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by aneth4 14y ago
That is one theory, and is the prevailing one. It is not necessarily correct. Regardless, it is certainly a consumer's right to store their assets in something that is not inflationary, as most do. Is the population holding empty real estat
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by aneth4 14y ago
You are espousing one form of economics which many consider unsustainable. Regardless, many assets are deflationary. Rich people buy real estate and commodities because they are deflationary, or at least not inflationary. There is nothing w
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by aneth4 14y ago
There most likely is. Even when the USD was on the gold standard, there were far more of these gold claim certificates we called dollars than the US had in gold reserves. This is the nature of fractional reserve banking, and it no doubt sti
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by aneth4 14y ago
Telomeres exist to prevent out of control cell reproduction, ie cancer. Turn them off and you get a very high cancer rate. That's not to say we can't end aging by extending them, but it's not that simple.
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by aneth4 14y ago
Even if the admission process had no "error" as you call it, there would still be kids who fail. Future behavior and circumstances are not predictable or controllable to that extent, no matter how good the admissions process is. Regardless,
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by aneth4 14y ago
"In the future, we may charge for certain enhanced features, such as more robust reporting or new types of Tags, but the basic features will remain free" Not that I'm opposed to charging, but who wants to deal with such uncertainty with a t
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by aneth4 14y ago
Two things: - They are just as happy with a random selection of 7% from the top 15-20% of applications - There is zero "error". They select who they select, and are not just looking for exactly the top applicants - in fact that has little m
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by aneth4 14y ago
> Application fees are something like $100, marketing costs are definitely an order of magnitude smaller 32,000 applicants * $100 = $3.2M That's chump change for Stanford. They have an $18B endowment and massive tuition revenue. The ide
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by aneth4 14y ago
Excellent. Unfortunately it may not be adopted because Microsoft is undoubtedly trying to make it "part of the Windows ecosystem."
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by aneth4 14y ago
I do hope the next iteration of QR codes involves steganography in beautiful images instead of these monstrously ugly and impersonal eye sores. Who's up for the challenge?
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by aneth4 14y ago
That might be what you think, but you are not correct. As someone who was actually involved in ecommerce in 1995, I can tell this was one of if not the biggest concern for consumers. In 20 years, perhaps you will tell us BitCoin was not a b
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by aneth4 14y ago
I'm guessing there is no solution to this problem. BitCoin will clearly fail.
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by aneth4 14y ago
That's great for us and the economy. Personally, I'd prefer my money to increase in value. I'm not going to avoid a currency for the benefit of the economy, nor would that be consistent with expected economic behavior.
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by aneth4 14y ago
You're totally right. The world is not ready, just like it wasn't ready for e-commerce in 1996. I mean, who's going to put their credit card online? Who wants to buy stuff without feeling it? BitCoin may always be more volatile than other c
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by aneth4 14y ago
My thoughts exactly. If you're going to declare something production ready, but don't have the nuts to call it 1.0, I don't believe you. Maybe 0.6.1 just has a nice ring that 1.0 doesn't quite get.
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by aneth4 14y ago
Has anyone consistently beat the market with a home grown trading algorithm? I suspect it's possible but probably needs more signal than just stock price.
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by aneth4 14y ago
JSON is just a streamable as XML, if not more so. Customers demanding JSONp is not a good reason to not use JSON. So having dismissed your two points, I think it's safe to say XML does not have any huge advantage over JSON. Certainly minor
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by aneth4 14y ago
Indeed. XML is a bear to work with and the complexity adds little value. YAML is just annoying and requires extensive documentation. I still can't figure out why it's popular in the Ruby community as opposed to much clearer Ruby files. JSON
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by aneth4 14y ago
No, it went horribly because Dave listened and they were invited for a follow-up. Sounds like it went pretty well. The starstruck tone of the article is a little embarrassing, but hey, Dave's pretty awesome. It's not so much that Dave can't
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by aneth4 14y ago
Cynical, not very open minded. Bitcoin is not an "obvious scam" any more than the world is obviously flat, or fiat currencies were obviously going to fail. Remember going off the gold standard? Probably not, but lots of people considered it
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by aneth4 14y ago
I would not classify this particular case of humor as "criminal cruelty." Get over it.
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by aneth4 14y ago
Yes, possibly enough to fight off the bad press even. Without such an initiative, I was afraid their hard work would fade into obscurity.
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by aneth4 14y ago
After living in China for 4 years, my allergies are gone, and while I got sick here a lot then, I have not had a serious cold in 6 years. The allergy experience mimics many other people who spent time in Asia. The no colds - I think it's re
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by aneth4 14y ago
How dare you linkbait non-gossip.
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by aneth4 14y ago
"Humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." - Mark Twain Those who can not laugh at themselv
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by aneth4 14y ago
Villains are often wise, open, and listen generously. Actually mafia types are often some of the nicest people, as long as you don't cross them. Regardless, humor is an important technique for bringing perspective to situations, and helps u
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by aneth4 14y ago
Except the only ideal state is when you can buy anything in the world, not just "enough." The great thing about good currencies is they can be exchanged for almost any currency and therefor can be used to purchase almost any good or service
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by aneth4 14y ago
There will always be other currencies, and currencies that are not exchangeable are less desirable and therefore less valuable. Do you care if you are paid in Chinese Yuan or USD? The currencies are interchangeable, but Yuan is very hard to
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by aneth4 14y ago
How are usernames any different? You're saying identity is transient. This is true of every sort of identity except perhaps your soul. Regardless email addresses are more stable and unique than usernames. In fact they are just a username pl
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by aneth4 14y ago
Pure intuition and probably wrong. Better odds than as casino to though. And probably just as accurate as any model.

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