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by josu 3y ago
>low wages and high unemployment Low wages sure, but high unemployment is not correct. Most scammers seem to be based in India where unemployment is around 3%.
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by josu 3y ago
Yeah, you can actually use these dongles to connect more monitors. https://m1displays.com/
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by josu 3y ago
It's still here: https://web.archive.org/web/20221113092101/https://www.youtu... I don't really think it shows clear evidence of him front-running FTX users. He doesn't even seem to be tra
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by josu 3y ago
This is actually one of the reasons why the FTX collapse came as a surprise for most crypto insiders. Everyone assumed that Alameda Research (the trading arm of FTX) was printing money, alas it was losing billions. Sam Trabuco, co-founder o
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by josu 3y ago
Explanation: This is not a good thing - it's an industry mistake. Energy is measured in watt-hours - meaning "a watt for an hour". Watts are (simply put) volts times amps - so, 1 volt at 1 amp is 1 watt; 5 volts at 1 amp is 5
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by josu 3y ago
>Crypto is the only real way to move large sums of illicit money across the world. This is not even remotely true. Crypto is definitely the best licit way to move value around the world, so sure, it also is the best way to move illicit v
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by josu 3y ago
Given that Satoshi was moving in cypherpunk circles making bitcoin uncensorable (unlike Liberty Reserve) was probably part of the design. Also, the article is written by Gavin Andresen who join Bitcoin before bitcoin.org really took off.
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by josu 3y ago
Right now most Russians want to get money out of Russia, not in. Assuming they need it in Russia, the can get paid the ransom to an account in Cyprus, and just swap deposits with a wealthy Russian trying to get rubbles out. Sadly, the obsta
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by josu 3y ago
>and are only possible because of x[-1] x = ["languages", "alphabets", "keyboards", "electricity", "computers", "linux/windows", "internet", "crypto"]
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by josu 3y ago
This looks like a scam.
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by josu 3y ago
Why not just use the hotspot on your phone?
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by josu 3y ago
>Reminders: Intelligent grocery lists in Reminders streamline weekly trips to the store by organizing lists into sections and arranging them horizontally using a new column view. Not much left to improve, I guess.
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by josu 3y ago
>I have 2 debit cards and two credit cards from UK banks, and my partner has the same. I genuinely don't think I've ever had 3DS reject a transaction for either of us. I get a 50/50 rate with local businesses in Mexico whe
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by josu 3y ago
The Bitcoin blockchain processes a block of transactions every 10 minutes on average. Each block usually contains 2k-4k transactions. The maximum capacity is around 4k, equating to 7 transactions per second or 84 transactions per 12 seconds
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by josu 3y ago
Yes, it improved in 2018, but people are still stuck on the 12 tx/s. The Lightning network allows thousands of tx per second [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network
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by josu 3y ago
Here is a good analysis of the flash crash from that day: https://twitter.com/austerity_sucks/status/14523324727258194... - It lasted 12 seconds. - Total BTC traded was 290.54 - Only 2% of that was at price of 10K
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by josu 3y ago
Patterns of Gunshot Residue Gunshot residue (GSR) may be deposited by two mechanisms: (1) impact deposition from particles propelled by the force of the blast, and (2) fallout deposition of drifting particles that settle on a surface. Perso
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by josu 3y ago
>On April 19, the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's office released an autopsy, which found at least 57 gunshot wounds on Paez Terán's body and ruled their death a homicide; the autopsy also found no evidence of gunshot residue
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by josu 3y ago
If this is true, why are inflationary periods relatively rare?
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by josu 3y ago
I'll just quote myself. >Do not buy into that narrative. Would you mind sharing the data? I've done a quick search, but I can't confirm what you said. I found this, which contradicts what you said, but Statista is not supe
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by josu 3y ago
Do not buy into that narrative. This inflationary process has been mostly driven by monetary policy. Margin increases are the result of businesses trying to navigate an inflationary period. These margin increases are not resulting in increa
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by josu 3y ago
I'm doing a terrible job at trying to communicate the Austrian School of thought, apologies. But if you are really interested in the matter I would suggest reading Hayek, or any other Austrian. These couple of articles are a good start
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by josu 3y ago
> It seems borderline silly to suggest we can't observe an economic trend and react to it. Oh, yeah, we can react. The same way you start betting on red after you see 3 reds in a row.
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by josu 3y ago
To be honest, people are saying that we should have never abandoned the gold standard, which is a bit more nuanced. >The gold standard is effectively no policy because it gives control of the money supply over to control of the gold supp
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by josu 3y ago
I told chatGPT to replace reference to AI with references to computers. The arguments seem just as valid (and wrong). Here is a snippet. "Of course, computers do present a threat of violence, but as Randall points out, it’s not from th
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by josu 3y ago
I found the concept of Grice's Maxims the other day, and it feels very relevant. Everyone is getting triggered because this fails the maxim of relation. >Grice's four maxims of conversation, called the Gricean maxims—quantity,
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Manipulated Caiman: The Sophisticated Snare of Mexico’s Banking Predators(perception-point.io)
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by josu 3y ago
I'm completely detached from the world of academia. If I want to look at the raw data how can I obtain it?
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by josu 3y ago
Interesting. I asked GPT4 if it can translate and it responded a very confident Yes. Below is the translation. In Toki Pona, the translation for "Would you like coffee or tea?" would be: "sina wile e kafe anu telo nasa?"
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by josu 3y ago
>Seems it could take some explanation to ask a guest whether they wanted coffee or tea. Green or black liquid?

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