kcanini

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by kcanini 9y ago
The author specifically talks about Brand Registry and why it doesn't solve this problem. Did you read the article?
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by kcanini 9y ago
The Chinese people are harmed if any end-to-end encrypted communications services are blocked to ensure the government is able to spy on them.
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by kcanini 9y ago
Nice try, bot.
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by kcanini 9y ago
Seems like adding these stickers would be useful: http://thesource.metro.net/2013/02/13/new-platform-decals-re...
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by kcanini 9y ago
> if you don't make a major blunder like the Parity team ...Which was founded by the very person who developed the smart contract language Solidity. Which goes to show how difficult it is to write 100% bug-free smart contracts.
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by kcanini 9y ago
I think the point is that they bundle together the agreement with the actual execution of the agreement. The execution is performed by public code that everyone can audit and verify for themselves.
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by kcanini 9y ago
You just described how the adjudication of all contracts works. Smart contracts are no more above the law than paper contracts are. > And the participants to such a contract have agreed that the execution of that software is the entirety
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by kcanini 9y ago
Considering that the US government has decreed that Bitcoin is an asset and capital gains taxes are due when they are sold/spent, I'm inclined to answer yes.
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by kcanini 9y ago
> Any contract that has all the outward aspects of being a smart contract but that allows a judge (or anybody else for that matter) to influence the outcome once it is activated is by definition a failed smart contract. I think the crux
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by kcanini 9y ago
I'm curious, how do you know what the average voter knew about the government in 1903?
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by kcanini 9y ago
That pun is golden.
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by kcanini 9y ago
I can think of at least two real-world uses where cryptocurrency is a better choice than fiat: (1) sending money overseas with very low transaction fee, and (2) transacting on the black market.
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by kcanini 9y ago
> documentary I see what you did there :)
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by kcanini 9y ago
> There's nothing dirty about it. Public investors prefer to have a single price, because that's, well, how public markets generally operate after an IPO. In what sense is there a single price in public markets? There is a cons
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by kcanini 9y ago
This PDF literally got me through grad school. It's an amazing reference.
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by kcanini 9y ago
Let the arms race begin!
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by kcanini 9y ago
They probably mean "expensive for the customer", not "expensive for us".
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by kcanini 9y ago
Yes, you're right. To guarantee causation, you need to either directly manipulate the variable, or control for every other variable in the universe (impossible). The more extraneous variables you control for, though, the more evidence
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by kcanini 9y ago
classic
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by kcanini 9y ago
The Mersenne Twister algorithm takes a random seed (which should be highly entropic) as input and then deterministically generates a series of outputs. It does not generate any entropy by itself, nor does it specify where your source of ent
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by kcanini 9y ago
> I could take other dollars and convert them to CAD at today's spot. I could wait six months and convert then. Either way I'm taking on currency risk. I see how the second case (waiting six months to convert USD to CAD) involv
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by kcanini 9y ago
I guess I'm assuming you can always borrow USD if you want to make this type of trade on the spot market without actually owning USD in the first place, or if you want leverage.
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by kcanini 9y ago
Example: 1 USD is currently worth 0.79 GBP. If I wanted to bet that the USD would decrease in value against the GBP, I could enter into a futures contract (assuming the existence of a wiling counterparty) to purchase 0.75 GBP for 1 USD at a
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by kcanini 9y ago
Possibly dumb question: What is the point of a futures market for a currency? I understand why futures markets exist for e.g. oranges (seasonal production cycles) and jet fuel (to avoid storing a years' worth yourself). But currencies
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by kcanini 9y ago
They must have meant "couple hundred percent".
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by kcanini 9y ago
I think a correct analysis of this problem requires you to know the guard's exact policy for what to say in every possible situation. The author has assumed that in the case that A is pardoned, the guard randomly chooses whether to ans
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by kcanini 9y ago
The last page says, "This edition of Einstein’s 'Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy-Content' is based on the English translation of his original 1905 German language paper."
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by kcanini 9y ago
Where is "here"?
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by kcanini 9y ago
If they don't have internet, how does Western Union receive the message for the money transfer?
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by kcanini 9y ago
The rose-flavored ones are my favorite!

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