ThomPete

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by ThomPete 4y ago
David Deutsch (Father of Quantum Computation and one of the most brilliant human beings alive) have a really great way of thinking these kinds of discussions. He calls it good explanations. A good explanation is something that is hard to va
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https://livepass.io/_index.html In 2019 i started building a video platform allowing you to do both 1/1, 1/many and streaming, setting up booking and charging. Then covid, then zoom exploded then we kind of killed
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Just like Germany you mean? Solar panels will neither solve our increasing energy need nor be a solution for any future civilization. Energy is about density. There is a reason why solar panels needs to be spread over huge areas to capture
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As always you need to factor in both positive and negative externalities. If you do that, the positive would still come out way way ahead. (And not it's not priced in already contrary to popular belief) The reality is that we can'
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by ThomPete 4y ago
My favorite example of average to illustrate how you can say something factually true, but realistically untrue "Humans on average have one testicle".
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First Principle | Frontend Developer | Full Time/Part Time | US, New York (US Remote ok) First Principle is a creative venture studio investing in and building digital businesses. We are looking for an experienced frontend developer to
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Because there isn't enough proper progress within the field of science so the media have to create news in order to have something to write about.
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First Principle | Frontend Developer | Full Time/Part Time | US, New York (US Remote ok) First Principle is a creative venture studio investing in and building digital businesses. We are looking for an experienced frontend developer to
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Any normal chess player can beat the best poker player in the world with a little luck. No poker player can beat the best chess player in the world unless they aren't at their level already.
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by ThomPete 5y ago
https//www.000fff.org
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tell me you have a very simplistic idea of a bubble without telling meyou have a simplistic view.
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Yes, if nothing else to get your head around how it's done and there are plenty of amazing opportunities in this space.
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by ThomPete 5y ago
you mean like any other physical asset?
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Everything is a bubble. Crypto is no different, but its not more a bubble than web2, web1, telnet and we could go on. Its interesting why people are so interested in trying to argue against crypto. Its here, its adding value, get over it.
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Fun fact. Electricity is less then 20% of the US energy consumption and we are not even close to being able to replace the 80% thats relying on fossil fuels. Furthermore the claim that solar is the cheapest form of energy is based on a very
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most of that cost is politically based not technical
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First Principle | Frontend Developer | Full Time/Part Time | US, New York (US Remote ok) First Principle is a creative venture studio investing in and building digital businesses. We are looking for an experienced frontend developer to
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hydro and geot is only available certain places, solar is intermittent. not even close to be able to handle the need of all these cars coming online, futhermore the use of cobber in electric cars is many many many times a normal car. We wi
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The ROI on that was many many many times higer than on electric trucks, just wait til it gets cold and you will see people start complaining.
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Layer Zero, the Moral Case for Web3(thomas-petersen.medium.com)
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First Principle | UX Designer | Full Time/Part Time | US, New York (US Remote ok) First Principle is a creative venture studio investing in and building digital businesses. We are looking for an experienced frontend developer to help
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by ThomPete 5y ago
How is it little to no cost? You pay through taxes, value creation, allegiance and a bunch of other areas.
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Democracy isnt free. Pay to play is exactly what makes it democratic. Free is more like a benevolent dictatorship.
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Ahh the last stage of loosing an argument. Personal insults. As I said, good luck.
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If BTC is your idea of a failure, being the catalyst for a +2 trillion dollar industry, then i guess failure isnt bad at all. Again you are just claiming things ignoring everything else. Lifes too short for haters. good luck
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if the space is here to stay so is the token price, in fact we haven't even begun seeing the gains as almost no one is in this field yet.
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if you believed it was a bubble you wouldn't leave your current job.
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Talent doesn't have problem making money, talent is attracted to interesting problems and id attracting the money. Wonder at what point you will concede that you are wrong about this if 13 years isn't long enough to prove its not
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The crypto community does what every startup should do. They find the customers before they start building i.e. they build community first and in effect build products. To say that things aren't being build in the crypto community is s
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But Web3/Crypto/NFT is so much more than the financial incentives. It's much more about culture, belonging, tribalism (the good version) and the endless opportunity space of what I would call a resource. Digital assets that b

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