joshuaxls

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by joshuaxls 5mo ago
This is still my favorite Onion article ever: “Ted Turner Sends Self Back In Time To Prevent AOL Time Warner Merger” https://theonion.com/ted-turner-sends-self-back-in-time-to-p...
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by joshuaxls 4y ago
You can definitely recover from burnout. The question is are you ready to face what happens after you recover? Because sometimes burnout is just burnout and you need a break. But other times burnout means you are on the wrong path, and you’
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by joshuaxls 9y ago
Yes, we accept cryptographic proof of ownership for accreditation purposes.
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by joshuaxls 9y ago
This is why we've built CoinList: https://coinlist.co We have seven years of experience running regulatory-compliant online fundraisings via AngelList. Now we're bringing that knowledge to ICOs.
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“The Facebook” before it was famous(youtube.com)
19 points by joshuaxls 10y ago|1 comments
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
No one opens a bank account for the interest paid. Most accounts barely pay a tenth of a percent annually, maybe a quarter percent from a credit union—meanwhile, inflation is 2% a year. You’re losing net worth by holding USD in a bank accou
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
If someone is willing to murder me for my money, a bank (or the FDIC) won’t keep that from happening. All the bank needs for me to wire all of my money into someone’s account is my ID, signature and the other account’s details. This would-b
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
Yes, you're right. The point is, with bitcoin, there's really no need for banks. It's easier (and safer) for me to hold a million dollars in bitcoin than a million dollars in cash. If I had a million dollars in cash, I'd
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
You don’t understand what the FDIC is for. It’s not there to protect your deposits from being stolen by robbers. It exists to ensure consumers that banks are guaranteed to be solvent while they practice fractional reserve banking. See: htt
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
Yes, it has a long way to go, but it's off to a good start. I doubt a significant portion of Western Union transactions are to ultra-remote locations, but I could be wrong.
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
You're correct. I'm simply replying to his statement that there's no value proposition in bitcoin to consumers. My response is that it can easily replace a company worth $8.7B, thus showing it has consumer value, not that bit
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
We're in agreement. Since USD is a physical store of value, it suffers from problems like robbery. Hence the need for banks. With bitcoin, you don't need a bank. I have a 24-word passphrase in my head that can be converted to my p
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
The point of bitcoin is that you don't need FDIC protection. You need FDIC protection with a bank because the bank isn't required to hold enough reserve to cover its deposits. If there's a run on the bank, and everyone wants
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
This has been a bear market for bitcoin for months—many of the bears have been rooted out. It's not a conspiracy that bulls are coming in and pushing the price up. It's expected. Not every bull will close their position immediatel
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PayPal and Virtual Currency(paypal-community.com)
8 points by joshuaxls 12y ago|0 comments
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The price of dogecoin has more than doubled this weekend(bitcoinwisdom.com)
2 points by joshuaxls 12y ago|0 comments
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by joshuaxls 12y ago
Coincidentally, California issued an arrest warrant today for a man with TB who refuses to stay in a hospital. The state does have the power to make personal health issues criminal. http://www.hngn.com/articles/37165&#x
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Top Recruiting Startups on AngelList(angel.co)
2 points by joshuaxls 12y ago|0 comments
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Comedian Bakes iPhone Cookies To Trick The Cops(laist.com)
2 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|3 comments
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Visualising the AngelList Syndicate social network(geirfreysson.com)
2 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Securities Exchange BTC-TC Shutters $12M Operations(thegenesisblock.com)
1 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin stock exchange BTC-TC shutting down(bitcointalk.org)
1 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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All LinkedIn with Nowhere to Go(thebaffler.com)
4 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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LinkedIn Wants More Cash, Offers to Sell $1.15B Worth of Stock(allthingsd.com)
34 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|46 comments
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Why AngelList Will Become the Android of Venture Capital(venturebeat.com)
3 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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by joshuaxls 13y ago
It's preferred over texting in almost every country I've visited, but it's never caught on in the US.
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Hey Look, Software Just Ate VC(startupljackson.com)
127 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|22 comments
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The Art of One-line Pitching(visionmobile.com)
3 points by joshuaxls 13y ago|0 comments
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by joshuaxls 13y ago
Yeah, this article seems to be missing a lot. According to a piece on the Today show, he also said: I think I’ma shoot up a kindergarten. And watch the blood of the innocent rain down. And eat the beating heart of one of them. Hard to mak
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by joshuaxls 13y ago
Great comment. We have found this to be true in our own A/B testing. It sometimes makes me cringe, but you can't argue with data.

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