jlykins

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   by jlykins 5y ago

   "Solving double spending" doesn't represent "the entire financial system" but it does represent the entirety of why we have miners and stakers, which seems to be the main point of contention by those who describe
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   by jlykins 5y ago

   I don't know how this got written without including the words "double spending." I'm shocked how many people have opinions about cryptocurrency without reading Satoshi's surprisingly accessible Bitcoin whitepaper:
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   by jlykins 6y ago

   I'm a fan of Building a Second Brain too, and I've taken a lot of inspiration from it. In fact, the precise reason I'm working on this project is because "organizing information as a background process" feels a bit
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   by jlykins 6y ago

   This comment is a slightly tangential shameless plug, but I just want to point out that I loved the structure of this essay. There were a lot of great little ideas that I don't think would have seen the light of day in a more tradition
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   by jlykins 8y ago

   I'll start by suggesting http://www.scp-wiki.net/ . High quality horror writing that you can easily spend all evening browsing and exploring.
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   Ask HN: Interesting websites that aren't based around a chronological feed?

   2 points by jlykins 8y ago|2 comments
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   by jlykins 8y ago

   I've been thinking a lot lately about how various small internet subcultures and communities that I've been a part of have been lost to the void. It's one of those things that makes me a special kind of sad and nostalgic. Wou