raybon

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by raybon 5y ago
Interesting that NFX posts always get showcased in HN in front page.Plus, any top comments on other posts also link to NFX website. Guess there is a big pro NFX lobby lurking in HN.
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by raybon 5y ago
The whole Web 2.0 shift really changed power away from individuals to corporations on the Internet. The "appifization" further created walled gardens. I remember using IRC, Lynx browser, Unix Talk in the 1990s and being genuinely
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by raybon 5y ago
To elaborate.. https://www.livescience.com/periodical-cicada-prime-numbers....
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by raybon 5y ago
They only come out in prime number year (like 17) gaps.
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by raybon 5y ago
I have the same problem and am struggling mightily with it daily. OP, I would love to correspond more with you. Can you please reach me through my email that is in the profile. Perhaps we can exchange tips and I can learn from you.
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by raybon 5y ago
People need to have the freedom to do research. If Galilio agreed to stop researching due to protests, we wouldn't be here today.
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Ask HN: ConsenSys Health: Ethereuem blockchain company
1 points by raybon 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Did the Slashdot crowd from the late 90s and early 2000s migrate to HN?
5 points by raybon 6y ago|2 comments
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by raybon 6y ago
Great. After flogging for 10 years that software is eating the world and that hard sciences and physical world doesn't matter, a16z now is asking us to build? Color me surprised.
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by raybon 6y ago
I recommend this book 'The demon in the machine' on this topic https://asunow.asu.edu/20191219-asu-professors-demon-machine...
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Ask HN: Book Recommendations on Analogies
1 points by raybon 7y ago|0 comments
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by raybon 7y ago
Great thanks. If you make progress on this and are looking for business partners, please let me know and we can try to connect offline.
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by raybon 7y ago
Very good question. I've been thinking about this for awhile. This is fairly common on the PE industry but I'm not aware of this happening in VC / startup world. OP, can you please post the links of websites that you mention
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Ask HN: Forums Similar to Hacker News in the Internet
4 points by raybon 7y ago|5 comments
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by raybon 7y ago
20 years ago, when I was a bright eyed graduate student, I was mesmerized by MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems), which promised similar revolution. I learnt about 'artificial muscles', and MIT Technology Review even ran a cov
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by raybon 7y ago
Ah, where do I start. Two of my close relatives have schizophrenia, people whom I’ve known since they were born. They were both diagnosed around 19 and are now 29. In the last ten years we’ve tried many medications, hospitalizations, with l
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by raybon 8y ago
I loved Baba Yaga when I was 8 in South India!
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by raybon 8y ago
Bukhantsov was the real deal. Higher than Krotov
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by raybon 8y ago
I grew up on less than $10 per month for all expenses, including food, clothing and shelter. Now I'm worth $2MM+ at age 40 and an executive at Silicon Valley. I also have an Ivy League MBA. Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does