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by sebleon 9y ago
Very interesting product - my guess is that past attempts failed because of distribution and marketing strategies. (Motorola Atrix, Windows Continuum, etc). Enterprise companies with large workforces seems like an interesting market for thi
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by sebleon 9y ago
In general, how can you distinguish between heartfelt philanthropy and PR moves?
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by sebleon 9y ago
This reminds me of 'El Dinosaurio,' the shortest Spanish narrative: "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí." English: "When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there."
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by sebleon 9y ago
Makes sense - government could instantly prevent BTC from gaining mainstream adoption as a currency. Unclear how price would move if BTC was only used for store-of-value only. In Venezuela, people go to jail under treason laws if they get c
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by sebleon 9y ago
How effective is regenerative breaking?
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by sebleon 9y ago
If this was truly a heartfelt article, I doubt it would have cast Kairos as the only do-gooder in this industry. The focus on helping the US Midwest is straight from Kairos’ thesis. Most honest articles about SV’s shortfalls focus on bigger
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by sebleon 9y ago
"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads" - original FB data scientist
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by sebleon 9y ago
3% of countries is a small minority. (6/195 countries, you missed Venezuela-now and Ecuador-1999) Besides, these tend to happen infrequently (like once in a century per country), people underestimate risk, and blame politicians instead
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by sebleon 9y ago
In most of the developing world, hyperinflation is rare too.
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by sebleon 9y ago
Or building GPU chips that accelerate deep learning algorithms that write white papers about how you will build a factory that will build factories to manufacture shovels. Investors: I’ll accept check, btc, or pepecoin.
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by sebleon 9y ago
thanks man
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by sebleon 9y ago
Good stuff - would be cool to hear what a good narrative sounds like. Post the Atrium or Twitch one on snap?
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by sebleon 9y ago
I hope urban planning committees use this as a wake up call to step it up and improve non-car transportation options. Rather than banning Uber/Lyft because consumers prefer them, cities should beat the competition by making public tran
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by sebleon 9y ago
Jellyfish should be fine
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by sebleon 9y ago
Meh, iWatch and iMessage are surefire ways to get people to think of the right product. Technically incorrect terms, but they'll get the message right.
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by sebleon 9y ago
should be able to warm up a mask with a blow dryer
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by sebleon 9y ago
> static 3d-printed would not work right, but adding in fake eyeballs should do the trick. For inspiration, check out how these guys fool Samsung's iris scanner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrqufsHpS4
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by sebleon 9y ago
Yes, I suspect this could be a part of the solution. They'll also need a way to simulate eyeballs, in order to fool the sensor that measures if the dummy is "looking" at the device.
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by sebleon 9y ago
> role it fills is a very important one what role does it fill? > criticizing torrents p2p file sharing fills a real need: quickly download large files for free, even when no single entity wants to pony up enough free bandwidth to mak
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by sebleon 9y ago
> powerful network effect taking place is this actually happening, or is this wishful thinking? > bitcoin ATMs cool concept, unclear when there will be enough of these outside of USA to make a dent in the remittance market > saving
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by sebleon 9y ago
Agreed - tapping phone at checkout is actually more convenient. I don’t see why blockchain would help to improve this checkout UX
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by sebleon 9y ago
> remmitances, paying remote employees, collecting donations Blockchain seems like overkill here. Hardest parts are converting cash into bits and back on both ends, transmitting bits from one account to another is easy with, say, a MySQL
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by sebleon 9y ago
To switch to another financial system, the alternative has to be significantly better (eg. 10x). Curious what advantages you'd point out?
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by sebleon 9y ago
Very cool!! Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?
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by sebleon 9y ago
Empirically, bitcoin hasn't reached anything close to mainstream adoption in Venezuela. Why do you think this is?
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by sebleon 9y ago
> currently the biggest use of Bitcoin in Venezuela is to evade currency controls False, it's actually to mine bitcoin using some of the world's cheapest electricity, thanks to local subsidies.
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by sebleon 9y ago
> consider the 2+ billion people worldwide without access to payment networks Why is a blockchain a good solution for this problem? Operators like M-Pesa have made digital payments mainstream in underbanked Kenya, without any crypto. See
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by sebleon 9y ago
HN is community-driven. This happens to be something that was posted and upvoted a lot, showing that the community enjoys this content.
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by sebleon 9y ago
Yeah that's fair - making sure macros are not totally off makes sense.
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by sebleon 9y ago
> Your body has minimum protein [macronutrient] requirements True, but counting macros isn't a practical framework for eating well. Empirically, the US obesity epidemic is not about people missing macronutrient goals; it comes from

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