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39,336karma·10,537submissions·July 8, 2008
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Working on stuff at the intersection of cryptocurrency and computer security. Also a Puerto Rico resident (Act 20/22); happy to help people move to Puerto Rico to take advantage of the federal tax exemption, 0% capital gains rate, and 4% business income tax rate. Also FFL07/SOT02.
Chief Security Officer for Evertas Insurance -- the world's first cryptoasset insurance carrier. https://evertas.com/
Previously, CEO and Co-Founder of CryptoSeal (YC S11), which was sold to CloudFlare on 2 June 2014. CISO/Board Member of Tezos Foundation 2018-2020.
Previous startup founder (HavenCo, a couple ecash projects, distributed colo, and DoD/Iraq contracting, new thing), too. Deeply interested in computer security, infrastructure, security, conflict zones, and making the world a better place.
Aside from living on a Caribbean island during crypto export controlled 1990s, I've lived on a tiny artificial platform in the North Sea, plus more reasonable places like London, Amsterdam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and spent 6 months diving in Thailand.
"I, the greengrocer XY, live here and I know what I must do. I behave in the manner expected of me. I can be depended upon and am beyond reproach. I am obedient and therefore I have the right to be left in peace."
Email: ryan@venona.com (etc) Twitter: @octal https://twitter.com/octal LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlackey
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recent activity (10,537 total)
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Didn't work very well on M1 mac with latest OS when I tried but I can probably run it on x86 somewhere.
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I don’t think there is an easy way to DeDRM the latest kindle format used by the Mac/pc and iOS reader, and there is no easy way to download all kindle books in your account for “transfer to devi…
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Did they give you a confirmed offer letter and then revoke it, or was it just a failure to give you an offer letter? In the current rapidly-worsening economy, I probably wouldn't consider it obvi…
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I thought it was "via a cow", which is noisy and dangerous.
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My priorities in your case would be:
1) Find a job/career
2) Relocate to a place you want to be The relationship/lifestyle goals are secondary to those (maybe ultimately more important, but…
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I am in shock. I don't really care that much about anything on Twitter, but this implies either 1) we're not going to get to Mars from SpaceX or 2) the level of capriciousness is in excess…
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Much larger cross section when you expand "person" to companies. I probably wouldn't bother with chat, but absolutely would/have with smart contracts and wallet software. (Was a m…
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This is nice for protecting against compelled legal disclosure in the US, but Google could just serve js in the future (targeted to specific users only, if they want) to capture password/key. Thi…
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Turning off all notifications except for direct-to-you seems reasonable, unless you're being paid to be on-call or something and it's truly critical that you be responsive to the team notifi…
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Compared to the 3(?) year engineering feat Germany didn't pull off in less than 12 years (BER airport)...
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I really like Duolingo as a way to practice (Spanish) every day, on top of a foundation of via-zoom language classes for 2h/day over a couple months from Baselang, and living in a Spanish speakin…
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My favorite Roguelike is ADOM -- similarly had problems getting into the DF UI, and kind of burned out on Rimworld (can only make so many hats...). I wish they'd waited until I finished end of y…
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One of the many great things Peter Eckersley started. The Internet is a lot better because of Let's Encrypt.
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I wish we could fix whatever prevents this from happening at scale in Mexico, too (with some high value production in the US and potentially Canada as well, and maybe some other supplies coming from t…
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Evertas Insurance | US-based REMOTE | Full-time | https://www.evertas.com/ | https://www.evertas.com/careers/ Evertas is the world's first cryptoasset insur…
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Fewer trips (no daily commute for many, delivery vs. shopping, etc.) seems like the likely way to reduce demand.
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My experience is that even one wrap of PTFE tape on threaded PVC causes it to loosen and then leak, and it's recommended by youtube/google to not use it. (Some say sealant is ok).
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Ugh, I applied it to PVC pipe, which made it leak, sigh.
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The NEV category (basically golf cart) make sense in specific neighborhoods -- not in dense cities (where they're still too big), not in really long distance rural settings (although a Gator/…
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Arguably would make it easier to avoid using deadly force. Armed robot vs. barricaded subject with a hostage, the robot could advance with no regard for its own safety and only use deadly force if the…
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I wish the airlines would do differentiated flights (maybe adult-only or 12+ only for one flight a day on otherwise high volume route, and maybe an explicitly pet-friendly flight on a route, etc.). I …
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Amazon has been adding that too which makes me want to switch away (I'm already uncomfortable with the security risks of a third party controlled cloud microphone, but it's ok in my kitchen …
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I wonder how many of those could be run device-local on 2-4 year old smartphone equivalent hardware (so, something you could build today and sell for <$300 as an Echo-equivalent) with some kind of …
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I switched to Parallels due to VMware's lack of Apple Silicon support; it's been a great experience for Windows 11 (and does a great job of bundling the Windows 11 ARM installer, etc.) Cross…
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The 10-20 years to restore your previous stats would be the annoying part.
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I miss what.cd :( When they got killed (after OiNK and the others) is when I mostly stopped listening to new music.
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A "one life in game per player" might be fun, though (or at least, one per multi-year game reset or something like that). Would be hard to do without something like Worldcoin's infrast…
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I've always wondered what would happen if you simply ignored zoning laws in construction, assuming you could exceed the legitimate safety requirements and use modern technology (modular construct…