bromquinn

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by bromquinn 5y ago
Hi HN, My name is Brom, and I'm the founder of Empath Ventures. I made the linked RFS out of frustration - most psychedelic startups we're seeing are all crowding into the same problem space (generic mental health conditions). Wh
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Requests for (Psychedelics) Startups(empath.vc)
1 points by bromquinn 5y ago|2 comments
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by bromquinn 5y ago
"if we simply could have used a smart contract where money is automatically deposited upon project completion, we would have ensured payment." What? I didn't know this was currently possible. Maybe you should make this your
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by bromquinn 5y ago
Weird. I’ve been using ProtonMail for years as my primary email, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a captcha. This includes when I visit ProtonMail over VPN’s or in a private window
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Notes on Psychedelic Investing [pdf](brompersonal.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com)
2 points by bromquinn 5y ago|0 comments
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by bromquinn 5y ago
I kind of hate the idea of encouraging young people to pursue speculation instead of building. Post-IPO investing doesn't create a ton of value for society.
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by bromquinn 6y ago
This seems to be a great ‘intro to defi’ read. Can someone with knowledge of defi point out any deficiencies or inaccuracies here? Are there better ‘intro to defi’ papers that newcomers should read?
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Show HN: System 2, a daily ritual for improving critical thinking(gosystem2.com)
3 points by bromquinn 6y ago|0 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Missing: psychedelic therapeutics
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by bromquinn 6y ago
It seems like you could use this to upload a piece of media to an S3 bucket, create a link using MintGate, and boom - now you have paywalled content. This is incredibly ergonomic compared to existing monetization schemes. This also separat
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by bromquinn 6y ago
To what do you attribute this decline in social skills?
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Ask HN: What are the problems with online education?
1 points by bromquinn 6y ago|4 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that having a better example on the main page would be ideal! I will work on the topic adding interface to make it more intuitive :)
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Show HN: A daily newspaper about your favorite topics – curated with AI(getontopic.com)
3 points by bromquinn 6y ago|2 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Self esteem is attacking the is-vs-ought problem. Sure, in the cold, social Darwin paradigm, those without ability have no worth - but this is not how things SHOULD be. I think it’s important for people to know that they have value, regard
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by bromquinn 6y ago
This is slick! I could see using this for one of my own projects. How do you get the data? Are you using the official apis or are you 'scraping'?
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Freedom.to(getontopic.com)
1 points by bromquinn 6y ago|0 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Serious question. How does one know that any secure communications provider is secure? I use tools like Signal and protonmail, but this article has me thinking that those might as well be government ops. Presumably the governments who pur
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by bromquinn 6y ago
thanks for the feedback!
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Show HN: Using Machine Learning to Block Distracting Web Content(getontopic.com)
1 points by bromquinn 6y ago|2 comments
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The Necessity of an Intelligent Content Filter(getontopic.com)
2 points by bromquinn 6y ago|0 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
TLDR: On Topic is a Chrome extension that tries to help you focus. Specify topic(s) you need to focus on, and as you browse the internet, our NLP analyzes the content of each page you view. If a page is irrelevant to your area of focus,
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Show HN: A Chrome extension that uses NLP to keep you focused(getontopic.com)
1 points by bromquinn 6y ago|1 comments
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by bromquinn 6y ago
thanks for the feedback! RE picking the most effective action in your to-do list: this is something I've thought quite a lot about, and is a product I'd like to make. easier said than done though :) the extension has only been l
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by bromquinn 6y ago
this is interesting. theoretically, more liquidity should lead to more efficiency in the distribution of a commodity . in practice, there are obvious exceptions to this (the hunt brothers & silver, the oil markets from 2006-2010 etc).
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Sorry for the late reply: Not at the OS level, but I’ve built a chrome extension that does this. I had a hard time focusing in grad school. I’d be watching YouTube lectures or reading a Reddit thread on a subject I was studying, and all of
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by bromquinn 6y ago
Not very exotic, but I’m a fan of L-Theanine + caffeine. Outside of supplements, I’ve created a chrome extension that helps you focus ( https://GetOnTopic.com ) Think of it as a digital nootropic ;)
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by bromquinn 6y ago
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and trying different things. Something that’s really helped me is to set aside the first hour of the morning for working on my most important goal. Turn off notifications, put the phone in the o