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901.
by gerikson 7y ago
> When you make a oversea money transaction the banks take up to 20%. You need to comparison-shop the price of remittance: https://www.saveonsend.com/blog/welcome/#more-1
902.
by gerikson 7y ago
> What's the profit potential for Facebook here In a world where "everyone" uses Libra, they need a FB account to access their wallet, and FB will see every consumer decision at its most valuable - the point of exchanging
903.
by gerikson 7y ago
How does being an orphan make one care less about humanity? Personally, I want orphans (as defined as minors with no living parents) to be well-cared for regardless, either by relatives or by an outside agency ("orphanage" or fost
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A Complete Understanding Is No Longer Possible(prog21.dadgum.com)
3 points by gerikson 7y ago|2 comments
905.
by gerikson 7y ago
The AML requirements will just shift to the institutions where this person exchanges their dollars to Bitcoin.
906.
by gerikson 7y ago
> A language that's "tailor-made" for the individual is fantastic when you only have to deal with your own code. I think this is spot on.
907.
A data detective exposed suspicious medical trials(nature.com)
1 points by gerikson 7y ago|0 comments
908.
Scala Almost Succeeded(medium.com)
10 points by gerikson 7y ago|0 comments
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Why Vim is the best start to learning Gnu/Linux(samslade.co.uk)
1 points by gerikson 7y ago|0 comments
910.
by gerikson 7y ago
John McPhee describes the demolition in The Founding Fish .
911.
by gerikson 7y ago
Wait, so Verizon/OATH censored their platform to drive traffic to competitor's sites? What master plan is this?
912.
by gerikson 7y ago
I have a Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 with significant yellowing from the thoriated element. Apart from the yellow cast there’s no effect: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerikson/tags/35mmf14n/
913.
by gerikson 7y ago
> WARNING: reading the original article takes 2 hours. More like endorsement.
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PoW vs. PoS – Environment and Security(gist.github.com)
2 points by gerikson 7y ago|0 comments
915.
by gerikson 7y ago
I kid, I have respect for Pentax glass - just never used it. It's sad Pentax couldn't make the leap to digital as fully as Canon and Nikon did. And the mirrorless bodies have really led to adapter heaven!
916.
by gerikson 7y ago
I agree with your observations about manual focus lenses but I'm afraid you misspelled "Nikkor" as "Takumar" ;)
917.
by gerikson 7y ago
That’s a good recommendation, thanks for the heads-up.
918.
by gerikson 7y ago
Teams might be a shameless copy of Slack but it also has some genuinely useful features that appeal to businesses, as well as the usual raft of useless cruft.
919.
by gerikson 7y ago
Interesting! Can Augur manage USD via escrow?
920.
by gerikson 7y ago
Please update your references, HSBC was ages ago https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/21/is-money-la... The real narcos and kleptocrats don't bother with Bitcoin, that's for small fry.
921.
by gerikson 7y ago
The main issue is what will happen when holders of USDT try to redeem them. Tether says it's immune to a bank run, because they have the entire outstanding amount of USDT (3.83B at time of writing) is backed 74% with USD. If you belie
922.
by gerikson 7y ago
The fact that ordinary people don't recognize the name is the point. You flaunt a R-R, you don't flaunt your bank.
923.
by gerikson 7y ago
Beat me to the punch...
924.
by gerikson 7y ago
Pingbacks quickly became a vehicle for spam - I haven’t seen one in years.
925.
by gerikson 7y ago
I can’t help but think that basketball without gravity would be a very different game than what we have today. Pretty sure Iain M. Banks describes such a game in “Consider Phlebas” though.
926.
by gerikson 7y ago
> The protocol is open, anybody can build a wallet and transact p2p without KYC with a pseudonymous account. The protocol may be open, but the permissioning participants are (as of writing) large multinational corporations. If a country
927.
by gerikson 7y ago
"Letter" not "later" , damn you autocorrect and also damn the window for editing comments is short :(
928.
by gerikson 7y ago
These countries can simply ask Facebook/Calibra to not offer their wallet, or to require FB to disable the wallet functionality. Or they can ban Facebook.
929.
by gerikson 7y ago
Ironically the URL for the FAQ contains the forbidden later, but it sure sounds like a cool concept.
930.
by gerikson 7y ago
Both you and NeedMoreTea are correct and I can't believe I missed that. Thanks!

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