maneesh

As to your first point, I'm not familiar with Merkle Tree's, so I'll learn about that before I respond. Thank you for the insight.

To the second point--I would imagine you would vote in the same way we do today for MVP, in-person / mailing, etc. So the main function would be to verify that your vote was properly recorded and counted.

Is rubber-hose cryptanalysis the concept of extracting info by torture? I guess... I mean, if you're willing to beat someone to get their SSN, you could probably do a lot more harm already just using that info to apply for CCs and loans in their name.

Maybe I'm mistaken or confused here, but in that specific case you could just give any random 9-digit sequence and it would suffice? A non-SSN voter ID would work just as well for a key.

Are people threatening others based on their votes these days?

EDIT: /u/ninjanomnom brought up a good point regarding heads-of-households, which I hadn't thought of before. I suppose some sort of method would be necessary to obfuscate your vote in some situations.

This is why I always have thought that election voting would be a perfect use case for a blockchain.

Imagine a way that you could look up the blockchain with your key (SSN?) that is somehow one-way-hashed to show you the result of your vote. The value param would be plain-text. Someone else wouldn't be able to see your vote without your key, but you could confirm yours was recorded properly. Anyone could tally the values to get the final value.

Because the blockchain is trustless and distributed, you wouldn't have to worry about an election machine flipping your vote.

Apart from currency, this seems like a great use-case! Are there any flaws in this basic structure?

Also one of Thomas Edison's favorite drinks! He's famous for rarely sleeping and working continuously -- I wonder how much of the effects are due to Vin Mariani vs his natural work ethic.

You're right -- the lethal dosage of cocaine is about 95 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. This translates to about 6.5 grams for a 150-lb person. [0]

You neglected to mention that the lethal dose for caffeine is in the same magnitude -- "150-200mg per kg of body weight, or 5 to 10 grams of total caffeine ingested, is considered lethal." [1]

Given that the street price of cocaine in the USA is around $120 / gram [2], it would cost about $780 to overdose. Meanwhile, I can easily and legally order 16 grams of caffeine tablets online (or in any CVS) [3] for $11.49 -- enough to kill two people.

Does this cause you to rethink any assumptions?

Don't forget -- at one time, drinking coffee in public was punishable by death. [4]

[0] https://gracerecovery.com/cocaine-overdose-amount/ [1] https://www.verywellmind.com/can-you-overdose-on-caffeine-21... [2] https://www.statista.com/chart/18527/cocaine-retail-steet-pr... [3] https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-caffeine-tablets-80ct-pr... [4] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/was-coffee-ever-illega...

What does TC mean in this context?

Here's a list of Impossible trademarks: https://impossiblex.com/trademarks/

Note the logo: Class 041 | 025 | 12/18/2012 https://trademark.trademarkia.com/impossible-85578345.html

The registration date was in 2012, and, apart from the blank line in the middle, is identical to impossible food's logo. Both use League Gothic Font.

When you look at the ImpossibleHQ vs Impossible Foods logo, it's obviously, without a doubt, a complete rip off.

It's the sort of lawsuit that I would expect ImpossibleHQ to put against Impossible Foods, obviously not vice versa.

It seems so clearly a rip off of the logo, that it's the kind of lawsuit that I want to invest in. Like -- I want to help fund a lawsuit against Impossible foods for millions that they ripped off the logo/trademark illegally.

Is there any past examples of investment/crowdfunding for a lawsuit, where the investors earn returns if a lawsuit succeeds?

This feels like an interesting opportunity for grassroots crowdfunding/investment for a David vs Goliath situation.

I thought it was a great movie!

This seems to be in the same category as seatbelts

I use Google for those pretty often.

It's about not bringing a gun into work and "going postal" (named after a situation with a post office employee)

Cool!

Love your work! I used boringproxy for over a year almost daily!

Rescuetime changed my life -- I once hired someone to slap me in the face whenever I was unproductive on rescuetime -- and I ended up being all over the news because of it! https://blog.rescuetime.com/how-i-saved-4-hours-per-day-usin...

Because of the experience, I built a wearable device company to make sure I stay productive -- we even integrate with rescuetime! (i'm getting vibrations right now whenever I'm in flow/90%+ productive).

Thanks for building such awesome tech, and let me know if you'd like to work on an integration together!

-Maneesh Sethi from pavlok

“I pitched the idea of created an app that people would want”

“Not saying apps are a sham”

… I don’t understand how those two sentences are contrary in your thinking. What do you see?

This is amazing. I cannot wait to only need USB-C cables and nothing else.

I mean... I created a wearable device[0] that can detect when you're eating and deliver an electric shock. Why not just mandate every obese person to wear it?[1]

[0] https://pavlok.com

[1] </sarcasm> -- it wasn't made for this purpose.

Vimwiki integrated with task warrior for terminal goodness

That is usually called an asset.

This is beautiful and awesome! Would love to assist with some code if desired--is there a github repo?

Probably living with Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.!

Pavlok founder here (wearable behavior trainer for humans with vibrate and electric zap)

I have considered designing something to prevent texting while driving. But a zap during a drive seems like less safe and problematic. We see a lot of people who fall asleep while driving too.

A curious problem to try and solve…

When you're one of the 70% of people who are unbanked in el salvador, there are no needs for loans or interest -- the concept barely exists.

which hamsters are ACTUALLY dancing?

I believe that's on personal income tax, not on global corporations.

what is the true underlying cause?

It's like nascar but for elite athletes

Either could work -- whatever would take the fewest clicks for the end user.

very cool