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by hnick 6y ago
Tampering. Bribes, hacking, idiocy, whatever. A proper blockchain is tamper resistant, so everyone trusts it.
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by hnick 6y ago
That impinges on someone else's freedom. I'd go with something like selling 2 kidneys or contracts that result in indentured servitude.
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by hnick 6y ago
Where I work everything internal is a 503. Put a parameter out of range, or supply an ID not in the database? That's a server side exception. It's very frustrating even with a stack trace because I don't work on that code.
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by hnick 6y ago
Negative reinforcement is defined by taking away an adverse stimulus. A positive attribute (like credibility) does not count as adverse. Taking something good away is negative punishment. You are removing something they want, to reduce (pun
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by hnick 6y ago
I have spent many hours in that thing, it's ridiculously comprehensive. It's great the community was able to fork it when the original author went to work for them.
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by hnick 6y ago
Not sure that last bit is correct, negative/positive in a reinforcement/punishment context refers to removing or adding, not a value judgement. So negative reinforcement is taking something bad away to reinforce a behaviour you wa
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by hnick 6y ago
Some people like to call it Path of Excel. I am the type of player who starts a new RPG, gets to character creation, and spends 2 hours on the wiki looking at all the classes and races and other options to make the "right" choice.
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by hnick 6y ago
Yes you can get a good assortment of tabs for less than the price of a new release game. I never buy mtx in games but didn't feel bad about this. Though, some players are a little sore over how they seem to be adding very specialised t
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by hnick 6y ago
That's a large part of my view on it. Even if no one "believes" in it, and the value essentially freefalls, BTC or something like it is still useful as a short term settlement device in lieu of taking suitcases of cash over a
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by hnick 6y ago
I think it's well established that negative experiences impact most people more highly than positive ones, even if logically they are of the same degree. Based on your conjecture I suppose this would simply mean this lingers, informing
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by hnick 6y ago
It sounds basically like paying someone to be "on call" in case you need them in a hurry. That does seem like more of a bandage over the existing system rather than an optimal design.
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by hnick 6y ago
One possible cause is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_integrity_dysphoria but there are related conditions with other names. I saw an interview years ago on TV and someone was saying it felt like that appendage was
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by hnick 6y ago
A guy I knew in college told me not smoking for him was like not eating. Not physically in the stomach, but those same urges and feelings that you'd better do something about it soon because it's important. It becomes the main thi
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by hnick 6y ago
It does look great, I'm not a US citizen so can't use it and the banking landscape is very different over there which could be how they make money like you said.
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by hnick 6y ago
I'm confused how they make money, the free plan has up to 12 new cards a month which seems like a lot. Even on the lower pro plan the cashback can exceed the $10 per month you pay.
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by hnick 6y ago
> Of course, there is always a certain level of electricity generation that is needed as most people like to use their fridges, AC and computers 24/7. This is true but let me summarise my understanding which might be incorrect, and
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by hnick 6y ago
When the AUD was on a high a while ago there were stories about Japanese housewives in the forex trade buying AUD for our 6% interest rates. Low interest doesn't help if you can just send all that money overseas.
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by hnick 6y ago
Is this presented as a global truth or something specific to anglo/euro society?
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by hnick 6y ago
To borrow from that other thread today, the Just a Job crowd outcompetes the Really Care crowd at every level. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26170052 I've noticed this in our politics in Australia. No one wants
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by hnick 6y ago
Naive usually, but sometimes they just have more energy and less accumulated mental clutter (bills and life concerns). I cared more when I started work because I had my hands on the code and logs and could fix things quickly. This kind of a
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by hnick 6y ago
I don't know the legal status but I've always been uneasy about rich snippets and other things on Google search. It is common that I get my answer and never have to visit the site, meaning Google gets their ad money and the site g
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by hnick 6y ago
You can, unless I am misunderstanding you. When I paste a link the preview pops up and I can hit the traditional (X) in the top right to remove it before posting. It will display the URL in text as a link without a preview.
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by hnick 6y ago
Yes indeed. Dominoes and Matryoshka dolls - the smaller wars within the overarching cold war, which the US did win, despite losing some of the smaller but deadlier wars.
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by hnick 6y ago
I think this is actually an interesting point because the US did lose the war but if the winner writes history, then why do so many think they won? You have to look beyond the war. VN is doing well now, but overall the US is far richer and
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by hnick 6y ago
I came here for the comments but then went back and read the article. It's a deep dive into the cookie popup and all associated links, including 647 "partners" each with their own privacy policy. There are a lot of screenshot
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by hnick 6y ago
I just feel bad for all the kids who won't feel the joy of talking into a fan and making a funny voice :(
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by hnick 6y ago
I can think of a few things. It's less regulated so it's more likely people will make poor trades - maybe it's not in their interest as you are implying, but they do it anyway. Countries can make owning foreign currency illeg
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by hnick 6y ago
You reminded me of The Wire's piece on McNuggets :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvq3Pf3j61c
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by hnick 6y ago
> why turn your money into commodities and back into money if you weren't going to get more money as a result I'm guessing this is oversimplified, but I haven't read the book. Otherwise, the simple fact is no trade in busi
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by hnick 6y ago
You may like this somewhat recent story, I enjoyed the link a lot for some background on the petrodollar idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25407583

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