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auston

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Building with NFC? Go check out https://accessgrid.com

Reach out me to via: 954.247.1673 || '%sb@bitsorbricks.com' % request.GET['id'][0]

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auston··on Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future
Here you go: https://www.truffle.net/
auston··on Show HN: TikTok but for scientific papers
wow this is kind of sick
auston··on iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet
Built a version of this for companies that want to move keys to Apple Wallet: accessgrid.com
auston··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
https://bitsorbricks.com
auston··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
https://www.accessgrid.com/ - The best way to issue and manage secure NFC credentials for Apple and Google Wallet via API.

No app required!

We took all of the complexity of issuing MIFARE DESFire enabled NFC credentials and made it extremely developer friendly. SDKs in most major languages (python, ruby, csharp, js, etc), developer console with request logs, and more.

auston··on Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
Lets gooooooo!! Congrats man!
auston··on Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
Your free BOI filing (even if you don't want to use Pilot) is why I use Pilot.
auston··on Coercing a Magic MIFARE credential into being an iPhone-compatible NFC tag
Here you go: https://github.com/kormax/apple-vas

If you can send/receive APDUs you're good to go.

auston··on Hetzner continues its growth in the US with a new location
I'd say that crypto is not exactly gray area. But I am biased.
auston··on QuickNode (YC W21) Acquires NFT Analytics Platform Icy Tools
Co-founder of QuickNode here. Happy to answer any questions!
auston··on My First Impressions of Web3
I think he makes legit points:

1. NFT spec is flimsy at best

2. We trust output from ETH nodes inherently

3. Most of the user facing clients for Web3 are decentralized

4. Power is easily rolled up into convenience providers like QuickNode

but I think something that is (perhaps conveniently missed) is that there is A LOT of power in having decentralized / censorship-resistant state - this is the thing that makes DeFi a real threat to orgs like exchanges and banks. They can't force people to have a certain amount of capital to trade derivatives or have a certain credit profile to borrow, the system is permissionless and the API is open 24/7.

That's pretty remarkable IMO and I think that sort of permissionless is likely to be used for very compelling things in the future, NFTs aside.

Also one thing that he notes but doesn't quite provide a solution for but I'm betting will exist in the near future is a markup language to map UI components to smart contract functions/views.

auston··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
QuickNode | Full Stack (1) or Go (3) Engineers | Full-time | US Remote or Miami, FL

Our mission is to help blockchain ecosystems scale, by providing accessible core infrastructure.

We make it simple to power your blockchain applications and scale up as you grow. From elastic APIs & dedicated nodes, to powerful tools & analytics, all at your command through a simple control panel.

We're hiring software engineers to work on our core network platform and web interface. In the network platform, we're largely Go. On the web interface side, you'd be working in Rails with some of the best tooling (Sorbet, StimulusReflex, etc). We've got decent tooling in place to make our code approachable - but we need more.

See open positions and specific descriptions here: https://hire.clarify.so/company/quiknode-inc

auston··on Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
To be fair, I'm a 35 year Florida resident and this summer has been exceptionally nice. It is usually crazy hot and humid by this time.
auston··on Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees
Hey! Are you in Miami by chance!?
auston··on The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes
> The issue is that deferred prosecutions shouldn't be offered to anyone, instead of as yourself and parent imply, being offered to this guy. In this case the system worked, in the others, it needs to be adjusted.

If it is offered to others, it should be offered here. Let's keep people out of cages.

auston··on The rocket is on the launchpad: 2021 will be MiamiTech’s breakout year
Wrote this - happy to answer any Q’s. Thanks @Jorslu for submitting.
auston··on Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy
Feel like this article is thin on people moving to Miami, so here's a short thread of people ID'd as moving to Miami in just the last seven days: https://twitter.com/bunsen/status/1335735136277688329
auston··on Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy
I believe they will, given the current Keith Rabois as a mentor.
auston··on Is the US Banning Crypto Wallets?
I disagree, if this is passed, everybody break it and call your congress person / senators and complain that it was passed.

disclaimer: also not a lawyer.

auston··on Ethereum 2.0 launches
also: https://bcoin.io/
auston··on Banks, QE, and Money-Printing
I understood that part, what I'm saying is that why can't market forces correct that?
auston··on Banks, QE, and Money-Printing
Yeah this part had me baffled:

“ In other words, while it’s possible for an individual bank to boost its reserves by selling assets to raise capital, it’s mechanically impossible for the entire banking industry to collectively raise its reserves industry-wide.”

Why not? I have confidence people would rally together to buy distressed bank assets at rock bottom prices.

auston··on Intermittent fasting increases hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
This! Mice are not quite the same as humans.
auston··on Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)
bitcoin does though
auston··on Blockchain, the Solution for Almost Nothing
@tptacek if this is an "and":

> premised on IANA handing over control of the DNS AND that hand over is to a premined cryptocurrency network so they can resell it?

Then not as far as I can tell.

If it's or, then yes. It looks like there is a 15% pre-mine: https://handshake.org/files/handshake.txt

auston··on Blockchain, the Solution for Almost Nothing
https://www.bitsorbricks.com/writing/the-government-of-the-f...
auston··on Blockchain, the Solution for Almost Nothing
https://magic.link/ also pretty cool

and

https://handshake.org/ also awesome

auston··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)
Co-sign! Helm is one of the coolest companies in the valley right now.
auston··on NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance tech
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23546695
auston··on NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance tech
Hmm I'm not an expert but I just saw a project on HN the other day that listed the policies and procedures for a bunch of PDs?
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