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by amalag 13y ago
If Ripple can finish turing complete contracts things could get very interesting.
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by amalag 13y ago
The point of ripple is not to accumulate coins, the point is to provide a transaction network. They didn't build Ripple to create a store of currency value, they built it to solve the problem of transactions.
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by amalag 13y ago
Yes Ripple is much more similar because it doesn't have any mining, the theoretical basis is disparate parties are unlikely to collude, not proof-of-work.
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by amalag 13y ago
Too many people living like they do now.
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by amalag 13y ago
The FIDO alliance is the other major industry standard that is being started. http://www.fidoalliance.org/
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by amalag 13y ago
I never said intuitive, I said human centric. Everyone can relate to a number, but it is not as human centric as Fahrenheit which has 0 to 100 more relative to a human scale.
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by amalag 13y ago
There we have the American disease, measure everything in monetary terms. At what monetary threshold is it ok to pollute underground reservoirs for future generations.
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by amalag 13y ago
The problem is with the California law which should not only make the beach public, but there must be reasonable access to that beach.
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by amalag 13y ago
If he is an asshole, no point blaming it on being Indian.
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by amalag 13y ago
The next glyphosate? Thats nice, we have glyphosate resistant Superweeds, now we need insecticide resistant Superbugs.
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by amalag 13y ago
A minimal amount of extra code. The one-time number generated by the magnetic strip would reserve the transaction for the later batch flow. There is anyway the hold functionality, it would have to be amended. Everyone uses batch processing.
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by amalag 13y ago
I have to admit some of this sounds very powerful. I think the alternative block chain applications are more powerful than bitcoin. Will the financial derivative portion mean it is a decentralized Intrade? You would create a contract which
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by amalag 13y ago
There is a large amount of physical magnetic card readers. Maybe that is the hold up, who will pay for the new technology. Instead of chip-and-pin there are alternatives which create one-time numbers through the magnetic strip. I think thos
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by amalag 13y ago
It is still nice because it is human centric, roughly 0 to 100 for temperatures is easily relatable to the human body. 90 is hot, 10 is cold. Celsius starting at the freezing point of water is not as human centric.
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by amalag 13y ago
The coursera algorithms course are great introductions.
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by amalag 13y ago
How can anyone prove where the coins came from if they are spent? If there is a copy of the wallet that is not with this third party and is spent, how can they insure the coins?
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by amalag 13y ago
I am also of this view. We live in a semantic world. Information is fundamental and matter encodes it. There is some interesting work being done in this area but not enough. A book and summary paper is available if you search "Quantum
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by amalag 13y ago
Here in the US we have been convinced that we are getting a good deal with our 3 weeks PTO (mine includes sick leave), but European countries just have far more.
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by amalag 13y ago
This is the simplest explanation, thank you.
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by amalag 13y ago
I wonder who came up with this gem: "Climb onto the roof and physically inspect satellite antennas before approving big-ticket sales."
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by amalag 13y ago
I use cashback on discover card. Lets you take extra cash when you checkout at participating stores (grocery). No extra charges. I rarely use my ATM card.
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by amalag 13y ago
I will also comment that they don't have the kick in the pants because they mostly shift the risk. If a merchant accepts a stolen credit card, they simply reverse the charge and the merchant is left holding the bag. They just ship out
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by amalag 13y ago
Actually thinking about this more, I am starting to understand the outrage. I think the commenters are right, it should be secure by default.
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by amalag 13y ago
The industry just needs a kick in the pants to move to one time generated cc numbers. There are companies making such cards that are physically compatible with existing card readers. I had read about it, but cannot find the company name, I
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by amalag 13y ago
If you care about your information I think you should also take responsibility for it. I can't see the point about blaming others for their defaults, it is made quite clear when you destroy a droplet.
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by amalag 13y ago
Yes I can't believe people are flipping out over a Fog issue. If you care about the privacy of your data, it is your responsibility to make sure it gets erased. If Fog wants to put that as a default, sure do it.
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by amalag 13y ago
Is this from The Onion?
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by amalag 13y ago
Even federal judges need terrorists to justify their decisions?
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by amalag 13y ago
I would be more interested in they can work for self sufficiency. They seem to be more interested in bringing big business to every corner of the world then making corners of the world self sufficient. Instead they want to push GMOs along w
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by amalag 13y ago
He is simply asking why the overzealous approach the Justice department takes with drug related asset forfeiture was not followed with a large offender.

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