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Ethereum becoming the value settlement layer of Web 3.0 [1]. Stablecoins have proven to be the killer dApp and there are ~$10B in circulation currently [2]. [1] https://ethereum.or…

One of my last teams used gods from Greek mythology (e.g. Apollo [1], Ares [2]), and another nearby team used Pokemon names. Lots of folks started using similar naming conventions …

Ben Thompson wrote an interesting article "What Is a Tech Company?" on Stratechery [1] recently where he discusses the trademark characteristics of tech companies and makes a convi…

"There is no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand. We have won that battle," Ardern said Monday. "But we must remain vigilant if we are to keep it that way."…

Hi HN, Happy to share Inverse, a Chrome extension that empowers teams to have conversations and share knowledge on any webpage. Unlike email or chat applications like Slack or Team…

Just an FYI but clicking on the link triggers Metamask's [1] Ethereum Phishing Detection, here's a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/p2m8nil.png [1] https://metamask.io/

ETH's all time high is $1,432.88 [1], so 32 ETH has only ever been worth $45,852.16 max. [1] https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/

A good resource for comparing different VPN providers is the VPN Comparison by That One Privacy Guy [1]. I personally use Mullvad [2]. [1] https://thatoneprivacysite.net [2] https:…

Ben Thompson wrote an interesting article "What Is a Tech Company?" on Stratechery [1] recently where he discusses the trademark characteristics of tech companies and makes a convi…

Square's now shuttered Order app [1] also used to offer just in time order preparation [2]: > With the newest version of the app, Square will flip the model so that food will be pr…

If I click on any of the actual sponsor buttons it redirects to https://github.com/users/$user/sponsorship and 404's. Happening for anybody else?

Ouya is reaching its end of life on June 25th, 2019. [1] [1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/22/seven-years-later-the-ouya...

Zoom is a profitable company that plans to IPO this year: "Zoom has the very rare and valuable financial profile -- it's growing at over 100% a year and it's profitable" [1], they'…

For a single event, The International 2018 for Dota 2 had a prize pool of $25,532,177 USD [1] and "set the record for largest single tournament prize pool in esports history for th…

> Nobody takes BTC in exchange for goods and services, absolutely nobody. I was simply trying to show that your original statement was hyperbole, as there are clearly notable retai…

That's not true, there are large retailers that directly accept BTC, like Newegg [1] and Overstock [2]. There are also services like Bitrefill to purchase gift cards using various …

From Uber's Q4 2018 report [1]: Gross cash: $6.4 billion in unrestricted cash ($4.8 billion at end of Q3 2018, $4.4 billon in Q4 2017) [1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/uber-re…

I believe you are correct that it's not fractional, their website claims "100% Backed - Every tether is always backed 1-to-1, by traditional currency held in our reserves. So 1 USD…

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Notch's (the creator of Minecraft) entries into Ludum Dare, a 48-hour video game development competition [1]. I only looked briefly on Twitch and…

Isn't that something that can be helped by having a good standard library though (e.g. STL)? OpenZeppelin [1] is one example that comes to mind. There are also other contract langu…

That's explicitly called out by miedzinski, the PR author, in the discussion [1]--although for some reason it's mentioned as PEP 512 but links to the same page you mentioned. [1] h…

This is a reference to the XKCD comic, Password Strength [1]. [1] https://xkcd.com/936/

Can you give some examples of existing companies you consider in that league?