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dannycastonguay

85 karma · joined October 28, 2012

Founder of https://www.bld.ai | YC W13 (Kalibrr).
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dannycastonguay··on Why There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America
You make me want to go to Iceland for the Thai food.
dannycastonguay··on Spider-Like Creature with a Scorpion’s Tail Found Trapped in Amber
You don't need to go too far South in the US... Had a scorpion walk up to me while I was using a public toilet in Northern Nevada - I fired up quite a few neurons and sweat glands!
dannycastonguay··on How Google Chrome’s ad blocker works
"Google Chrome web browser will block every ad on websites that are not compliant with the Better Ads Standards [...] created by [...] companies like Microsoft and Google.".

"The standards ban ad formats like auto-playing video ads, large ads that stick to the screen when you scroll, and interstitial ads".

Doesn't seem like such a bad move.

dannycastonguay··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018)
Food Robot | Toronto, Canada | Full-Time | On-Site | 100K-140K (more, within reason)

Looking for robotics co-founder for funded startup.

Team: Other co-founders include an ex-McKinsey consultant with a mechanical engineering background and a founder of a very successful food retail brand that grew to >200 stores and IPO’d.

Location: Join team beginning of Feb at a salad restaurant in Ottawa for 2-3 weeks, then settle in Toronto.

You: Have interest in making healthy eating more accessible with responsible automation. A drive to prototype quickly, with articulated robotics. Preference to someone that has experience with the Universal Robotics UR3 (https://www.universal-robots.com/products/ur3-robot/). Have the entrepreneurial gene (co-founder status available), and demonstrated very strong empathy.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/568513530/?pathWildca...

dannycastonguay··on Grenade: Deep Learning in Haskell
Thanks Huw! I'm sure many of us have been itching to do it for some time.
dannycastonguay··on FOBO (YC S11) Launches in SF to Become The Fastest Way to Sell Your Electronics
Fraud apart, while the price guarantee helps solve the network effect, I'm wondering if it is absolutely necessary for the business model to work.
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