inter_netuser

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931.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
The US just printed in one month the entire amount of dollars in existence prior to 2013. Should Bitcoin allow USD to continue? We will see.
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by inter_netuser 6y ago
Bitcoin is huge in China. probably second largest part of the ecosystem is there, if not the largest (and no, not just mining.) Speed of transactions has nothing to do with it, the answer is elsewhere.
933.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
why use a blockchain if you want to rely on governance? Just use USD.
934.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
because all that will do is just entrench the existing banking oligopoly. proof of work is the only thing that maintains unforgeable costliness. Every proof of stake system eventually centralized and failed.
935.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
You are exactly correct, everyone who ignores does so at their own cost. Close to one _trillion_ in foregone profits at the moment. You think this is a fad?
936.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Last year it transacted more than a trillion dollars in transactions. It's in the top 20 or so of world currencies, and it's still in its infancy (thus volatility etc).
937.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Bitcoin is the best bounty for clean fusion power. Direct monetary incentives.
938.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Proof of work exists maintain unforgeable costliness. It's a basic pre-requisite without which you cannot have digital scarcity, because it would be far too easy and too cheap to forge/create new coins. It's amazing how early
939.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Remittances by traditional methods fell by 97% in Nigeria. Central bank had to ban Bitcoin. Look it up. It's real.
940.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
would you consider it a high risk?
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by inter_netuser 6y ago
pre-1996 might as well be a different universe at this point. Speaking from experience.
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by inter_netuser 6y ago
theoretically, the economy overall may not necessarily be zero-sum. Many smaller games, of the size you are actually going to be playing in your life, are exactly zero-sum. Limited number of startups in every batch of YC. zero sum. Limited
943.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Excellent logic. What next, paraplegics can become NBA champions, they are just not willing it hard enough? Motivation is a pre-requisite, but far from the only one. I don't know anyone who accumulated significant wealth who was: 1) du
944.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
how can capital grow independently of the economy? it's a core part of the economy?
945.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
how bad is the refresh flicker? better or worse than stock kindles?
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by inter_netuser 6y ago
if a single stock can damage the entire system - perhaps it is the system that's not well designed?
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by inter_netuser 6y ago
Tons of new drugs are never even marketed in Canada due to this, or marketed much later. Almost all expensive drugs end up being on a special permission list, where you must to beg the government for access. Not any different than dealing w
948.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
how can you compete with generics giants such as Teva, or even the entire Indian industry?
949.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
It was DIA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project
950.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
How do you handle code that you want to keep in place commented out, because it might be needed later for debugging/etc?
951.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Can anyone comment on this graph from the article? https://www.amsterdamclassictours.com/uploads/3/0/2/2/302228... Seems like, despite the strike, bicycle usage is half of what it was in 1920s? (des
952.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
End of an era. RIP.
953.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
When are they fixing keyboard?
954.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
not only hard-fork numerous times, but also adjust monetary arbitrary policy. It's just like any other fiat, and of course for such applications PoW is irrelevant.
955.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
what influence do miners have?
956.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
source? I know dozens that went to the US for treatments. Some even took out second mortgages because it was a choice between languishing on a waiting list with a heart condition that can kill you, or getting it fixed next week.
957.
by inter_netuser 6y ago
Canadian healthcare is horrible. "Out of 11 countries, Canada was ranked ninth for health care, placing just above France and the United States." https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Ca