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by grovulent 13y ago
Oh dear, you're a very vituperative fellow. I don't expect you to read it at all. I couldn't give a tinker's cuss if you do or don't. Generally though, if you don't want to look like a fool, it's best no
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by grovulent 13y ago
Well - that's certainly the most charming jibe I've received about my writing. I tip my hat to you sir. I would be keen to know your opinion after reading the whole article. I assume you haven't - because I do at least make
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by grovulent 13y ago
Well - I wasn't advocating that it should be entirely dismantled as a discipline. But I do believe it should be avoided by those with the sort of personality that would seek to make up for its flaws with their egotism. That's wh
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by grovulent 13y ago
I presume the 'you' in your statement is directed at... well... who exactly? Who was promoting Bitcoin in a way that did not foreground its extreme risk front and center? Your journalistic finger wagging will not do here. I woul
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by grovulent 13y ago
Well - I think it's important to address the tone. I was going to say more about the substantive argument - but didn't because I didn't want to write a wall of text. Also, I just see the argument as a very uncritical regurg
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by grovulent 13y ago
The tone of condescension that comes from professional economists is telling. It's impossible for them to just present their arguments, cleanly, simply and without ostentation and vitriol. They have to try to make you feel stupid for
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by grovulent 13y ago
You got my upvote. I can't understand the point of view expressed in this article at all. I particularly can't understand the claim that the accessibility hasn't improved. Yesterday I implemented a couple of different machi
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The first congressman to battle the NSA has died(pando.com)
255 points by grovulent 13y ago|32 comments
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by grovulent 13y ago
Very much appreciated. That's really helpful and feels very doable. :)
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by grovulent 13y ago
Advice question - how far into the linear algebra should I go? I'm currently working my way through a book - and it's not too bad, but I really don't want to invest more than I really need. Any suggestions?
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by grovulent 13y ago
This is unnecessarily snarky. Sure, there is probably a status element in the declaration - but it also confers authority to their claims, whether you like it or not. This is handy for folks skimming comments to look for quality contribut
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by grovulent 13y ago
Folks make this statement: "but a currency must have backing, or intrinsic value" and feel that they have just proved bitcoin can't work. But not many contributors seem capable of stating WHY they believe this. Care to ela
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Bitcoin, Krugman and the Mere Agreement of Value(reviewsindepth.com)
1 points by grovulent 13y ago|0 comments
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by grovulent 13y ago
Well - I'm not sure I'm as pessimistic as that... But look - if your default position on a topic is X, and it happens to be the case that there is no rational way to explain why you are wrong about X, then you can hardly be blamed
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by grovulent 13y ago
This comment sounds flippant - but it has some truth... I've had a lot of experience with many academics from many different disciplines, from science to media studies, to philosophy. The sense in which they are 'making out like
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by grovulent 13y ago
The quality of a course really depends on who is running it and how enthusiastic they are. So I would recommend keeping an open mind about coursera until you've taken a few different courses. Also depends on the students that take it.
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by grovulent 13y ago
Very good point - but at least it won't be as easy for them to do it. These NSA activities require the co-operation and silence of a lot of different entities - and that would be much harder to obtain if they don't have legal sta
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by grovulent 13y ago
Maybe one day machine learning will be able to better source me content better than I can curate for myself - but it sure as shinola doesn't even come close now. In the meantime I'll spend my time with those tools that allow me to more effe
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by grovulent 13y ago
Look - some people don't want to bring down anything. They just want a more efficient, cheaper means of exchange and a more reliable store of wealth. Besides that - when it comes to effects of such a currency on geo-politics... <cue s
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by grovulent 13y ago
Um... right... because it wouldn't be easier to say... make myself a sandwich if I felt like it when watching the concert from the comfort of my home? I'm not even sure if this was an attempt at wit or not...
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by grovulent 13y ago
Think bigger. Since it's easy to leave the glasses on - and assuming large amounts of bandwidth - everyone uploads their video of the concert to the cloud, from which the algos piece together a high resolution 3d composite which gets strea
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by grovulent 13y ago
I think the potential of glass is mind blowing... but it will take a while to get there. Some of my dreamy musings on the future: https://plus.google.com/117405082753493075236/posts/MTrVALTp...
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by grovulent 14y ago
This... The service seems to imply a business model where there are lots of little operators would open an exchange if they weren't so capital constrained such that they can't roll their own. But how many with 500k to play around with are g
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by grovulent 14y ago
Okay - well if you would grant me the generosity of assuming a little common sense in my perspective - any reasonable engineer would perform all possible testing in the building phase of a project. The point remains - in the real world the
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by grovulent 14y ago
An interesting analysis... but I'm so tired of punditry. Sick of a priori pontification and postulations. I prefer the hacker mentality which is to build it, release it and see if it works. There are a crap tonne of variables never contr
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by grovulent 14y ago
Well - I was making the point that not being used as a currency of exchange does not hurt it's chances at serving as a store of value. In fact, volatility isn't necessarily bad either if you are using it to store wealth only and you take t
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by grovulent 14y ago
Bitcoin hasn't yet proved it can do either 1 or 2 yet. If it succeeds in either it will do better than gold is currently doing as currency. But I wasn't trying to measure currency dick size. I was just making the point that not being good
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by grovulent 14y ago
Gold has been used as currency (medium of exchange) at multiple points in history. It's not now. People are trying to use bitcoin as a currency atm - but it's very difficult with its fluctuations in value. It may perhaps be more successf
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by grovulent 14y ago
I'm not a bitcoin fanboy - but I see this sentiment around a lot and I'm not sure I agree with it. The claim is that the value of a currency is supposed to also be somehow related to its utility in acquiring goods and services. And if thi
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by grovulent 14y ago
People like Max Keiser are calling 100k to 1mill per bitcoin. Hard to imagine. I left my gpu running for a few weeks a year or so ago and mined myself 1 bitcoin. I figure that should Keiser's prediction comes true - it will be a nice eas

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