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39,337karma·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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Wow. This is inspiring — will be interesting to see what else he does in the future. Selfishly I hope he stays focused on innovative hardware stuff rather than getting dragged into advertising optimiz…
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I think sortition is superior to election for most offices, especially those which should be relatively proscribed in what they do, not requiring exceptional competence, etc. I'd almost certainly…
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I came from the vtwm/otherwise highly customized xwindows world and could never really understand Unity (also can’t really figure out TikTok or Snapchat UX, so maybe I’m a dumb dinosaur). Window…
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Big dams and bridges would get my vote (Hoover, Aswan, etc.) Possibly launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and Boca Chica.
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I'm curious which was the biggest factor in the decline of Clubhouse: "everyone's now invited" effect (especially globally); "pandemic boost now over + clubhouse fatigue"…
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BIP39 isn't perfect, but being able to relatively independently of all other information recover someone's wallet (next of kin, etc.) from some words is very nice. This system complicates th…
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I have one (from a few weeks ago) but haven't figured out a use for it yet (but also haven't had time to really explore).
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OK, substitute Iraq War and Afghanistan War for the US then :)
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It's interesting how effectively GLP-1 (ozempic, etc.) eliminate that, though.
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Anonymous electronic cash, something we've needed for decades, is basically possible today (finally) due to technology, proven market demand, infrastructure, "legitimate use cases", etc…
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(er, sorry, it's 2Gbps down and 1Gbps up for $100/mo)
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I have 2Gbps symmetric fiber at home for $100/mo. There are a couple fiber vendors, cable Internet (although low upload speeds, but better than Comcast in the US), fixed wireless, and now Starli…
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I just browsed that list and it was hilarious that most of the EU sites were google/amazon country sites. But that list is from 2019.
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Hungarian? I assume you mean Czech (xvideos)? And xnxx (not sure if they're related). There's also a Cyprus based site (xhamster) although I suspect they have substantial operations in not…
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Maybe I'm a horrible person for wanting this, but how hard would it be to repurpose this as a device-local translation extension for Chrome/Chromium/Brave?
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My favorite Costco is in Iceland: a place where things are normally absurdly expensive, and Costco Iceland is merely somewhat expensive. Arrive, stock up on food for a week (to supplement with restau…
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Just get someone to give you Costco gift cards; you can then enter the store with that gift card, and use other payment mechanism for the balance of purchase.
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Presumably there will be transport of monkeys for reasons other than "research" to establish populations within Europe/US, then use of monkeys from those populations (shipped overland) …
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I'm not a lawyer, nor am I an Indian lawyer, but if Razorpay received a Section 91 order ( https://indiankanoon.org/doc/788840/ ) they wouldn't have much choice on t…
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It seems like you've done a lot of the most reasonable easy stuff already (lowering expenses, etc.) I would assume an IC job with a single employer is easier to manage than founder or side projec…
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If this post itself leads to a long term relationship, marriage, please post again! (good luck!)
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No, I dropped out to do a startup, partially because I couldn't afford to pay for my tuition (I was ineligible for loans because my parents wouldn't sign/provide info, and MIT offered z…
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I use LG 5K monitors pretty exclusively with my macs (lots), and the only problems I have are with cable-stress (I think one of the included cables out of ~20 monitors got damaged and wobbly, so I rep…
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"The war in Ukraine is also weighing on liveability. There is no score in 2022 for Kyiv because the eiu’s correspondent had to abandon the survey when fighting broke out"
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I'm generally not a big fan of security certs, especially for mid career or later (and a lot of people I know got involved well before certificates were a thing; they might have gotten certificat…
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Ah yeah, you are right, airborne is defined as "aerosol" but "through the air in droplets" is not. It seemed pretty obvious it was aerosol but not proven early on/suppressed f…
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Airborne was always known; debate was droplet vs aerosol (particle size and thus dwell time/radius). Not really a binary distinction anyway; a matter of degree.
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Various ways to reduce trials costs. Refocus FDA on safety vs efficacy. Computer simulations.
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The real problem is the cost of discovering/developing drugs. If this were vastly cheaper we could do more faster.