jmeyer2k

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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
For a database, why Redis over something like Postgres? Doesn't Redis generally keep all keys in memory and have features for deleting keys? (mostly meant as a cache)
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
Is their really any other CEO who is as entertaining as Elon Musk? Tesla definitely has a monopoly on "entertaining CEO" and people don't really know how to value that.
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
> I doubt this is useful as a proof in the way one might wish (that is, proving that a web server delivered content X at date Y). The reason is, it does not appear that anything prevents the user from modifying the web page and then gene
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
You can't prove a file existed before a certain date with IPFS like you can with Bitcoin.
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
Well, it relies on a synchronized clock, so it can't provide a clock. PoW adjusts the difficulty based on the time to try to meet some difficulty target. In fact, if the time of nodes is not synchronized, it can cause significant probl
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
I think the selection effect is much larger for big, well-known companies. Everyone knows eBay, so advertising is obviously going to give decreasing returns. For smaller, lesser-known companies, I think advertising is much more effective. T
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
What a ridiculous question... why would you not want the option to download Electron apps through the app store?
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
Absolutely. In fact, I've been following those developments very closely. I hope to see (and possibly contribute to) some significant improvements to IPFS, especially the DHT.
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
I've worked with IPFS and I completely agree with you here. There are so many basic bugs that haven't been fixed because of the over abstraction of LibP2P. Currently, it connects to bootstrap nodes and tries to discover peers asyn
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
I drove for DoorDash and I absolutely prefer the guaranteed amount with them keeping the tips. First of all, people tip beforehand so it's not based on quality of service anyway. Second of all, it makes DoorDash a steady stream of inco
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by jmeyer2k 7y ago
Sharding in this context is different from the sharding Vitalik is talking about. In their whitepaper, they're talking about splitting up the state storage so that nodes don't need to retain the full state. However, Vitalik is tal
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GFaaS – Great Firewall as a Service Censored?
1 points by jmeyer2k 7y ago|1 comments
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Technical Overview of the Waves Blockchain Platform(juliancrypto.com)
2 points by jmeyer2k 8y ago|0 comments
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
They know where to look.
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
This is generally referred to as a RANDAO in cryptoeconomics. The problem is that a candidate can decide not to reveal their preimage `Ui` and affect the outcome of the RANDAO in that way. https://github.com/randao/rand
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How to build a house alone(youtube.com)
4 points by jmeyer2k 8y ago|0 comments
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
"Pocketnet blockchain is based on randomized Proof-of-Stake algorithms. However, nodes are required to perform a number of services in order for their stakes to be valid. Nodes maintain the blockchain, they also respond to RPC socket c
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
Well it should be faster than storing a cryptographically secure hash. If hashing the data is too fast, an attacker could just brute force all of the passwords.
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
I don't think they care if you read the article. They just care that you saw the ad.
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
That's an interesting point, however I disagree it's tolerance of one group that makes someone intolerant of another group. In other words, I don't think being tolerant of black people means I must be intolerant of white peop
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
Gay/LGBTQ rights and tolerance in the workplace is way different than donating to Trump. I understand if you don't think a company should support a political party, but LGBTQ/gay tolerance meetings don't fall into that c
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by jmeyer2k 8y ago
I don't have an opinion on BTC vs. BCH, but I think network innovation through competition of these coins is ultimately a good thing. The free market will dictate what each of them is worth for different use cases. In any case, increas
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
The point is: people who want to manipulate history or cheat need to jump through many more hoops than currently exist. Instead of a simple unilateral decision from a company's CEO, the decision rests on a giant (and growing) ecosystem
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
> To understand why this is the case, let’s work from the practical to the theoretical. For example, let’s consider a widely-proposed use case for blockchain: buying an e-book with a “smart” contract. The goal of the blockchain is, you d
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
I didn't necessarily say blockchain. Cryptocurrency and the blockchain is the incentivization structure, not necessarily the end product. I agree. Blockchain only makes sense for things that require immutability which many applications
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
One of the coolest things about cryptocurrency right now is the insane amount of money being invested in decentralization. With all of the Facebook privacy issues in the news right now, decentralization offers an interesting alternative whe
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
How do you moderate the search engine? In other words, people post illegal items on your platform; how do you prevent those items from showing up on the various search engines?
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
AWS also has something similar called AWS Shell: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-shell
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
Generally, with git through http, it is able to prompt you for your github password, but with 2FA, it is not. You have to use an SSH key.
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by jmeyer2k 9y ago
The school blocks Discord IPs. Thanks for the tip on using git on port 443. I didn't know it was possible to do that with SSH keys. I have 2FA on my account, so I can't use just HTTPS. Also, yeah I setup a VPN on port 80, so I can

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