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39,335karma·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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It was first reported here on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/lucy_guo/status/1643451123230031872 ) -- I'm friends with a bunch of people at MobileCoin where he was working…
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They are still pretty solid for vehicles like the Suburban/Tahoe/Yukon for specific uses (fleets, large family, tow vehicles) and the Sierra isn’t quite as nice as the F-150 but isn’t bad.
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This isn’t existential for buying a GM product (I could probably just replace the head unit?), but for a rental, I’ll have to avoid GM EVs. Being able to rent basically any car on the lot and just hav…
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Is there any way for others to pay for your Cloudflare bills so you could use eg the Business plan? Unclear if that would expose the payer to legal pain but there are probably ways to do it.
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The 3D printers which can do metal (metal forge, etc) are incredibly expensive (100k+). I was thinking about custom to hand 3D printed grip modules, qty 1. Machining a grip module out of metal require…
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Perhaps 3d-printed tungsten filament chainmail?
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Might be interesting to print grip modules for firearms (Sig does the "TXG" series which are tungsten-infused polymer, used for adding mass within the defined shape/volume for competiti…
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Asianometry youtube/substack/etc.
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I agree, and I have no idea how the "hold to maturity" accounting fiction is justified. It's very strange to me that we let a 200B bank use such different accounting rules than a 250B …
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As of about an hour ago, the government through some weird indirection is basically guaranteeing 100% of the par value of all the assets, so SVB or the DNIBoCA (I guess? honestly not sure which) shoul…
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Philosophical problem of "justified true belief"/Gettier problem. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem -- I learned about this from one of the Rap Genius…
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Lots of people like the extra checks, but very few companies like paying that way; it makes modeling so much harder. If you were doing weekly financials maybe but most companies do monthly.
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I totally agree re "contributing to a bank run" feeling shitty, but you have more obligation to your employees (especially), investors, and customers IMO than to your vendor (the bank). Cong…
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On 1), you actually have even higher obligations to pay IMMEDIATELY if you fire someone, including for all other money owed (accumulated vacation/sick days, etc.)
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In Puerto Rico (where I live) there's an even weirder system -- people usually get/expect (and certain classes of employment obligate) a "13th month" check. Pretty common in LaLtA…
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That is far more common in the US (basically paying expenses on your personal cards, expensing to the company after the fact). You can also advance on some expenses sometimes (this can be abused so…
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Most companies in the US do payroll on either a 2 week cycle (which sucks because some months you do 3 and some times you do 2), or 1st and 15th (or otherwise twice a month). March 15 is a very commo…
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Comingling is. In this case there is a clearly articulable reason why ("our bank is going out of business"), and it's temporary, documented, etc. The twin risks to avoid are appearance …
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Not a lawyer, but I would be pretty comfortable with SVB -> personal account if you documented why and communicated about it in advance with board/counsel. (Obviously the next step would be o…
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I actually really love instagram more than most other social networks I use. I follow ~1500 Japanese cat accounts, ~50 personal friends (who mostly post food/travel/etc.), and ~100 "inf…
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I use one medical even though my insurance doesn't cover anything through them, as they're vastly more convenient for scheduling, telehealth, Rx renewals, etc., and the doctors I've see…
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I'm afraid of autonomous cars. However, way less than I'm afraid of any random idiot human who may or may not have passed a driver's test on his 5th attempt in some random state, drivin…
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Stop-start traffic and local delivery is much clearer, but from what I've seen of the energy calculations on Tesla Semi, it actually makes sense for bulky vs. heavy shipments on flat, warm routes…
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Same for me with eliminating carbs; combining keto + IF is pretty effective and I've lost about half of the weight from ATH to where I want to be through it. IF is nice because it provides an &qu…
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Making GLP-1 agonists and related drugs (ozempic, mounjaro) cheaply/widely available seems like it would be excellent public policy.
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It's not completely certain the golden visa program is closed (it has some other routes -- donation, fund investments, R&D investments, and it might also remain open for some commercial real …
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Yeah, it's like the Beaujolais Nouveau Day rush every year, shipping 8lb/gallon wine by air to get it faster :)
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Cost of capital. If you have an expensive cargo load on sea for 80 days port to port, it's a lot cheaper to finance than for 120 or 150 days. Same reason we air-freight some cargo today, rather t…
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That's the (sad) joke. The shuttle was one element of a larger plan, where the shuttle was an enabler of the broader plan but not really a useful end in itself (vs other rockets, etc.). The rest …