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by yc-kraln 4y ago
The VC industry biases on historical outcomes, and their own lived experiences--like any process that involves humans. The author also mentions starting a technical company without any technical expertise, and a few other questionable thing
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
The first and most difficult person to convince that your crazy idea/company is going to be worth a billion is your first cofounder. "The research is based on a survey of creators for thousands of Kickstarter projects between 2009
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
All of the infographics on that site don't show bullets being fired, they show whole cartridges. It's also talking about bullet weights and speeds, and completely skips the concept of "energy" (i.e. Joules) which is what
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
I think the perspective here is a very interesting one. Typically, such transactions are seen as between a user and a service provider. There is an agreed-upon protocol, and so long as everyone sticks to the agreed-upon protocol, the exchan
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
I started at 24 hours a week and they negotiated me up to 32. :)
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
checks spam folder godaddy@kraln.com allwinner10@kraln.com couponmom@kraln.com ppcgeeks@kraln.com Each one either directly or indirectly related to a known breach (i.e. haveibeenpwned). It's not just selling your email that could hap
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Carbon, Go, Sawzal, Dart. Is this a retention activity, or do they honestly think that creating their own programming languages and tooling will help them meet their goals?
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Hi, Tegel was my favorite airport ever, domestic and international.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Coming a bit late to the party, but one aspect of this is that there is already massive usage of cannabis in Germany, and in many areas quite a significant amount is decriminalized. In recent years, however, crappy cannabis adulterated with
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Their claim is also 100% wrong. The difference, of course, is intent. It's easy enough to ferret out the difference here: If you set up such a motion-triggered camera and a person walks through it, unknowingly resulting in a picture be
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
This is what NB-IOT is for, and it's already happening.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Which criteria does the Asus Zenphone 8 fail? I just bought one with more-or-less the same wishlist, and threw Lineage on it, and it's perfect for me.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
(Yes, I realize your comment was tongue-in-cheek) There are actually a lot of patented ways to prevent relay attacks, mine is only one of them. And most of them are patented by NXP :) Ultimately, this is a failure of prioritization on behal
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
I am no longer involved in the company. Here is one of the related patents: DE102012104955A1; send me a message/email and I could potentially make a connection.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
> Every contactless unlock technique is vulnerable to relay attacks. > - No amount of encryption prevents relay attacks. This isn't true, and I have the patent(s) to show it. I developed (along with some truly talented security p
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Somehow, my Zenfone 8 has a headphone jack and nevertheless is IP68 and thin. These days, I buy phones based on whether or not they're suppored by Lineage, and if they have a headphone jack or not. That's it; that's the crite
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
This is incorrect, well, partially. The main issue holding back electric aircraft is volumetric efficiency (space), not weight.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
> Whenever there is an argument between two sides, find the third side. Curious to know the third side with regards to clear victim/aggressor situations (domestic violence, x*phobia, Russia in Ukraine, etc.)
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Same. I had a OnePlus 5T and now I am on a Moto Edge.
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by yc-kraln 4y ago
Real name policy destroys Twitter the way the no-pornography rules destroyed tumblr. It's a position from a place of privilege and is actively harmful, but don't take my word for it, here is a link to the EFF's position: htt
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
I've shipped Unity games, and had impact on some engine decisions for major companies (between Unity, Unreal, and a few others). Unreal is a FPS engine with a gorgeous renderer. Unity is a rendering pipeline, physics engine, with a C#
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
There is no such thing as "US" driving test standards. Each state has its own requirements. Some are quite weak, and some are very vigorous: For instance, Maryland driving licenses are accepted 1:1 as equivalent to the German driv
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Adding an example to this after reading down the front page more: Smart TVs are the same; you either get garbage which shows you ads, or you have to pay 10x more for a normal panel.
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
What you are describing is what has happend to almost all markets which are primarily price sensitive over time; you end up with a bifurcation of quality such that there isn't a "middle" anomoyre. Another example is groceries
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Lots of issues with microcontrollers, even secure ones, can be found around the ISP routines. I remember issues with NXP Micros (also LPCs, but of another generation) where, if you glitch the power at just the right time, you can get it to
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Reading the article through and through, it seems that it is a given that the world's currently huge population should not be allowed to shrink, for the good of the economy. This is an .. amazingly shortsighted take, especially when ta
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
I am interested to see what my avatar looks like ;) edit: aha, squid!
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Quillette is a libertarian fantasy website. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quillette
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Legacy. There are tons of industrial machines whose control software runs on DOS. The machines are still good, and it's not like you can just pick up a new 20 ton press or 5 meter long lathe...
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by yc-kraln 5y ago
Did you miss the part where using an unpatched, always internet connected device is a huge liability? That's the point, he can't not get a new phone because they're cutting off security patches for the one he is using.

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