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Project I’ve been following for years. CEO (main presenter in this video) went through ycombinator and got acquired by Radix.

In an interview last we he stated that his next company would be vertical take off supersonic electric jet, if he decided to start another company. He said he's not likely to start…

A problem I see is that companies would have to spend time defending legitimate patents just because consumers want the technology to become widely available. The scheme could caus…

Why not Eminent Domain for patents then?

I really don't understand what you're advocating or what mechanism you hope to develop. You basically want to put out bounties for law firms to take cases against patents? What pat…

Doubt it's about his talent (even though he is very talented). Think it's more of a PR move. It'd look pretty bad for Mayer & Co if he ditched Yahoo in a couple months, and a ton o…

I don't think it'll work. The NRA & the gun industry have successfully marketed a product, and the NRA has successfully marketed itself as the means of protecting customer's rights…

One of my takes on it is that it has to be some sort of land/underground interconnection between cities. My reasoning behind this is that he is open sourcing the designs. My guess …

haha. I might do something like it again, so keep an eye out i guess?

First, other HN users, sorry for cluttering the board with this. I offered a $20 amazon gift card for critiquing an idea a month ago & said I'd award it today. Stephenbez offered t…

I'll probably come back & post more on this later, but one thing to note is that it is not the law schools denying admission to the bar, its the bar denying admission to people who…

Talk about it with people close to you and seek professional help.

From my perspective there doesn't seem to be any one field that combines all of them, but there do seem to be many permutations popping up that combine multiple fields - ie. the ri…

I think a more interesting discussion would be one concerning what impact the opinions on the markets is having on startup investing. I wonder if people's current distrust of the g…

Thanks for the great input, especially the chargeback question. It seems like it should be at the top of the list but this is something I honestly didn't think of (although I was a…

Due to the Norquist pledge this has about 0% chance of happening just because of the word tax. Realistically the people opposed to the tax would probably prefer the freedom to adap…

The app I wish I had in a college setting was a simple way of letting people know that I'm open to doing certain things at a certain time. The best example i'm thinking about is li…

Maybe a more objective search engine. It'd be better for researching ideas than popculture or really ordinary questions. But for people trying to answer more in depth questions it …

Fair. I guess my statement was way too generalized, but was meant to be reflective about a slower shift over time. There's still nails around today but also many other moving parts…

Was hesitant when I clicked on this article because of what "revolution" the author could be reffering to. Luckily he seems to realize that Bitcoin is an excellent accounting syste…

Agreed, although they're not mutually exclusive. Just happens the way America has exercised it's hard power has diminished its soft power. We've been a hammer since World War II bu…