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by pushtheenvelope 7y ago
can you please share the name of this marketplace?
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Crypto Finance(savil.in)
2 points by pushtheenvelope 7y ago|0 comments
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by pushtheenvelope 7y ago
It’s not about the raw time wasted, but more about the interruption. When people are concentrating on some creative task, having this one-minute gap between “hello” and actual-question can really break one’s “flow”. Much better for the ques
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by pushtheenvelope 7y ago
this has been changed for facebook to use app-specific IDs for many years now
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
I mentioned fi.co/fast as an example of an advisor agreement, rather than endorsing its exact recommendations. I should've been more clear on that. Many of the points you raise sound very reasonable. Thanks for sharing them!
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
Good job on getting a product going! Having a solid advisory team that inspires you and motivates you through the ups and downs of a startup is very important. This individual will hopefully help you stay focused along the way. A common cus
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
I think designing for static types changes the design of a library’s api. So, in this case, Pandas would likely have to evolve ( handwave ) in some fashion, if it were to support Mypy types. One way Mypy could help do this is by implementin
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
What does Cambridge Analytica prove about FB the company? An academic from Cambridge made an app on the FB platform. That gave him access to data which he then sold for commercial purposes. When FB found out, they sent a legal notice to del
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
thanks, this was a very helpful comment. As an engineer-founder trying to build a first prototype app, i've been conscious about not diving into building too fast, trying to get some of the design right upfront. This has meant doing us
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
yep, agreed! I wish that was not the case, though, and its up to us as the tech community to educate our policymakers.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
lending money helps people unlock activity they want to do today, but can only afford tomorrow. E.g. live in a house, or have a car to commute. Even short-term loans can provide very helpful liquidity to folks facing a cash crunch. Why is t
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
you are correct. The EVMs have definitely helped in this regard. That said, threat models keep evolving. As EVMs are now used, one needs to incorporate EVM manipulation in the threat model as well. The way to stay ahead of these threat mode
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
perhaps you may look into cryptocurrencies and virtual reality as two places where simple refinement will open up new industries.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
> FB & Twitter are a prime example. They increased headcount and costs by 10X-100X, after becoming massive platforms scaled to serve everyone in the world. The product twitter and Facebook serve is still the same product they served
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
yeah, agree with you on arsenal sizes going down. As much as I would like nuclear weapons gone, I don't see it as being done to a satisfactory level that assuages India's concerns. I don't think anyone has made a real commitm
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
it's worth understanding why India doesn't sign the non-proliferation treaty. The treaty essentially states that only 5 countries (US, UK, France, China, Russia) can have nuclear weapons. India says this is discriminatory: either
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
> If Hack then really is a different language and you don't like PHP, why not migrate to something completely different? For server-side web programming, what shall one adopt? Python and Ruby are great dynamically-typed languages, w
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
Hack layered a sane type system on the existing runtime, but the changes above are all about runtime logic. These type coercions lead to many subtle bugs in PHP programs. What this demonstrates is that one can have a much safer programming
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
A lot of the narrative on HN seems to be that PHP7 has adopted most of the benefits of HHVM (performance) and Hack (typehints). If you read this blog post closely, you will notice several interesting points in the Future Changes, which hint
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
Slack does. But I agree with the original point about not fully relying on the whims of a major corporate promoter. Priorities can change within, without clear visibility on the outside.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
I fear you are conflating two things: Hack is the language (type system, syntax) while HHVM is the runtime (which can run Hack code, and could PHP until very recently). Your answer on the speed pertains to HHVM.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
Facebook regularly takes down multiple data-centers at a time to stress test this. Its users rarely notice (which I think is the point).
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Quick Reflection on Michael Lewis' The End of Wall Street(savil.in)
3 points by pushtheenvelope 8y ago|0 comments
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Why Finance Matters and How It Helps the World(savil.in)
2 points by pushtheenvelope 8y ago|0 comments
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
I'm curious how they solve garbage-collection, since last time I checked WebAssembly doesn't yet support that?
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
> IIUC, it's because a war would likely cause harm to a large number of clients at the same time. The insurance company could not afford to pay so many concurrent claims. disclaimer, I know nothing about the insurance industry, but
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
thank you for raising this point. I agree it would be beneficial if the "Standard and Clean Series A Term Sheet" was employee-friendly as well.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
yes! we did start using it and loved it, until we realized needing to pay $20/month for it -- which was a bit out of our current budget.
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
(this is hard to answer well, without knowing your background or the nature of your idea) I'd recommend starting to develop the idea. If you are non-technical, then begin speaking to potential users and customers, and building relation
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by pushtheenvelope 8y ago
thanks for sharing your thoughts. Could you elaborate on why or how libraries feel "finished" in Clojure versus in other languages? Also, curious about the gradual typing bit. How sophisticated is Clojure's type system once a

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