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powertry

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Builder @ Klipper.io

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powertry··on How to Be an Expert in a Changing World
This assumes that the goal is to be Jobs, and I completely agree with the assessment that you need to be schizophrenic. I would like to point out, the expectation is to be detail oriented(execution/expert) while leading a larger org macro goal (learning/strategy). In the right contexts with appropriate resources, this can & does magnify personalities and outputs!
powertry··on “Startup Names” by Paul Graham (2006)
:), clearly. Hilarious episode! Must watch.
powertry··on Kiwi rocket company ready to blast off
Are they pushing stuff to geo-synch orbit? Thats where the big business seems to lie. I thought the article was really vague and surprised it did not talk about Space X and other competitors.
powertry··on Ask HN: Will YC ever fund another YC?
Can a University fund another university, I doubt YC funding another YC. However, can PG fund/enable another YC? Maybe :).
powertry··on Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term relationship at same time
Rock bottom always enables you to re-invent yourself. Take it as an opportunity to figure out more about family and other non-startup things about life. Work out what were your weaknesses, it will take time and be okay with that.

For me the first time fuck up (which was epic level, startup that I was working in crashed the middle of the recession) taught me that I had to make this holistic and a part of my lifestyle (building things, companies). Have a 7mo baby and a startup together now, can't think of doing anything else (and yes, shit does happen on and off).

Feel free to email d@klipper.io

powertry··on Show HN: Progressive paywall using bitcoin microtransactions
Not too sure about that, I do think that pay wall tech has stalled for sometime now.

How does one charge for consuming content on the internet? We think that consumers can potentially see the goods(in this case the summary) before acquiring or buying it whole.

The high quality sites pretty much run on trust, the other long tail of sites that want to monetize have to cram in ads. Time to change that?

powertry··on Show HN: Progressive paywall using bitcoin microtransactions
Well, we can replace the payment system with any other kinds. Facebook likes, tweets as a payment are as valid :)
powertry··on Show HN: Progressive paywall using bitcoin microtransactions
Yeah, that may sound misleading without context. Its the algo we are in the process of patenting.
powertry··on Show HN: Intelligent news summaries
Sure, there have been a few apps and new algos in this space over the recent times. Though, we firmly feel that we have something that performs better and potentially open to more improvements due to the underlying algo!
powertry··on Show HN: Intelligent news summaries
Its been running for over 6 months :), ended up being a side project. We are running tokyo tyrant (disk based), so that has slowed down over time. Will tune that up!

As for the breaks and paragraphs, planning to add more logic when lines are picked up from different para. Thanks for the feedback!

powertry··on China surpasses US as world's largest trading nation
Interesting, quite a few no.1 positions being taken over by China recently! Looking stronger than ever, in-spite of the various territorial issues.
powertry··on Pythonxy - Scientific-oriented Python Distribution based on Qt and Spyder
Cool, I was looking for something that plays nice with windows!
powertry··on I Hired My Mom
Really interesting, though it may really vary for most based on what skill sets their immediate relations have.