brndnmtthws

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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
And what, they don't count as people?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
In NYC it's pretty common to see people watching them and taking pictures of them.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I never really understood why people hate rats, but love squirrels. I think rats are cool too.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Your troll comments are garbage. Kindly take your shit elsewhere.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Sounds like a terrible idea.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Figuratively dispose (i.e., reinstall the OS).
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
"Smart luggage" seems like a dumb idea. If I want a battery I'll just buy a battery. I don't see what you gain from having your battery physically attached to your suitcase, aside from the gimmickry. Unfortunately there
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I gave up trying to run geth and switched to parity instead. It works, for now, but it takes longer and longer to catch up each time (I only run it occasionally for metamask).
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I would just dispose of my computer if were hacked. All my valuables are backed up anyway. If my machine becomes compromised, why on earth would I want to continue using that machine?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
IOTA has a few red flags: - partially closed source - has its own custom crypto - uses a bizarre internal trinary digit system, instead of binary - I've heard that it doesn't actually work, as in, you can't perform transactio
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
AFAIK RaiBlocks is the only coin that has tried to build a compeletely feeless cryptocurrency. Whether or not it will actually work, I don't know, and the current implementation has a lot of issues. But it's interesting if you&#x2
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
The spammers have been 'caught' on a few occasions. The patterns definitely look like transactions which have been generated by a script with the intention of filling the mempool to push up fees. I've also seen screenshots of
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
That's how they're pitched, yes. But what's actually happen with Bitcoin currently, is that miners have started spamming the mempool with small transactions that never confirm just to bump the TX fees. Furthermore, exchanges
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Most VCs think about equity compensation like this: "How can we complicate the process, and use the most opaque language in order to screw the lower level employees and avoid diluting our holdings?"
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I'm not entirely convinced that cryptocurrencies require fee incentives to stay secure. Most people using a currency aren't interested in the 'value' of a transaction, but rather, they want to perhaps pay a vendor or sim
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Questioning assumptions: do cryptocurrencies need fees?(medium.com)
2 points by brndnmtthws 9y ago|0 comments
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
If you want to lose money, this is a good way to do it. You're better off buying what you believe in and holding it. It's easy to fit a perfect model to historical data, but it rarely works going forward, unless you have insider i
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
For me it's 2 things: 1) it seems incredibly unlikely, and 2) these systems haven't really been tested adequately for me to have much confidence in their utility.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
LinkedIn is a complete joke, but also somewhat necessary. It's become the new resume. I personally maintain a parody of myself profile (check it out if you want: https://linkedin.com/in/brndnmtthws ) but I'm c
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I live in New York City and I felt a small degree of panic when the reports showed up on Twitter. However, my initial instinct was "either the system doesn't work, or someone messed up". If someone started firing missiles at
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
In hindsight, it was poor taste, so I edited it out. However in this case I think the character of the individuals involved is material.
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Bcash and Coinbase: collusion, manipulation, and FUD(medium.com)
3 points by brndnmtthws 9y ago|2 comments
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's an attempt to co-opt the Bitcoin name/brand.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I'm not convinced. Is there evidence that the parent/child bonding only occurs if you share DNA? My personal experience suggests otherwise, especially given that my mother was adopted.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Some of the rats in NYC are quite big, I'm not sure cats would go for them.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Those are my thoughts, not the thoughts of the author. Edit: I should clarify, my 'good for them' comment was about how it's okay for people to have regrets about having children, even though it's culturally taboo. If mo
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's strictly subjective.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Good for them. I really dislike a lot of the cultural dogmas that exist (at least in the first world) about stuff like this. We have too many people on this planet already, and no you don't need to breed unless you and your partner are
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
My dog loves hunting rats. Why don't they just get some dogs?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Thankfully the rules of math still apply and it's never been easier to use encryption just about everywhere. The question for me is: at what point will people begin to reject this farce of a ruling elite that exists today?

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