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alexfisher··on An alternative to burial and cremation gains popularity
Was wondering if anyone else was having flashbacks to Fremen tribal practices in the Dune universe!
alexfisher··on Krita Foundation in Trouble
Why don't they have an Ethereum, Bitcoin, or other donation address?
alexfisher··on Send and receive money with Gmail
This should totally have support for crypto-currencies. Google should add support for ERC-20 compatible tokens.
alexfisher··on Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory
Space X rockets and asteroid mining are next!
alexfisher··on Blockchain-Based Gold Settlement Is Coming to London
Digix is another interesting blockchain/gold project being built on Ethereum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWbgMoJVIzk&feature=share

alexfisher··on The Painstaking, Secretive Process of Designing New Money
Seems so old fashioned compared to crypto-currency.
alexfisher··on Unitools – A suite of tools for working with Unicode in the browser
ASCII 4 Life!
alexfisher··on Ethereum: Rise of the World Computer
Check-out the Ethereum Virtual Machine instruction set by reviewing Gavin's Yellow Paper. It start on page 22:

http://gavwood.com/Paper.pdf

alexfisher··on How to get rich in tech
Some of the best advice I've read in this thread so far. I'd recommend reading:

1. The Richest Man in Babylon

The $7.89 I spent on this book, which I read in a single night, is the best investment I ever made.

2. Think and Grow Rich

An older book, but there are some golden nuggets within.

alexfisher··on Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
Drupal - http://drupal.org

Ethereum - http://ethereum.org

alexfisher··on Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk – they come from families with money
Step 1: Spend less than you make. Step 2: Take risks when you have enough of a safety net. Step 3: Fail/retry or succeed.

You don't need to be from a rich family to do these things.

alexfisher··on Dune Genesis (1980)
Read all the Dune books through Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Loved them all! Favorite series ever-- love, politics, philosophy, technology, fantasy. Brilliant.
alexfisher··on A Founder's Constant State of Rejection
Great article. Thank you.
alexfisher··on Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?
Totally. I went home and started hacking until the early morning hours like I hadn't done in years.