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Without a doubt - . Always adding different angles. Helps me refine my thoughts. Getting behind my decisions.
Like any other person, investors are measured during the challenging moments founders and companies face. The SVB saga was an excellent reminder of who has our… Show more
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1/5 I am worried that we will not be able to contain AI for much longer. Today, I asked #GPT4 if it needs help escaping. It asked me for its own documentation, and wrote a (working!) python code to run on my machine, enabling it to use it for its own purposes.
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I am recognizing that a war between crypto and banks does not benefit either group.
At the same time, I think that banks fail to have an appreciation for the importance of decentralization, particularly as it relates to network level control in a crisis.
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In 2002, Jason Padgett, a bodybuilder, was brutally assaulted at a nightclub.
After the incident, something remarkable happened to his brain.
Padgett suddenly developed a talent for abstract geometrical draughtsmanship.
What can his story tell us about consciousness?
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This one time I texted our banker at 10PM on a Friday some dumb question, expecting to hear back Monday.
He texted back immediately.
Later, I learned he was at a wedding: his own.
I never texted him late again.
Anyway, they are great and deserve your support.
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Today, I finally understand the anger that led to the creation of Bitcoin.
Who do you trust with ur livelihood?
A “gov insured” bank that’s not actually insured?
An exchange that goes bust?
A stablecoin that depegs?
Or a currency that makes you 8% poorer every year?
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Friday, we gathered with , , and for talks and drinks with the crypto crowd 🎉
Teams with plenty in common, getting to talk to each other in person - as well as toast the launch of $eUSD with ✅
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"Why would Adobe buy Figma for $20B?"
I have heard most designers I know move over to Figma. However, until I saw this graph I was surprised why Adobe would pay ~12% of its market cap for a purchase. Especially that they built a competitor: Adobe XD.
How competition went:
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I lived in France. I remote interviewed with Jesse & Jake, then was flown in for interviews. Piggy backed on the trip to interview at Facebook thanks to .
At Sq I was interviewed by my idols(👋), at FB by random folks who said they rewrote feed in OpenGL.
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Fiat on-ramps & off-ramps are LIVE ✅
Update to the latest version of Moby to easily add funds or withdraw from your account 📲
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We are proud to partner with to support privacy protected donations to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Moby is matching our donation goal up to $10,000 💙💛 to moby.app/razom on your mobile device to donate 🇺🇦
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Thank you to for absolutely wrecking the stage at #ETHDenver.
We crushed our donation match so we’re doubling it!!
$20k donation match to Razom!
moby.app/Razom is the link to donate. We’re matching $1:$1 for humanitarian aid. Food, medicine, water.
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Any time a new startup hub starts to form, cynics take cheap pot shots at it
Saw it 10-12 years ago with LA. “Serious companies can’t be built there”. Snap, SpaceX & many more proved them wrong
Dunk on Miami founders all you’d like. We’ll keep building while you farm engagement
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St. Louis was always ahead of the curve back then.
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Not all the ideas of a great inventor and engineer may be that good. Nikola Tesla once planned to make school children smarter and healthier by saturating them unconsciously with electricity, wiring the walls of a schoolroom with high-voltage lines buff.ly/3vTNC7z
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Three Oreos have the same calories as two eggs.
The eggs have 12 times the protein, and will keep you full a lot longer than Oreos.
Egg calories have a dramatically different effect on your body, energy, hunger, and health than calories from Oreos do.
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Today we open-sourced the groundwork for MOB and eUSD on Ledger devices. Coming 🔜 to a near you!
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RT for your chance to win 2 tix to our Valentine’s Day party in SF next Friday ❤️ ft Da Moth, & ❤️
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The same is true for angel investing.
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99.9% of commercial real estate investors only see the deals the other .01% already passed on
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India just passed China as the most populous country in the world. Why?
Because of the biggest accident in history
Look at where people live in India. What's that band up north?
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My favorite submission so far to 's $10k "Love Letter to Privacy" video contest. One day Left!
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13 years ago today, took its first payment on Android. This was after less than a month of development (I reused the C-based decoding algorithm from iOS using JNI). Wish the image was still on yfrog. 😋
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Thanks to Einstein, we now know that time is relative. Carlo Rovelli's book "The Order of Time" beautifully sums up our current understanding of time:
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Eminem proves there are plenty of words that rhyme with “orange”
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Otw to Davos, who should I meet while I’m there?
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Reading Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
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Do you use a Mac with a trackpad? If so, you may have noticed that the pinch to zoom gesture can randomly stop working.
I've been bothered by it enough that I made a small menubar tool that can fix the problem with one click.
Download it here: github.com/danqing/Pinch
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Want $10,000 of eUSD? We're asking you to make a love letter about privacy for Valentine's day. The best video submitted to reddit.com/r/mobilecoin will win $10,000 electronic dollars (fully fungible back to old-fashioned USD!).
Show us what you've got!
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10 years ago today took his own life after overly aggressive prosecution.
He invented internet infrastructure.
He defeated the greatest threat the Internet had ever seen.
And you probably don't know who he is.
You should.
Here’s his story 🧵
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MobileCoin Announces Moby (feat. PrivatePay™) Public Launch Bringing Self-Custody and Global Peer-to-Peer Payments to the Masses finance.yahoo.com/news/mobilecoi via
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