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jonas_kgomo

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jonas_kgomo··on Cuba′s Covid vaccine rivals Pfizer, Moderna
Cuba is also known to train African doctors and return them back to Africa. They also helped South Africa during the apartheid regime
jonas_kgomo··on Cuba′s Covid vaccine rivals Pfizer, Moderna
this is what i am looking forward to, as an African what do you think we can do to accelerate vaccine access
jonas_kgomo··on Show HN: A portfolio website simulating macOS's GUI using React
Frist I was like, this is really cool, then I started thinking what inspired you to do this, as I noticed that most things are functional: vs code works, search works etc.
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: How can I stop Google from transferring my data/account to the US entity
Probably not helpful but i always thought could you theoretically find a way that Google might be violating EAR(export of crypto) , by exporting your data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...
jonas_kgomo··on Turkey bans use of cryptocurrencies for payments
the idea here is that they will manage to bin exchanges like Binance, which recently launched Binance Turkey for that purpose.
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: Would issue “bounties” make contributing to open source more appealing?
Gitcoin recently raised 13M for this purpose. They are crypto-first, so for fiat it can be interesting to think about it, I have been thinking around building such a platform. https://decrypt.co/66541/ethereum-gitcoin-raises-11-million-...
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: Who are your favourite indie hackers?
what is your twitter?
jonas_kgomo··on Startup-Corporate Collaboration
sure, shoot me an email[1], or we can jump on a call[2]

[1] jonaskgmoo@gmail.com [2] https://calendly.com/jonaskgmoo

jonas_kgomo··on Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
I need this on Windows/Web
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: What's the fastest stack for making web side projects?
i am working on a project specifically focusing on this type of problems for side projects https://affordance.app
jonas_kgomo··on Startup-Corporate Collaboration
Hey globbish, it would be nice to talk with you about these ideas. I have been working in the same space
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: What should a Principal Front end Engineer do?
would like to hear about what you are working on
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on?
scaling side-projects http://affordance.app
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
hey, i would like to talk with you, we are working on something that relies on cloud and scaling. Best way to reach out? email : jonaskgmoo@gmail.com
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: Startup Investing is a Fool's Errand, am I wrong?
what do you think of pipe.com, buying MRR with ARR
jonas_kgomo··on An Alternative to Competition
Competition is for losers - Peter Thiel
jonas_kgomo··on Open source projects should run office hours
You can try, perfect for this https://officehours.com/
jonas_kgomo··on The MIT Press launches Direct to Open
I guess the open-access overlay journal approach is the cheapest, now looking for a free peer review platform, alternative to Scholastica
jonas_kgomo··on The MIT Press launches Direct to Open
How easy is it to publish your own open source journal, genuinely curious!
jonas_kgomo··on Who cares about the Ivy League?
Noah seems to digress from the pros of going to an Ivy League. Either these schools have to diversify their admissions or the executive positions in companies have to start hiring from regular Universities. US Digital Service Academy[1] is working to launch a university that would rival Stanford and MIT and funnel tech workers into government work, seems to be overall a good thing for society.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23909604

jonas_kgomo··on Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Relocation
There are some VISA's offered to tech explorers like:

- Taiwan (Gold Visa) https://t.co/jaLtwUr9fd

- Finland (90 day trial)

- Singapore (Techpass)

- Portugal (Tech Visa)

- Tulsa pays you 10K to relocate https://t.co/Qwpoiwj3Fm

- New Zealand (EHF) https://www.ehf.org/

- Chile (Startup Chile)

- Estonia https://t.co/cZWk4yJRQC

- Wyoming (best US crypto laws)

- Golden VISA (Dubai) https://t.co/vjSK1kVm7g

- Lithuania https://t.co/TJYCgnHxn3

jonas_kgomo··on There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company”
open in incognito
jonas_kgomo··on There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company”
A startup studio is essentially this. Also, every big company has a X for Startups, plus open-source projects. Most big companies derisk by acquiring competitors, you can think of that as a startup inside a big company.

* where X is an element of FAAMG

jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: What are examples of technology “lotteries”?
Actually the term is defined in a Google article called hardware lotteries[0], describing software theories that make it because of existing hardware.

[0] https://hardwarelottery.github.io/

jonas_kgomo··on Microbial ecosystems in the mouth and gut are linked to many ills
Besides the gut flora being capable of some neurological effects it has demonstrated to be psychoactive. Professor Robert Sapolsky[1] has an amazing course on Behavorial Evolution. The toxoplasmic gondii comes from the rat -> cat -> gut -> brain, it is profound that side effects in the brain are chemically constructed from the stomach. Considering that most animals do not even have a brain,but usually have a stomach, it is evident that the gut is underestimated in the evolutionary tree.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oa4Lp5fLE

jonas_kgomo··on UC Berkeley Library acquires FBI records of surveillance of Black leaders
Black History Month
jonas_kgomo··on Ask HN: Have You Consulted with Experts?
UPDATED: Would like to know your thoughts! I was wondering, if companies can pay that much for consulting with AWS , why is consulting in general still considered something not to do , for instance VC's hardly fund any company that is doing consulting.
jonas_kgomo··on CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS
I guess you could use Flutter to do hybrid applications
jonas_kgomo··on Github1s – One second to read GitHub code with VS Code
This is similar to the idea of Codespaces from Github https://github.com/features/codespaces
jonas_kgomo··on JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you
Is there a simple tutorial or resources on how to get started ?
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