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PeanutSalsa t1_j7vjh9m wrote
Reply to I am Louis Barajas, and I am a financial expert. Let’s talk about inflation, layoffs, debt and making more money. AMA! by loubarajas
If the Federal Reserve had started raising interest rates sooner, would inflation have gotten as high as it got and is now?
1320Fastback t1_j7vj9h7 wrote
Reply to I am Louis Barajas, and I am a financial expert. Let’s talk about inflation, layoffs, debt and making more money. AMA! by loubarajas
What is happening in this world right now? What caused all this?
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PeanutSalsa t1_j7vitvv wrote
Reply to I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
What are and were your expenses like in building the app and operating it? What are your main expenses in general?
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Reply to I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
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stick321 OP t1_j7vid1h wrote
Reply to comment by Talks_to_myself in I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
Hi,
I built the app myself. But we now have a small team of devs working on it with me overseeing the bigger projects.
My background is in computer science from UT Austin. I worked at Amazon as Software Development Engineer/Manager for around 4 years.
Red tape and regulation in the world of betting is different for each state and can be a nightmare to manage, so I made the decision early on to not allow real money in the App. So there is no real money exchanged in the app, we simply track balances of bets your propose to friends. It is unit based, so therefore legal in all states. How you settle up the balances is up to you.
We still run into issues occasionally, at the moment we have some policy issues we need to fix for the Google play store.
upvoatsforall t1_j7vhaqx wrote
Reply to I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
I live in Canada where sports betting laws have recently changed. I am constantly bombarded with ads to get me to start gambling. I avoid many things like this because I know how easy it is to become addicted.
How do you deal with the morality of creating a product that will likely end up ruining a percentage of users’ lives?
Talks_to_myself t1_j7vg671 wrote
Reply to I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
Did you build the app yourself or with a team? If yourself, what is your background to achieve that?
What regulation red tape was the hardest to get pass?
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turningandburning45 t1_j7up67y wrote
Reply to I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
Your thoughts on the idea that FFs are paid to well in some cases so they are incentivized to stay in a job that is basically the modern coal mine?
Jamesperson t1_j7ud1xf wrote
Reply to comment by simonbleu in I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
I think “absolutely” was in response to “thank you for doing this.” I don’t think he’s supporting celibacy.
corgis_are_awesome t1_j7u9im5 wrote
Reply to comment by Zouden in We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
I guess I just wasn’t sure which one of their many job listings my particular skill set would best fall under, so I was hoping I could have a conversation, ya know?
Zouden t1_j7u7gbv wrote
Reply to comment by corgis_are_awesome in We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
> I seriously doubt that the biology field is wholly saturated with ai engineers
It's not saturated at all. But from the tone of your comments it sounds like you think biotech companies haven't thought about hiring AI engineers, which isn't the case. Of course they see the benefit of engineers. Have you looked to see if Recursion is hiring?
BioRevolution t1_j7tncw5 wrote
Reply to We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
For everyone late to the party or re-reading the answers from Recursion:
Are you interested in staying up to date on Recursion and the AI/robotics enabled drug discovery field? Feel free to join/check out the UNOFFICIAL Recursion Pharma community on reddit: r/RecursionPharma and join in on the discussion, where we share related news/patents/interviews and discuss the technology/progress in the surrounding space.
LongHeelRedBottoms t1_j7sejl0 wrote
Reply to comment by UnfuckedFirefighter in I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
What do you do when all of your chiefs are assholes and the culture is toxic?
Ok-Feedback5604 t1_j7rl101 wrote
Reply to I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
Are there any new welfare schemes for retired firefighters?
simonbleu t1_j7r7i1v wrote
Reply to comment by UnfuckedFirefighter in I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
Why do you think celibacy has a positive effect in your day to day life? I have not found that to be the case, and it makes no sense from my perspective. If you are unwilling, then you will struggle, same as when you diet, and if you don't, then you are not distracted at all
So... Im curious, what is the logic behind it?
JackIsBackWithCrack t1_j7qwc6f wrote
Reply to comment by Trumpfreeaccount in We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
Homie 99% of the posts on this god-forsaken subreddit are literally for the express purpose of free advertising. Claiming this guy is unknowledgeable solely because he is planning on using AI is both pointless and obtuse. Pointless because he’s probably just some PR intern and obtuse because AI has the potential to revolutionize the medical field (among others).
Too_Too_Solid_Flesh t1_j7qqmjw wrote
Reply to comment by mysterycave in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
Not the OP, but they have rush tickets for as low as $25 each for the balcony and loge areas (rising to $75 each for the orchestra stall seats). They can't guarantee you a seat, but if you show up a two hours before the start time of the performance you may get one. I've done a few of these rush performances and I've never failed of getting a ticket. Also, if you're a student or a member of the military, you can get special discounts. This page has more information.
heresmyownthrowaway t1_j7qpat3 wrote
Reply to comment by UnfuckedFirefighter in I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
Great answer, honestly about as real as it can get. Appreciate it!
agissilver t1_j7qo1qn wrote
Reply to We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
I am late to the party but wondering how the expansion for new work cells is going? I interviewed for an automation engineering position last year and then was told it was unexpectedly cut and maybe there would be availability again in a year or so.
agissilver t1_j7qnqca wrote
Reply to comment by gamingchemist952 in We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
I don't work at recursion but I'd venture the answer is that they have a variety of libraries ranging from oligos, small molecules, to crispr constructs.
Mar00ned7 t1_j7ql1cq wrote
Reply to I am the Unfu*ked Firefighter, author of “The UFF Training Program” and “The UFF Book of Wisdom.” AMA! by UnfuckedFirefighter
Best car for accident protection? In your experience.
Trumpfreeaccount t1_j7qkzq5 wrote
Reply to comment by JackIsBackWithCrack in We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson
Pretty settled. Not sure why you're defending a guy who is just making stuff up in an AMA to make himself look knowledgeable. And using phrases like systemize serendipity.
stick321 OP t1_j7vjx0b wrote
Reply to comment by upvoatsforall in I am William, 3 years ago I quit my Job at Amazon to focus on a peer-to-peer betting app. This weekend we expect to facilitate our 1 millionth bet. Ask me about social betting, sports betting, starts-ups, tech and fundraising. by stick321
Hi,
Great question.
The app is unit based and no money is exchanged in the app. So the main functionality of the app is to facilitate fun, friendly bets with your friends on the football, sport and other topics. We certainly not a hardcore bettor platform.
You can propose, track, tally these units in the app. How you settle up is up to you. I don’t believe we will ever move into a real money platform.