agreed, Reddit chose to take the route of having subreddits or as you said in your comment, Categorys. This absolutely makes sense in my mind as I can then browse the sub-specialisation of most interest to me personally. Subcategorisation d

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