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by ebcode 9y ago
>It's incredibly foolish to think you're only trusting mathematics. Thanks for pointing that out. I suppose I'm guilty of "idealizing" my argument. Still, if the Bitcoin client could somehow be "written in s
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by ebcode 9y ago
One benefit of having a distributed ledger (your thousands of different systems) is that it decentralizes trust. With fiat currency, you have to trust the government (or private company, in the case of the U.S.A.) that issues it, not to pri
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by ebcode 9y ago
Since nobody's touching this (comment-wise) w/ a ten-foot-pole, I'll put in my 2c just to say that this article illustrates well how large corporations squeeze the wealth out of small, already poor communities, leaving them w
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by ebcode 9y ago
Just installed OpenBSD 6.1 on an old Lenovo Thinkpad T500, and everything works. Suspend/Resume when closed/opened, Intel wireless card, wired ethernet port, sound, trackpad, function keys for adjusting screen brightness, all work
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by ebcode 9y ago
Thanks for this beautiful comment. I am reminded of a quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer, "In relation to [animals], all people are Nazis; for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka." We've held ourselves "above animals&quo
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by ebcode 9y ago
>What about antibiotics? That seems like a clear case of changing the world for the better. At first glance, yes, but then you remember that the universe is not static, but dynamic, constantly evolving, and the introduction of antibiotic
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by ebcode 9y ago
It would appear that appearing to be indecent is bad for business. One way to appear to be decent is to actually be decent. As always, it's about the bottom line.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Yep, you're killing it. The Great Seal of The United States [0] is printed on the back of USD $1 bills. The motif on the obverse side of the seal is an uncapped pyramid with a floating eye on top. Thus, the pyramid "scheme".
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by ebcode 9y ago
This might be the best summing up of the/our schizophrenic attitude towards professionalism (and work) that I've ever read. The words, "in a professional setting, you aren't a person," just nail it. Meanwhile, the c
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by ebcode 9y ago
Like the pyramid scheme on the back of the one dollar bill? That floating eye makes me poorer every time I see it.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Why must they be communicated? Surely it is the rest of civilization that decides which ideas it is ready for, and which it isn't. Go ahead and write a song like "Imagine", or give a speech like "I Have a Dream", an
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by ebcode 9y ago
Don't shoot the messenger.
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by ebcode 9y ago
It really depends on your needs. I think you would get more helpful responses if you included more information about the purpose of your project in the question.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Well, first off, I don't think that advocating for anarchy/no government is "checking out of society." It's not like I'm saying "f * society, let's all be hermits!" I'm saying, "let&#x
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by ebcode 9y ago
Governments do not protect everyone, or provide basic services to everyone, equally. Also, unless you were there for the revolution, you didn't agree to the laws of the land where you happened to be born. As an anarchist, I don't
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by ebcode 9y ago
I'll see your "maybe, sometimes", and raise you a "rarely, if ever".
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by ebcode 9y ago
That honor goes to melling: >Some guy whining on HN about a first generation product adds zero value. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9500455
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by ebcode 9y ago
Obviously not, but it will give them experience in building carbon-capturing devices. That's not nothing.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Thank you for this comment. Most people aren't aware of the relationship that Bell was in with the gov't because of its status as a monopoly. Before the gov't broke up Bell, it agreed to let Bell have the monopoly on the tele
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by ebcode 9y ago
HN does this when a prominent tech person dies. The story will be on the front page. In this case, it was Chuck Thacker.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Right, the root issue here is trust. With a crowdfunding website, many people can give to one person, and one person can give to many people, and everyone can be sure that the person receives it, because everyone trusts the central authorit
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by ebcode 9y ago
I suggest you build a network of people you can trust to handle the money in envelopes, and pass them around in person, and secretively.
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by ebcode 9y ago
I'd like to contribute a definition of the words "engineer" and "engineering" from an old dictionary I had lying around. From Webster's (1948): engineer: n. 1. [Rare], a person who makes engines. 2. a person s
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by ebcode 9y ago
I don't know if it was the worst thing. I agree that it was unfortunate for the one reason you gave (waterfall), but there are other reasons that a new discipline(/profession) would want to emulate the practices of an older and
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by ebcode 9y ago
Yours is an interesting comment because of its paradoxical nature. You seem to be implying that you yourself "don't care", but then say that those that don't care don't comment, and yet here you are commenting, whic
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by ebcode 9y ago
"Out of the Crisis" by W. Edwards Deming. The author was one of a handful of people who helped the Japanese apply methods of statistical control to their manufacturing processes, which in turn helped them to become an economic sup
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by ebcode 9y ago
the guidelines, maybe? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by ebcode 9y ago
Dear [Redacted], In your note, you say you aren't sure why. Please talk to someone instead. You are a very valuable person and the world needs more people like you, not less. Please reconsider.
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by ebcode 9y ago
Sure, though it's hard to find words. Something most people can relate to is the feeling of being watched. I think this is a type of ESP. Sometimes you might feel you're being watched from a specific direction, and turn your head
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by ebcode 9y ago
You didn't get the memo. We don't trust anyone now.

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