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I don't think you wrote this comment. I think you typed it into a text box. RTFA - it's about using tokens to research saving tokens.

I did too, and made https://clawback.md -- trying to figure out how to market it now (ie, invented the tech before I found the user -- again).

> Biggest scam of the century that governments have outsourced tax collection. Last century, but yes :)

What subtype are you?

If insurance companies add ethics clauses to contracts that refer to this, suddenly it’s very enforceable. “If we build that we’ll need an insurance waiver.” “We won’t be able to g…

> This process imprints holes – or no holes – onto the surface layer, which represents binary information. It’s high-density ceramic punch cards!

Starting a small company doing a niche product, while easier said than done, provides significant benefits in recapturing your own time. When the baby won’t let you sleep you can h…

Also, regular hard exercise and/or martial arts training, particularly BJJ, is de riguer for stress management. When you get into YC one of the first things they tell you is to dev…

I have set extremely clear boundaries on my time and enforced them religiously. This has caused massive problems, including potentially destroying my company. I have simply accepte…

Cory Doctorow has pointed out [0] that binding arbitration clauses leave companies open to legal DDOS “mass arbitration” attacks that end up being very pro-customer. 0: https://plu…

We were W22. It was a HUGE batch and we were raising at a large valuation, during the boom, so the YC standard deal didn't make financial sense for us. IIRC as soon as we signed th…

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZePj70B4IwyNn1ABhJWmBPe... Building a house from selection of land through to selling at auction.

Yesterday the NYSE had a technical issue in its price bounds checking system that caused it to revert approx. 4,341 trades in 251 symbols. The root cause was determined to be a man…

https://archive.is/zyEP1

That's why companies should use tools like ours https://threeid.xyz to give users control of their data while keeping it decentralized. alex@threeid.xyz to get started with an HN d…

Bigger problem is the thousands of companies altering atmospheric chemistry with greenhouse gasses, not one tiny company trying to counteract them with sulfur.

Christmas is celebrated as Christ’s birthday because 8 days later is New Year’s. This was set so that each year starts with a spiritual circumcision to consecrate it in Jewish law,…

The parts of Saturnalia that are best, imo, are the parts borrowed from Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all!

Slightly disappointed this isn't about a Santa's North Pole-themed paperclip optimizer for toys, which is what I first assumed :)

Yes, essentially: "are you full time?"

The typical response (for example, I've seen Patio11 say this) is: don't make your life harder than necessary by including big life changes in your startup journey. Running a compa…

Fun question to reflect on answering! It's all about teamwork! I'm defining "impact" as user count: About 8 years ago I built (as tech lead) a very simple commenting system that is…