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pain_perduon Hacking a Billionaire: Technical Overview

This disclosure does not appear in the 5 minute viral video they made about this "hack".

pain_perduon Hacking a Billionaire: Technical Overview

This was a dishonest advertising stunt. The billionaire in question is a major investor in the infosec company that sponsored this commercial. They clearly coordinated with him no to demonstrate legitimate vulnerabilities but rather to promote a product, see https://www.wsj.com/articles/digital-security-startup-backed...

pain_perduon Ask HN: Recent computer hacking convictions and employability?

I've been in tech for years but my background was also 'non-traditional' (I didn't commit an crimes but definitely didn't have a relevant degree or connections etc) I would be happy to help you with some intro's to startups who would consider a candidate with your background.

Feel free to email the address in my bio and I can see if you're interested in talking to anyone in my network.

Good Luck!

pain_perduon A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco

This version is easier to access: https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/yCP75A

pain_perduon How can you tell if someone is lying?

I recently got to spend some time with Jeff Deskovic (we met while he was on vacation), the exoneree mentioned at the top of the article for having spent 16 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He is looking for folks with technical backgrounds to to consult with Deskovic.org which has helped exonerate 9 other wrong-fully convicted persons.

If anyone is interested, please contact me at the address in my HN profile!

pain_perduon Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software

The judge in the case appears to have been the one to release the footage. https://twitter.com/JudgeFergusonTX

pain_perduon Investing in Clubhouse

Sure. Just email me at address in my profile and include your phone number as that’s how ch invites work. iPhone also required.

pain_perduon Investing in Clubhouse

If santa_boy is unable to help you, I'd be happy to.

pain_perduon Datadog releases Incident Management, Profiler, Error Tracking, and more

How does their Incident Management differ to that of Blameless.com which I believe is the current market leader.

pain_perduon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Are the border agents at US airports currently processing TN applications? Are all TN workers considered 'essential' during the current situation?

pain_perduon My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards

My friend's 68 year old mother lost $118,000 to a similar scam: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/consumer-alert-ocean...

Fortunately, her daughter was able to recoup the funds from the banks.

pain_perduon Göttingen researchers identify existing drug with potential to treat Covid-19

yes.

pain_perduon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Just wanted to vouch: Peter has helped me successfully obtain 3 complex visas over the years and has been equally successful getting visas for numerous friends.

Cannot recommend highly enough.

His advice has always proven solid as well.

pain_perduon Ask HN: Bad idea to sell to geeks before enterprise (starting off B2C)

Yeah we sell relatively inexpensive hardware (sub $1000) but combined with powerful software we can do some pretty crazy things at scale. So hobbyists want to play, but enterprise is where we ultimately add the most value and represent the big bucks. Interesting story about basecamp though, thanks!

pain_perduon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Just wanted to say that my company has used Peter's firm three times with great results. Peter is the best, listen to his advice!

pain_perduon Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap

For anyone who didn't happen to notice, it should be noted that this review was written by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey

pain_perduon Ask HN: Homomorphic Encryption library over GPU

We could be of assistance with this, email me if you'd like some info.

pain_perduon Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around $4B last year

Why not create a coin awarded for proof of AI-modeling and open-up the network to researchers? Seems like it would be a lot more productive if all that processing power went to neural networks.

pain_perduon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

See my profile for contact info

pain_perduon I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

I can connect you too if you'd like.

pain_perduon I'm a male tech exec in SF who was punished for reporting sexual assault

If anyone is so inclined, please view my petition at Http://www.ChangeEquinox.org

#metoo

pain_perduon A Call for Candidates

Why is Sam's post flagged?

pain_perduon Young Minority MIT Grad Needs a Laptop to Code, can We Help Him?

thanks!

pain_perduon Young Minority MIT Grad Needs a Laptop to Code, can We Help Him?

Thanks! This is a good tip.

pain_perduon Young Minority MIT Grad Needs a Laptop to Code, can We Help Him?

I can't speak to his exact reasons for starting a company and moving here with little money other than there was an opportunity to participate in this incubator program.

I feel that silicon valley lacks racial diversity, particularly amongst founders. If there is an opportunity to support under-represented groups I thought it was worth mentioning.

pain_perduon Young Minority MIT Grad Needs a Laptop to Code, can We Help Him?

Not quite sure what you mean by 'an ad for the man' but that doesn't strike me as particularly accurate.

I heard about this young fellow who needs a laptop and so I made a post, there are no ulterior motives here, just trying to help.

And yes, the VC is a billionaire would certainly could afford a machine but that offer has yet to be made so here we are.

pain_perduon Teespring’s valuation plummets from $650M to about $11M

Related news about layoffs: Http://about.crunchbase.com/news/teespring-undergoes-stiff-layoffs-corporate-restructuring/

pain_perduon Launch HN: VoiceOps (YC W17) – Data analysis for sales calls

Hi Otto! While you're waiting a response from VoiceOps, I'd love show you what my company can do. We've spent the last few years building an ASR system with advanced features like biometric speaker diarization, homomorphic encryption, multilanguage support and the fastest STT engine online.

Ping me at colinh at intvox dot com if you'd like to check it out.

pain_perduon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)

Thanks, we're looking into it!

pain_perduon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)

Intelligent Voice is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic senior front end developer to join our San Francisco team. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about building highly scalable and reliable systems and bringing new technology out of the lab and into the real world.

We're a global leader in AI-powered audio processing technology. We work with many of the world's largest banks, major consultancies and government agencies. Our technology includes ultra-fast GPU based multi-lingual speech transcription, speaker segmentation and biometric identification and advanced review tools for audio. We are based in London, UK.

Contact samantha.jacobs AT intelligentvoice dot com