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by brenden2 7y ago
I wonder how much it costs to get a PR piece like this on TechCrunch. Does anyone know?
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by brenden2 7y ago
Pareto principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
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by brenden2 7y ago
I would love to see more bollards deployed in Manhattan to protect pedestrians. Every day I see drivers making dangerous moves, running red lights, and intimidating people in crosswalks etc. There's one particular spot right in front o
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by brenden2 7y ago
FB has enough resources to do a bit of auditing to catch these kinds of bugs. They are quite literally one of the wealthiest companies in the world. They have somewhere on the order of $40b in cash. Instead they allocate most of their resou
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by brenden2 7y ago
Seems like Facebook's strategy for dealing with their PR problem is to blame someone else for the flaws in their product as a diversion tactic. It's not a good sign when FB is unwilling to take responsibility for the mess they&#x2
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by brenden2 7y ago
I haven't watched the episode, but I've been in a situation where I had to make the choice between taking the high road or getting money. For better or worse I've always made the choice to take the high road, and I've ne
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by brenden2 7y ago
It seems extremely unlikely they will be able to prove much of anything. The Bitcoin markets in particular are extremely complex: lots of disparate exchanges, actors, and entities all vying for a piece of the pie and some of them are not ne
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by brenden2 7y ago
Startup idea: an accurate weapon for destroying drones that are flying in places they shouldn't be. Has anyone tried doing something like this?
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by brenden2 7y ago
The only way to properly anonymize data is to aggregate it in such a way that you can't undo the aggregation. Anonymized data can nearly always be de-anonymized if you have either a) sufficient volume of data or b) access to the raw no
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by brenden2 7y ago
It definitely makes me sad to see people like this rewarded so much. Not only did he become a billionaire, but he continues to get media attention which only raises his profile further. I've worked with people like this in the past, wh
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by brenden2 7y ago
Here's the actual link: https://snotrahouse.com/last-mcdonalds/
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by brenden2 7y ago
Algorithmic censorship has become the new norm. If you have opinions outside the Overton window you will be silently penalized on Twitter, FB, etc, and your posts will silently not appear. You have to go along with the tribe that you'v
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by brenden2 7y ago
My theory is that one way to reclaim the web is to place more emphasis on individuals and their contributions, and less emphasis on platforms and their opinions. Additionally, there needs to be sustainable business models where the end user
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by brenden2 7y ago
AFAIK Signal has always been open source: https://github.com/signalapp
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by brenden2 7y ago
Python uses duck typing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing I would categorize it as a subset of dynamic typing, and that's what Wikipedia says too.
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by brenden2 7y ago
It still blows my mind that people don't use strongly typed languages in the first place and spare themselves from all this future pain. My guess (based on my experiences) is that companies wind up in this position from having inexperi
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by brenden2 7y ago
More friction means less spending. It's all about moving the money out of your bank account as fast as possible. Even with the fraud risk, it's worth it for the middle men who take a cut of your money along the way.
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by brenden2 7y ago
We're more likely to see new networks with open APIs than trying to convince a leopard to change its spots.
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by brenden2 7y ago
I suspect that for a lot of people it's more fun to make the money than to spend it. Some people (like myself) would rather try to do hard things and fail than to never try at all. If you do this enough times, eventually you get lucky.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Small deliveries are done by bicycle these days in Manhattan. Large items, like furniture, could be delivered using small electric trucks with special permits for this purpose.
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by brenden2 7y ago
FWIW, I spend a lot of time outside, off the computer, not playing on my phone. I rode a bicycle from San Francisco to New York unassisted in 24 days, and I believe anyone can do it. Cars aren't the only way to go places. Buses, trains
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by brenden2 7y ago
I'm so happy to see this idea starting to get mainstream attention. I predict that in 50-100 years we'll look back on the age of the automobile as one of the biggest mistakes in urban planning. Automobiles are dangerous, kill thou
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by brenden2 7y ago
Unfortunately, I don't think the government is going to come to the rescue anytime soon with regard to privacy. At this point I think the best option is for people passionate about privacy issues to start building products and platform
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Open Protocols and Open Products, Not Baloney Buzzwords(blog.umpyre.com)
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by brenden2 7y ago
A big thing that annoys me about buzzwords like "decentralized" is that they're not binary. Another one that's largely lost meaning is "blockchain". Decentralized is relative and depends entirely on the context
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by brenden2 7y ago
I grew up in Canada (Calgary), and have spent a decent chunk of time in both cities. I live in NYC now. If possible, I recommend you take a trip to both cities and see what you like more. Spend a week in each, and maybe try to go to Toronto
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by brenden2 7y ago
Umpyre is my messaging startup, if you have any interest in checking us out :) We're a little different in that we're trying to solve more than just the privacy issues. We're also trying to solve the spam problem for anyone w
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by brenden2 7y ago
Agreed! Thankfully software is protected by the 1st amendment in the US[1]. If not for that, I don't know where we'd be. [1]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-estab...
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by brenden2 7y ago
I used to use Gentoo, and I built my entire OS from source. I'm not extraordinary in any way, I'm just an ordinary person who has a deep interest in software and computers.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Relying on laws leaves a lot of wiggle room for bad actors, slippery slopes, and political opinions changing over time. Laws are based on trust in institutions (do you _really_ trust large governments?). Laws are probabilistic, whereas math

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