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gregoryrueda | 5 years ago | on: The faded beauty of abandoned cars across Europe and the US

The Japanese call this wabi sabi, the authentic earned look of aging/rusting.

gregoryrueda | 7 years ago | on: Coinbase Debit Card

How is this different than the Coinbase Shift card? I had a shift card and the fees on purchases made it prohibitively expensive so I stopped using it after a few purchases.

gregoryrueda | 7 years ago | on: Uber Revenue Slows as Quarterly Loss Surges to $1.1B

Saw a web app that did this a few years ago. Likely the companies made changes to their API’s. Would love to see it again though.

gregoryrueda | 8 years ago | on: FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network

Why does anyone need permission to deploy satellites? Governments want to regulate outer-space?

gregoryrueda | 8 years ago | on: Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities

Shouldn’t decentralized systems prevent this type of seizure. What’s keeping someone from building a Blockchain version of backpage?

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: PGP needs to be retired in honor

Signal? Some paid services seem to be blossoming, see https://protonmail.com

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: 10GHz at under 1V by 2005 - The future of Intel’s manufacturing processes [2000]

Haven't we reached the point of diminishing returns regarding processor speed? I believe this to be true for the consumer market.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Analysis of 100M Taxi Trips in Chicago Shows Usage Declining 35% per Year

Same in Chicago. If the metered taxi takes an inefficient route, Uber legally can not do a fare ajustment. It's nearly impossible to complain to the City of Chicago if it happens, so you end up having to pay whatever the meter displays.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Inside Rolex's Manufacturing Facilities (2015)

The only site I allow to send me notifications is dictionary.com because I like getting a word of the day. Other than that, getting an alert from blogs every time a new article is posted gets old really fast.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Edit and Upload Instagram Photos on Mac

Instagram should have a native app for use on the mac that allows uploads. I'm really hoping they don't block this one from using their API.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: How old are you?

34

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Goldman Sachs Drops Out of R3 Blockchain Group

Is this so they can build their own Blockchain?

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Palantir CEO Says Data-Mining Company Is Positioned to Go Public

Close the paywall ad by clicking the x on the top right corner and it lets you read the article.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Palantir CEO Says Data-Mining Company Is Positioned to Go Public

Copy the title of the article then put it in a google search and click on the first result. You should be able to bypass the paywall.

gregoryrueda | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's the best way to learn about the blockchain?

21 has some fun tutorials. https://21.co/learn/

The intro to bitcoin concepts is great place to learn about blockchain.

https://21.co/learn/introduction-to-bitcoin-concepts/#introd...