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by aflag 4y ago
How much was taken from it? Maybe it was enough for him not to need to take any more? And how do you know Satoshi's wallet? Also, if it's an organisation, it doesn't mean that it's not Szabo.
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by aflag 4y ago
That's exactly what the real Satoshi Nakamoto would say!
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by aflag 4y ago
I think the point is that it may be impossible for a single human to have "nearly complete understanding" of how the networking stack work. But maybe what was meant was nearly complete understanding of the fundamentals. That'
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by aflag 4y ago
Not every P60 is a P90 with software cap. Only a few, when a P60 battery is not available. They swapped the battery for a better one in order to keep waiting times low and costumers happy. That's a good thing. Ideally, if it's an
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by aflag 4y ago
The user doesn't really care about the scale, though. There are chrome plugins, local apps, etc. With dropbox and other similar tools, you can sync across devices and keep configuration stored in the cloud without much hassle. I'm
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by aflag 4y ago
The author acknowledged that though. He seemed to even had considered buying it, but thought it was not worth it. He eventually settled on something simple and free. It doesn't surprise me that running a simple RSS feed tool is not pro
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by aflag 5y ago
The stats can lie. That number is not deterministic for all carousels in all contexts. There are probably contexts where the user interacts and clicks through the carousels often. However, it is hard to get it right.
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by aflag 5y ago
The repo could lead to 404 to everyone, but if someone had starred it they would get a 403. They would be able to see all their stars but not access certain repos because they were made private. Probably less surprising then some of their s
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by aflag 5y ago
Regardless the etymology of the word phone, nowadays calling and sending sms is not the main usage of the device. Most people only make calls on emergencies only. In fact, calling when you don’t need something urgently is often considered r
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by aflag 5y ago
That may be, but I suspect most users expect a browser, a way to message friends (whatsapp or telegram in most western countries) and a maps app. Games are popular too. Being able to call and send SMS is secondary. I think not having a good
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by aflag 5y ago
Slackware seemed the most mature at the time I started. Also, I really liked the way they split the packages into directories. I could just download the things I needed in one go. When you only have access to dial up, having to download stu
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by aflag 5y ago
It’s a neat trick, but I feel like this can break in surprising ways. After all, you’re thinking of |fun| as a single thing, but in reality there are a couple calls in there and the precedence of something like 3 % 2 |add| 5 - 2 could be un
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by aflag 5y ago
Sure, but I think the point is that it's unlikely the bottleneck will be in the web server, but in whatever database you're using for your logins. Just because you have a single program, it doesn't mean it is required to use
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by aflag 5y ago
Are you saying they can't ever be hired again then?
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by aflag 5y ago
> I initially drew the meters as 7-segment LEDs but that wasn't localizable to all cultures (How do you do a right-to-left reading 7-segment LED for Saudi Arabia?) so they only lasted for one version or so. I don't get it. Why
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by aflag 5y ago
I think it's a matter of getting used to. The task manager drives me mad. I never feel like I'm full control or know what's going on. Whereas with kill, ps, top and friends I feel like I can diagnose things a lot better. The
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by aflag 5y ago
It could be the norm. It all depends on how the society is organized. If there is a system of law and a court and you prove someone stole something from you, the government will coerce that person to give you back or pay some sort of fine.
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by aflag 5y ago
Decentralized software development already exists, we trust it and it works. Besides, as long as you speak the same protocol and use the same data, lots of people can roll out their own software. But indeed, if a small enough percentage of
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by aflag 5y ago
You could, because the government could coerce the person who stole it to give you back.
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by aflag 5y ago
I think you're missing the point. I agree with everything you said. The validity of everything comes from the people (the majority at least) agreeing on the legitimacy of something. Everyone agrees on the legitimacy of the dollar, so t
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by aflag 5y ago
It is not the easy part if you want a decentralized government because no one person can be tasked with issuing and governing over those, otherwise that person will have power over everyone and kind of defeat the purpose. That doesn't
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by aflag 5y ago
It's besides the point that I was making that blockchains solves some of the problems with decentralized governments. Albeit, not all. > No, it doesn’t make anything possible unless there is an enforcement mechanism. I was trying to
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by aflag 5y ago
It is indeed not. I'm not claiming that all problems are solved and that decentralized governments are easy or even possible. Just that blockchains solves some of the problems in that area.
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by aflag 5y ago
In a decentralized society, there may be multiple organizations deciding on when and how violent measures can be employed — and they could be as small as one person. If each organization thinks a different person is the owner of a property,
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by aflag 5y ago
Because everyone else around them would help defend the validity of the deeds, as they all own property in the same way. Like I said before, I'm far far away from having all the answers about how to set up a decentralized society and I
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by aflag 5y ago
I don't have the answers, but I'm easily drawn to such thought experiments: all the neighbors would agree with you that you're the owner and not the person who sold you the deed but wants to remain inside of it or some intrud
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by aflag 5y ago
However, if you have no government, the housechain could be a way for a decentralized society to implement the concept of a land registry. Once everyone agrees that the housechain is proof of ownership, then measures can be taken to enforce
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by aflag 5y ago
That's more or less how yahoo! directory worked (obviously not at the DNS level), however, google showed that crawling the contents and indexing everything, while certainly a lot more complex, it is a lot easier to use. So, while that
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by aflag 5y ago
That's why people have phone books and contact lists.
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by aflag 5y ago
The alternative would be for people to always rely on a search engine to actually get the sites they want and never really enter URLs by hand. We are not that far from that, to be honest. There are many people who will search for the site n

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