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smartplaya2001··on Human hair grows through 'pulling' not pushing, study shows
Wow very interesting. This explains how goku turns level 3 as a super saiyan.
smartplaya2001··on Show HN: From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management
Node.js already has built in support for .env

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.6.0#built-in-env-file...

smartplaya2001··on New JavaScript Set Methods
Ditto!!!
smartplaya2001··on AI GPU Bottleneck Has Eased, but Now Power Will Constrain AI Growth
LOL haha can I steal that?
smartplaya2001··on AI GPU Bottleneck Has Eased, but Now Power Will Constrain AI Growth
Get power from humans combined with solar power sounds like the matrix.
smartplaya2001··on 63 Percent of Americans want regulation to actively prevent superintelligent AI
The sun is a good source of power.
smartplaya2001··on Tell HN: Service Workers === Browser Background Tasks
promiscuous terminology :)
smartplaya2001··on FDA schedules meeting to establish regulatory rules for artificial womb trials
Sounds like the beginning of the matrix
smartplaya2001··on Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Project Officially Launches
wow lol. I had a chuckle at this
smartplaya2001··on Success stories are propaganda (2017)
Can you go a little more into success being taboo? This is quite interesting but I am not sure if we are thinking the same thing.
smartplaya2001··on Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64
i wonder if it has anything related to the covid vaccine rollout? The timing coincides.
smartplaya2001··on Cloudflare Tunnel – Generate a live updating URL to any localhost project
Is there a npm package for this service? I ran into a situation where yesterday where I had to use localtunnel. I tried searching on npm but didn't find a package.
smartplaya2001··on WeWork to Accept Oil Barrels as Tenants
wow LMAO
smartplaya2001··on Stripe for Gift Cards
1. Why would I want my store to accept payment with someone else’s gift card?

Maybe you are a high risk merchant that has trouble with CC processor such as gambling sites or adult related sites. Or you customer base is concerned about privacy and fraud. Accepting gift cards is also a great way to avoid chargebacks.

2. What consumers want this? Consumers who are concerned about their privacy.

3. How do you make money? We already make money by selling discounted gift cards to shoppers looking to save money on purchases from their favorite brands.

4. Balance verification seems a bit easier than balance transfer. The stores issuing gift cards make a fair amount of money in interest on those card balances. Cooperating with you and other stores might result in a loss of net interest income.

Some brands love the secondary markets and other don't. But i would argue it may help increase brand sales since customers may buy gift cards solely for the purpose of privacy or other reasons.

smartplaya2001··on Stripe for Gift Cards
Thanks we are aware of the huge fraud problem in the space. We have a way to fight against this currently so am not too worried about this.
smartplaya2001··on Ask HN: What are you working on?
im working on a way to automatically check gift card balances for various brands.
smartplaya2001··on Can Life Exist in 2 and 1 Dimensions?
you assume a 2d being needs to need or requires a digestive tract. What if that being doesn't necessarily it?
smartplaya2001··on Startups Rejecting Venture Capital
interesting we decided to bootstrap in 2016. Chasing down VC's is such a time drain when you can focus on your product. we now have about 28k users.
smartplaya2001··on Ask HN: Resources for introverted devs to learn workplace politics?
i hate office politics and never was good at it. Thats why i decided to work for myself and start my own company.
smartplaya2001··on Roomi's fall from grace
Goes to show you money doesn't solve money problems. I get that first time entrepreneurs spend lavishly on advertising but 80k trips to Thailand?

I think having too much money too early is not always a good thing. Focusing on unit economics is key if your startup is going to survive.

smartplaya2001··on Mistakes we made in our company’s first 8 years
I think in our startup we are at the part where we are making all kinds of mistakes. We are Starting our third year next month however we are still making mistakes.
smartplaya2001··on Launch HN: Hexel (YC W18) – Create a cryptocurrency for your community
Hi John & Marcus. We are interested in this. Can the coins we make be traded on an exchange?