How's it going! That would be amazing! Not just because we could probably do stuff like visit the Taj Mahal and come back home on the same day, but we could establish colonies and explore all around the universe! I think it would be so cool to be able to basically order something and have it at your door in a matter of secons seconds I know you are probably unaware or busy so you can't talk right now.  I will probably be doing the same thing by the time you respond back haha Hope you don't get annoyed with how many messages you'll come back to. Anyways, I'm going to run with the prompt. I'm not sure if you've read Enders Game and specifically the book in that series called Speaker for the Dead, but I'm curious if traveling that fast would have an effect on time Like, if I left the earth and travelled for what I perceived as a year at faster than light speeds, I wonder if when i got back if it would be like 14 years in the future or n not What I am super curious about and interested in is establishing colonies on other planets. I know that SpaceX with Elon Musk have plans to live on mars, but I think that it's a little too difficult for the near future given the radiation levels alone
oh hi! I thought no would would be here Perfect!
I think that a colony on the moon would be awesome!
What was the original prompt again?
Because there are actually a lot of technologies that could be developed there
Or are you just trying to rack up points haha
It's on traveling at faster than speed A little of both hahaa
I seee well what do you think about voting
So how would traveling at faster than light speeds affect you
I'm writing about it right now
voting?
yeah!
As in the voting system, or if we should have the right to vote
what's a way to increase voter turnout
ahhh okay
and is that even a good thing to begin with
Honestly, look into using blockchain for voting
what do you reckon hahah wow CS studnet?
Some states are adopting it
I'm not really talking about voting security but more about turnout well i guess that does have something to do with it
and if you could make it secure enough and verify that each person is who they say they are.  You could have people easily vote from the comfort of their own home
voting will increase if people believe that it's not being manipulated Interesting. I'll actually look into that do you vote, personally?
Well I'm thinking if you can securely make a method for voting to take place at home No need to wait in lines or take time out of your day You just pull it up while watching TV and vote
and I know you can't identify yourself, but just don't say anything if you are a CS student right, reducing transaction costs aye
What do you mean don't say anything?
I mean directly acknowledge it you can keep chatting haha
oh okay
are you into blockchain? I'm currently trying to figure out high frequency trading it's a side hobby of mine cryptocurrency is an inefficient market = opportunity for bots to make money
So I've written a program before that I haven't actually used, but it reads general trends of crypto and buys when it detects a low point and sells at the peaks I'm not sure if that sort of thing is what you think of when you talk high frequency trading
serious?? yeah in a way
but theoretically i could rewrite it to buy/sell super frequently
that would be more intraday/ position that's awesome man
So there are a lot of other services that do that way more efficiently
did you write your own API?
There are like crazy bots out there
and what exchange do you trade through yeah definately wow I need to meet you!
No, but I used the API for a crypto exchange site that tracks trends
my friend has backtested a really basic bot and it's returns are in the multiple 100xs the crypto market is really really ridiculous at the moment when it comes to opportunity which site? Binance?
Also about revealing if I'm a CS student.  Rules just say don't give out names, emails, stuff like that.  Because this information will go out to lots of people.
ah okay Well that's awesome man. What did you code in I'm guessing python, or R?
Python yeah
man, I need to spend more time with it. I'm just flat out with school aye how far are you into your program
I'm a junior we spoke earlier about CS a little bit!
oh right!
and I just went and looked it up, i was using GDAX.  It's the API coinbase has established This was back in like January of this year
I'm trying to figure out how to tie in the trading functions like how would I get it to actually set the limit orders and hit buy ahhh right after the big crash
There is this one site, I forget what it's called, but people put their code publicly that tracks crypto exchanges and incorporates different algorithms you can mimic bots based off of that
seriously? I've been looking everwhere for that
Yeah
I've been in touch with this new startup that's aggregating twitter data specfically for trading and technical analysis.
Honestly you should just google, "How to create CryptocurrencyBot" interesting!
I stumbled on it by accident and it turns out I was one of the first thousand users or so. I got a suprise email from the CEO and he upgraded me to the paid plan for free... yeah it's called scoopmarkets you can follow tweets of any blue chip and most cryptocurrencies they have published some really interesting things about how they've predicted big price swings minutes before based on tweet sentiment
cool!
what are you planning to do with your degree?
I want to start my own company I actually was on a team in the new venture challenge last year I I'm hoping to come up with and run with a different idea this year and see how things go
how did that go??
Good!  We had a great idea and actually had it up and running in about 7 Little Caesar franchises, but it wasn't going to be scalable enough to continue with it
what was the product?
We had a quick-serve restaurant task management system
what was wrong scaling? Sounds like a good idea
Basically it would maximize the efficiency of each workers time so that the franchises could dial back how many employees they needed there were other products in the market and it's a very tight niche to try and scale
ah I see that sounds awesome are you going to do it again this year?
I was planning on it, but I'm not sure if I can get a validated and running idea going by the time the competition happens in January
bro I totally reckon you should do the bot
In order to stand a chance of competing and winning in the competition you need to do the research and validate your idea, build it out, and then get customers there's too many bots out there
yeah but there's a lot of room in this market
the idea behing the new venture challenge is creating a successful startup that can be scaled into a multi-million dollar business
there's only so long before the institutional investors start settling in whats the top prize?
but there is nothing unique about creating a bot once it becomes relevant, any bank, investment group, or even person can replicate it no problem
it's odd that the prize comes after proving your product, instead of before to actually help fund the project?
The idea is that the prize money is to help in the scaling aspect of your business you have to gain initial customers and prove that it is a valid product first though You should go watch it this year.  I Its super cool!
which club handles that the eClub?
No club its the schools founders group
what are the prizes like?
It's all the alumni who donate millions to the school
where do I find more information
and run their own massive companies like the owners of qualtrics, circus trix, etc. search: Founders Group, new venture challenge in google and itll come up It's crazy competitive.  Lots of the big start ups that have come out of BYU were winners of that competition And you have to have some crazy impressive ideas and businesses to stand a chance Correction, search miller competition series new venture challenge that'll send you right to the site So last year we placed 10th and participate in the Founders Launchpad during the summer where all the big name people who donate to the school come and train you super cool stuff
that's incredible
If you have an interest in start ups or running with an idea, you should at the very  least attend the final presentations this yea year
I can see a future evan speigel
they always throw out shirts, prizes and its this huge event!  It's like BYU's shark tank
what was the winning product last year
I honestly can't remember
have any big names come out from the launchpad
Ah yes I know, Portal
I ran into this guy at a ward activity his name is Sahil lavignia he's 25 and runs Gumroad, a SaaS startup
they have doors that open automatically when it senses someone with their app approach.  It's for disabled people at universities
he was the first employee at pinterest
that way they dont have to try and hit the button
oh cool that's a great one but dude this tech founder is living in provo just because he wanted to try to understand a conservative community he's from california and he ended up joining the church
That's pretty cool
when I first met him, it was like yeah cool. But he's had articles written on him online and he's done speaking events he tweets out his monthly revenues it's at like ~500k a month man
nice
but he's the quintessential young tech founder, college drop out so what's you ultimate dream?
well that my plans longterm work out
do you have a product in mind, or some end job