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I would love global and not require a bank account sign up (want to be minimally intrusive). And yes thousands of outgoing transactions a day would be great.

Here are the properties I'm looking for: - be able to transfer - get minimally intrusive information from users - high user likelihood they can already accept it

Here are the properties I'm looking for: - be able to transfer - get minimally intrusive information from users - high user likelihood they can already accept it

Hey HN, this is my first blog post! Its about my saga of searching for Leonardo DiCaprio on the Rotten Tomatoes website. Search on that site is about the worst I've ever seen. It's…

Hey Adam - what does "funding a jackpot via insurance" mean? Do you pay out $10m jackpots now or only when you hit a certain scale?

What are the other larger players (non-niche?)

We have a website that we are trying to monetize with ads. Google Adsense has been rejecting us due to Covid delays. What are the best alternatives to Adsense? Has anyone done a pr…

I’ve really enjoyed biographies in the tech space (Jobs, Bezos, etc). I’m working on a project more in the social media space. Are there any good books on Facebook or Instagram foc…

I'm looking to give away even something as simple as $5 or a video game card. I want to giveway this daily. But most giveways require getting a bunch of information from users or t…

If I think a youtube video will get popular, is there anything I can do to buy ads/sell ads to monetize that. Or any other way?

That’s great. I’d like to collect all sorts of data because it’s unclear what the triggers could be. Thank you.

Hi, I work in quant finance and spend a lot of time with data. I also get headaches 3-4 times a week. I would like to collect data on myself with various sensors. I know there are …

Often people think crptocurrencies can be valued with this formula. Having trouble conceptualizing this. Can someone come with a simple example of a currency with 10 units that a b…

If I have an Instagram that I truly believe has great content but doesn't have many followers. What paid resources or mechanisms do people suggest? I have tried promotions within I…

I understand crypto can work with micro transactions but it's unclear to me that usd would not work. I know it's expensive through the credit card model but surely some version of …

I see all these new y combinator companies/things people post on hacker news that would greatly help with various projects. For example, maybe I would like to use Stripe for my pay…

I have a project I want to work on. I need to use Amazon EC2, S3, webscrape, and a couple other things. I don't mind spending money to get the work done but I would also like to le…

Thank you. Should have clarified that I know to use their API. But will this just be an absurd amount of data? I'm comfortable with python/R. What other languages should I use? Any…

I have some experience programming but want to work on a side project that would require me to have Reddit pages stored every minute. I would probably just work with the top subred…

Thanks for the response. I'm looking for a more comprehensive way to learn it though.

Did some Googling for learning VBA for Excel and didn't find any standout resources. I know some java and python. Anyone have any suggestions of resources they have found useful. T…

In general, I like to give new technologies/apps a chance. I have spent some time looking at the payment space and the concept of "treats" is at least interesting. I think the name…

Walking around campus takes about 15 minutes. Would be perfect to listen to a Paul Graham essay each day. Please don't complain that I am lazy - I tend to remember certain things m…