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by billmalarky 9y ago
Well that's an interesting solution! Japanese culture is not without its faults, but it is just so damn fascinating. Sigh... I need to go back.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
It's probably worth mentioning that his drug use has led to some pretty abhorrent behavior. That said I'm a believer that people should be judged on the sum of all their actions not reduced to their worst moments. https:/&#x
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by billmalarky 9y ago
The future of Hoshi Inn (#4 on list) is uncertain as well, see my other comment for details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16187837
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by billmalarky 9y ago
I've had the amazing opportunity to stay at Hoshi Inn (4th oldest on the list)! I keep the card on my desk ( https://i.imgur.com/AyWUGhg.png :-) The courtyard garden the inn is built around is absolutely stunning, and t
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by billmalarky 9y ago
>I don't get it. Parenthood is the easiest it's ever been. I'm not entirely sure this is true (for everyone at least), since many people don't live as close to the children's grandparents as they would have typic
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by billmalarky 9y ago
I imagine ambulances save more lives than automobiles take.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
The author sort of covers that in this line: >I counter that just about nobody thinks of American cash as an investment, except for perhaps currency speculators. Of course that sort of ignores the fact that bitcoin investors are currency
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by billmalarky 9y ago
For those wondering, a satoshi is 1/100,000,000 of a bitcoin. At the current bitcoin price of $14591, a satoshi is worth $0.0001459190. The maximimum amount of minable bitcoins is 21 million. Current global gold supply is ~ $7 trillion
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by billmalarky 9y ago
A recent tweet of his suggested he believed it was overvalued. https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/940353265585160192 Vitalik Buterin of Ethereum has voiced similar concerns https://mobile.twitter.co
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by billmalarky 9y ago
That and there's a trust issue I'm sure, regarding hosting all your data with your competitor.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Yes I am a long term believer in the technology, my gut just says the next correction that comes will be a bloodbath. Accordingly, I'd prefer to wait until that occurs before getting more involved. If I'm wrong and "lose mone
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Absolutely true. However, if crypto doesn't scale one way or another, it's use case is _greatly_ diminished.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
The one justification for skyhigh valuations is believing there will be a deus ex machina technology solution that comes out to solve the scalability problems of crypto. Honestly, it could happen ( https://lightning.network/
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Both the founder and lead dev of Ethereum and Litecoin think they are both significantly overvalued. Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum): https://mobile.twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/94085013791... Charlie Lee (Litecoi
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by billmalarky 9y ago
>money does not buy happiness, True. Once a certain threshold is met. > and it certainly does not buy you more time False. Money buys a lot of time. An extra $XX,000 a year invested will have you living off your capital instead of wor
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by billmalarky 9y ago
You know it's called shorting for a reason. You can't just short a stock for as long as you want before covering at some arbitrary point in the distant future.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
That seems to be too low to have an effect if you are actually deficient according to the study.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
>In other words, you never need the blockchain, unless you can't use the power of the law to enforce your contracts. Every. Single. Other. supposed use-case of the blockchain could be done by using a regular database and real-world
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Seconded.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
You are looking for an _intern_ that is proficient in scala/java/javascript with smart contract, cryptography and functional programming experience? And you want to pay this person $50-80k? Good luck.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Thanks for working on bluebird, it's a great library :-)
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by billmalarky 9y ago
It is BS, but I was under the impression it's more a CYA strategy for liability if a worker has an accident that puts the company at risk. IE imagine a roofer drops a shingle on someone's head, accidents happen and the roofer was
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by billmalarky 9y ago
I think it's safe to start calling yourself that... love it and will definitely be using it as inspiration.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
TJ, https://apex.sh/ is so beautiful. Did you design it entirely yourself or did you get help and if so who helped? Also mind if I ask what your inspirations were?
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by billmalarky 9y ago
https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/farewell-node-js-4ba9e7f3e... Update: I see now it's written in go... :-P
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Oh wow TJ is working in nodeland again. I thought he had moved entirely towards Go. Glad to see more of his work! Edit: It's Go lol.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Thanks for answering. I read that line but wasn't entirely sure if "soft drug" meant full legal recreational or prescription only etc.
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Is this "legalization" or more like "decriminalization"?
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Yeah tech interviews are notoriously awful about testing for trivia style tech knowledge and you either know it or you don't. >The sole way to deal with this situation is to plow through a dozen interviews until one sticks. Yep, and
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by billmalarky 9y ago
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

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