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by mode80 6y ago
I really hope I’m this sharp and poetic when I’m 71.
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by mode80 6y ago
All of the returns described in the post would likely be tax-free. It's crazy that even most angel investors don't know this. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/qsbs-qualified-small-bu...
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by mode80 6y ago
"it's the stuff that life is too short for" http://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html
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Introducing SWIFT Financing(seedinvest.com)
1 points by mode80 9y ago|1 comments
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by mode80 10y ago
I always tell my startups to just send me a short monthly email containing 1) their growth-metric-of-choice 2) their cash/runway remaining, 3) anything fun they want to share (a new hire etc)... Then get back to growing the business! B
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13 Investor update emails that turned our dots into a line(blog.shoelace.com)
5 points by mode80 10y ago|1 comments
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by mode80 10y ago
To those who asked: A smart contract runs with the predictability of code. Courts don't. In particular, arbitration clauses are often not upheld.
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by mode80 10y ago
A notable advantage of smart contracts is the flexibility to choose your own arbiter in advance -- a "chair expert" perhaps.
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by mode80 11y ago
So true. Dedication isn't a guarantee; it's more like table stakes. Maybe the trick is to be dedicated to an outcome, not a particular idea.
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by mode80 11y ago
I think for every delicious side project that succeeds "in spite of itself" there are 10 side projects who don't fulfill their destiny of greatness -- because they're missing the dedication ingredient that most startups
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by mode80 11y ago
HN may be noisy, but PG is all signal
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by mode80 11y ago
The article makes it sound like a liquidation preference is some new phenomenon that explains the recent surge of ostensible $1B valuations. In fact this has been a standard deal term since the 90s.
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by mode80 11y ago
'We still "Hang up" when we want to terminate a call, and this refers to the action of placing the receiver back onto the hook of a phone ...' oh my god. I'm old.
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by mode80 11y ago
Fuzziness is a feature when you benefit and a bug when you get burned. I'd like an option with no ambiguity.
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by mode80 11y ago
The example is pseudo-code and assumes a future with smart-property domain registrars. A better example might have been a smart contract trust which is 100% doable today. There are other examples under the Samples menu at etherscripter.com.
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by mode80 11y ago
Smart contracts can define AND ENFORCE the transfer of smart property without intervention. The world of smart property today is limited to digital currency. But if you "skate where the puck is going" it's not hard to imagine
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What is Ethereum?(etherscripter.com)
121 points by mode80 11y ago|99 comments
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by mode80 12y ago
I took exactly this approach to learning passable German when I lived there a couple months. Unfortunately, most Germans would much rather practice their English on you than let you practice German on them. So I gave up and let them.
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by mode80 12y ago
Can I suggest a different approach? Instead of dodging the question, put yourself in a position that you're happy to answer. "My last contract gig paid $100/hr. That's $200k yearly on an annual basis."
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by mode80 12y ago
This is the first time I've laughed reading HN. :)
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Lawyers who don't code may soon be obsolete(etherscripter.com)
1 points by mode80 12y ago|1 comments
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by mode80 12y ago
My 4 yr old daughter loves Robot Turtles. That anyone can say that is testament to its awesomeness. The board game format is part of the appeal and allows a kind of interaction (with you) that'd be missing on iPad. But check out code.o
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by mode80 12y ago
I'm 2 weeks into building the thing I just watched you demo. Cue sinking feeling. It looks awesome. Bravo.
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by mode80 12y ago
Log scale seems a bad choice. (Did you gather that US companies exceed the value of all others combined?)
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by mode80 13y ago
The best recent development in TypeScript IMHO is there's now a usable Sublime Text plugin that makes code completion and other goodness available outside Visual Studio. https://github.com/Railk/T3S
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Web design returns to its roots -- The Geo Bootstrap theme from Divshot(code.divshot.com)
2 points by mode80 13y ago|0 comments
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Learn (any language) in minutes(learnxinyminutes.com)
1 points by mode80 13y ago|0 comments
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by mode80 13y ago
When sending a VSR that might otherwise be rude, I just add "Sent from my iPhone" at the bottom. Don't tell anyone.
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by mode80 14y ago
In a thousand years someone will speculate about why the people of today didn't just build and exploit [x]. Stop messing around and go build [x].
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by mode80 14y ago
I've been waiting for this! Thanks tednaleid.

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