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by 1996 6y ago
Freedom of movement and assembly is a priceless advantage
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by 1996 6y ago
The Fed printed 40 cents for every dollar that existed in March: https://www.dailyhandle.com/the-government-has-printed-40-ce... Expect all-time-highs in many things as 40% inflation goes trickles down, now that the velocit
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by 1996 6y ago
> It's 3rd in the number of most developers behind Bitcoin and Ethereum. It's a gameable metric. How do you track it anyway- by github contributors? By number of people submitting patches? Also, not all contributors are equal..
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by 1996 6y ago
> mostly related to the "basket of currencies" model. I think that will stay even with value only being pegged to the US Dollar, but there is less need for that Indeed, that was their most unique feature. A stablecoin pegged to
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by 1996 6y ago
> What's the "AOL of BitCoin" - the "way-in" for a hundred million Americans? What's the "ICQ of BitCoin", The AOL is coinbase (a YC company!!), for sending money to people that may be disliked, sa
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by 1996 6y ago
I don't want to profit from the ignorance over here. What for? I have enough. I'm done. I just find it sad so many bright people are still led to take the wrong decisions. Someone else said, if god had wanted to help the geeks, it
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by 1996 6y ago
To the people who really want to learn: you won't get quality advice here. BTC has been hated on HN since it's creation. Even over 10 years later, the crypto luddites keep coming at it. Learn by yourself instead of listening to th
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by 1996 6y ago
> special knowledge about price oracles I still don't get it. Can you point me to some actual examples? Do you mean people are front running contract using data provided by oracles? I would not see that as illegal, just as removing
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by 1996 6y ago
With the facial flush from nicotinic acid?
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by 1996 6y ago
> - Flash-loan strategies (this verges on illicit, ymmv) Why illicit? Tell me more about flash lending, I've seen interesting things being done with uniswap and I find defi fascinating!!
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by 1996 6y ago
It's funny how people selling addiction (facebook), moral outrage (twitter), online tracking and ads (google) all think they are better than us who worked in crypto. Personally, I did not run a company. I can just say I got people what
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by 1996 6y ago
Just look at the comments and realize you will not find that kind of advice here. It's like asking Microsoft in the last century how to make money with free software. Look at what you already know and see how these skills are needed. I
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by 1996 6y ago
If they didn't diversify away from 100% Enron, they are to blame, because retirement is when you reduce risks, the stocks vs bond allocation and all that, you know?
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by 1996 6y ago
Unfortunately, if you want a normal sized font, this is not possible with modern "high resolution" displays
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by 1996 6y ago
> I would argue it is you who are falling for black-and-white thinking that all trust is bad and that currency should be trustless. I think our differences boil down to one thing: I don't share the belief than trust is better than t
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by 1996 6y ago
> Bitcoin as cult, financial fraud, criminal scam, and religion. So here you are on HN, where most people love complaining about crypto since 2009 -- but they still have a dayjob they sure love to bitch about (even in FANGs!), while thos
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by 1996 6y ago
I think the term you're looking for is constraint propagation. That's a nice programming paradigm, unfortunately a bit obscure now.
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by 1996 6y ago
Likewise, I am astounded at my inability to watch most modern media, because the scenes are too short and the story unfold too quickly. I feel that the most in the Simpsons: same characters, but it feels so different than the early seasons!
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by 1996 6y ago
https://jexer.sourceforge.io/screenshots/jexer_sixel_in_sixe...
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by 1996 6y ago
> The difference is pretty huge, even on systems that are much better tuned than Linux desktops (e.g. Windows 10). What would you suggest, or either Windows 10 or Linux, to get the lowest latency in a terminal?
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by 1996 6y ago
contour? https://github.com/christianparpart/contour
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by 1996 6y ago
What if I want it alive and fresh, as in the article?
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by 1996 6y ago
> horrifying externalities like energy consumption and criminality Opinion varies. For many people, being able to access drugs outside of government control (cancer patient victims of the opioid crisis), or receiving donations (wikileaks
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by 1996 6y ago
I will sorely regret never using this opportunity to fly home for thanksgiving with my emotional support turkey - that would later go on to provide emotional support for the whole family https://mashable.com/2016/01&#x2
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by 1996 6y ago
Ah, articbull as usual! Given our past interactions and your posting history, it's clear you have a strong dislike for crypto. However, your opinion (or mine) will be irrelevant. > They'll take your knee caps, your finger nails
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by 1996 6y ago
Indeed - right after the "ignoring you", it's the phase of "they fight you". Notice how following the elections, in many states, drugs are now at the "then you win" part.
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by 1996 6y ago
You certainly know the concept of externalities, like pollution. If you don't, it's like how fixing your car exhaust brings you very little personal benefits. But if nobody did, smog would make your life miserable. Kids are just t
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by 1996 6y ago
> This works without kids. If you have kids, then typically you desire to give them the best available options Let me quote you one of my favorite posts: "You say 'I can't do XYZ because I have kids and a mortgage?' -
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by 1996 6y ago
> Why should it be legal to make billions of dollars in profit off of the failure of something? Why should it be illegal? One might make an argument in case of naked short selling, but even that is tedious at best. > social discipline
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by 1996 6y ago
I think you do not understand "selfish mining": it's a technical term for a miner trying to take the lead over the existing blockchain, but only in some very specific cases outside normal mining. It's predicted by game t

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