offtotheraces (u/offtotheraces)

offtotheraces commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) · Posted by u/david927

A tool to map your network - for fundraising, sales, partnerships, etc - to get intros to people. Cold email is dying as it gets so much cheaper and easier to send emails with AI and automation, so human connection is going to skyrocket in importance.

Would love feedback - in open alpha:

www.draftboard.com

offtotheraces commented on The United States withdraws from UNESCO state.gov/releases/office... · Posted by u/layer8

kennywinker · 5 months ago

The US is complicit in the intentional starvation of gaza’s people by israel. At least 15 people have starved to death in the last 24 hours, including an infant.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-war-hunger-childre...

Ragequitting UNESCO over their recognition of palestine is a small part of the project of supporting the ethnic cleansing of gaza and the west bank.

offtotheraces · 5 months ago

…says the Hamas-run health ministry.

Nothing to see here, no conflicts of interest.

Let’s trust the people who kidnapped babies and raped and pillaged their way across southern israel.

offtotheraces commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) · Posted by u/david927

offtotheraces · 6 months ago

A tool to map warm intro paths to people in your extended network (ie 2nd degree). For finding paths to VCs, sales prospects, candidates, etc. Would love any feedback! www.draftboard.com

offtotheraces commented on Sly Stone has died abcnews.go.com/US/sly-sto... · Posted by u/brudgers

reverendsteveii · 6 months ago

wrong guy. sly stone was the frontman for sly and the family stone and has died. sylvester "sly" stallone is still alive, and is thus not a loss. he is also 5'8" so even if he was a loss whether he was a "huge" loss is a matter of debate

offtotheraces · 6 months ago

Given the negative votes I guess my attempt at humor fell flat :)

offtotheraces commented on Judge rules Apple executive lied under oath, makes criminal contempt referral thebignewsletter.com/p/ju... · Posted by u/connor11528

offtotheraces · 8 months ago

App Store has been a cesspool of liars and thieves, criminals and sadists for years, from Phil Schiller to Bill Havlicek and many, many more.

offtotheraces commented on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE wired.com/story/elon-musk... · Posted by u/medler

gorgoiler · a year ago

There’s a bigger story to tell than just a number.

Is that $1.8B of revenue? Of profit? $1.8B of total funding in the last six months? In the last ten years?

Here’s $100M of funding for a 6% stake, four years ago:

https://siliconangle.com/2021/03/22/digital-identity-network...

Last year: a liquidity event for early investors and employees, none of which helps the ongoing business but instead lets the founders and C-suite buy a private island / holiday home / mobile home / home:

https://thepaypers.com/digital-identity-security-online-frau...

A $275M loan — not an investment, though you get a good deal if they default! — to keep them afloat?:

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/idme-secure...

The only rung deeper into the hype pit would be valuing them as a unicorn based on a too-big-to-fail government bailout.

offtotheraces · a year ago

Loans get issued based on profit generation (or asset value), so no, it is not “to keep them afloat”. You can’t get a loan if your company is not doing well or too risky (that’s why startups raise equity - because they are still too risky for someone to lend them money).

A loan is a form of debt, which is one of the two main forms of capital - the other main one being equity. Debt is less expensive than equity, so companies prefer to issue to raise capital via debt than equity.