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Fallibilist, optimist. Stripe CEO.

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  1. Jul 3

    Dutch founder of multiple successful tech businesses:

    Cookie law (2013) VATMOSS (2016) GDPR (2018) EU Copyright (2019) EU is making it impossible for startups to operate. That’s the same businesses it’s lacking in and trying to attract. 🤷‍♀️
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  2. Jul 1

    Thanks to crypto, the kinds of people who hung out on bitcointalk in 2012 are going to be allocating a *lot* of capital in coming decades. One of biggest spillover benefits of the space may be all the weird stuff they choose to back next.

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  3. Jul 1

    . on intractable conflicts, complicated narratives, and presentations thereof: . Reminds me of this interview, particularly page 12: .

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  4. Jun 30

    . has been helping me since I was 17. This post is great:

    9 things you can learn from my experience starting Y Combinator:
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    Jun 30
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    I just replied to it via Twitter and elaborated on blog: . Have you heard of or used Devonthink Pro before?

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    Jun 29
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    I used to have one for "non arbitraged tactical insight" and always felt like if everyone jsut collected all of those and traded with each other we would all be so much better off

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  7. Jun 29

    Good post:

    I've been working on a system to remember more of what I read. It’s obviously not the result of years of (or indeed any) scientific verification, but I have found it to be quite effective.
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    Jun 28

    Now that our whole payment flow evolves entirely around Stripe's "source" data model, it will be easy for us to add even more payment methods in the future. The backend doesn't know what "cards" are anymore.

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    Jun 28

    Finally! ✅ 🔹 Powered by Stripe Elements 🔹 No need to enter your address for each card anymore 🔹 Formed around Stripe Sources, not Cards Even more billing improvements to come...

    Numerous improvements landing for our billing system. Thanks a lot for your wonderful feedback and keep it coming!
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  10. Jun 23

    Great IEEE Spectrum piece (from 1985) on PARC:

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    6 Jul 2017

    It is time for a thread on traditional urbanism, or town planning 13th century style. I will dispel some myths of modern dis-urbanism.

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  12. Jun 23

    Unanticipated additional benefit: Pavlovian conditioning of reptile brain. “I’m on an airplane, not in bed. *But*, hmm, I *am* wearing a sleep mask...” 🔜😴😴 So, all in all, recommended.

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  13. Jun 23

    For a long time, I thought that sleep masks were pretty weird. Then I got one and found myself consistently sleeping for an additional 30-60 mins per night.

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    Jun 21

    "A record-high 75% of Americans, including majorities of all party groups, think immigration is a good thing for the U.S. -- up slightly from 71% last year."

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    Jun 20

    I've decided to start publishing my random notes: Updated monthly. Expect thoughts on governance, reputation, tech culture...and weird art ideas, sometimes? Basically whatever I scribble down while half-asleep at 4am.

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    Jun 20

    I’ve experienced being on and supporting teams in many of the states that Will outlines here. I really like how reasons about this.

    Organizations have a lot of state, which means they change slowly. I think the hardest cycle of org leadership is (a) diagnosing problem, (b) placing a bet, (c) keeping the faith and creating the space to see if you picked right.
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  17. Jun 19

    Come for the interview with about starting ; stay for the “thermocline”-featuring tweetstorm.

    Some companies are easy to start. Some companies less so. Sometimes you just enjoy playing life on hard mode, and so you start a bank. Tom Blomfield (CEO of ) was kind enough to chat with Stripe Atlas users about what it took to do that: Thoughts:
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    Jun 18

    Excited to announce Tools & Craft, an interview series I've been working on with for the past few months! In this first episode, I spoke with Andy Hertzfeld, who architected the operating system of the original Macintosh

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    Jun 18

    Want to meet other indie hackers in your city? Become a community ambassador and help organize meetups!

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  20. Jun 18

    "All lists of private companies contain degrees of subjectivity and error, but the Wikipedia ranking of unicorn start-ups by value offers a peek into the future. Of the top 50 entries, 26 are Chinese and 16 are American. There are none from Europe."

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