herenorthere

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by herenorthere 6y ago
Of course, it's the loudest voices that always get heard and are oft repeated, but I'd say most of us in the industry realize that cryptocurrency will never be a 1:1 replacement of traditional fiat currency--barring some significa
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by herenorthere 6y ago
this a remote-first company. they will have different physical locations but most of the company will be working remotely. regardless, given that SF was the original HQ, that will likely always be the de facto HQ... since the higher ups are
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by herenorthere 6y ago
As someone who works at a large cryptocurrency business, and who's welfare is thus bound to the ongoing success of cryptocurrencies, I would like to state my unequivocal support of the notion presented in this article. I think the pote
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by herenorthere 6y ago
that is exactly what Twitter has done. they didn't block Trump's tweet, they added a box basically saying "be weary of this statement you should fact check it"
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by herenorthere 6y ago
As a person who used to work in produce in the US, just wanted to say the visual image of a produce clerk dumping a box of apples to the display is ungodly. Where are you shopping? A few discount stores might do that, but there's no wa
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by herenorthere 6y ago
What company is this? Sounds cool what you are doing
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by herenorthere 6y ago
Wow. Great response. These comments are why I come here. Thank you!
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by herenorthere 7y ago
It's cool to see the math/statistical analysis behind this, as it's something I've always done just intiutively I guess. I will always have more trust for a 93% review with 1,000's of reviews, versus a product with
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by herenorthere 7y ago
Fair enough-- I suppose that makes his decision moderately more reasonable
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I get the impression that he views his declining of severance package as analogous to Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem, or some other righteous form of protest. But you're right it doesn't carry the same weight
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by herenorthere 7y ago
also giving up a $50k severance package doesn't sound as exceptional when you've already collected $660,000 from them. Yeah it's still a lot of money, but apparently being able to promote his blog with anecdotes from Pivotal
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by herenorthere 7y ago
Honest question: what did he say that you would presume he's been "sitting around waiting for life to drop an opportunity in his lap?"
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I dont think it's necessarily a bad thing
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I think I read an article like this on HN a few months ago, ty for the share
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by herenorthere 7y ago
almost 20 years... so yeah I dont think it's going away. Being anxious about backing up traffic or the other things I described isn't that abnormal I don't think? When Ive been a passenger, Ive seen most other drivers feel th
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I just get some social anxiety when people back up behind me, or anytime I feel like my driving is "imposing" on others. I know it's somewhat irrational. But I doubt a driving lesson would help with my more general problem of
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by herenorthere 7y ago
>There's no way to optimize for minimizing left turns, especially onto busy streets. Woah, I've never heard anyone else mention this problem. It sounds strange having it said "out loud" because I thought it was just a
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by herenorthere 7y ago
yeah agreed. I prefer to not have to use an app if I don't have too. Or unless there's some great benefit that the app has that the mobile site doesn't
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by herenorthere 7y ago
Ahh interesting, thank you for the response. And yes the more I thought about it, the more I realized that you're basically a non-custodial payment processor (and idk even know if you'd be considered that). What type of business d
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by herenorthere 7y ago
yeah good point. especially since they don't have a sign-up, makes me think they're more non-custodial in concept, which eases their AML requirements
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by herenorthere 7y ago
cool idea. I always thought it would be awesome to figure out IRL non-cash tipping edit: and somehow make it not awkward, cumbersome, or time-consuming
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I have no idea, but I'd assume the mobile app would be for use of the people receiving the money. Which would be a nice add if I were a content creator. But that's just a guess. Edit: As for your notion that an app isn't nece
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I'd respectfully disagree that that is the only difference. I've been through the BMC payment flow and would much prefer to use theirs over the competitor mentioned above. I wasn't even referring to the pricing model, althoug
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by herenorthere 7y ago
Being in YC, I assume your plan is to be headquartered in the US, or at the very least, do business with US customers/entities. I notice your team doesn't involve any compliance people. As you probably already know, you are a MSB
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I bet Google's founders are glad they didn't consult you first when they were creating a search engine.
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by herenorthere 7y ago
Probably not the norm, but I have worked alongside a tech company that has 30+ million user accounts, and as such, has a pretty much constant stream of scammers wishing to take advantage of our user base. The customer support dept. has a ph
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by herenorthere 7y ago
But directly equating Russian oligarchs to American businessmen makes for a better headline, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But in all seriousness, I'm glad that someone was here in the comments section to break down the nuances of this rather cont
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I work with a cryto exchange, and fwiw, can tell you that most businesses would agree with you. They pay the ransom. And they use common exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, and Bittrex to do so. The only way not-paying the ransom is beneficia
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by herenorthere 7y ago
I can't tell if you both are joking or not but watch the whole video. The source video is of Bill Hader. Bill hader's face changes to Tom Cruise everytime he talks from Tom's perspective. And then once to Seth Rogan for that
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by herenorthere 7y ago
This isn't a yes or no situation, there's a grey area in between. Just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean that this is "impossible" for everyone. You comment is loaded with so many opinions and assumption

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