kellyreid

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by kellyreid 6y ago
see my post above to understand why I think you need to adjust your definition of Reality. There are entire swaths of society (especially when you get to the under-25 demographic - which I am most certainly _NOT_ a part of) that grew up on
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by kellyreid 6y ago
Was this directed at my or the original poster? I use the term Provenance rather than Authenticity just to be more specific in terminology. However, Authenticity is a very very important subset of Provenance. I'd define Authenticity
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by kellyreid 6y ago
If you can accept that the Honus Wagner rookie card is worth some ridiculous sum, then I think I can explain the NFT version. Context: Professional gamer-investor for 10+ years, formerly collectible card dealer. The Wagner baseball card is
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by kellyreid 6y ago
If GigaCorp. goes Busto then the NFT object still exists on-chain, which means the "game effects" are set in stone and the chain-of-custody remains intact. This allows a "community bailout", whereby the players and any v
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by kellyreid 8y ago
Seems arbitrary. Whats their basis here?
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Quora: Why haven't we found civilizations older than 8,000 years?(quora.com)
3 points by kellyreid 10y ago|0 comments
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My Company Just Released Computer Vision / AR Software for Magic: The Gathering(quietspeculation.com)
1 points by kellyreid 11y ago|0 comments
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by kellyreid 12y ago
Yeah, you need to write up this whole trip. And tell me if you ever do
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by kellyreid 12y ago
I live in Chicago and grow my own food in my yard. I'm highly interested in this. How can we talk further?
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Ask HN: Bloggers who talk about AWS?
1 points by kellyreid 12y ago|1 comments
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by kellyreid 14y ago
Nothing troubling about it. Enjoyable :)
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by kellyreid 14y ago
As a long-time MTG player, this is TOTALLY WILD. I love it.
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by kellyreid 14y ago
Unless I'm discussing it with a mentor or someone else who I -want- to know my revenues, I usually just say "I'm very happy with how things are going".
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A New Startup Every 48 Hours - Chicago's Top 100 Digital Companies(forbes.com)
1 points by kellyreid 14y ago|0 comments
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by kellyreid 14y ago
I've had this happen in quite a few places, including Wrigley Field, GenCon, and other large events. This infographic explains the timing better than any I've seen yet.
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Infographic: A Cell Phone Traffic Jam at Fenway Park(forbes.com)
1 points by kellyreid 14y ago|1 comments
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by kellyreid 14y ago
I know crystalcommerce.com does. They're an ecommerce portal for gaming industry sellers.
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Forbes.com: "So, what do you do?" An Entrepreneur's Answer(forbes.com)
2 points by kellyreid 14y ago|0 comments
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by kellyreid 14y ago
we're a profitable company with paying users and an experienced team and we got no-sir'ed and I don't know why. i don't know who they decided to interview over us, but i can't imagine that every single company is actually generating a profi
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by kellyreid 14y ago
When does the W12 App go up? If we're not chosen this time, we plan to be the first in line for W12 :)
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by kellyreid 15y ago
Yes, I'm quite negative on this because I feel that their methods are very poorly thought out. Good on them, as I said, I support their effort and their basic mission. That's not in question. You don't have to appeal to affirmative actio
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by kellyreid 15y ago
Lovely. I know plenty of men who don't have the financial ability to do something like move to NYC for a summer, but to hell with them. Let's try to find those rare women who code and throw money at them. Listen, I'm all for supporting wo
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by kellyreid 15y ago
its just SO EASY to set up a redirect that puts questions to the right responder. there's no excuse for "donotreply" address; just change the name and forward it to your VA/exec ass't, let them route it. its such an easy win, i'm surprised
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by kellyreid 15y ago
What a fantastic pep talk. This beats the 'Don't be a joker' essay for motivation. Sending this to my team this afternoon..
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by kellyreid 15y ago
I've tried. It just never goes well. I tried remotely accessing my desktop at home. nope. tried all the text editors on the iPad. Nope. every attempt to code on it has ended in me saying "next time I'm buying a macbook". so no, do not
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Ask HN: Who are the YC Alum in Chicago?
2 points by kellyreid 15y ago|0 comments
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by kellyreid 15y ago
i love bear bonging.
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by kellyreid 15y ago
maybe "brogrammers" are just bros first, programmers second. i know plenty of guys who were "bros" that are now developers. why can't you people just let them be who they want to be and live their life? i'm pretty sure the guy in the hot
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by kellyreid 15y ago
tongue in cheek or not, I see no problem with it. I'm a guy in my 20s who likes to code, runs his own business, and enjoys games like 'beer pong'. it's a welcome 180 change from the typical "all computer programmers are autistic virgins" s
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by kellyreid 15y ago
also, how many programmers are self employed these days...?

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