AustinLin

Looks interesting, as others have pointed out this seems very similar to iCloud Private Relay. Curious who is providing the blind relays for Obscura, I didn’t see the info on the website.

If you assume state actors can compromise the supply chain with impunity your Yubikey is the least of your concerns I would think. Why wouldn’t they just place a hardware implant in your computer :).

I was also a bit surprised by the simplicity of course 1, but then remembered that the course as a whole is designed for folks with no experience. Looking through the descriptions for the other courses (the actual material isn't out yet) I'm hopeful they will have the level of depth I think we're all expecting.

Sometimes I wish the gov't would just come out and say what everyone is thinking:

Yep we are spying on you, (insert name of foreign leader), just like you are trying to spy on our leaders.

There are good arguments to be made against mass surveillance of the internet at large, but expecting that countries will stop spying on each other anytime soon is plain stupid.

Beautiful story.

Hands down one of the best interfaces / UX I have ever used. It's about time someone made sending money really simple and free. Can't wait to see how this service matures.

In fairness if your not paying the bill why should they continue to provide services to you (including storing your VM image).

Hopefully you have your code backed up on github and data on s3 or something similar.

Thank you for this.

If you have not watched at least that first 30 minutes of Engelbart's talk, I would recommend you stop what your doing and watch it right now.

In an hour and 40 minutes Englebart demonstrates input via mouse, video conferencing and collaborative editing among other things. This was before the internet, before UIs, before the idea of personal computing. Incidentally the most profound thing about this demo is not the technology demonstrated but rather the introduction of the concept of personal computing. At a time where computers were reserved for number crunching Englebart envisioned a future where they would be a part of our daily lives not controlling us but enhancing our abilities.

A quick side note, it is worth noting that while Englebart was certainly the visionary, his partner Bill English brought Englebart's visions into the world.

As long as Uber is proving a useful service in a lawful manner, not ripping people off, the the city should let the consumers decide whether they should stay in business.

If they are such a threat to the DC cab industry the cab companies would do well to adopt some of the techniques that are making Uber so successful.

I think the point Jason, and others in this thread, are making is that great investors understand that how a founder dresses (especially in tech) is a poor indicator for success. Their pitch and, as YCombinator has pointed out, the intelligence and drive are much better predictors of success. This is on top of the fact that investors aren't looking for the status quo, they are looking for visionaries who are going to make next great thing. Dressing nicely because everyone else is, shows that you are buying into the status quo, not changing it.