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Awesome seeing Vermont on the front page of HN. I can attest these bagels are amazing, I used to get them throughout college.

A company that converts VC dollars into a decentralized, culturally immutable currency, preferably made of some sort of highly conductive, wear-resistant material that people will …

There is nothing wrong about being a plumber, electrician, carpenter etc, except when your dad is a carpenter, and you see him breaking his knees all day, while the media is floode…

I like that term, "valence hijacking" and I don't disagree. Ultimately I think we as a society are approaching a pivotal point where any body (individual or institution) are so afr…

Theranos rode the bleeding edge of technology until they ran out of edge.

what's the name for a company that can spend and lose a billion dollars before they see a dime in returns?

I feel like the comment was poking fun at the "fields", which are so hyped that they might as well be called hunting for the philosopher's stone.

A serious question here, and not trying to ruffle any SV'ers feathers, but why do you see autonomous vehicles to be as valuable as...say transistors, or satellites? In terms of lon…

Great Post! I'm probably a similar age. I grew up learning how to use a bandsaw, compound miter saw and generally learning how to do woodwork that could hold it's own. I grew up wi…

The "no one cares anymore" solution to put it simply

I can't wait of the era of quantum entanglement HFT /s

A lot of academic funds have military roots?