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Co-founder of Instil here. Here is a bit of backdrop.

We started Instil after finding out that many classes have gone live after the lockdowns began. It seemed to us that the live classes are here to stay and we should make our move to adapt to the changing paradigm.

We wanted to not just build a software solution, but also a community platform with a gallery. So here we are a few months later!

This is very much an alpha product so any feedback will be appreciated. Thanks!

Done, thanks for mentioning this. TBH..I would happily pay for a paid tier of Signal.

After watching Vlad's interview on this week in startup, I think the product deserves more success.His story is inspiring.

https://youtu.be/pkJPxDgUGMA

I hope they aren't planting monocultures instead of mixed forests. If they do...they are no better than the Chinese.

Try New Zealand. Even harder.

Yeah you forgot to add 'extra-judicial' to the drone strikes, breaching every international law.

Well...human memory is certainly weak or biased or both. Let's not forget Guantánamo bay, which is just one among many examples.

US laws follow US geo-politics, which is where the problem lies.

What's the difference between a Chinese company and a US company? None. Both work for the state, although US ones operate under the guise of democracy.

This sort of union between tech and politics is not going to take us anywhere.

I think Hasura is written in Haskell

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you", it certainly sounds true in China.

And after watching that interview with Elon, he certainly doesn't seem that bright.

Here is a video about him giving stocks to the employees in the company.He's got an interesting story as well.

https://youtu.be/HyHVLq-KtFo

The last thing we need in the world messed up by Covid and the military industrial complex is more war machines and normalisation of meaningless wars (all of which have an undertone of neo-colonialism, where we use buzzwords to justify our acts by painting the other side as less of a human).

We could use the technology though, in solving real problems.

No more surprising than people assuming that a "plumber" is usually male.What are you trying to imply here?

Anti-Immigrant sentiment is rife here in New Zealand as well. In particular against Asians. If your skin is white, you blend easy here.

This is what happens when you patch-up airframe stability issues with code. We have gone to the point of no return to save one last buck and only the MBA types are to blame for this.

No complaints about the product, but not happy with Stripe's ever increasing transaction cost.

LinkedIn to me seems full of recruiters, self promoters and narcissist posts from middle level manager types.

The moral dilemma that vegans/vegetarians face is at what size we consider them sentient. Does the same apply to the micro-organism that vegans consume everyday on their salad? Or they are simply not sentient enough because we can't see them with naked eyes?

Google seems to be setting new benchmarks every now and then.

You can do zero roll jump takeoffs if you have enough rotor speed. Watch this: https://youtu.be/9ISIlgMcb-U

It's an interesting pivot for you guys from building some sort of recruitment AI (I remember seeing it somewhere) to this.

Would you mind elaborating this shift?

Anyways, Good luck with the launch!Will give this a go.

Wonder if this can do pre-rotation, it would be cool to take off like a helicopter.

Sure, come on in, we will embrace you with open arms. We already have SF like social issues here, so we won't mind. Our housing is messed up on even a grander scale than SF. It's not all flowery here either, but it's way better than many other places on the planet atm.

The bigger issue that NZ has is its old boys network, which wouldn't allow radical ideas and startups to succeed.

The solution is to dilute it with tech entrepreneurs and investors from outside NZ and recreate the landscape.

I live in Wellington and the tech scene here, although small, is quite vibrant.

There is no reason why we can't accommodate those companies and workers who want to move out of SF. The govt will need to give heavy tax incentives and easy route to residency for those entrepreneurs who move their company here.

Well, if you have about 3 million dollar to put away, you're welcome here too. We need more Billionares and tech businesses here.

https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/investing-in-nz/visas/inve...

Hopefully they drop the pricing after this, else I am moving to Rudderstack.

Damn I would love to have one, I mean who wouldn't love a bootleg helicopter right? Here is an engine start video that I absolutely loved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xKhc77VXk

As someone who worked for a global UN agency, I can personally attest to the influence of China in the organisation. I remember one instance where the Chinese govt. kicked a major fuss over including 'Taiwan' in the country selector dropdown for our web properties. The order came from really high up in the top and we had to remove Taiwan lol.

All hail the CCP. The totalitarianism of China just baffles me.