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nate
7,926karma·1,070submissions·October 10, 2006
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YC alum. Founded Inkling and Draft. Ran Highrise. Founding engineer at Census (acquired by Fivetran)
https://ninjasandrobots.com
I'm working on https://allihat.com, https://pageforth.com, and more. If I can be helpful at all with anything, please hit me up on X (@natekontny) or email me anytime (nate.kontny+hn@gmail.com).
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A lot of folks are look forward to what's coming in tech, which is fine and good and can lead to promising careers and innovation. But I'm even more impressed with folks like Nintendo who do…
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Yeah. I’ve been running 10 miles now at a time and I still refuse to use those things. I’m thankful the zoo has vending machine that that Apple Pay :)
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I'd also just filter/test your water everywhere :( I'm in Chicago, and my daughter and I decided to test some public water fountains near the city zoo for lead. Thought it would be an i…
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Oh! That's interesting. Sure does sound like that. Thanks for the heads up! Huh. Glad I posted this.
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Here's my some basic rules as best as I can describe it. It's not super scientific and fairly Slow-carb like. I'm still experimenting as it's really hard to dial in the specifics. …
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Tangent from the article, but when I read the headline I thought I'd at least share in case it helps anyone who might have chronic pain like I've dealt with lately. For years now I've b…
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Super interesting. How soon does this tech become the next 6-7 figure instagram start? Curious if anyone can take this soon to build a following around a fake beautiful person doing fake interesting t…
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As an amateur video producer constantly on the lookout for even some basic (as in not grammy winning, or even "artist" quality) music to add to my work that I don't have to pay a fortun…
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I continue to run the writing software Draft ( https://draftin.com ) all by myself. It can largely run on its own without a ton of interruption to me so I can work on other things.…
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Yep. I'm so surprised there haven't more solutions to get even short term tenants in these places. Pop-up shops on the cheap until a longer term tenant signs. Then I'm also surprised ho…
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A champion of data density who has a lot of thought provoking words on design is Edward Tufte: https://www.edwardtufte.com Worth a look if you aren't familiar.…
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Well put. That's what's rubbed me the wrong way with all these networking events. A drink + a little small talk doesn't really deepen anything for me. One thing I've recently start…
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The resulting song is hilarious. I can see listening to that again. It's definitely earwormy. "My lips haven't healed yet"
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Reminded of Agnes from Despicable Me when I read this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SI6rhotAkE …