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The Gig Economy (2018)

146 points by ZhuanXia 7y ago

rossdavidh 7y ago
whoa
i_am_proteus 7y ago
This is a work of fiction that is tremendous because it may not be a work of fiction.
yasp 7y ago
How do I get access to the other pieces on this blog? This is great.
- mitchbob 7y ago
  https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/ https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/
  - yasp 7y ago
    Thanks, but several of the posts are password protected. I was wondering what the deal was with that. Googling didn't turn up a Patreon or some other way to get access. I guess they just aren't for the public?
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
    - visakanv 7y ago
      you can follow 0HP on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/0x49fa98 http://www.twitter.com/0x49fa98
traeregan 7y ago
It’s wild that this was posted 3 times last year and is only receiving front-page attention now. Fourth time’s a charm eh?
- NicoJuicy 7y ago
  That's why people can repost
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  This happens more often than you'd think. If you think an item is worth posting, you can resubmit it, or ping the mods that something is high quality. They're pretty receptive. (hn@ycombinator.com) Take a look at the "new" queue when you can. There's a lot of good content, and a ton of dreck. HN's hive mind is pretty good, most of the time. I find it helpful to poke through particularly good users' submissions to see what they've offered up that hasn't been voted up.
xvilka 7y ago
It reminds me of Daemon[1] book by Daniel Suarez, which inspired the creation of smart contracts in Ethereum. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon
- ollerac 7y ago
  This is one of my favorite books. Do you know anything else like it?
  - xvilka 7y ago
    Sadly, no. I quite recommend The Peripheral[1] by William Gibson, and Jean le Flambeur[2] trilogy if you want a modern cyberpunk with the action of a sheer scale. In the second story, the gaming community also contributes a significant part to the plot. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821159-the-peripheral https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821159-the-peripheral [2] https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur
seibelj 7y ago
I do not do drugs because of physical and mental health reasons beyond what I am prescribed. But I have heard that the darknet markets are quite advanced in their distribution - to the point that dealing a large amount of drugs is essentially risk-free. Such pharmacists will, say, put a gram of cocaine in a soda can and place it in the woods and save the geo coordinates. Then when they sell the drugs, they give the user the geo coordinates to pick up. Furthermore they can put a piece of paper containing a code in the soda can which will allow verification of retrieval. The internet, anonymity protocols, and cryptocurrency have made the world an interesting place...
- deleted 7y ago
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- theworld572 7y ago
  Risk free, until you buy drugs from "undercover" police who arrest you the second you pick up that soda can in the woods! But for the dealer, it can be quite close to Risk free if they are careful enough.
  - bluejellybean 7y ago
    I'm always reminded of Zoz's awesome talk "Don't Fuck It Up!"[0]. There's a ton of sketchy shit you can unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you are) do online but not getting caught is still a non-trivial task. Successfully hiding is dependent upon the people who you're trying to hide from and your sophistication in hiding. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1q4Ir2J8P8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1q4Ir2J8P8
carrozo 7y ago
This is the best thing I’ve ever found on Hacker News.
- Melting_Harps 7y ago
  I actually enjoyed the prose, but his/her understanding of what a blockchain is grossly inaccurate if you actually understand the tech. Its really just buzzword laden non-sense, if I'm honest, which I'm willing to overlook for entertainment reasons. But that aside, its pretty witty. 'Hikkikomorphically cacooned' is a phrase I long to be able to use in a sentence now.
hurrdurr2 7y ago
Reminds me of the writings of Jorge Luis Borges.
cbanek 7y ago
Brilliant. Worthy of a Hugo. And at the same time, I feel like I've been infected by it.
remarkEon 7y ago
This is one of the most frightening things I’ve ever read.

146 points by ZhuanXia 7y ago

rossdavidh 7y ago

whoa

i_am_proteus 7y ago

This is a work of fiction that is tremendous because it may not be a work of fiction.

yasp 7y ago

How do I get access to the other pieces on this blog? This is great.

mitchbob 7y ago
https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/ https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/
- yasp 7y ago
  Thanks, but several of the posts are password protected. I was wondering what the deal was with that. Googling didn't turn up a Patreon or some other way to get access. I guess they just aren't for the public?
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - visakanv 7y ago
    you can follow 0HP on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/0x49fa98 http://www.twitter.com/0x49fa98

traeregan 7y ago

It’s wild that this was posted 3 times last year and is only receiving front-page attention now. Fourth time’s a charm eh?

NicoJuicy 7y ago
That's why people can repost
dredmorbius 7y ago
This happens more often than you'd think. If you think an item is worth posting, you can resubmit it, or ping the mods that something is high quality. They're pretty receptive. (hn@ycombinator.com) Take a look at the "new" queue when you can. There's a lot of good content, and a ton of dreck. HN's hive mind is pretty good, most of the time. I find it helpful to poke through particularly good users' submissions to see what they've offered up that hasn't been voted up.

xvilka 7y ago

It reminds me of Daemon[1] book by Daniel Suarez, which inspired the creation of smart contracts in Ethereum. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon

ollerac 7y ago
This is one of my favorite books. Do you know anything else like it?
- xvilka 7y ago
  Sadly, no. I quite recommend The Peripheral[1] by William Gibson, and Jean le Flambeur[2] trilogy if you want a modern cyberpunk with the action of a sheer scale. In the second story, the gaming community also contributes a significant part to the plot. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821159-the-peripheral https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821159-the-peripheral [2] https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur

seibelj 7y ago

I do not do drugs because of physical and mental health reasons beyond what I am prescribed. But I have heard that the darknet markets are quite advanced in their distribution - to the point that dealing a large amount of drugs is essentially risk-free. Such pharmacists will, say, put a gram of cocaine in a soda can and place it in the woods and save the geo coordinates. Then when they sell the drugs, they give the user the geo coordinates to pick up. Furthermore they can put a piece of paper containing a code in the soda can which will allow verification of retrieval. The internet, anonymity protocols, and cryptocurrency have made the world an interesting place...

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theworld572 7y ago
Risk free, until you buy drugs from "undercover" police who arrest you the second you pick up that soda can in the woods! But for the dealer, it can be quite close to Risk free if they are careful enough.
- bluejellybean 7y ago
  I'm always reminded of Zoz's awesome talk "Don't Fuck It Up!"[0]. There's a ton of sketchy shit you can unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you are) do online but not getting caught is still a non-trivial task. Successfully hiding is dependent upon the people who you're trying to hide from and your sophistication in hiding. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1q4Ir2J8P8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1q4Ir2J8P8

carrozo 7y ago

This is the best thing I’ve ever found on Hacker News.

Melting_Harps 7y ago
I actually enjoyed the prose, but his/her understanding of what a blockchain is grossly inaccurate if you actually understand the tech. Its really just buzzword laden non-sense, if I'm honest, which I'm willing to overlook for entertainment reasons. But that aside, its pretty witty. 'Hikkikomorphically cacooned' is a phrase I long to be able to use in a sentence now.

hurrdurr2 7y ago

Reminds me of the writings of Jorge Luis Borges.

cbanek 7y ago

Brilliant. Worthy of a Hugo. And at the same time, I feel like I've been infected by it.

remarkEon 7y ago

This is one of the most frightening things I’ve ever read.