Aqueous

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601.
by Aqueous 13y ago
ButterCoin- you can just feel it slipping from your fingers.
602.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I mean it's a fairly good, strategic explanation - nothing was stopping this guy from building the software himself. He just wanted Apple to help market and distribute it - but medical software is not Apple's business. I'm su
603.
by Aqueous 13y ago
This seems like a bit of unfair muck-raking. I take his point about federal loans/investment, but as far as I know Musk still thinks tax credits to promote alternative energy are a good idea. When he stops receiving those and then clai
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by Aqueous 13y ago
That's technically my title, although my company is so small (8 people) that it is not exactly clearly defined. However, a lot of what I do is "architect-y" in that it involves the exact planning or blueprinting of the softwa
605.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I'm not sure whether to be creeped out or intrigued by the motivation behind this question. There's nothing stopping me from being both!
606.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Pretty funny - the scenario you describe is pretty much exactly what happened when I inherited the management of a site that gets about 257,000 uniques per day - millions per year. It was built using Rails 2.0 without any attempt to upgrade
607.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Mining is wasteful but in principle proof of work can be largely replaced by proof of stake, dramatically lowering the energy costs.
608.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I suspect a few in the BitCoin/tech community will lobby Manchin or other members of Congress the other way. There is enough financial interest in BitCoin now that it won't be easily outlawed. Either way, Congress can't ban B
609.
by Aqueous 13y ago
It's only a matter of time. If BitCoin makes the legal transition from commodity to currency then FDIC regulations will apply.
610.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Freaked me out because the eyeball looks a lot like my eye ball :-)
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Guest Post From Andreas Antonopoulos on Security(blog.coinbase.com)
1 points by Aqueous 13y ago|0 comments
612.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I sympathize with him and sincerely hope that he comes through this and he finds some redemption. This was a combination of criminal theft and not merely neglect. We must remember that the loss of these BitCoins themselves (quite possibly)
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Probably not very long. But I'd wager they've known since at least this morning. Given last night's resignation of Mt. Gox from the Foundation, I'd say since last night.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
This was signed by: Jesse Powell — CEO of Kraken Nejc Kodrič — CEO of Bitstamp.net Bobby Lee — CEO of BTC China Nicolas Cary — CEO of Blockchain.info Jeremy Allaire — CEO of Circle Fred Ehrsam — Co-founder of Coinbase but NOT: Brian Armstro
615.
by Aqueous 13y ago
This is coordinated. Which means they've known long enough to coordinate every exchange.
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by Aqueous 13y ago
Mt. Gox itself feels like a post on BitCoinTalk
617.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Now that a document, real or fake has been posted, the price is going to go down whether this is real or not.
618.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I would wait for validation to act on this. This could be an attempt to drive down prices.
619.
by Aqueous 13y ago
It's not a scheme. And I would advise anyone who asked to make up their own mind about where to store it. If they feel confident that they can 100% keep their wallets safe better than CoinBase can, then absolutely, yes, they should kee
620.
by Aqueous 13y ago
CoinBase bills itself as a digital wallet before it bills itself as an an exchange. They are at least domestically based which gives me some legal recourse in the event that they do lose my coins. 1) Does CoinBase have an interest in keepin
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by Aqueous 13y ago
They failed to set up a proper testing pipeline. They failed to fix known issues with their BitCoin implementation after months. This would have been much easier had they actually built up their organization with all the profits they were s
622.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Assuming i take proper security precautions like 2 factor auth I don't see why it's any more risky than any other cloud service I use. CoinBase is at least backed by people who have a record of knowing what they are doing...
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by Aqueous 13y ago
I'd be hoping for the safety of a prison cell if I were Karpeles. I'd imagine the security situation is very bad for them right now. It seems like the BTC are there, though, especially if Gox was following even rudimentary securit
624.
by Aqueous 13y ago
There is no way in hell the aggregate interests of the telecom industry will allow broadband to be declared a common carrier.
625.
by Aqueous 13y ago
I think we're in a bad spot when the only BitCoin figure Mark Karpeles is willing to talk to just got arrested himself.
626.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Right - an embedded webview with some window dressing. But it seems like they don't want to handle it, as they've made clear. So why not shell out a few bucks for one that's already made?
627.
by Aqueous 13y ago
It seems like he may be making a play to get this acquired by Google so that they can offer a desktop app. That's why the branding. I can't think of a better way to get Google's attention than to blatantly violate their trade
628.
by Aqueous 13y ago
It's nice to chip away at programming but if you don't have an academic basis to guide your studies it is going to keep you out of a lot of jobs when you get out. Take it from someone who knows - I've programmed useful things
629.
by Aqueous 13y ago
An outright merger would ruin both Tesla and Apple. Tesla needs to focus on car design and Apple needs to focus on mobile devices and computers. If Tesla joined Apple the resulting organization would be too large and would ensure that neith
630.
by Aqueous 13y ago
Right. The sole reason for this acquisition is to corral all the users who are no longer using Facebook as their primary messaging platform back to Facebook, or at least making it so they don't lose the revenue. Just like with Instagra

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