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alainmeier
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About alainmeier
Co-Founder: https://cognitohq.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/alain
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Comment #48376225
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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Comment #8690415
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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Comment #8690015
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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Comment #8644903
We are looking for Rails people, hit us up! https://blockscore.com/jobs
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Comment #8644902
We are looking for Rails people, hit us up! https://blockscore.com/jobs
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Comment #8151451
This reminds me of Enigmo http://www.pangeasoft.net/enigmo/
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Comment #7950858
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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Comment #6931709
> 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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Comment #6169472
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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Comment #5891832
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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Comment #5891765
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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Comment #5842111
Indeed, that one is listed in the known vulnerabilities section of the repo. Thank you for trying it out
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Comment #5841243
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.