crypto_throwa

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   by crypto_throwa 6mo ago

   Careful buying ETFs as a way to short the stock. The ETFs are designed such that at any point in time, they are roughly 2x short the stock, but they do this by buying derivatives over time which means that the stock decreasing by X or incre
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   by crypto_throwa 1y ago

   Without open source, end to end encryption is useless. It's not hard to hide a piece of code that defeats the encryption in closed source code.
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   by crypto_throwa 1y ago

   If you look at who supports this theory, it's all ego-driven software engineers who believe they can solve physics from first principles, ignoring hundreds of years of evidence that these laws do apply. Highly recommend reading this bo
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   by crypto_throwa 1y ago

   As soon as the article mentioned Ray Kurzweil, I knew there was no scientific basis for the claim.
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   by crypto_throwa 1y ago

   I'm in a chat with one of the engineers on DOGE (young college dropout), and they're trying to recruit more young college dropouts to work on DOGE. I would characterize some in this group as believing they're smarter than eve
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   by crypto_throwa 7y ago

   Here's one situation where it is very different. Say I get paid 100 BTC for doing a job worth $100/BTC at the time or $10000. Now, say BTC drops to $1/BTC. I owe income tax on the $10000. Let's say I owe $2000 (20%) in t