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by henvic 5y ago
It might be the case, and if it is it means that in the worst case, you'd still have 10%, which is more than the nothing that a 100% speculative asset has.
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by henvic 5y ago
At least with gold, you can make something with it. Bitcoin? If it goes down, you lose everything.
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by henvic 5y ago
> I don't think there's a recorded case of that ever happening with databases. > and there are other seams in your code which are much more likely to break. One such thing is the abuse of layers and layers of abstractions. F
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by henvic 5y ago
uh? Why would you make the check, find a critical internal inconsistency, and skip logging it? :)
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by henvic 5y ago
As a software engineer, I hate when I add a check for something "that will never happen" but that if happens is awful, and people complain. A classic example: you need to get a user from a session, check against a database, and co
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by henvic 5y ago
It seems to be the act of a loner. RIP freenode.
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by henvic 5y ago
No! On the contrary: stop trying to use the law for everything! Such strategy works a million times better than the horror of copyright law. The companies should be free to do it, and it's awful that someone wants to involve the force
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by henvic 5y ago
Completely agree. The "winning" side might be politicians or high-ranking army officers. The population? In almost all cases, they are the real losers, regardless of which sides they sympathize with, if any.
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by henvic 5y ago
Don't even propose this idea.
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by henvic 5y ago
No. Just let the language naturally evolve. This "agreement" was an awful thing forced down by political forces. Context: I'm Brazilian and during high school I studied Portuguese "one official version behind". It h
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by henvic 5y ago
Yes, I am. Thank you! Regarding sustainability, I'd say it depends a lot on what you're considering sustainable. Both state-issue and Bitcoin might survive forever... It's just not the best for the common people who owns them
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by henvic 5y ago
Once the Bitcoin & cryptocurrency proof-of-work fraud dies off, we're going to hear a lot of stories like this. https://henvic.dev/posts/bitcoin/
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Wallshapes: iPhone/iPad design tool to create wallpapers with geometric shapes(wallshapes.app)
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by henvic 5y ago
and Bitcoin is 100% market manipulation. Useless asset.
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by henvic 5y ago
Interesting. Do you suggest any specific material? Thank you in advance.
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by henvic 5y ago
I'm Brazilian. It was not fake money that "saved Brazil". It was reducing / stagnating inflation (temporarily). The fact that they changed the currency even made poor people who had savings in cash (awful idea!), poorer
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by henvic 5y ago
I just posted an article that talks about how awful Bitcoin is. One thing to have in mind is that many who are contrary to Bitcoin love the legal tender we are forced to use... which is also awful. * https://henvic.dev/posts
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Cryptocurrency Tulipmania: Bitcoin is a hustle(henvic.dev)
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by henvic 5y ago
Society as a whole doesn't decide shit like you pretend. People with power to force their ideas unto others by means of violence promoted by the state do. Wait, why do you even expect me to have a civilized discussion with someone who
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by henvic 5y ago
No. A good compromise is leaving business between A and B if you are C. If you produce the best textile in the world and charge only a penny, but someone would prefer to pay a pound for something awful from overseas, they should have the li
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by henvic 5y ago
I bet you wouldn't say that of someone who achieved a lot in life but was also a serial killer. "Sure the guy murdered a lot of children with poison, but let's not forget he also was the best ice cream maker in the neighborho
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by henvic 5y ago
It is. Taxes are slavery. Not paying them is better for everyone.
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by henvic 5y ago
Asking him to move because of this is pure fascism ideology. You should reconsider that. There are many reasons why someone might want to live in a place, despite the state there. The state and the country/state/city/whatever
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by henvic 5y ago
Because tax havens really doesn't exist. What exists are tax hells! The fact that some countries have lower taxes means that society can produce more without having parasites in the state robbing everyone as easily! If anything, we nee
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by henvic 5y ago
I hate cryptocurrency, but trying to ban them is just dumb. It's not going to work. Ban where? How? What are the side-effects? What about people's liberty? Cryptocurrency is stupid and depletes natural resources, but trying to use
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by henvic 5y ago
No. They aren't supposed to protect the population. This is a lame excuse to implement it without popular revolt. I was born in Brazil and lived there for most of my life. When I was young, it was, in practical terms, forbidden to impo
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by henvic 5y ago
Tariffs aren't imposed to protect the population, but specific well-connected players who lobby for such protections to avoid competition.
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by henvic 5y ago
This is a lie. If you live in a rich country you consume thousands of different things a day. If you live in a poor country and are really poor, you might consume hundreds. You consume way more than you produce. Don't fall for this tra
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by henvic 5y ago
I'm sorry for your trouble. Customs are one of the most harmful things for society in our day and age. People in highly developed countries don't notice this much. Still, people from poorer countries with high bureaucracy and inte
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by henvic 5y ago
I thought this when I first learned about the idea, but the name doesn't give away the true nature of, at least, most implementations... It's like 'mining requires less energy', and not that the tokens aren't mined

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