entelia09
Re:Ask HN: Why did your startup fail?
on Monday May 27, 2019 @01:35PM (#20023838)
We were butchered by a patent troll in the 90s. Back then they weren't so known or hated.
Re:Ask HN: How Are Webhose or Newsapi Legal?
on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:03PM (#19525654)
IANAL but I'm 99% sure they are not legal. They are just too tiny to be sued into oblivion. At the moment.
Re:Ask HN: Starting work at a early-stage startup, what should I expect?
on Sunday March 10, 2019 @01:18PM (#19352973)
Burnout is really, make sure you manage your mental and physical health.
Re:Ask HN: What documentary had an impact on you?
on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:51PM (#19349053)
Dirty Money
Hoop Dreams
Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail?
on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:45PM (#19348375)
But it wasn't coinhive or coinhive's users who were paying for it. Website visitors carried the cost...
Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail?
on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:33PM (#19348317)
I remember reading a research paper estimating that coinhive made over $250,000 every month. What do you think about this?
Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail?
on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:27PM (#19348279)
This is a big question for me too! Especially since they didn't seem to have any major reason to burn a lot of cash or to run out of money! Was it maybe a lawsuit, fraud or regulatory issue? I would LOVE to know.
Re:Ask HN: In simple terms, how could AI destroy mankind?
on Friday March 08, 2019 @07:39PM (#19343661)
I think the real threat is going to be more of a side-effect of AI. The fact that the current models may produce results that we can't foresee; therefore, a sufficiently advanced AI is powerful AND unpredictable, hence uncontrollable.
Re:A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf]
on Friday February 22, 2019 @01:06PM (#19227515)
True! I got so excited when I saw the cover photo.
Re:A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf]
on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:48PM (#19227336)
This is a really dumb observation, but my apartment is in the cover photo! (Vancouver BC, Canada)
Sorry, I got super excited!