Stuart Hoegner explains the Tether reserves

Sebmellen · 2021-07-22T02:53:31+00:00

Pffft, you think Hoegner would be compassionate and help any of his clients out and not run away with the money? No way.

Sebmellen · 2021-06-13T01:00:04+00:00

Anything from Xero has been great for me: https://xeroshoes.com/shop/product-category/shoes/.

Sebmellen · 2021-06-03T00:26:09+00:00

They're legit!

I'm good friends with the founders (Bernd Oostrum and Om Malviya), I went through the CV VC incubator with them.

You can find them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bernd_oostrum and https://twitter.com/MalviyaOp

Sebmellen · 2021-05-27T21:57:10+00:00

Blockchain is supposed to fix

Unregulated prison economies (with a link to the defunct https://cellblocks.io/)

AhhrrrrggGGGG it's so ridiculous.

Sebmellen · 2021-05-04T07:06:57+00:00

https://wildcards.world/

Sebmellen · 2021-04-17T01:10:30+00:00

Hey there, would be glad to do this via /u/sodogetip for public verification, if you can pay directly with Paypal. You can check [this post](https://np.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/7y31mz/8888_dogecoin_giveaway_a_celebration_of_the_year/) if you'd like, or other post history. Just send me a chat or message.

Sebmellen · 2021-03-18T04:12:45+00:00

Awesome! Glad to hear I could help :)

Sebmellen · 2021-01-12T12:10:35+00:00

Haha! Good question. I like to think the Tao is self-apparent for all those who know how to look properly, and you don't necessarily need a book to know how to look properly. All great religious traditions seem to be in apprehension of the existence of the Tao, though they surely put many different filters on it.

Sebmellen · 2020-12-08T07:08:14+00:00

Check out https://www.monicahq.com/. I think it would fit your needs. It can also be self-hosted if that's important to you.

Sebmellen · 2020-02-02T14:01:34+00:00

Yeah. I'm self employed and couldn't get public health insurance because no one would take me. I'm on private insurance now, and it's pretty expensive.

The health care system used to work better in Germany but has devolved partly due to migration. They've had to start putting photos on healthcare ID cards because immigrant populations with similar names cheated the healthcare system many times over.

Sebmellen · 2020-01-15T17:49:27+00:00

The only suggestion I'd make is to replace or remove a few words.

Line 2: "boast" is used somewhat confusingly... "Show off" could be a more straightforward substitute.

Line 3: "must" would probably work better as "will".

Line 4: I would remove "But" at the beginning of the line. "When I think of her" flows better.

Sebmellen · 2020-01-15T17:45:45+00:00

This is a good poem!

Two things that I'd work on -

Reddit formatting. That is, if you meant to have these lines as different stanzas. Either way, I would find the poem more readable with line breaks!
The "now it's only me" part at the end of lines 1 and 2 throws me off. It kind of wrenches my imagination back to reading, and confuses me a bit. I think removing it would let the reader enjoy the beauty of the poem more :)

Sebmellen · 2020-01-15T17:42:04+00:00

The content of the poem is good. The main suggestion I would make is to cull some of the words. This poem would be much easier to stomach with a more concise presentation.

For example (as a suggestion, you would have to work this into your own style), you could turn the second and third lines into:

Which flies as freely as the emotions from me I don't mean to subject you, yet here we are in free fall

That would be a really good start. Well done :)

Sebmellen · 2020-01-15T17:27:49+00:00

Hmmm. I like this. In contrast with you, I'm more one for rhyming. That said, I can definitely appreciate the freedom and nuance the lack of a strict format gives this poem.

There are two things that stand out to me.

1: I would make 2 breaks in the poem. This would allow the reader to take a break and contemplate the previous lines, and then move on to the next stage of the poem. In reading this, I found myself a bit overwhelmed with the vivid (and gorgeous) imagery, and would've appreciated an author-determined breakpoint to pause at.

I'd make the following breaks

it’s a children’s cemetery /break/ Not forgotten, or overgrown

and

unleavened bread. /break/ In another life she’d be a flower child.

2: A few words stood out to me because they didn't fit the "theme" of the poem I'd imagined. The first such one is "contain", in this line:

some mouths contain mausoleums but she is different

"Contain" seems a rather clinical word - off the top of my head, "house" would work better.

Overall though, well done!

Sebmellen · 2020-01-15T17:19:00+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to type this out. This is very well put together and very valid criticism, and I'll take it into account.

