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by tommynicholas 11y ago
^ and it continues
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Zcash is super interesting, and to me, a demonstration of how exciting cryptography is. Learning about Zero Knowledge Proofs and Homomorphic Encryption is something I would encourage every young aspiring founder with any interest in math to
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While I do actually drink Soylent occasionally as a replacement for Oatmeal when I need a quick breakfast, I'm not a "food replacement" guy. Still, I find this project fascinating and Elliot is a passionate scientist and entr
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Spira: a complete meal supplement you can grow in your home(medium.com)
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Our batch at Techstars was almost have foreign companies, and it was amazing to watch how much they struggled with this issue. Many of them could not put their investments in the bank until the program was almost over because of unexpected
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No sympathy for terrorists, no sympathy for weakening encryption. I can understand someone outside of tech not understanding how those are comparable statements, but if anything the latter is more important.
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This is such nonsense. Zenefits allegedly broke the law under Conrad's leadership and he was ousted. This is not a sign of any macro changes - companies that break compliance regulations that could send their employees to jail have nev
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by tommynicholas 11y ago
I work building compliance software, and the Zenefits situation stood out to me immediately as very different from other stories. Ben Thompson nailed the reasons why - the comparison doesn't hold: https://stratechery.com&#x2
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These threads on HN are always extremely rough to read. I wonder what would need to happen for a more productive conversation around this topic to be possible? More participation, more moderation, better understanding, what would it take?
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I assuming chargers were eating energy after the phone was done charging, if they're not then this wouldn't be energy positive and isn't as exciting.
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That is an excellent idea, doesn't your phone continue to use power after it's done charging? This wouldn't produce a ton of Bitcoin but it would be an opportunity for a net-positive outcome from a cost perspective which is c
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Oof. I hate to say this because you're the one getting screwed over here, but that was wrong. If you had any idea you were going to let this member go when you had them sign those documents, you may be legally in the wrong and I defini
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This is what I, taking into account my personal situation of course, would do: - Make it clear to the co-founder that the business will be between much more likely and 100% likely to shut down if they maintain this complaint. While this see