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This is the hard part: > the only thinking you'll have to do is how to manage your private keys securely. But it’s also the fun part, because it’s the first time you really need pe…

While this may have been an unfortunate reality in previous eras, today we can get much better information from researchers and practitioners.

Most successful people have X. Government: “Let’s give everyone X!” Over time the value of X is diluted, loses its status signaling, and overall quality degrades. Successful people…

Which is clearly why the U.S. is such a terrible environment for starting new businesses.

Tether is the FUD that never stops giving, anyone remember Bitfinexed from 2017? Do people try to manipulate price? Of course they do. Sometimes it works, retail investors get exci…

> And, why do they need to be productive? Because the entire global economy is premised on having enough growth to pay off the debt incurred by previous generations. If people choo…

Matthew Green had a good thread on this: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/11906745637740093...

Doesn't once mention First Amendment protections. Code is speech, and the internet is the press. This is an attempt to ban an idea.

It's not hard - just build more housing. Prop 13 and local politics make this so much harder than necessary.

Usable cryptography. iPhone-level UX for private key management. People care about privacy, and more are willing to pay for it. There is a massive opportunity for direct monetizati…

The US military sells itself on being incredibly capable thanks to developing and fielding cutting edge weapons technology. It is actually capable because it is extremely effective…

Very few people turn that down, and even fewer are capable of running $100B companies. But those who are in the second camp are also probably in the first camp, because being an ef…

If you want a quick primer on buoyancy physics and ship design, Marine Insight has a good writeup: https://www.marineinsight.com/naval-architecture/intact-stab... As the article me…

I don't think that the distinction between art and technology stands up to scrutiny. Both are iterative creative processes, and we want to empower future generations of both artist…

No, but Google needs to worry about a much more important constituency. There are not that many people who know how to build something like this. Most are probably wealthy, to the …

In my experience, the people who go for the extra money in derm and ortho don't need it from a wealth perspective, but often need it from a social and self-worth perspective. Over …

Sanger's Confront and Conceal has a great chapter on Stuxnet / Olympic Games as well.

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And your life depends on your gear.

Messari | Infrastructure Engineer | NYC | Full-Time | On-Site Messari is a venture-backed startup building open data for cryptoassets. Our mission is to promote transparency and sm…

Kalanick is a giant asshole, but also built an incredible company. He then proceeded to nearly destroy it out of arrogance. So did Jobs during his first stint as CEO. Look at the h…

Why are drones too expensive? When you consider pilot cost and risk it seems like you should be able to get a ton of savings. Seems like you could build a drone that meets your oth…

Everything else you buy on your credit card has an expected future value of $0.00. Why shouldn't you be able to buy things with arguably non-zero EFV as long as you are in good sta…

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How much of Uber was simply rediscovering things that the taxi industry had already found?