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Untold R&D billions went into this; we have no idea what the breakeven would be.

If we were to treat Apple and Meta equivalently, we would have spent a decade tallying Apple’s R&D investments as “losses”.


A lot of folks here are making some version of the observation that an immutable public unforgeable database is, in practice, equivalent to ANY database which is sponsored by the state. That feels persuasive to me.

Does this imply that the blockchain ledger might have greater utility in areas where there is weak or no state control? Basically, the criminal underworld and black markets. What's been written about this?


> What's been written about this?

A great many cryptolocker programs.

And several websites you can access via Tor to buy illegal drugs from the comfort of your own home via cryptocurrencies.


Magnopus | Downtown Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Onsite | https://magnopus.com

Magnopus has deep expertise in AR, VR, mixed reality, and virtual production. We’re passionate about creating experiences that bridge the physical and digital worlds in ways people haven’t experienced yet.

We're looking for more than one front-end web developer to join our new product team, working out of the brand new Magnopus HQ in downtown LA (open July-ish). https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/183A32ACD7/

- You have multiple years of experience shipping production-quality React applications that interface with back-end services -- link us to your portfolio

- You’re strong on the fundamentals of Javascript (preferably also Typescript), React (and React Hooks), CSS

- You are familiar with modern frameworks and can demonstrate your ability to choose wisely among them

- B.S. degree in Computer Science preferred but not required

- 5+ years full time work experience


Magnopus | Downtown Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Onsite | https://magnopus.com

Magnopus is an experience company with deep expertise in AR, VR, mixed reality, and virtual production. We’re passionate about creating experiences that bridge the physical and digital worlds in ways people haven’t experienced yet.

Come help us build a new spatial product & platform touching on numerous tech stacks and all major platforms.

- Full stack web developer: https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/183A32ACD7/

- Spatial UI Developer: https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/2F5DB975A6/

The crew at Magnopus are smart, they are good communicators, and they are gracious. So ideally you're like that, too. These are growth roles in a growing company in a growing team; you will not only ensure we get good results up front, but you will also have an opportunity to set best practices that will serve us for years to come.

(Other positions are also open, including Security Engineer.)


Magnopus | Downtown Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Onsite | https://magnopus.com

Magnopus is an experience company with deep expertise in AR, VR, mixed reality, and virtual production. The company was founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that bridge the physical and digital worlds in ways people haven’t experienced yet.

We are building a new product and platform encompassing front end, back end, and middleware -- and covering desktop, web, mobile, VR, and AR.

- Full stack web developer: https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/183A32ACD7/

- SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test): https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/DFCEF294C0/

- Spatial UI Developer: https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/2F5DB975A6/

The crew at Magnopus are smart, they are good communicators, and they are gracious. So ideally you're like that, too. These are all growth roles in a growing company in a growing team; you will not only ensure we get good results up front, but you will also have an opportunity to set best practices that will serve us for years to come.

(Other positions are also open, including Security Engineer.)


Magnopus | Downtown Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Onsite | https://magnopus.com

Magnopus is an experience company with deep expertise in AR, VR, mixed reality, and virtual production. The company was founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that bridge the physical and digital worlds in ways people haven’t experienced yet.

We are building a new platform encompassing front end, back end, and middleware -- and covering desktop, mobile, VR, and AR. To ensure robustness and quality in everything we build, we need a skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design, create, and own automated testing and test infrastructure.

https://apply.workable.com/magnopus-2/j/DFCEF294C0/

The crew at Magnopus are smart, they are good communicators, and they are gracious. So ideally you're like that, too. This is a growth role in a growing company in a growing team; you will not only ensure we get good results up front, but you will also have an opportunity to set best practices that will serve us for years to come.

(Other positions are also open, including Security Engineer.)


Oblong Industries | Multiple Positions | Full-Time | Los Angeles, Boston, or REMOTE | https://www.oblong.com/company/careers

Oblong is a hardware and software company that has always worked at the forefront of human-computer interaction. We are looking for talented folks to help us radically evolve our next-generation meeting tool, Mezzanine.

Currently open positions:

- full-stack engineer (React, Redux, node...)

- back-end engineer (Go, GCP...)

- C++ engineer

- Security engineer

- Director of Engineering

- and more

We have a small, agile engineering team where you can move fast and make an outsized impact.

Oblong is a humane place to work. For example, the company pays 100% of health insurance costs.

email brandon at oblong


Oblong Industries | Multiple Positions | Full-Time | Los Angeles, Boston, or REMOTE |

https://www.oblong.com/company/careers

Oblong is a hardware and software company that has always worked at the forefront of human-computer interaction. We are looking for talented folks to help us evolve our next-generation meeting room product, Mezzanine.

Currently open positions: full-stack engineer (React; Redux; Electron a plus) or back-end engineer (Go, etc.) We have a small, agile engineering team where you can move fast and make an outsized impact.

Oblong is a humane place to work. For example, the company pays 100% of health insurance costs.

email brandon at oblong


Oblong Industries | Multiple Positions | Full-Time | Los Angeles or Boston or REMOTE | https://www.oblong.com/company/careers

Oblong is a hardware and software company that has always worked at the forefront of human-computer interaction. We build meeting room products and large-scale immersive systems.

We are hiring in LA for positions in full-stack web (React, Redux, Electron a plus) as well as back-end (Go, etc.) We have a small, agile engineering team where you can make an outsized impact.

More positions will open up; we are also interested in graphics experience and experience with video or videoconferencing. Know Chromium? Graphics drivers? C++? Talk to us.

Oblong is a humane place to work. For example, the company pays 100% of health insurance costs.

email brandon at oblong


Please do a google image search for "medieval scriptorium". Then try a google image search for "victorian office engraving" or "victorian counting house engraving". Or check out this list of "Antique Office Illustrations 1770-1879" (https://www.officemuseum.com/photo_gallery_1860s-1880s.htm). What you'll see is different instances of the open office plan, over a timespan of a THOUSAND YEARS. It's a space plan which seems to emerge around collective knowledge work.

These types of workplaces are not a newly-hatched resource squeeze by our ruthless capitalist overlords. They are a physical work pattern which has been reinvented and retooled many times, and isn't going away. In most of history, "office"==="big room".


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