al_chemist

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by al_chemist 8y ago
Without a doubt, average HN reader knows more about cryptocurrency than average cryptocurrency owner, knows more about farming than average farmer, knows more about biology than average bioscientist. Why? It's obvious, isn't it? \
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by al_chemist 8y ago
He was drunk. Top deck is around 15 meters climb. Previous name of this boat was Vertigo.
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by al_chemist 8y ago
Given that this is your fifth "house" where you spend about a month per year (maybe a week at a time), you wouldn't even be a person who hires them. And when you do spend time on your superyacht with your guests Bill Gates an
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by al_chemist 8y ago
Crew on your superyacht is not your employees, it's a service. It's more like a hairdresser or barista. Do you ask your barista if they had enough sleep? Do you ask your hotel room cleaner if they ate well? Do you have another bed
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by al_chemist 8y ago
> don't use desktop secure messengers at all. Desktop applications are incredibly risky, far more so than iOS mobile apps are. It's risky to use an open source OS. If you are serious about security, use Android or iOS. Instead
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by al_chemist 8y ago
It looks like Xiaomi made more in 4 months than Oculus stuff in last 4 years. https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-go-update-announcing-our-...
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> This Founder Lived with Bipolar for Years. Today His Company Tackles the Stigma Click-bait title
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Unless they send you suitcase with human being and they don't expect them to get back with cash, then yes, it would be surprising.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Profit is very easy to alter. Gross revenue is not.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> I thought it was hilarious. Would there still be outrage if the users were American instead of Indian? Imagine French facebook users waking up one day to see "If you want to log in, tweet 'I love facebook`". Would there
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by al_chemist 9y ago
I'm amazed how positive reaction this article gets on HN. This guy is an asshole! It starts with author calling his users "fools" for not randomizing useragent (while he himself is a fool for not using useragent correct way -
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> Visa recently offered select merchants a $10,000 reward for depriving customers of their right to pay by the method of their choice. A Visa executive described this practice to CNN as offering shoppers “freedom from carrying cash.” Thi
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> At least the utility of cargo ships is pretty tangible Is it? I've heard that cargo ships are a bubble. They are used only by drug dealers and money launderers. There is no utility of a cargo ship and people who invest in cargo sh
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Flat $100 per month per person. It's like UBI except it's tax.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> Tether is not used by Bitfinex heavily Tether is issued by Bitfinex-related company. There is no reason for USA to stockpile US dollars if they can print it. China would be the biggest client of US dollar and first place at dollar rich
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> Now is the case of Bitfinex suffered from a hack like Mt. Gox and are trying to stay afloat. They were hacked few years ago.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Technically, it's an almost full body transplant (full body minus head).
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by al_chemist 9y ago
This is an excellent idea, but it made me thinking... There are so many children born in this world. If we could tatoo various commercials on their faces, our country could earn so much free money! /s
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Selling porn (sorry, sex-inspired videos) is now startup?
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by al_chemist 9y ago
There are billions of cars worldwide. I have two cars on my narrow driveway. It is statistically impossible to hit the other one while I park the first one. I have much higher probability to hit a car in China.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
"I don't have time to learn how to fix it myself! Fix it now, asshole!" If you have any open-source project, you've probably received a lot of e-mails like that.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> their recent democratic decisions. > for example, has appointed someone with a PhD as minister for science [2], a doctor as minister for health [3] etc etc. You elect ministers in direct elections? Otherwise it's like watching
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Bitcoin doesn't try to fly under the radar of the authorities - it just doesn't give backdoors for authorities. Building currency taxable-first is like building messenger invigilation-first or building social-media censorship-fir
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by al_chemist 9y ago
25 days ago someone brought 600 domains that does not exist. That is not a news.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
AI assistant would do that for you.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
This guy links detox, diet, wellness, Brexit and Trump. That's typical "we are wise, they are stupid" stance.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> BAT Gemini (fall 2017/winter 2018) > KYC (humint + machine learning), rate, and flow control for anti-fraud Brave - first browser that not only force you to pay for browsing Internet, but also force you to do it with your ident
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by al_chemist 9y ago
Harder question: Why should Facebook counter terrorism? Easy answer: Because terrorist may use it. Yes, but terrorists may use roads, buses, local grocery shops, cinemas. Should all of those places counter terrorism?
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> Bitcoin is, however, frequently used to launder stolen bitcoin. Bikes are frequently used to launder stolen bikes.
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by al_chemist 9y ago
> But in real life, you sometimes have to walk away to show the other party, that you are not a pushover. AI consider this human behavior a bug.

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