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by Geee 5y ago
It's a specific edge case that the driver was testing. It has issues around those monorail pillars.
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by Geee 5y ago
Tesla's system is real time, which means that it makes routing decisions on every frame, and the decisions are independent from previous decisions. It doesn't have memory. It just makes decisions based on what it actually sees wit
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by Geee 5y ago
I have to say that I don't know any blockchain P2P-networks that have succesfully done this (Sia/Skynet maybe). I don't advocate for 'token for every app' or ICOs, which end up being ponzi schemes. Currently I'
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by Geee 5y ago
It's becoming clear that decentralized blockchain isn't worth it for anything else than solving the trust issues in monetary and banking systems, which Bitcoin does. Meanwhile, the altcoin "crypto industry" is becoming m
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by Geee 5y ago
Someone has to pay for the resources. If you're going to compete with Facebook, then someone has to pay for billions of dollars worth of infrastructure. Voluntarist P2P can work to an extent when everyone donates their computer to the
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by Geee 5y ago
There's RGB which is built on Bitcoin Lightning Network. [0] It's not ready for use yet. [0] https://www.rgbfaq.com/what-is-rgb
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by Geee 5y ago
Always shower beforehand, sit on a towel or a tissue, afterwards rinse the benches with some water. Wash the sauna more properly a few times a year or so. It sounds like it's too hot if it's a workout and a mental challenge every
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by Geee 5y ago
Monetary expansion and fiscal stimulus are exactly the policies that Japan has been doing. These policies have caused Japan's stagnation. Japan is a very good example why mainstream economists are wrong. Stimulating a zombie economy wi
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by Geee 5y ago
I'll just answer with another Satoshi quote: "If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry."
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by Geee 5y ago
Hard money is money that is hard to produce. Such as gold, silver and bitcoin. The alternative is money that can be produced easily (soft money, easy money), like modern fiat currency or glass beads, which were used to buy slaves from Afric
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by Geee 5y ago
Yes, bitcoin is predictably hard money.
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by Geee 5y ago
Not really. The idea is to cut all middlemen and controlling entities. Quote from Satoshi: "The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to deba
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by Geee 5y ago
See this for a more complete explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28470154
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Bitcoin Lightning Network: How It Works [video](youtube.com)
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by Geee 5y ago
Other side of the coin is that they want independence from US dollar. They suffer from inflation, but can't print it for themselves. They also believe that world will eventually move onto Bitcoin standard, and being the first adopter i
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by Geee 5y ago
No, it uses Bitcoin transactions that are updated interactively between participants. Transactions are signed with your private keys and can always be settled on blockchain.
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by Geee 5y ago
Well, they don't have to cash out any more. Chivo can be used to pay directly in stores, either with dollars or with bitcoin.
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by Geee 5y ago
Possession is a legitimate purpose. The primary function of money is to be a store of wealth. Medium of exchange and unit of account are secondary.
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by Geee 5y ago
The Federal Reserve has a legalized monopoly on counterfeiting US dollars. [0] [0] https://mises.org/library/fed-giant-counterfeiter
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by Geee 5y ago
Maybe it was someone protesting, or sending a message. It was a big trader(s) selling or shorting a lot of bitcoin and causing a cascade of liquidations on leveraged trades (over $1B). However, when the margin traders have been liquidated,
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by Geee 5y ago
Such an ignorant comment. There are hundreds of millions Bitcoin users globally, and only a very small fraction of them are criminals of any kind. And let's ignore the actual criminals who legally counterfeit US dollars to finance war
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by Geee 5y ago
Lightning Network. [0] [0] https://lightning.network
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by Geee 5y ago
He fixed the homicide rate already. [0] [0] https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/el-salvador-homicide-hi...
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by Geee 5y ago
Users (who run full nodes, and everyone can run one!) actually make decisions in Bitcoin. There's no voting or democracy; everyone is free to run whatever version they want (or make their own version). When users run different versions
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Links to articles debunking Bitcoin FUD(endthefud.org)
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by Geee 5y ago
True and false. We should get rid of fake growth, which is consuming and producing useless stuff for the sake of preserving employment and increasing GDP. This fake growth is the result of inflationary monetary policies, which increase unne
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by Geee 5y ago
While Elon Musk is in the position that he could implement this idea, he thinks it's "the stupidest thing ever". [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZVAMh8b0s
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by Geee 5y ago
It's not the same, but it's probably the closest thing, because European liberals are advocates of less taxes, less government regulation and intervention, less welfare state, and in general oppose any kind of socialism and Keynes
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by Geee 5y ago
This explains the connection to classical liberalism and the confusion of these terms pretty well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_in_the_United_S... You see that historically libertarianism follows direct
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by Geee 5y ago
Libertarianism upholds the same principles of individual liberties. Libertarianism is also the closest thing to what's called liberalism internationally. In the US, liberalism was renamed to libertarianism.

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