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alainmeier

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About alainmeier

Personal site: http://alainmeier.com

Co-Founder: https://cognitohq.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/alain

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/alainmeier; my proof: https://keybase.io/alainmeier/sigs/j1RxVwF0bYH7pOjdZ-AkiBmoa4QbWG57Qi7v4UZmbjo ]

Recent public activity

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    I've been going very deep on device-based identity (I previously co-founded YC S14 Cognito that was acquired by Plaid) and am going to start sharing some of the things I've been le…

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    Comment #9475227

    BlockScore (YCS14) - Intelligent ID verification ( https://blockscore.com ) We build APIs and products that help companies fight fraud and automate cumbersome compliance requiremen…

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    If you make the black overlay container position fixed and the window itself normal, you can have the modal scroll within the context of the black overlay. Facebook uses this same …

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    Cool idea! I think there are a few things on the usability side that you could do to make it even better: * Lock the body when you open the modal by setting overflow: hidden. That …

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    We are looking for Rails people, hit us up! https://blockscore.com/jobs

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    We are looking for Rails people, hit us up! https://blockscore.com/jobs

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    This reminds me of Enigmo http://www.pangeasoft.net/enigmo/

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    Jumio is actually a complementary service to ours. Jumio pulls information off of identification, but the information is not verified. You can use us to verify and authenticate tha…

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    Comment #7950754

    Account recovery is a great use case. Any mission critical applications for businesses should require more than security questions or a phone call in order to gain access to accoun…

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    > Silicon Valley ideologues are proposing secession I believe no one ever said this; it has been misreported by Gawker and others. If you're curious, the original talk is here with…

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    Here's a very thoughtful response from Rob, the creator of Soylent answering your very question: http://discourse.soylent.me/t/comparing-soylent-to-existing-... tldr; There's room …

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    The main lecturer co-founded one of the biggest personal genomics companies in the US, so I'm quite certain that he realizes the difference between the two. The course emphasizes u…

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    I took it in the winter at Stanford. It was an amazing class - the material was very strong and there's an emphasis on working on ideas that matter. Read: not social startup #5024.…

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    Indeed, that one is listed in the known vulnerabilities section of the repo. Thank you for trying it out

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    I experimented with that too, but the character limitation was what made me go server-side. Cool project though, works really well

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    Comment #5841188

    There are a lot of single view self destruct sites, but I wanted to make a new one because I wanted to let people host their own instead of relying on the site provider.