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by jpmattia 5y ago
> But diamond semiconductors are much too expensive ATM. It is also difficult to dope diamond n-type, as most of the donors are not shallow. Interestingly: The conduction band in bulk diamond is above the vacuum level, meaning that con
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> It's just a massive amount of information on a single page. And no BS. I kinda miss the old web.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
Obligatory link to The Ultimate Productivity Blog: https://productiveblog.tumblr.com/
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> It could be AAA, it could be BBB- The ratings were in their August report.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> Currently, all the holders of tether could ask for dollars, and they'd all get them, and there'd even be 0.26% of the original balance left. This is the correct reading: 0.26% is the excess in total capital compared to liab
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> It says it will update the figures soon and that it is “fully backed by reserves”. The updated report is here (PDF): https://tether.to/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tether_assuranc...
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by jpmattia 5y ago
Unless I'm missing something, I don't think reciprocity helps you much here. There is a contained radiation field when the antenna is excited; there are no fields far away. Now when you start with no fields far away, it doesn&#x2
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by jpmattia 5y ago
I'm spitballing, but there is a small amount of energy stored in the field around the structure. Since there's no dissipation, it would not make for a decent dummy load.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> I’d like to know the input impedance at resonance. The lack of radiated energy means the real part of the impedance must be zero (or close to it?) There's some energy being stored, but no guesses as to sign of the imaginary part
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> an someone explain if the introduction about quantum states is in any way the same effect or just an analogy? Not the same effect, and not an analogy; it's more about the history of non-radiating accelerating charges. When it wa
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by jpmattia 5y ago
The standard of evidence is very different between civil cases (preponderance of the evidence) and criminal cases (beyond a reasonable doubt).
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by jpmattia 5y ago
Fine, a criminal fraud case. Nobody went to jail.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> No need to launch a criminal probe against an overseas firm led by overseas founders harming out-of-state residents. There is definite need to launch a criminal probe against an overseas firm that defrauded NY state residents, which
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> That makes it de facto un-backed. It makes them un-backed by US Dollars in a bank account. It does not make them un-backed by securities denominated in US dollars, which was my point. It's also likely why she never pursued a fra
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> Did you read the settlement? Yes. It says that tether held securities/receivables denominated in dollars rather than actual dollars, despite Tether's claim that they held dollars. I could not find anywhere that the settleme
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> Yes? Those are my tax dollars at work. There are better places to prosecute. Let the Feds do the international heavy lifting such a prosecution will require. So you believe Leticia James has documentation saying that USDT is not back
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> (Yes, I know it's zerohedge, but this is a decent article) It's not even zerohedge: It's copied from bombthrower.com
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by jpmattia 5y ago
... which is consistent with having sufficient backing. Again: She did not open a criminal prosecution for fraud. Do you think she would just let go of a criminal prosecution?
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by jpmattia 5y ago
Quick summary: The investigation relates to whether Tether misrepresented transactions for crypto in 2014. The statute of limitations for fraud is 5 years, but because it involves a financial org the SoL is 10 years. Note that the lawsuit
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> Or more likely tether isn’t backed by anything at all. In order to believe this, you have to believe that Leticia James got the data from the NYAG subpoenas, and then ignored the fact that Tether has no backing. So no, not "mo
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> One of the interesting things I've noticed is that (around here at least) the over-the-air TV is much higher quality than the local providers (cable and fiber). There's a substantial difference in bitrate between OTA broadc
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> There were news recently about Fidelity expanding crypto-related staff by some 70%. You got me curious: 70% corresponds to 100 people. The article is here: https://news.yahoo.com/fidelity-digital-assets-plans-70-1850.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> I thought Bitcoin was more a store of value (e.g. analogous to gold) than a currency similar to physical cash? Physical cash is money, and serves the functions of money (see eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> I am yet to work with a payment method that does not support reversal (except for physical cash). I'm not sure I get your objection: Physical cash is exactly the use case for bitcoin. There will be financial services and other l
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by jpmattia 5y ago
You left out FICA, but it's also worth noting that the W-2 taxes have a maximum for the year, so the income bracket of 37% does not overlap with W-2 taxes.
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> Fun fact: When you accelerate an electron across a potential of 4.5 volts, and then stop it suddenly, you get a photon with 4.5 electron volts of energy. That’s why different colors have different voltage drops. This explanation does
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by jpmattia 5y ago
I find it a little strange that 100% of the comments (as of this moment, with 154 comments) are not about the main thrust of the article: Whether the SEC has Tether and BCB in their sites for a lawsuit. For those who are looking for the usu
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by jpmattia 5y ago
> but inevatably greed kicks in and you start thinking what if you minted coins without the backing. Yet another tired implication of Tether printing coins without backing, so let's break down the NYAG's announcement of Tethe
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by jpmattia 5y ago
If you are a fan of podcasts: Sean Carroll's interview with Kip Thorne was worth a listen. https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2018/11/26/epis...
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by jpmattia 5y ago
Last used APL in 1981; We had keyboards specialized for the APL char set. IMO Its pithy syntax was just not worth it, even back then, so haven't returned since and don't see any reason to break my 40 year hiatus.

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