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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Why not matrix connectivity?
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
The Remittance use case may be better handled by Stellar.org Bitcoin is the first time in history of a financial asset that no one can take from you plus you can send it. It is gold++
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Ask HN: High Salaries and Lots of Jobs = Great Enterpreneurial Environment?
1 points by anthony_barker 6y ago|0 comments
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Just finished 2 projects with this ... Typer is amazing - cli and api at once! type checks! very nice.. We used PeeWee as the ORM
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Bitcoin stuff is a smaller market than gambling. That you can gamble in BTC doesn't mean than it is any different than Contract For Difference shitty companies running out of Cyprus , Seychelles etc that allow you to trade 100 to one o
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Tell that to Madoff
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
i like Matrix Element as they are trying to redo IRC with encryption.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
you still use the n900?
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
I followed the same path. Also used Jabber a bit, AOL Messenger, Blackberry messenger, Bloomberg Messenger (bank paid 2k per month for it!), Skype for messaging, Keybase (kind of cool but too heavy), Slack, and now Element Matrix. Its one p
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Specs of Popular phones in Africa(NG) 2021(naijaprice.com)
2 points by anthony_barker 6y ago|0 comments
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
github = microsoft = it will be changed to work within the china system
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
One of the early success stories in Toronto based internet companies (besides ISPs). Hover is pretty good. It looks like their fiber business is growing too.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Have used linux on thinkpads since the 90s. Rules of thumb: - Use older thinkpads off business lease is great - stick to intel video graphics - max out the ram and upgrade storage (NVMe)
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
I tried this for 2 years. Eventually I ended up with 2 phones - the google store one (with a burner number) and the non google store one. Things like being able to order uber (you used to be able to order on the mobile browser) made life di
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
I have done projects on all except Azure (mostly due to a Microsoft aversion). I hate their special names for everything. Reminds me of Starbucks. Here is my take: GCP tools are better PubSub, CloudSQL. However they don't support email
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Frugality is always good on things the customer can't see or doesn't add value to the customer.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
not clear when you upload a list of assets what the format is.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
I find it depressing. People talk of an AI revolution but it is super hard just to setup some baseline infrastructure on these "AI" providers infra.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Been testing this - migrated from FreeOTP (redhad). I have a conflict on export of keys for backup. But then you kind of need it in the event you loose the phone (so you don't have to rely on sms or email to recover account access). Pe
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
a) I would add matrix or an open chat system. b) Allow for profit companies to leverage the base mozilla apps. c) Keep slim, smart and global...
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Main pro for me was free network gear. Servers are more expensive that self hosting - but I don't need to buy routers and switches or some expensive HP blade server that has internalized switches.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
I have seen a 1 million tx per second on bitcoin lightning demos. USD dollar hasn't seen intense inflation recently. Or a kleptocratic government like most of the world. That said there are large issues using it as a payment mechanism
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Bitcoin lightning. Please check it out. A ton of electricity is wasted. Maybe outlaw giant SUVs with 1 person in them?
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Flexibility in code is important. When markets change it is good to be able to quickly rework your code. Sometimes depending on the market this is more important than pure speed. Market data is the slow monster - especially in the options m
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
They helped fund Stellar.org which provides open source blockchain payments software.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Mainframes were often maintained by IBM on site and clients charged for MIPS. Not so different and this is from the 70s/80s
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
the problem is switching costs are pretty low
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
really interesting video... loved it.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
Nokia n800 was crushed by internal fighting.
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by anthony_barker 6y ago
++ fasting

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