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by jafaku 13y ago
So you don't know what design by contract is? At least other Ruby and Python devs recognize this lack of features and try to solve it instead of ignoring it or making up excuses: http://metabates.com/2011/02/0
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by jafaku 13y ago
You were claiming that it was a problem with my "shitty lawyers", I showed a perfect example of someone who worked on open source his entire life, who can't use GPLv3. Childish assumptions and irrelevant reference to the argu
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by jafaku 13y ago
Where lesser means less restrictions, not less freedom. GPLv3 = The ultimate restriction
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by jafaku 13y ago
Odds are you don't really understand GPLv3. See what people like Linus (you might have heard of him) think about it. And he made quite some contributions to the open source world.
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by jafaku 13y ago
Does it have interfaces, abstract classes, and optional types like PHP? Or it is as lacking in OOP as Ruby and Python?
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by jafaku 13y ago
He's just letting the author know that the library is unusable with this license. So either people won't use it, or they will use it and violate the license. Would you seriously consider using (or even trying) a new library that h
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by jafaku 13y ago
Agreed, most devs that choose GPL3 don't know the first thing about licenses, and just pick it because they will do whatever Stallman tells them to do. I can't think of any good use case for GPL3. Nobody should use it.
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by jafaku 13y ago
> Basically, think of it this way: if Bitcoin exchanges were to disappear right now, what would happen to Bitcoin? If Bitcoin doesn't replace all currencies (I don't expect it to do that anyway), it can be used as digital gold
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by jafaku 13y ago
> we should be secure against irrational attackers too Right, of course it would be better to have something indestructible. But so far it's "good enough" (passes the reviews of its individual components, has resisted for
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by jafaku 13y ago
I like this one better: https://bitcoinaverage.com/#USD
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by jafaku 13y ago
If it's not solid you are free to attack it. You keep dismissing the incentives that Bitcoin gives, which should also be considering part of its security. The only rational attacker that could have an interest and resources to stop Bit
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by jafaku 13y ago
Nowhere in there it says that information was lost. It just says that to reverse the process it requires introducing energy to the system and that the impossibility resides in that the changes occurred in an "not easily predictable&quo
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by jafaku 13y ago
> yes, he leaked his real name at one point So either he attached his ID, or he was traced by other means. Stackoverflow can be anonymous. It doesn't require an ID verification. But you can put your real name if you want to, nothi
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by jafaku 13y ago
You are not attaching any form of ID to the transactions. Bitcoin is anonymous. The fact that the NSA can track you down by various means is a whole different thing. And by that logic nothing in the Universe is anonymous, since it's de
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by jafaku 13y ago
The same happened to me, the page is broken.
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by jafaku 13y ago
PHP got a lot better. In fact I would say it's the best web platform today, if you pick the right stack (eg: nginx + Symfony2/Silex + PostgreSQL). You just had bad timing.
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by jafaku 13y ago
Why are you using jQuery without including it? Isn't that going to confuse the beginners?
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by jafaku 13y ago
I never thought of that, you are right. In the current culture, inflation seems to make most people happy due to the inflated paycheck, even when they actually are at loss. But if we ever reach the point where people get paid in Bitcoin, ma
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by jafaku 13y ago
If that ever happens, our homes are gonna be visited by flying drones. But you don't need that to happen for Bitcoin to make you rich. It could very well just stay as a high value, scarce commodity. A few whales buying in can make it h
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by jafaku 13y ago
By that time you won't need to sell. Besides, are you seriously gonna risk your money like that? Switching back to a currency system that can be frozen/confiscated, inflated, etc.?
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by jafaku 13y ago
Is this supposed to be a novel idea? I don't understand why Github is showing how to do such basic stuff, or why it is being upvoted.
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by jafaku 13y ago
This opened my eyes, thanks. I'll see how to set up backups that I can create but not delete.
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by jafaku 13y ago
LOL, great counter analogy. Well, let's hope you are wrong. Either way, it will be something interesting to watch. If Bitcoin dies overnight, we are going to see a lot of people jumping off the buildings. And if it succeeds, you know,
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by jafaku 13y ago
"I wanna sound smart without too much effort" law of comments.
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by jafaku 13y ago
Agreed, that "argument" is getting tiresome. > Does anyone really believe there aren't similar entities in other countries doing the same?
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by jafaku 13y ago
> What does it mean for Bitcoin to be "broken?" It's pretty intuitive and I'm sure you know it: People being able to break the rules. Eg: create coins out of nowhere, move coins that weren't theirs, slow down tra
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by jafaku 13y ago
> That is a political statement not a technical statement Just because it doesn't have the particular kind of specification that you are looking for, it doesn't mean that it's not technical. Being distributed is very much
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by jafaku 13y ago
Ever heard of Snowden, Manning, or Assange? (names from the top of my head, but the full list is endless) Besides, if someone (a regular person) were to disappear for being a dissident, you would never find out. And it would fit perfectly t
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Bitcoin network surpasses 3 PH/s(blockchain.info)
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by jafaku 13y ago
> The only real difference is that academic systems call for an authority or group of authorities that issue the currency. That's quite a difference, and one of the main features of Bitcoin. See the message in the genesis block. &gt

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