togasystems

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I am a computer scientist and an extreme sport athlete. A typical combination.

CTO + Co-Founder Penny AI (https://pennyapp.com)

http://noblezilla.com/

email: chris' at' noblezilla.com

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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Revenue is the best indicator for value, not profit which is artificially driven down for tax purposes.
Comment · 9 years ago
Wrote a script to sort tattoo artists coming to a convention by Instagram followers. Saved me wading through dozens of artists to find one that suits my style.
Comment · 9 years ago
After having spent the last 3 years in insurance with Allay trying to take on employer health insurance costs by making it easier for smaller groups to become self insured, I have found that the regulations are cumbersome but not huge blockers. The regulations are there to protect people and for the most part do that job correctly.

The hard part about this industry is that there is no single incumbent to disrupt, but thousand of very small businesses who have personal relationships with their clients. Also whereever you jump into the process, you have to deal with companies who do not value technology as much as the HN crowd would. These companies still print out PDFs and have automated very little of their business. No matter how fast you make your software, you are the behest of the companies below and above you in the chain.

If anybody wants to nerd out on the insurance industry, my contact is in my profile.

Comment · 9 years ago
While travelling through Thailand, I discovered that the country thrives on terrible instant Nescafe. Open to international expansion?
Comment · 10 years ago
Any recommendations on investment books?
Comment · 10 years ago
Looks sweet. Small spelling mistake

'available to you as and Android app on Google Play Store'

Should be

'available to you as an Android app on Google Play Store'

Comment · 10 years ago
Could someone purchase one of these vehicles today and still be considered for the buyback program?
Comment · 11 years ago
Broken code.
Comment · 12 years ago
I just had a conversation concerning building a tech community in the Yukon. The main question that came up was whether you need developers first or the infrastructure (i.e. incubators, capital.. etc) . I am in the boat that you need a few developers first to drive the community and the rest would follow.

Thoughts HN?

Comment · 12 years ago
I have. From what I have seen, it does not support e-mail notifications out of the box.
Comment · 12 years ago
Any recommendation for a notifications framework that supports multiple backends? I would also like to have the notifications saved in the database. Is there a standard out there for this type of action?
Comment · 12 years ago
Nice work. How well does it work on mobile?

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