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Ask HN: Will ScienceTech pay ever exceed Tech? Can externalities be priced in?
1 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Who are examples of ethically upstanding founders/CEO to model after?
9 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|10 comments
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Ask HN: Does the brain have superconductive qualities?
2 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|3 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
My problem is with the collective gaslighting the crypto industry is doing with respects to utility vs speculation. I never thought I would find myself on the side of the SEC, but I have enough experience in the space with investors to buil
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
The biggest lie in crypto is that tokens are bought for utility and not speculative gains. I don't know if it's delusion or intentional deception. I have friends who are "thought leaders" in the space, who opine on the d
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
I have bad news: it may be time to go back to the real world
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Exactly, tech is hellbent on preserving our humanity while discarding the embodied world that makes us human. It's a schizoid's fantasy.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Would you say this is a niche use case? Can you see the masses using Monero with its current user experience?
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
I have talked to people in the space exactly about this and have been accused of "boomer mentality" as a dude in his 30s. The industry seems to be run by "move fast, break things" idealists who don't understand that
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Respectfully disagree. I think UX is the problem. If there are a billion different ways to solve it, why haven't they? Centralized systems make wealth hard to unseat, but they also afford a level of UX – convenience, failsafes, overs
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
I don't disagree. But "crypto" as a product category is the confluence of all 3 and has thus far produced zero mass market solutions.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
This is why I think the problem is ultimately UX. The ideals of crypto are sound, but an appropriate UX for mass adoption is just not achievable due to inherent traits of the underlying tech. As someone familiar with crypto, I would never c
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Ask HN: Is crypto an unviable, tech-bubble delusion?
22 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|41 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Already working on it. Great recurring revenue opportunity.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
YC the program, not Hacker News.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Trained a model on my voice and set up a cardboard cutout of myself next to my baby's crib so that I can provide validation and encouragement around the clock. Has freed up considerable time for my wife and I to enjoy each other's
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Ask HN: Does YC have an age bias?
6 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|5 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
This is what happens when free speech is not valued and defended throughout our culture. Politics is downstream from culture. When we are OK with, and often encouraging of, private censorship, we shift the Overton window and provide moral c
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Is there any way back (forward) to this sort of tech innocence?
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
This type of mentality is readily observed amongst abusive parents. "That was a long time ago, why can't you move on?" "You were a sensitive child." I will never understand people who seem to lack the ability to see
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“Where Am I?” By Daniel Dennett [pdf](lehigh.edu)
2 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|0 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
There are companies working on authentication and fraud detection as we speak. There is an emerging cold war between them and AI.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Technology will advance such that basic "truths" will be verifiable, leaving journalists as nothing more than storytellers. We should be investing in companies that empower people with the verifiable information they need to arriv
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
He has openly professed his belief in "strong opinions, weakly held."
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Ask HN: Where do you go for thoughtful, good faith discourse?
7 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|8 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
I think discussions around potential behavioral impact of this tech category is a must, particularly with the existing forces at play that subsidize the literal engineering of addiction.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Personally, I would rather give people the benefit of doubt.
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Off the top of my head: -Assume the creator's impetus to create is legitimate. -Give feedback like you would to an excited friend. -Do not ascribe a product decision to malicious intent. -Do not predict the ultimate success or failure
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Ask Dang: Can we have community guidelines around product launch etiquette?
3 points by confoundcofound 3y ago|11 comments
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by confoundcofound 3y ago
Could you not find a million other ways to provide this feedback less abrasively? People like you unnecessarily exacerbate the stress of launching a new endeavor.

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