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by SandroG 12y ago
Those same workers could have traded in their 5000 Stellars for $50 on Stellar Forums. Everett was actively selling 5K Stellars at $50 [ http://forum.stellar.org/t/i-want-to-buy-your-stellars-50-fo... ], while buying th
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by SandroG 12y ago
He found a pile of people looking for a job, and willing to perform a set of tasks for a certain price. Nowhere was it disclosed that this was a one-time deal, and by proceeding they would be forever limiting the upside of their personal e
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by SandroG 12y ago
I bet that the unsuspecting Mechanical Turk workers, who traded their 6000 Stellars, did not realize that this was a one-time deal, rather than a repeatable revenue opportunity. Mechanical Turk workers are used to low-paying and high-volume
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by SandroG 12y ago
Everett's response is much appreciated. Per my original HN post last night which broke the story [ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8124119 ], I still think that he gamed the system. If I remember correctly, he asked
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by SandroG 12y ago
EverettForth's response: [How I Accumulated 2-Million Stellar in Less Than 24 Hours] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8126282 Everett's response is much appreciated. If I remember correctly, he asked mTurkers
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by SandroG 12y ago
2 thoughts: 1) None of the accounts listed on the Mechanical Turk's HITs are pointing to everettforth 2) None of the accounts referenced in these HITs have a growing balance
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by SandroG 12y ago
It's 4000+ individuals not 300
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by SandroG 12y ago
Based on all available documentation about Stellar, it is impossible to accrue so much Stellars so quickly, and so consistently, without somehow gaming the system. Anyone willing to prove me wrong?
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by SandroG 12y ago
Here is the exchange: https://www.dropbox.com/s/enh05r5xj85i2b7/Photo%20Aug%2002%2...
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by SandroG 12y ago
I'm in touch with Stellar developers, and they confirmed that this individual is indeed gaming the system.
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by SandroG 12y ago
You can only associate one Facebook profile to a Stellar account.
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Stellar account with more than one million stellars(stellar.org)
86 points by SandroG 12y ago|57 comments
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Software eats Hollywood (nytimes.com)
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I am turning 27, and feel I have wasted a lot of time. Is it too late?(quora.com)
8 points by SandroG 14y ago|4 comments
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Open-sourcing trading algorithms(quantopian.com)
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Betrayed by LinkedIn(developer.linkedin.com)
48 points by SandroG 14y ago|58 comments
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Show HN: D3.js to Visualize Salesforce.com (SalesVisual)(appexchange.salesforce.com)
1 points by SandroG 14y ago|0 comments
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Judge: Physics paper wasn't why the traffic ticket was tossed(pressrepublican.com)
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Using git together with dropbox(stackoverflow.com)
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Why Your Brain Is A Quantum Computer (2010)(huffingtonpost.com)
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by SandroG 15y ago
I'm thinking that the e-dollar will have the same value as $1, guaranteed by the Fed. As if BitCoin had a constant exchange rate pegged at 1.00 against the US dollar. BitCoin can never achieve this, the the e-dollar can.
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Electronic US Dollar, backed by the Fed. What if?
1 points by SandroG 15y ago|2 comments