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Re:Stripe.com Is Down on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:55PM (#23505203)
Down here too.
Re:Stripe Outage on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:55PM (#23505196)
503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request.

API seems to still be up, but Stripe's dashboards appear to be down, along with support.

Re:Slack is down on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:21PM (#16109631)
Is Slack's status page down as well? I can't reach https://status.slack.com/
Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:37PM (#16043904)
2017 has been an intense, yet extremely rewarding year to say the least. This year I learned the meaning of "grit".

- Launched my startup on Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/slackpass-2).

- Interviewed with YC, sadly didn't make the cut.

- Had hundreds of of calls and thousands of chats with founders looking to create paid communities.

- Helped many create their own profitable, paid communities.

- Became a solo founder.

- Became profitable enough to cover both business and personal expenses.

- Rebranded to LaunchPass (https://launchpass.com) due to inevitable trademark issues with the use of "Slack" in our name, and plans to expand beyond Slack. (btw Slack has been awesome regarding the transition)

- And plenty more I intend to write about in a "year in review" post I'm working on.

Becoming a founder this year was one of the most challenging, fascinating, and deeply rewarding experiences I've ever had.

Here's to a happy, healthy, productive, and successful 2018

Happy New Year HN!

Re:Ask HN: At your company, what things do you want to outsource but c... on Saturday December 02, 2017 @04:03PM (#15834072)
The challenges I've had with outsourcing been due to outsourcing prematurely. Similar to premature optimization. Until I've spent significant time in a role, outsourcing it tends to create more work than it saves.
Re:Show HN: Nuclino – A unified real-time workspace for teams on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:11PM (#14871143)
As a happy Notion user I'd like to hear this as well!
Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making? on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @07:38PM (#12963643)
https://slackpass.io

It's the missing invite system for Slack.

Let's anyone create invite pages that can accept payment (monthly, one-time) for access to a Slack community.

It's been a blast to work on. Learned React, Redux, and got into Flow and Tcombs while building it. Interest so far has lead me to realize more people are interested in creating private/paid communities online than I had previously expected.

Re:Show HN: Launching a Psychedelic Chat Community on Monday May 25, 2015 @10:35PM (#9602678)
Thanks for checking it out. That video is normally the background of the page. It's not intended to be watched directly.

It seems to load normally in Firefox on Mac and PC. I'll check it out on Linux and fix it asap.

Show HN: Launching a Psychedelic Chat Community

Posted by sethlesky on Monday May 25, 2015 @09:39PM
from the show-hn dept.

A powerful and intriguing experience inspired me to create a Slack community for Psychedelic researchers, therapists, shamans and the curious.Check it out here: http://psychedelicchat.comLooking for feedback and ideas to help make it a highly collaborative, engaging and supportive community.

( Read More... | 2 comments | 9 points | on HN )
Re:How to attract girls to the tech industry on Monday October 21, 2013 @08:00AM (#6584874)
I must get too much spam. I first read this as "in", instead of "to". Darned priming.
Re:Poll: Where are you currently living? on Monday October 21, 2013 @01:58AM (#6583623)
HN meetup in CM anyone?
Re:Poll: Where are you currently living? on Sunday October 20, 2013 @11:02PM (#6583013)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Re:How exercise boosts brain health on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:46AM (#6552167)
This has been absolutely true for me. Both lifting, olympic style compound lifts and cardio have made a measurable difference in my ability to concentrate and problem solve.

I've also measured a marked increase in retention when memorizing GRE words while jogging over memorizing them while sitting. That experiment inspired me to put together this website: http://rungre.com (shameless yet hopefully relevant plug)

Has anyone else tried to combine studying and exercise?