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Why Tokens Are Eating the World

Posted by jrbedard on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:09PM
from the vinnylingham.com dept.

https://vinnylingham.com/why-tokens-are-eating-the-world-b4174235c87b

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Is Taking a Leave of Absence

Posted by jrbedard on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:27PM
from the buzzfeed.com dept.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/priya/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-is-taking-a-leave-of-absence

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How the Intercept Outed Reality Winner

Posted by jrbedard on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:39PM
from the blog.erratasec.com dept.

http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html

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Re:Ask HN: Are There Any Bitcoin Billionaires Yet? on Thursday May 25, 2017 @07:06PM (#14420806)

Those could qualify:

  - Satoshi Nakamoto (bitcoin creator(s) ~1.5M btc = $3.5B today)
  - Roger Ver (reportedly bought >$1M of btc in ~2010)
  - Winklevii (reportedly owned ~1% of all btc in 2013 = ~$2B now)
  - Ethereum funder(s) (bought >$1M of ether at 2014 crowd-sale @ $0.25, today @ ~$200/eth)
  - Chinese btc/eth mining farm owner(s)

Final Investor Update

Posted by jrbedard on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:06PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@pt/final-investor-update-25c1bdfb20ec

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Spotify Acquires Blockchain Startup Mediachain

Posted by jrbedard on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:57PM
from the coindesk.com dept.

http://www.coindesk.com/spotify-acquires-blockchain-startup-mediachain/

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SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund [pdf]

Posted by jrbedard on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:06PM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/batsbzx/2017/34-80206.pdf

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The Promise of Blockchain Is a World Without Middlemen

Posted by jrbedard on Monday March 06, 2017 @08:01PM
from the hbr.org dept.

https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-promise-of-blockchain-is-a-world-without-middlemen

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The Meaning of Decentralization

Posted by jrbedard on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:53AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274

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Deep Learning Will Radically Change the Ways We Interact with Technology

Posted by jrbedard on Monday January 30, 2017 @10:40AM
from the hbr.org dept.

https://hbr.org/2017/01/deep-learning-will-radically-change-the-ways-we-interact-with-technology

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Show HN: ₿ (U+20BF) Bitcoin Unicode Symbol

Posted by jrbedard on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:42AM
from the show-hn dept.

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Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam Is Leaving the Company

Posted by jrbedard on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @05:49PM
from the coindesk.com dept.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-coinbase-co-founder-fred-ehrsam-leaving-company/

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What happened to the Lily camera drone?

Posted by jrbedard on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:31PM
from the recode.net dept.

https://www.recode.net/2017/1/16/14274254/lily-drone-lawsuit-refunds

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently? on Sunday January 15, 2017 @10:31PM (#13408039)

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

Came out in November 2016. Split in 3 parts:

Part I: Applied Math and Machine Learning Basics (Linear Algebra, Probability and Information Theory, Numerical computation)

Part II: Deep Networks: Modern Practices (Deep Feedforward Networks, Regularization, CNNs, RNNs, Practical Methodology & Applications)

Part III: Deep Learning Research (Linear Factor Models, Autoencoders, Representation Learning, Structured Probabilistic Models, Monte Carlo Methods, Inference, Partition Function, Deep Generative Models)

https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Adaptive-Computation-Ma...

Re:With 1$, what is the best thing to buy online? on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:46AM (#13201076)

1/790th of a Bitcoin.

Re:Ask HN: What service would you pay $1k/mo for? on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:06AM (#13115072)

An outstanding Bloomberg terminal alternative

BALLU: Buoyancy Assisted Lightweight Legged Unit

Posted by jrbedard on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:51PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdSoUbXirVI

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JavaScript Conditional Comments for IE

Posted by jrbedard on Friday September 23, 2016 @09:51PM
from the stackoverflow.com dept.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39671505/javascript-conditional-comments-for-ie

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The Ethereum network is currently undergoing a DoS attack

Posted by jrbedard on Thursday September 22, 2016 @11:15AM
from the blog.ethereum.org dept.

https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/09/22/ethereum-network-currently-undergoing-dos-attack/

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'Binary bandit' has been stealing 0s and 1s from Philadelphia homes

Posted by jrbedard on Sunday September 18, 2016 @07:03PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/17/12952224/binary-bandit-stealing-0s-1s-from-homes

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Republic – Now everyone can invest in startups

Posted by jrbedard on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:14PM
from the republic.co dept.

https://republic.co/

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Sunrise is Sunsetting Today. Here are some alternatives.

Posted by jrbedard on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @12:53PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/product-hunt/sunrise-is-shutting-down-today-here-are-some-alternatives-707fc48439a9

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Would Netflix+Spotify = the ultimate modern media conglomerate?

Posted by jrbedard on Friday August 26, 2016 @01:53PM
from the pando.com dept.

https://pando.com/2016/08/26/would-netflix-spotify-ultimate-modern-media-conglomerate/

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USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs

Posted by jrbedard on Friday August 26, 2016 @11:53AM
from the uscis.gov dept.

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-proposes-rule-to-welcome-international-entrepreneurs

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Self-Flying Security Drones

Posted by jrbedard on Monday August 22, 2016 @06:42PM
from the aptonomy.com dept.

http://www.aptonomy.com/

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Exact reproductions approved of mysterious ‘unbreakable’ Voynich Book

Posted by jrbedard on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:11PM
from the rt.com dept.

https://www.rt.com/viral/356685-voynich-manuscript-publish-copy/

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Uber acquires autonomous truck startup Otto

Posted by jrbedard on Thursday August 18, 2016 @12:42PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/18/12533736/uber-otto-trucks-acquisition-anthony-levandoswski

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Uber Instant Pay

Posted by jrbedard on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @03:25PM
from the uber.com dept.

https://www.uber.com/info/instant-pay/

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Re:Mr.Robot “TV Today” BBS on Thursday August 11, 2016 @08:52PM (#12272820)

IP address found on an highway panel: https://www.reddit.com/r/MrRobot/comments/4x7ara/spoilers_s2...

Mr.Robot “TV Today” BBS

Posted by jrbedard on Thursday August 11, 2016 @08:50PM
from the i245.bxjyb2jvda.net dept.

http://i245.bxjyb2jvda.net/

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