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by exdsq 4y ago
It’s become somewhat cool and modern again with chess.com. It’s hard to ignore that. I quit playing competitively around when I turned 14 because it was so unpopular/geeky for someone that age, but with chess.com pushing marketing and
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by exdsq 4y ago
It’s a small slice of the pie - MEV is still possible on the majority of chains for sure! And if quick finality (I.e next block) is required, which it probably will be for simple transactions, it probably always will be somewhat possible. I
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Ask HN: How can I learn HPC?
7 points by exdsq 4y ago|5 comments
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by exdsq 4y ago
There's a lot of work on being immune to front-running, or at least very resistant, involving things like encrypted txs and block shuffling. Seems promising! On the other hand I believe FTX basically made their money trading arbitrage
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by exdsq 4y ago
Probably and I was nowhere near that level, I just played for my county and tried for my country as a kid, but it changes blitz massively and should be it’s own game. It’s not a thing you can do IRL, so unsure why it should be a thing in th
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by exdsq 4y ago
> Lichess also uses zero-time premoves and chess.com uses .1 second premoves. I think these also contribute to lichess feeling snappier. Having played competitively, zero-time premoves make no sense and they should cost.
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by exdsq 4y ago
Why? I much prefer chess.com to lichess. For one the UI and game modes are vastly superior!
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by exdsq 4y ago
Hiring SDETs? Just got my work visa in the US and looking for something to do! Live in Palo Alto
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by exdsq 4y ago
Part of the fun of the Web3 startup scene is that tokens can be liquid out of gate and are basically just a variable in a file to begin with, so trivial to make out of thin air for new hires. There's stories of 20-somethings getting 7
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by exdsq 4y ago
Just coming to say that - he's not the best at keeping things secret lol.
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by exdsq 4y ago
> That the title wouldn’t be well known in Europe, or fully known in the US isn’t surprising to me. I’d probably expect someone who works in the start up world to know it, and would expect anyone working at the FANG compensation level to
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by exdsq 4y ago
That’s understandable - I’ve just got married to my partner of 7 years and my priorities have slightly shifted :P I get the idea of trading being uncomfortable for quick progression though!
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by exdsq 4y ago
I'd much rather lose a job than a partner of 7 years! Or do you mean another part of that experience?
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by exdsq 4y ago
By "Wellness tech company", they mean Calm, possibly the most well known app for mental health!
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by exdsq 4y ago
ML Engineer? Wait! No. My vote goes to AI Ethicist.
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by exdsq 4y ago
Honestly it'd be like explaining what sysadmin means nowadays. It's so common I am surprised there are sectors of the industry that don't use the term yet! But it makes sense that a person who's been blogging about SRE
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by exdsq 4y ago
Simulink! That's the one! Thanks for the reminder - I googled but couldn't find it straight away.
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by exdsq 4y ago
I'd suggest picking something relevant to the things he's already interested in like modding video games. Obviously this is personal to us all but I learn best building things, and I'm most likely to stick to building things
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by exdsq 4y ago
Model-Based Software Engineering still pops up in some environments, like LabVIEW or whatever that Matlab one is (they use it at NASA on some of the critical code, name escapes me). I've done some pretty cool things with Model-Driven T
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by exdsq 4y ago
That’s like three days notice assuming this was released recently
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by exdsq 4y ago
But if an abstraction exists that makes things much simpler to work with, maybe it's worth considering? Just imagine the code required on-top of digital banking to buy a ticket to a gig from me online. Those companies that manage this
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by exdsq 4y ago
> Those are not 'smart contracts' in the sense you think they are. > They are (probably) governed by some kind of broader contract, and can probably be 'undone' or come under regulator scrutiny. By smart contract,
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by exdsq 4y ago
Sure but now we need a company to maintain this stuff! And that means staff, fees, etc... It could very easily be an open source contract with a list of oracles that are voted for/against adding.
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by exdsq 4y ago
It's a use case I happen to like, doesn't mean it's for everyone. Another way to view it - how large a project would it be to program this? It's basically given to you for free when money is programatic such as in crypto
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by exdsq 4y ago
> As far as I can tell, the only useful application for the blockchain seems to be gambling with sanctioned Russian oligarchs without the annoying trip to Russia that you'd need to do without the blockchain. Come on man, don't
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by exdsq 4y ago
In terms of small international betting it is, you try find a site that lets you bet between the US and the UK.
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by exdsq 4y ago
You've never said "Hey, I know you're wrong, let's bet on it!" on the internet but never been able to go much further? I know I have! Plus I've definitely wanted to play 1v1 games for a bit of money (video game
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by exdsq 4y ago
What if there's 100 projects and 20 are scams, and I'm saying lets chill in the middle where there aren't any?
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by exdsq 4y ago
Assume you were replying to my comment so will reply! So for the first part - this isn’t as simple as you suggest. First off, you need to be in the same country as most require KYC for your specific location (SSN or NI numbers). Second, few
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by exdsq 4y ago
I’ve been doing it for years and never had a problem but people write bugs! The trick, as a beginner, is to use well tested contracts and compose them. But fuzzing/static analysis tools are helping move the industry forward leaps and b

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