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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Even if it is not groundbreaking, people need to learn it somewhere. I've learned a ton from YC posts. Maybe they are things that people running businesses already know, but that is not me. I may look at an application and say it is no
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
The key term is foregone conclusion, at least in the US. If the contents of the device are known, they can be ordered decrypted. If they are unknown, it is protected by the 5th amendment. >Whether the government can compel decryption in
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
If anyone else doesn't want to investigate, this article puts it at 25%. [1] Some may consider that a high percentage. If this is a major concern though, my advice is to marry someone who you trust to not be horrible in the case of a d
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
A site dedicated to this kind of thing (to save archive.org some bandwidth) - http://gen.lib.rus.ec/search.php?req=nuclear+war+survival+sk...
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
I'm pretty new to it, so my rounds are only just above 1 minute. I might just not have the CO2 tolerance yet, but I definitely notice some cognitive effects. My blood oxygen saturation during these generally stays above 90%. I'll
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
>There are some studies, however, that show even relatively mild levels of hypoxia (deficiency in oxygen) can alter our ability to think clearly. I do CO2 and O2 training tables for training longer breath holds. [1] I sometimes do these
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
It is also more difficult if you have kids (I don't), but I agree, in most cases it is possible to make some time.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
>Bitcoin's monetary policy is deterministic and consensus-based So far consensus has been to deflate the hell out of the coin so miners and speculators can make a ton of money. That really seems like an awful currency to me.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Perhaps it is private between transacting parties but still trackable per account (in line with know your customer laws).
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
This is pretty amazing. OP made a comment about people not hating on those who enjoy coding and you came and called them naive. Plenty of people code outside of work, on personal projects, and are not being taken advantage of.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
I have a remote job and am looking at a setup like this. Land seems like a very valuable commodity and I would like a lot of it. The peace of having distance between neighbors, the ability to grow food, building structures (I'm thinkin
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
You can create a competing product and you can sue Facebook for anything other than patent infringement and the patents grant will not be terminated.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
I don't think I've ever seen someone starving in the street in the US. I totally disagree with the sentiment that Americans wouldn't help each other. There is a lack of community here and that would be a nice problem to solve
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
>Compare cryptocurrencies to, say, the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar is worth, well, a dollar because…well, because the United States government says it is. And because currency traders have established it as such, relative to other curre
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Smart contracts != Bitcoin.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
In my opinion, the overall theme of reddit is heavy moderation. You have subreddits on all sides of the political and social spectrums that ban dissenting opinions (e.g. the_donald and latestagecapitalism). Even what jedberg is suggesting -
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Actually, Mandarin, at least according to this: https://www.quora.com/Do-people-in-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-and-Ho...
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Withdrawal is possible with sugar and I could prove this (with myself, which is miserable). If any scientists want to monitor me for a week while I eat a bunch of ice cream, stop, and get violently ill, I would love to do this for the sake
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Awesome, thanks. It sounds like you're working on some of the ideas I've been mulling over this week. I like the idea of localizing the currency and having immigration restrictions. Localizing helps solve the problem of scaling ps
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
>Nick Kacher of the Schumacher Center has discussed the possibility of pegging its value to a basket of local goods in order to insulate the local economy against volatility in the US economy. Is there a name for pegging a currency to a
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
So you're buying things with fiat currency.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
The dollar is tied to the American government and the American economy. It is not created for profit, but rather for stability. I see this as a sharp contrast to Bitcoin, which is created for profit (by miners) and only supported by specula
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
Not totally sure what you're responding to. I was just commenting on this statement from the parent - >The business leaders who really matter are motivated by their passion and curiosity, shaping their legacy, changing the world, et
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
They are not saying those prices would reduce. There would be more people with more money competing for the same housing pool, landlords would raise their prices accordingly. I'm not sure if it would have the same effect on food, but i
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
I dislike the myth that business leaders and entrepreneurs who are motivated by money do not matter. There are plenty of income-motivated people who are building meaningful products.
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
The prices aren't set in Bitcoin though. It's just a pass-through for dollars. When an employer and employee agree to base a salary in Bitcoin I will call it a currency, until then, I agree with OP that it is just a speculative as
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
How on earth would Bitcoin allow me to self-finance a project?
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
My speculation is that most network activity is artificial. The primary source is likely speculation, purchase a cryptocoin and hold it, sell it eventually. I bet another large source is mining pools. Miners place transactions in a block, s
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
YouTube and Amazon both have an awful recommendation system. Both sites have a wealth of data, a wealth of consumables, and yet if I go to them without something specific in mind I'm pretty much only offered things I've previously
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by TACIXAT 9y ago
First, I should clear up some terms. I say speculation as a contrast to investing. Investing is when you have an understanding of something underlying value (or expected value) based on some financial fact (e.g. past profits). Speculation i

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