aitrean

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by aitrean 6y ago
> DeFi on Ethereum is replicating the existing financial system, so by criticizing this, you're essentially also criticizing the legacy financial system. Checkmate nOcOiNeRs. If you criticize my pyramid scheme network, you're a
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by aitrean 6y ago
This is true. I did write that hastily, and therefore mis-used ad-hominem.
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by aitrean 6y ago
> I'm genuinely surprised that the HN community thinks a toxic comment like this is upvote-worthy Is this a̶d̶-̶h̶o̶m̶i̶n̶e̶m̶ [EDIT: attack] really necessary? I'm sharing a thought about the ridiculous nature of bay area hustl
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by aitrean 6y ago
Ugh. The mind of a narcissist on full display here. Want to have a comfortable position with decent growth opportunities over time, and fair compensation? You must be some bottom-feeding moron who doesn't understand that [Unicorn Co]&#
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by aitrean 8y ago
Glad that moronic speculation is over with. On to the next one!
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by aitrean 8y ago
Well that was a pile of hot garbage. "Blockchain groups now exist at every major university in the world and the number of people who own some kind of crypto digital asset continues to rise." The same could be said about alt-right
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by aitrean 8y ago
I think you just have a lot of pot shots to take against Tesla (most of which seem to have no precedent??), and want to project them onto this situation. This story relates to an internal email Musk sent around, telling staff to speak up ab
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by aitrean 8y ago
And they shouldn't. News should not be determined by its shareholders. The idea that such privileges should be able to be purchased is so incomprehensibly stupid, I'm at a loss for words.
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by aitrean 8y ago
>That's not an argument against building something... At which point did I argue building things is bad? I actually took a lot of time to learn Ethereum smart contract development just to get to the bottom of the whole blockchain ec
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by aitrean 8y ago
There's a fair point to be made there. But then I would ask which solution is best: lobbying hard enough to democratize the organizational structure of ICANN, creating a competitive ecosystem, or resorting exclusively to a ledger of en
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by aitrean 8y ago
Even if blockchain DNS systems were production quality - which they're far from - why is a 'central authority' inherently bad? The entirety of cloud computing, and the modern internet, is based on the pretense of giving your
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by aitrean 8y ago
Debit and credit are the only methods for commerce with almost any third party. Transferring and escrow payments require direct channels that Wells Fargo does not want to negotiate. Regardless of differences between debit and credit, debit
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by aitrean 8y ago
Banks are doing this from a perspective of risk management. But I will bet any number of Bitcoin that crypto nerds will construe this as a narrative that the big banks are attacking them once again.
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by aitrean 8y ago
Open source contributions do not cover even scratch the surface of depth needed to be a software developer. Oh, you resolved that issue in a related repo? That's awesome. Now, for our repo we need you to design an entire system effecti
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by aitrean 8y ago
Design work is extremely different from developer work. Design work is usually publicly available, and each piece often stands on its own. Paid developer work is usually not publicly visible, and a lot of projects require working with teams
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by aitrean 8y ago
It's rank 726 on Alexa ranks. Somehow I find it hard to believe that of the 725 more popular websites than AskFM, only 9 are social networks.
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by aitrean 8y ago
So, while I usually agree blockchain/crypto ecosystem is the most degenerate thing since Vista, it's worth being a little objective here. These were not four crypto nerds travelling with a Sherpa, it was a team of four experienced
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by aitrean 8y ago
>IBM controlled powerful segments of the market, and would defend or compete by buying technology. Right, but IBM used to comprise almost the entire hardware and software market. Over time, they failed to consistently deliver the best ex
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by aitrean 8y ago
Although it doesn't relate to the acquisitions, I'd definitely agree, that's anti-competitive behaviour. Was not aware of that policy.
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by aitrean 8y ago
Woops. Yep. It's hard to keep track of all these billion dollar Facebook acquisitions.
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by aitrean 8y ago
I understand their strategy of neutralizing threats through acquisition. However, for this strategy to be effective, the companies have to consistently turn a profit on their acquisitions. Although it seems absurd for Facebook to spend 19 b
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by aitrean 8y ago
I'll admit I'm sitting on the fence, and perhaps ignorant about anti-competitive behaviour in tech. These companies are winning over marketplaces by providing the highest quality, and lowest price services to consumers? Hypothetic
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by aitrean 8y ago
I don't really know what about it conveys clickbait. Gates and Buffett have gone on the record numerous times saying that they bet Bitcoin will fail long term. That said, HN does love to hate on Bitcoin. I find there's something c
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by aitrean 8y ago
That's not what he meant. Gold's value as a material is pennies on the dollar for gold as an investment. When people talk about 'value' of gold, they're referring to its use as a 'store of value'.
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by aitrean 8y ago
Ha! You're right. But at the same time, The Little Dutch Boy is looked up to with reverence because he made a significant impact. As far as leadership goes, I'd argue that the skill is polarizing in terms of reputation because of
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by aitrean 8y ago
People organize themselves into hierarchies. I'd say this isn't because of any biological predisposition, but because hierarchies are the most efficient power structure for decision making among large groups of people. This is onl
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by aitrean 8y ago
Completely agree with this. I was raised on the 'follow your dreams', 'hustle every day' flavour of kool aid that defines being an ambitious, young developer right now. Slowly I phased out weekends, sex, friends, convers
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by aitrean 8y ago
There are plenty of great examples of modern day leaders versus poor ones. I would argue that tech has the best, and most clearly defined spectrum of leadership. This ranges from the moronic, buzzword-driven MBA's to the CEO's cul
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by aitrean 8y ago
What's so righteous about the status quo? I'll put it to you as succinctly as possible: I can hold money in a checking account and have the same amount of money next week, or next month Inflation is largely predictable, and pretty
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by aitrean 8y ago
Not sure what "figured out" means. However, just to deflect another crypto-fueled ad hominem, I'd like to point out that Elon Musk was also a CEO of PayPal, and lasted only around a year in the position before he too was forc

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