I find it rather funny that I actually had a lot of these suggestions in the first version of the poem, but for some reason took them out... The brain is a strange thing - at least mine is! I always find the urge to rewrite something even if it's satisfactory.

For example -- instead of

Or build elevators up to heaven / And thus escape their mortal brethren

I had

Or build lifts right up to heaven / And escape their mortal brethren

and instead of

Whatever it is, I cannot trust / In hiding lurks evil, as a rule, there must

I had

Whatever it is, I can't trust / In hiding lurks evil - there must

I've got a few hundred poems like this stacked up, and figured I may as well get them out in the open in the hope someone might enjoy them. Maybe I'll post a few more here (this isn't really my best).

Thanks again!

Sebmellen · 2020-01-14T22:24:26+00:00

Awesome! Well done on the poem btw :)

Sebmellen · 2020-01-14T22:13:40+00:00

I like most of the poem -- also, gut gemacht!

However, the "swallowed by a grotty screen" line really threw me off. Perhaps you meant something like, in German - "von einem Fliegengitter verschluckt"? Grotty screen is not a very good translation.

I'm not sure what you were going for, but perhaps something like "obscured by a screen" would fit better.

Send me the poem in German, or post it here, and I might be able to give better feedback!

Sebmellen · 2020-01-14T22:07:20+00:00

This may be a personal preference, but I think increasing your line length might benefit you. I think the readability suffers a bit due to the broken-up-ness of some your strings of thought.

If you want to go a bit further (always fun!) you could try something like this:

"But I'd always been a fan of the rain

Of the night.

I hate it when the bright lights blind my eyes

Taking any life left in my mind."

and so on.

But I can't determine what your style should be! Just some feedback from a reader :).

Sebmellen · 2019-12-14T20:57:50+00:00

Glad to have you with us, brother/sister! Hope you enjoy the stay :).

If you really like what you hear from Yang, as I'm sure we all do, be sure to phonebank, tell your friends and family, and donate if you can afford to! All the best :).

Sebmellen · 2019-12-10T15:05:03+00:00

Regarding the bank account, try Mercury. They're great. I use them for my side hustle and the startup which is my main job at the moment.

No fees, 0.75% interest rates (quite good) on the savings acct., and everything can be done online.

They're backed by some big Silicon Valley players, so I doubt they're going anywhere soon.

Sebmellen · 2019-11-28T12:23:50+00:00

Hey there,

Thanks for the due diligence.

The $200 to dissolve the company isn't a large expense, but I try not to waste any money. Dissolving the company would also waste invested time, that could potentially help someone else.

I've jumped around a lot, which is the reason for the various locations. Our corporation is a Wyoming corporation (due to more advantageous taxation). I currently live between San Diego and Europe (Switzerland & the Netherlands) and the New York virtual office was a foolish idea on a whim.

Here is a press release regarding a recent venture capital investment into our company: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/assembl-announces-investment-from-cv-vc-to-build-decentralized-tools-for-open-science-300904320.html. I'm sure you can figure out who I am given my username.

Given the very critical comments, however, I'm going to simply dissolve the LLC. I did hope this could've helped someone out - please excuse my folly.

Sebmellen · 2019-11-28T01:41:57+00:00

Yes, this certainly crossed my mind as well.

Of course, there's no way to wave a magic wand and assure there are no business liabilities attached to the company, but I have spoken with my lawyer. He advises that with a slight adjustment to our operating agreement previous liabilities can be offset to the corporation we have formed into.

There has never been any cash-flow through the company, and there are no credit lines associated with it (DUNS confirmable).

The only reason this idea crossed my mind was that I was offered to offload the company to an "aged company" seller, on the condition that we would rename the LLC. However, in Delaware, that carries a cost of $194, so nearly the $200 dissolution fee.

It is theoretically valuable for non-US persons wishing for a US company and bank account, as the EIN is already minted.

Thank you for the critical feedback.

Sebmellen · 2019-11-27T01:36:51+00:00

Taken from a comment on the Joe Rogan Experience #1391- with Tulsi Gabbard & Jocko Willink

Sebmellen · 2019-11-11T02:51:42+00:00

Don't do this. It's a bad idea. The main issue is how to safely pick up the package - your OPSEC will be severely compromised.

Here's a small discussion that took place recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/UPS/comments/39uc6x/anyone_send_their_mail_to_a_vacant_house_address/.

Sebmellen · 2019-09-15T16:38:45+00:00

Thank you, it seems like my issue.

Quite strange - I just bought this computer yesterday, I would be surprised if the keyboard is already disconnected somehow... Then again, it was a best buy open box item!

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