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by beefield 4y ago
> That is incredibly difficult to achieve, and impossible to fully realize. But that should be the aim. What makes you confident that not fully realized version of your utopia does not end up being a dystopia? For reference, see what hap
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Opensky Network(opensky-network.org)
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by beefield 4y ago
I think https://www.vulnhub.com/ has quite a few.
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by beefield 4y ago
As a layman in modern physics, I struggle to understand the shape and size of a photon as a wave. As far as I understand, e.g double slit experiment would implicate that the size of a single photon wave would be clearly macroscopic in natur
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by beefield 4y ago
Sorry for an likely ignorant question, but can someone ELI5 why we are confident that evereything in universe is less than 13 billion years old or whatnot, and not just redshifted beyond recognition?
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by beefield 4y ago
> you better have something to give in exchange for that thing you want. Peace. That's what poor people stop giving once they feel too poor compared to non-poor. No, this is not a value statement, but an objective observation about
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by beefield 4y ago
Well, I have worked in an environment where database server names were server software version concatenated with a shortish but high entropy random alphanumeric string. I'll take cute or descriptive any day over that.
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by beefield 4y ago
> But biomass being converted into electricity is horribly inefficient Even in CHP?
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by beefield 4y ago
I occasionally wonder what would be examples of types of problems/questions that would be easy for post-singular superhuman AGI but very hard/impossible for humans? Not in sense how fast the problem is solved, but in the sense th
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by beefield 4y ago
> I’m increasingly convicted there is inherent value in humans doing things regardless of the whether an algorithm can produce a “better” end product. To me it would seem that we are speedrunning towards a future where humans doing thing
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by beefield 4y ago
Obviously you can split your code into many files in a way that obfuscates the workings of the program pretty much comoletely. And I think you can write a single 10kloc file that is so well organized that it is easy to read. I just never
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by beefield 4y ago
Because one day someone else may need to read and understand your code?
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by beefield 4y ago
Yep, so real question is if it is fine that cash using companies are subsidized by non-cash using companies. If you do not cover the banks' cost of handling the cash in cash fees, then you need to cover it in net interest margin.
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by beefield 4y ago
To me the biggest thing against select * is readability. Basically you are obfuscating what you are doing and getting from the database. In trivial queries it does not matter, but when you read more complex procedures, it starts to be a bit
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by beefield 4y ago
Okay, I admit, that is one of the more accurate descriptions of myself I have seen. I wonder if I could get a tiny bit of career advice here. Currently I basically have a couple of old employers that are quite happy to take me in for a few
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by beefield 4y ago
> For what? Management consulting and Investment/stock analysis are the first ones that pop into my mind. (With some sarcsam, but admittably way too little)
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by beefield 4y ago
I would be quite keen to know how a state trust based "stable"coin would work in an environment where treasuries give negative yield. (Only a question of time, even if yields are currently going up)
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by beefield 4y ago
How does Kraken/proof of reserves ensure that in case of bankruptcy there are no creditors with higher privileges?
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by beefield 4y ago
At a minimum, tax code should be changed to discourage limited liability corporation forms. Personally I'd also like to see that limited liability as a concept would be forbidden in many/most industries/cases. In Brazil the m
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by beefield 4y ago
It's a pity because we should be seeking solutions for both problems, money system allowing negative rates and private transactions. They should not exclude each other because both are important for different reasons.
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by beefield 4y ago
It's a pity that the venn diagrams of people who understand the need for private money transactions and people who understand the macroeconomic need of (occasional) negative interest rates do not in practice seem to overlap.
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by beefield 4y ago
Looks like we are pretty close for someone being able to flood internet discussions with billions of alt-right/far-left/whatnot fake bot accounts. Bad times for moderators and anyone trying to engage in decent discussion.
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by beefield 4y ago
Just to be clear, even if I very much would like to agree with you in theory, in practice this is what you are advocating, like it or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_schemes_in_Albania
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by beefield 4y ago
Okay, I may be a bit blunt, but to spend any significant time with crypto means that you are either a) illiterate in finance, b) illiterate in technology, c) into scamming people, d) into gambling or e) into illegal things. If a or b, you
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by beefield 4y ago
> What is interesting is that amongst professional finance much of this has been apparent the whole time. It is important to note, that even if from looking from far outside, finance looks like one thing, in reality there is a big divide
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by beefield 4y ago
> For what it's worth, all reasonable people in the crypto space want regulation to make sure these types of poor lending practices don't continue. I'd be very keen to learn what kind of regulation, exactly, anyone is seri
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by beefield 4y ago
I don't think there are any loopholes in that sense. I can easily imagine you preferring to buy a ready team with existing infrastructure for regulatory reporting than building one from scratch. Especially if your financial background
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by beefield 4y ago
The problem is not the ones who want to publish if their balance is missing. The problem is the ones who want to hide their balance is missing.
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by beefield 4y ago
So, lets imagine you have been running this continuously from the beginning and there is absolutely nothing fishy on the chain of the events of the ledger that makes this proof. All customer deposits (1B worth of coins) are backed by respec
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by beefield 4y ago
Unfortunately this does not prove in any way that the exchange has included all liabilities in the sum, it only proves your deposit is included. A very, very different thing.

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