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Proton VPN - 70M+ signups across our products. Fairly decent size at this point.(disclaimer I work for Proton)

Pretty cool!

Do you know what ended up causing the driver to break?

same here, pretty funny that they kind of messed up the marketing of this again.

Thanks for using protonmail, email deliverability is always a battle. Let us know if you see more of this https://protonmail.com/support-form

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What Proton looks like today

- Top 3 fastest growing companies in Europe (Swiss HQ, London, Prague, Taiwan, remote employee) - 50M+ signups across 2 products (ProtonMail and ProtonVPN) Users in nearly every country in around the world (we think? we're a privacy company) - 350 employees - doubling head count by end of year - Fund raising? Cashflow positive! :)

How does users being able to withdraw their money immediately affect your business model? How are you preventing someone from depositing/withdrawing the same $25 a billion times per week?

Wow, I had no idea the terms on these partnerships. Amex spending $4B on Delta miles in 2019 seems crazy. I wonder what sort of discount Amex (and other CC's) get on those miles vs retail buyers.

Also, they report total marketing spend of $2.9B in 2019 - seems like they could still be sitting on quite a few unused miles.

Ya, sometimes I follow this path as well. I like how you put it.

Agreed, I have found that as well. I have tried to define how much momentum I need to stay engaged. For instance, I started a YouTube channel. The process of creating videos was a short enough feedback loop (a few days max to start/finish a video) that I was able to stay engaged for longer than normal. I fed off of each finished video as the momentum to keep working on the project of "growing an audience around a topic I was passionate about".

I have also found that I am able to stay engaged in other applications where I have a shorter feedback loop, to maintain momentum.

Interesting distinction between "dreaming" and "fantasizing". Does the author define the two as the same process with the only difference being the effect the action has on you (e.g. destructive/unsatisfying)?

"maybe you already got what you came for."

As someone who frequently starts projects and doesn't finish them, I've wondered if the part I enjoy about the project is the dreaming about what could be. That little rush you get when a new idea is upon you and it's all you can think about for x days. Doing the initial research and formulating a plan.

This is a dopamine rush for me. The feeling of being laser focused for those few days is invigorating. The start of something new, the potential for life changing work.

It usually stops there. Maybe that's what I came for.

Since you're targeting first-time budgeters, have you thought about using any "game theory" to encourage them to learn about the importance of budgeting and keep coming back?

Curious to hear your process when discussing with the Board and how you sourced buyers for your shares. Are you on the board? Were the buyers personal relationships?

Has the company recently received outside investment?

> Although bitcoin transactions are intended to be anonymous and difficult to track, ProPublica was able to trace four of the payments.

I didn’t think Bitcoin transactions were intended to be anonymous and difficult to track, why would Bitcoin use a public ledger if that was the intention? I was under the impression other cryptocurrencies are trying to solve for “anonymous and difficult to track.”

There's a lot I like about SF. Most of all is it's walkability. We don't own a car and I only have to get in a car 2-3 times/month. Once you get used to this type of lifestyle, it's pretty tough to imagine going back to a life that relies on a car/public transit. We walk/bike everywhere we go. If we need a car, Getaround makes that super easy.

We spend 95% of our time within 2 miles of our apartment yet never feel like we are at a loss for interesting things to do/see, though we are pretty easily satisfied (e.g. sitting in parks watching boats sail is an A+ activity).

The above is mainly due to: 1) Weather 2) Density of the city 3) Size of the city's footprint (~49 sq/mi) 4) Diversity (lends itself to the "interesting" part) 5) City's prioritization to public spaces (parks, stairs, are plentiful) 6) Topography also adds to some interest to our primary mode of transit

Ya, definitely not your traditional style of living but it works for us. We really take advantage of the SF weather and public areas to "extend" our living space outside for most of the year.

We're a young family (1.5 Y/o) so probably won't last too long, although I do like the idea of seeing how creative we can get with the space especially if we have another kid.

I installed a “sleeping loft” in our 375SF studio apartment to make a bit more room for my wife and son. 11ft ceilings make a big difference there.

I’ve also been looking into getting a 1bd and installing false walls to make it a 2 bedroom.

Are you concerned at all about becoming dependent on stimulant therapy and the long term effects that may have on your health?

I'm not an expert in Stimulant therapy, only familiar with some relatives "using" Adderall.

This happened to me. I was working 40 hours per week but saying I was working 75 hours per week (without really measuring it). Then I got a second job which made it more important to manage my time effectively (including measuring my time). With the second job, I actually started working 72 hours per week and realized how hard it is to work that much time due to the necessities in life (sleeping, eating/shopping, bathing, commuting, ect) not to mention all the distractions that come up during work when you think you have more then 40 hours to complete all your work.

I recommend anyone try to work that much for a few months, it really puts perspective on how limited our time is and the value of time management.

Did you try the bridge recently? The last update should have fixed this issue for large accounts.

Full text search will be coming to ProtonMail later this year (already available using the bridge).

ProtonMail employee here:

Are they encrypting incoming mail with recipient keys and throwing away the original?

Yes we do. This mainly protects against service level requests for data in the future.

Can I get similar security properties by periodically downloading my email and deleting it off the server (assuming the deletion is actually happening)?

Yup, assuming you want to deal with that. ProtonMail is designed to give you a privacy focused option for email.

Have you tried the Bridge recently? We've been doing a lot of development there. Last update should fix a bunch of issues.

Would you mind sending a ticket to support so we can look into this? https://protonmail.com/support-form

Anything in particular that you'd like to see on Android? Would love to get your feedback: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/.

Conversation view on iOS will be coming soon as well!

Would love to get more feedback on what you would like to see in the iOS app. You can add feedback here: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/ or send it to us directly. Next feature coming to the iOS app is multi-user support.

Sorry about the issue with mail from new contacts ending up in junk. We're working on improving inbound spam filtering. For now, make sure you move those messages to the inbox folder, this will add them to your whitelist (which you can adjust within the Settings of your account).

Makes sense, ProtonMail's calendar will be released next year.