indoordinosaur

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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
This is why I'm not entirely opposed to the Trump infrastructure philosophy of encouraging states and local governments to pay their own way. It also encourages more private investment in infrastructure which is something that has cont
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
Basically, our transit system is welfare for employees made redundant in other sectors.
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
I would argue that because healthcare is so regulated its more of a public sector thing. Also, an enormous amount of money going into the healthcare sector comes from public sources (medicare, medicaid, obamacare, etc.) Note: I'm not s
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
Realize that these projects often take up to a decade. $730 million is a lot of wasted money and probably how much an entire line costs in some countries.
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
In the original article linked it talks about how people found a flaw in the cryptographic hash function. When it was pointed out to the founder he basically said "Yeah we knew it was not secure. We put it in there so if anyone copied
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
The fact that it is using balanced Ternary makes it seem like the science project of young/inexperienced developers. If you're building a cryptocurrency put away your hubris and use what is tried-and-true.
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by indoordinosaur 9y ago
The world's best subway by many measures is the MTR in Hong Kong. Not only is it entirely privately run but it turns a profit which they then take to build more lines. The MTR Corporation is also building London's new 73 mile Cros