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Now running a cryptocurrency hedge fund. http://www.cryptolotus.com

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  I miss nickb and have slowly come to terms with the fact that I was the only one that ever believed nickb wasn't pg.

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rms··on Vinod Khosla asks for $30M for access to public beach
I mean, a site would have been fine also, but in this case the mix of information and location mapping while on the go is a perfect use case for a phone app
rms··on Vinod Khosla asks for $30M for access to public beach
There's an app called "Our Malibu Beaches" with all the relevant info
rms··on Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself
I had an ongoing email dialogue with the Pandora CTO about this feature. Soon after Pandora's launch he said the future was coming soon but several years later he said that the way they had set up their database made it impractical for them to actually implement this feature.
rms··on IQ Test Result: Advanced AI Machine Matches Four-Year-Old Child's Score
http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03390
rms··on Is Radiation Necessary for Life?
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09553002.2015.10...
rms··on Ask HN: Just curious, how prevalent is the use of nootropics‎ among HN members?
http://www.subzeroscientific.com/#!faq/c18ek looks like your competitor. Ancillary cannabis investment is pretty hot right now, you might want to pitch Arcview. https://arcviewgroup.com/
rms··on Ask HN: Alerntatives to HN?
I feel like a lot of it is that the tech industry itself has become less interesting over time. Four or five years ago, there was more of an outsider status to startups and startup founders, and in San Francisco 2015, tech workers have become the banal mainstream.
rms··on Ask HN: Dress code for interview with Trendy/Hip Web Development company?
I would cruise the local thrift stores for a flashy, patterned (possibly polyester) collared shirt and wear that with dark jeans and shiny dress shoes.
rms··on Drought-Stricken California Communities Consider Desalination
Sometimes, yes, but non-grass yards (landscaped with concrete and succulents, etc.) seem to be far more common here than other parts of the USA.
rms··on Why animals eat psychoactive plants
...well, it makes me question the particular style of the article given previous allegations against the author. This breezy style of journalism is sometimes too entertaining to be rigorous.

Like the quote attributed to an attendee of the Eleusinian Mysteries? that you felt “new, astonishing, irrational to rational cognition.” Where did that quote come from?

rms··on Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is yielding results
This can be dangerous, Xanax or klonopin are preferred by modern psychedelic therapists.
rms··on Electrical brain stimulation beats caffeine and the effect lasts longer
It's open. http://www.reddit.com/r/tDCS
rms··on The Silk Road statement: Where are the packetlogs?
the relevant search query was "weev conviction overturned"

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/att-hacker-conviction-vacated/

rms··on First 100 Pages of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File Released
Yeah, I saw it on boingboing and jumped on submitting the link but didn't notice that boingboing posted it because of the one year anniversary.
rms··on Ask HN: Did you buy ethereum? Why?
No, because I think after launch ethereum will go down before it goes up again and that we'll see a point where ethereum is going for below IPO price in the first 6 months of existence.
rms··on The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds
http://www.kdice.com is my favorite risk-like
rms··on A low-THC cannabis strain for treating severe epilepsy
CBD is more effective when combined with THC. The effective range is about 1:5 to 1:40.
rms··on Darkcoin, the Shadowy Cousin of Bitcoin, Is Booming
Darkcoin has all of the priors of just another altcoin speculative bubble (some of which are outright scams, some of which just lose faith and attention).

What is different is that it hints at a future, near, profound technological shift. If Darkcoin doesn't successfully implement an anonymous sending functionality, another ecurrency or bitcoin itself will.

rms··on Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do?
Maker Faire, definitely.

Noisebridge: Yes.

Maybe the morning session at http://events.stanford.edu/events/442/44295/ before Maker Faire

rms··on Ask HN: Startup lawyer who will take on marijuana software startup?
I use Khurshid Khoja and his firm Greenbridge and definitely recommend them for cannabis industry work. http://www.greenbridgelaw.com/about-greenbridge/our-attorney...
rms··on Ask HN: How much of the HBO Show "Silicon Valley" represents "reality"
I like to think that Silicon Valley is the prequel to Idiocracy and that there is just one Mike Judge universe.
rms··on The Founder Visa (again)
The Obama administration has said that something like a founder visa will happen, but only as part of comprehensive immigration reform.
rms··on Ask Parents of HN: Would you use an "Uber for babysitting"?
I met someone starting a similar company, the hard part is recruitment.
rms··on MtGox.com is offline
In this case, his impression of lots of people is correct. People that have been around bitcoin for long enough have seen ridiculous things happen at Mt Gox repeatedly.
rms··on Ask HN: Given the price and the MtGox news, is now a good time to buy bitcoins?
Absolutely, but hard to tell exactly where the bottom is
rms··on MtGox.com is offline
Almost certainly we will get a short term drop, but I'm optimistic that cheap coins combined with lots of media attention will lead us to the great Bitcoin bubble of 2014.
rms··on How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help
Thanks for sharing!

I believe in that situation, that you can defuse the dynamic of being accused of not having your ID, by sharing your social security number. So one response to the police in that situation is to acknowledge not having your ID, but offer to share your name and social security number so they can identify you in the database.

rms··on Ask HN: would you get involved in a pre-mine HN currency distributed by karma?
I've been waiting to cash out my hacker news karma for years!
rms··on Your best passive income? (2014)
http://getkratom.com still, but as it has grown passive income has become a solid 20 hour a week grind.
rms··on Ask HN: How to relieve psychosomatic back tension?
Has your dentist recommended a mouth guard, or do you know you a teeth clencher/grinder? Try actually wearing one nightly.
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