joshfraser

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by joshfraser 5y ago
Oh yeah? Ever tried to send funds to a family member on the other side of the world over a weekend?
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by joshfraser 5y ago
I can see that being an issue as most hosts don't change their lockbox codes between every guest.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
I put way too much faith in Airbnb's "million dollar coverage" when I was a host. I had an Airbnb guest steal all the electronics from my apartment -- Sonos speakers, wifi router, everything. They also left behind a large sta
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by joshfraser 5y ago
You need to make sure someone continues pinning the data for it to exist on the network. You need to create the right financial incentives for that to happen, which is what Filecoin is supposed to solve.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
you can have multiple accounts at the same bank. some banks like HSBC will take care of splitting it up for you behind the scenes.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
The reasons are economic, not technological. There's a surplus of cheap labor in the world, so it doesn't make financial sense to bear the upfront costs.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
Good to raise awareness as this issue has tripped up some of the biggest websites on the internet. I actually reported the exact same issue to amazon.com a few years ago. At one point it was possible to trick visitors into purchasing anythi
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by joshfraser 5y ago
He would have deposited them at company formation when they were essentially worthless.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
My guess is he used a self-directed IRA that he converted into a Roth.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
Every dollar bill in your wallet has trace amounts of cocaine on it. They probably spent some time tucked in some dancers g-string too. All money is "dirty". It's just a question of how many times it needs to trade hands befo
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by joshfraser 5y ago
That's why I said it's a social contract.
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by joshfraser 5y ago
Humans have always enjoyed collecting things, whether it's homes, or cars, or luxury handbags. We like to share the things we own with our friends. We often like to show off and flex and share the things we're proud to own. But wh
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by joshfraser 5y ago
I'm one of the founders of Origin, the project that hosted this auction. Here's my take on it: It's a social contract between the creator and the collector. Today when you buy a home you have someone go down to the local cour
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Total nonsense, but I'll let Antonopoulos respond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFqEofdAZ0
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Yes, blocking half of your order book with cause the price to fall.
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Money printers are going brrrr all over the world. Bitcoin, gold and equities are all good inflation-hedges. Cash is trash. Make sure you own things instead.
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by joshfraser 6y ago
It blows my mind that SF chose to demonize its most productive citizens, both from a policy perspective (higher taxes), and a cultural perspective (the "god hates techies" messages painted on the sidewalks or the bricks thrown at
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by joshfraser 6y ago
I've been waiting to see active noise-canceling technology applied to more than just headphones. Imagine living next to a busy highway, near an airport, or above a bar, and being able to dampen the noise through an array of active nois
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Early stage deals should be done using standard docs that don't involve lawyers at all. Why should anyone pay 20k to have some legal aids fill in a template? It's insane.
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Origin was one of the earlier companies to switch to using Discord as an alternative to Slack. As a blockchain company, we wanted a place where our team could collaborate & interact with our community at the same time. We found Discord
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Social media platforms have an even more powerful weapon: the ability to share your perception of reality. Sure, they can't arrest you, but they can slowly shift your world view just by amplifying some stories and not others.
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Mmmm the dictionary says it means "the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint"
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by joshfraser 6y ago
How do you do that effectively on a platform with hundreds of millions of people with wildly differing world views?
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by joshfraser 6y ago
I'm not seeking alternative truth. Everyone cheers for Twitter because they think they are going to censor people in a way they agree with. But what about the day that changes? What about the day they decide to censor you instead? On o
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Free speech has taken quite a beating in recent days. It's weird watching many of my friends and people I respect cheering while it happens. I honestly don't know what we do to fix our current situation where lies so easily go vir
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by joshfraser 6y ago
Origin Protocol | Experienced Solidity Engineer | Remote We recently launched ousd.com which is a new stablecoin for the Ethereum network. OUSD is the first stablecoin that earns competitive Decentralized Finance (DeFi) yields passively in
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by joshfraser 6y ago
I don’t want Google and Facebook to know everything there is about me... so I'll give all my data to Cloudflare instead?
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OUSD: The First Stablecoin That Earns a Yield in Your Wallet(medium.com)
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by joshfraser 6y ago
All money is dirty. Most people don't question the provenance of their money, but every bill in your wallet contains trace amounts of cocaine. Every dollar you have has been involved in some sort of grey or black market transaction. Yo
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by joshfraser 6y ago
only if you believe your money should be controlled by authoritarian governments instead of you.

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