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Hi HN: I've been around HN since 2011 and this is my first dive into gRPC. This tool is still in beta, but I'm happy to share it with everyone, it's been an amazing learning proces…

"...governments can be counted out of taking the leadership needed to solve this within 12 years." This is the issue.[0] Governments are the middlemen between citizens that we the …

"First, I would like to structure this so that all shareholders have a choice. Either they can stay investors in a private Tesla or they can be bought out at $420 per share, which …

If you ever need anyone to talk to text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime for free.[0] There may be many reasons why some employers don't hire you, but don…

The way to overcome this is to write milestones into the smart contract that unlock additional funding after the milestone is hit in a given time period. The issue with today's ICO…

Tesla isn't a car company, it's an energy company that is building the Model E on their energy platform. Reading their SEC 10-K[0] will show this. Solar is 55% of all new installat…

This is all about price to value. Price This is very interesting and shows that there is an amazing amount of cheap cash available that is just piling up. Spending that cash on buy…

Original Boston College Paper that this article is based on: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3182169 Conclusion: "We also show that there is a positive and conv…

The transition from primarily visual UX towards an auditorial UX is really powerful. Looking at screens to get key information distracts me from my surroundings and seems archaic. …

1. This has been submitted before, 302 days ago in fact: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=nina4airbnb.com 2. This is actually a case study in how to market yourself: https://…

Healthcare startups are like Cleantech startups were. There is large amounts of capital being deployed, there are going to be high profile failures like Theranos, but at the end of…

This is going back to YC's roots and I love it! If you are scrappy, $20k can get you extremely far at a cost that is "basically" zero (1.5% stake that only converts upon a liquidit…

Salt water isn't good for rockets. Once you solve this really hard problem of landing a rocket on a barge on a dynamic ocean you have a real competitive advantage.

This is correct. Most employees have a stock strike price that is say $2.00 when the company is valued at $20.00. So if each Foursquare stock was worth $20 and is now worth $10, th…