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by superquest 9y ago
And I hope founders plow some of this money into local venture.
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by superquest 9y ago
A related endeavor is James Simons' Flatiron Institute. They're creating bespoke algorithms for academics in the fields of computational biology, computational astronomy, and computational quantum physics -- replacing current prac
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by superquest 9y ago
Great to see companies not founded in megacities getting big exits like this.
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by superquest 9y ago
Interesting point. Can you point to any evidence that Chinese money has been behind large share of 2017 Bitcoin purchases?
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by superquest 9y ago
explanation: https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/festivals/red-en... it's kind of like the Chinese equivalent of Christmas presents ...
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by superquest 9y ago
Banking isn't an uncommon problem.
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by superquest 9y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=excels
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by superquest 9y ago
Probably a good thing for Soylent and the former CEO. The guy always seemed like the kind of eccentric dynamo who excels at starting companies, rather than running them.
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by superquest 9y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I've been quite frustrated by the low portability of Kindle annotations lately ...
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by superquest 9y ago
Because we love to argue about Bitcoin.
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by superquest 9y ago
It's amazing that a "waste shipping industry" between parties on opposite sides of the planet can exist at all. I guess it's possible because "developed nations" send back empty container ships which might as w
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by superquest 9y ago
TLDR: - Bitcoin is an "un-valuable" as an investment security. - Bitcoin is only worth something because we agree that it should be worth something, and this consensus is fragile. - Governments will outlaw it.
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by superquest 9y ago
I didn't read the whitepaper for years because I assumed I wouldn't understand it. When I finally (recently) did I was dumbstruck by its simplicity. This was a big lesson for me: I should always at least try to understand these bi
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by superquest 9y ago
For the average person: none are worth learning
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by superquest 9y ago
Of course -- but they didn't plan to run out of money. So what didn't go according to plan?
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by superquest 9y ago
They use Plaid[1] to verify bank accounts using bank login credentials instead of micro deposits -- which reduces abandoned applications since you don't have to wait a couple days to complete verification. This is a very common thing f
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by superquest 9y ago
True. But even so, the average Coinbase user's reaction to receiving their first Bitcoin is "Now what do I do with it?" Both of my parents had this reaction. And the only use they've found so far is to gamble it on altco
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by superquest 9y ago
American democracy is designed to elect a geographically representative legislature. I wish it could also elect an ideologically representative legislature. Currently, I really appreciate how Senator Ron Johnson is fighting to give small bu
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by superquest 9y ago
From the article: "With the purchase of 510 Systems and Anthony’s Robots, his salary, and bonuses, Levandowski earned at least $120 million from his time at Google."
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by superquest 9y ago
One's choice of first job is of great consequence, however, and it is greatly influenced by social group.
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by superquest 9y ago
I think OP is saying they hadn't even received the product within the review window.
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by superquest 9y ago
Graphene is nice for Python. Supports Relay stuff too (I've never used these features, though). http://graphene-python.org/
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by superquest 9y ago
> incredibly easy to copy I feel obliged to post this tweet https://twitter.com/mathowie/status/837735473745289218
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by superquest 9y ago
+1 on greyed out icons of frequent contacts. Cringed and closed app a few times due to this.
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by superquest 10y ago
I simply forgot that I did it. I gave them my credentials half a decade ago when I didn't know what I was doing ...
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by superquest 10y ago
Cmon WSJ is expensive
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by superquest 10y ago
True. Recently I logged into Mint for the first time in a few years, and was quite disturbed to realize they had been importing every debit or credit card transaction, and every student loan payment I made. They know my financial health bet
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by superquest 10y ago
I think it's a pretty large strategic disadvantage for a news organization to be headquartered in the little bubble that is San Francisco. Goofballs in SF will read that shit but few others will. Particularly that "design lessons
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Hacker Culture as Gift Economy(free-soft.org)
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by superquest 10y ago
This all depends what your goal is. If your goal is to understand web development then I would say that a micro-framework like Flask is better because you actually have to assemble all the pieces yourself. Moreover, if you're curious

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