ghazak

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by ghazak 8y ago
Yeah, I actually pretty much agree, I was more responding to the point that nobody made a decision for it to be this way, and that is intelligence. I actually think that it was something that was intentially planned for purely margin reason
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by ghazak 8y ago
It’s not really intelligence, so much as selection pressure in the direction of high margin. Evolution isn’t “intelligence” either, but still leads to interesting or highly honed solutions to problems.
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by ghazak 8y ago
You may be able to make a sale and then build it and still keep the sale, but if you think that this is too risky with respect to reputation or having a customer depend on what you’re selling be ready, it’s still worth going through the sal
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by ghazak 8y ago
The primary benefit of a linear emission rate, as far as I’m concerned, is that it doesn’t depend on fees completely taking over from the block reward in order to provide adequate security against a 51% attack. It’s currently unknown whethe
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by ghazak 8y ago
Inflation (depending on the type and extent) can be a form of slow motion jubilee
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by ghazak 8y ago
My assumption is that you sell a given stock with 1x liquidation preference, and the price of that stock is used to determine the valuation for the company, pretending the price is the same for the common stock as the stock with 1x liquidat
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by ghazak 8y ago
It’s a tough situation, because the amount of access that these extensions have to users’ actions can be extreme. Malware is a much greater concern than, say, the AppStore, as access to sensitive information is far less controlled.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Yes. I would like customized timeouts. 7 days is too long.
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by ghazak 8y ago
I think they could probably just open the case and wire a new port anyway.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Some of the described attacks would make me want to get the fuck out of wherever they work. Seems like some good advice though.
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by ghazak 8y ago
At fees of 4/100ths of a percent. Vanguard has created a simply enormous consumer surplus. Thank you Bogle.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Just goes to show the effect of putting away money every year, and placing it in assets where the returns will compound over a long period.
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by ghazak 8y ago
This is hardcore
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by ghazak 8y ago
Yes, I’m purely talking about losing people if they forced a password reset.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Agreed. I am assuming they will not do it for the same reason yahoo didn’t. They are simply afraid of losing too many active users. Yahoo’s case was worse though, since it was hacked.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Aren’t electric vehicles more at risk of the reverse, ie. a big decline in gasoline prices? They’re more costly so users usually hope to make some of it back due to lower operating costs. It’s not a huge risk though.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Whether it’s disappointing or not is always relative to what expectations were.
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by ghazak 8y ago
Even if they don’t profile you directly, how do you feel about the fact that your non-paying friends would still be profiled?
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by ghazak 8y ago
They did a great job avoiding taking too much funding though!
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by ghazak 8y ago
That kinda revenue with those profit margins are the insane thing. I’m less impressed at revenue per employee generated from oil.
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by ghazak 8y ago
My feeling is that either system can probably work if there is some level of known policy stability, education, and the freedom and incentive to innovate. Most improvements to living standards are thanks to innovation (business, process, te
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by ghazak 8y ago
The difference is that the x86 chips were so much faster than what they had for PPC, that they could still emulate it without customers feeling like they were going backwards.
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by ghazak 9y ago
If he means the equity is worth 0, then the point still stands. The bond holders would get it.
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by ghazak 9y ago
The most likely explanation to me is that the authors are connected to people shorting AMD, and they wished to get the maximum impact out of their release. It didn’t seem to hurt the stock any though.
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by ghazak 9y ago
Not necessarily - the software could be upgraded to take the existing chain, and upgrade it to a quantum resistant hash prior to any damage being done.