IncRnd

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by IncRnd 4y ago
Thanks so much for the explanation!
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> By absolute number, sure, but if you count "most" by weighting them with trading volume, then no. That's crypto-speak for how to deny reality. If the value of a USD dollar plummeted to $0.01, you don't pull out your
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> - Offline mode. My data is mine, my tables, templates, notes, have no reason to live in your server. I couldn't agree more than I already do. Without this "feature" I will never use Notion. Offline mode is a minimum for
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by IncRnd 4y ago
You are assuming that promoting the progress of science and useful arts is for the public benefit, but it can easily happen in private. That is why public benefits are not primary. That is what I pointed out to you in my earlier post, but y
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> No, under the US Constitution it is for a specified public benefit as its purpose, the private benefit is a mechanism to achieve that. Well, that's false. The actual US Constitution in Article I Section 8 Clause 8 says, "[The
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> Blockchain is ACID compliant, their internal database could be ACID compliant hard part is linking it together. That's the issue, ACID is not ACID for a tiny bit but for the transaction. See the definition you quoted, "debiti
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by IncRnd 4y ago
>> Ross Ulbricht built his empire, in large part, by profiting off people's suffering. > He built Silk Road, which allowed people to sell drugs to one another. Actually, that's the tiniest part. [1] The Silk Road was
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by IncRnd 4y ago
That's the opposite of the Streisand effect, which here brings attention to the game.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> Analogy is not an argument. "An analogical argument is an explicit representation of a form of analogical reasoning that cites accepted similarities between two systems to support the conclusion that some further similarity exists
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> But since this is "blockchain", is it more like... they weren't polling for the right confirmation/status/update from the blockchain network API thingie? That's the exact same mistake I referenced. The con
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> As another example, a different Fraud Account made a single deposit and over 50 Bitcoin withdrawals before the account ceased its activity. > So Silk Road wasn’t waiting for any transaction confirmations??? And didn’t append a nonce
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by IncRnd 4y ago
There are still edge cases here - various posters here have mentioned them. The proper method is to type promote first - not just to unsigned but to a wider variable type - 32 to 64 bits or from 64 to 128 bits. Unsigned simply gives a singl
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> These assumptions are the same flavor of cognitive bias to the one you're accusing others of: That born of a desire to paint a group of perceived opponents in a poor light. Not the parent poster, but that post didn't seem to
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> Well if there is a measurable harm that can be traced back to a given company why shouldn't they be sued? Say I overhear my neighbors talking with each other. Despite my not knowing them, if based on listening to their conversatio
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by IncRnd 4y ago
Thank you!
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by IncRnd 4y ago
I did not say based or built on ubuntu. I said that it builds on Ubuntu, which it does and has for many people.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
From https://railcardeals.com/ How Much Does a New Railcar Cost to Buy? The cost of a train car varies depending on the type of car and its features. For example, a passenger train car may cost more than a freight t
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by IncRnd 4y ago
The next version of Ubuntu after the purchase will contain MS Buntu, a female gnome in the shape of a paperclip who assists with all sorts of programming tasks - logging into hotmail, using copilot, signing up for github enterprise, and so
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by IncRnd 4y ago
I think you meant Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
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by IncRnd 4y ago
Read it and weep, err laugh actually! [1] With Microsoft Linux Enterprise Edition, you can create scalable multi-tier applications using our new Graphical User Interface command-Line Technology (GUILT)?. Extend your productivity w
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by IncRnd 4y ago
CBL-Mariner from Microsoft: the only linux distro to build on Ubuntu but work with RPM packages.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
This is cute and all, but I think their software engineers are coding the wrong projects. This (and other recent projects) indicate a lack of strategic direction from GitHub, which is now Microsoft.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
Since the argument was so well-structured, the interim detour to climate related topics was odd. The very argument was that spam can be detected by posting behaviors, yet the author engaged in those for his favored topic.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
That's your belief. It is quite likely that the court actions were mean to pressure twitter. That isn't an uncommon tactic. The two facts we know are that Musk stated he would purchase twitter to make changes, and he has started
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by IncRnd 4y ago
whoops! I misread, and didn't see the reference to King. I had thought it was a personal reference. Thank you!
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by IncRnd 4y ago
I would.
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> That's the core problem with this approach. Elon and others have the idea in their head that Twitter is a social graph where people come to interact with each other, and everyone is relatively equal. I doubt you know what thoughts
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by IncRnd 4y ago
Yes, but I was refuting a false point, that those bytes can be proven to never collide... Obviously, they can collide. In the real world, programmers should be prepared for random collisions, yes, but also for created collisions... False as
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by IncRnd 4y ago
> Much better would be a UUID generated from unique values, like a hash of the timestamp and publisher of a book. If you limit the length and number of the fields you hash to generate the UUID, you could even prove there will be zero col
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by IncRnd 4y ago
I think you missed some of his comment. He wrote, "Was likewise surprised to actually get people sending me money." That is him discussing his receipt of monies.

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