Aqueous

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by Aqueous 13y ago
Spamming hacker news is probably not the way.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
It's kind of absurd how closely Carl Icahn's mirrors that of the story of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street . What Icahn did to TWA is pretty much exactly what Gekko did (or planned to do) to Bluestar Airlines
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Given how much physical security the article says they have, I seriously doubt that Rogers would take action on any server through the anonymous, public-facing live chat. It is possible, of course, but I wish the article would clear that up
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Everything seems like obviously Rogers' fault up until this: "“It’s completely ridiculous,” said Grant. “All they did was go on the chat session and say, ‘Hi, I’m James Grant and I have a server with you’ and the data centre said,
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by Aqueous 13y ago
"Current Google Share Price : 495.01 USD" This hasn't been updated since GOOG was a bit more than a third of what it is now. But if they actually own 819 shares that is almost a million dollars of stock right now. Edit: http
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Thankfully we have another, wiser tech giant to push back against the bad advice of Thiel and Altucher, who seem to think that what happened to them - effectively, winning the lottery, even if they are talented - ought to happen to everybo
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by Aqueous 13y ago
If you're already primed, through some other form of hostility, to think that you're surrounded by a bunch of sexists, then innocent watching can look at a lot like gawking. It is too open to interpretation, and thus not objective
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I'm not entirely sure the hula-hooping incident - merely observing girls hula hooping is not a crime, is it? - by itself constitutes a hostile atmosphere for women, unless inappropriate comments were being made. What we have here is so
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I mean if you can weather the storm of bad credit and have a decent shot at digging yourself out of it in the future, being able to pay no interest on that debt is a huge benefit as usual it is all about the cost-benefit analysis. the autho
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Well yes, if we stopped doing stupid things than we might be able to bear the cost of the trip. If we stopped doing stupid things... But it's also a lack of will because we don't have a rival as formidable as Russia threatening t
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by Aqueous 13y ago
The parent called it a vanity project.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I think that they are trying to find the lowest possible cost for current technology. Part of this is building their own factory, which is supposed to cut costs by, I've read, 30%. Chipping off a percent here, and a percent there, and
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by Aqueous 13y ago
The only reason we have a shot at affordable commercial spaceflight, as well as an eventual affordable journey to Mars, is because of that vanity project. If it was left up to the public sector alone, I don't think we'll be able t
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by Aqueous 13y ago
With BitCoin first mover advantage is expressed in how many vendors accept it over other currencies, and how much infrastructure there is in terms of exchanges, payment processors, and financial proudcts. Yes it is true that it would be tri
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I think Buffett is attacking a straw man here. I don't think anybody is really arguing that BTC itself, as it exists as the balances of addresses on the blockchain, has intrinsic value. Just like fiat currency it has none. The paymen
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by Aqueous 13y ago
If you could by any chance set up a BTC address more may donate because of the lower fees. I will donate via the provided page, but just something to keep in mind :-)
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Man - a lot of hackers are morally bankrupt. I understand if their goal is to post Karpeles' information, but they should leave others' personal information out of it. It is really hard to feel sympathetic to their point of view w
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by Aqueous 13y ago
The main threat that BitCoin poses is that it bypasses all existing financial institutions. The only way the financial industry is going to be OK with that is if they can find a way to profit more from BitCoin than they would have been able
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by Aqueous 13y ago
He discusses fake name use in this post to Cypherpunks List in 1993. He also mentions "Digicash" in the same thread. http://borg.uu3.net/ldetweil/medusa/originals/unpleasant "In my limited expe
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by Aqueous 13y ago
And here he admits to fake name use: "In my limited experience creating Internet pseudonyms, I've been quite distracted by the continual need to avoid leaving pointers to my True Name lying around -- excess mail to/from my Tr
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by Aqueous 13y ago
But it is true that Nick Szabo admits elsewhere on the list that he finds it extremely difficult to maintain a pseudonymous identity, indicating that he has practice doing so. Not that this is any way conclusive, but it bolsters the case th
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by Aqueous 13y ago
And here he admits to fake name use: "In my limited experience creating Internet pseudonyms, I've been quite distracted by the continual need to avoid leaving pointers to my True Name lying around -- excess mail to/from my T
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Szabo Discussing Pseudonyms, Digicash on Cypherpunks List in 1993(borg.uu3.net)
3 points by Aqueous 13y ago|1 comments
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by Aqueous 13y ago
was kinda making a joke...oh well
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by Aqueous 13y ago
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/1 Wired, weirdly, didn't quote his denial. They just said he denied it. On his blog, he also suggested that Finney or Dai might be Satoshi.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
They have. He's denied it.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
"Something is technically wrong." Maybe: Technically, something is wrong. Or: Something is wrong with our technology.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
The docker driver system is an abstraction that could make docker truly cross-platform, correct? Are we going to start seeing a Docker that can deploy containers on MacOS X/Windows soon, on bare metal, without a virtualization environm
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I guess the problem is I seem to be seriously outnumbered by the libertarian contingent, who seem to be the most vocal, outspoken about it. If I knew of more "liberal-tarian" supporters of BitCoin I would be more hesitant to gener
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Exactly, as evidenced by individuals such as myself. But there is a hardcore contingent of libertarians who are turning this into a crusade against govt regulation, and I, as a BitCoin supporter myself, do not want to be painted by that bru

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