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rubyron

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About rubyron

I'm a serial tech entrepreneur. Have done a couple EIR stints at Sequoia and co-founded a YC company. Spent 9 years in the Valley and currently live in Austin.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #38751009

    As I was reading this, I was mentally preparing my reply to call BS on your story, as no instructor would do this on your first lesson. Glad to see the twist at the end - great sto…

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    Comment #38648554

    TIL about a 2,000 lb "manhole cover" (big armored plate they welded on the end of a pipe to contain (HA!) the explosion) that got launched into the atmosphere in 1957 by a nuclear …

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    Comment #36900604

    Prometh? Trying to process that product name. Is it promise with a lisp, or are you in favor of meth?

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    Comment #36730242

    They need a fake hand to rise up and wave over the steering wheel so pedestrians will know they’re waiting for them.

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    Comment #36715783

    Could heat the place with GPUs.

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    Comment #36494733

    didn’t think I needed the /s

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    Comment #36494698

    This would be great to use on my sites so users choose stronger passwords. Is there an api planned, or is it open source?

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    Comment #36126039

    Pretty much every browser extension can/must do that.

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    Comment #35713372

    Something you never want to hear from your lawyer, or doctor, is that your case is interesting.

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    Comment #35248052

    Clippai™

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    Comment #35102647

    Probably the same number. Almost every startup in SF uses SVB by default. edit: misread. My estimate of at least 30% of VC-funded startups in SV using SVB stands. It’s recommended …

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    Comment #34728503

    Maybe the 10% quit over that, and they spun it as layoffs.

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    Comment #34053849

    NSAIDs are anti-inflammatories. Analgesics are anti-pain. Completely different mechanisms. I had arthroscopic surgery for a torn meniscus in my knee this year. My doc (well-respect…

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    Comment #34016142

    > All I can say is that I have never been so insulted (even by the likes of my moronic sister (who seems to delight in making me uncomfortable (and she is so good at it, knowing ju…

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    Comment #33695232

    Same as it looks coming out of your nose or throat - clear to whitish/yellowish.

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    Comment #31777523

    No, we’re tracking ball flight (in one of our future products).

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    Comment #31768159

    Three years ago I started a side hustle in the golf industry to pay for my obsessive love for the game. Never really talked about it in my software circles (until now), but it’s pr…

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    Comment #30594409

    fyi, the long loom url in your post is causing this page to be nearly unreadable on iPhone Safari. Have to squint to read tiny text or scroll horizontally.

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    Comment #30524244

    29 on fifth try, on iPhone Safari. Love it!

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    Comment #29361817

    For anyone curious about treatment for latent toxoplasmosis, this was an interesting read: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00381-19 I’m a former practicing veterinarian, …

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    Comment #28924236

    Thanks for your response. This happens to me whether or not I've collapsed any comments or hidden any posts. Frustrating, because I've tried it on a couple of friends' iPhones and …

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    Ask HN: Bounty – iOS doesn't hold my scroll position when going back to HN

    This is a problem that's been frustrating me here on HN when using iOS Safari on iPhone 12 Pro Max: When visiting any link on HN, whether it goes to another HN page or external web…