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by leishman 4y ago
This is spot on. I found myself using Fly for a project because it was super easy, not because I needed edge compute. TBH it's still actually unclear to me who needs edge compute? What apps require this sort of infra? It's not 99%
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by leishman 4y ago
If legacy wealthy kids can’t go to elite schools then the schools will not be elite. The schools the elite’s children go to are, by definition, the elite schools.
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by leishman 4y ago
This is how banks operate too
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by leishman 4y ago
We’ve used LiveView/Phoenix for 4 years at River.com and are very happy with it.
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by leishman 4y ago
It works on iPad afaik but isn’t natively built for it. Also works on macOS.
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by leishman 4y ago
I’ve built a Nostr relay from scratch to learn the protocol and while there are some odd quirks, the fact that it’s maximally simple and the core spec can be understood in 5-10 minutes has way more value than you may immediately realize. It
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by leishman 4y ago
Nostr doesn’t use a blockchain
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by leishman 4y ago
We’re building a Nostr relay in Elixir if anyone is interested: https://github.com/RiverFinancial/nostrex
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by leishman 4y ago
I think this is a very overblown concern that will not be a big issue in practice… at least not for a number of years.
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by leishman 4y ago
There’s no theoretical limit to LN transaction numbers because there’s no shared global state. You could have many very high throughput channels processing payments in parallel.
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by leishman 4y ago
Yes relays could talk also serve as a client and subscribe to other relays. Nothing stopping them from doing this
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by leishman 4y ago
I love the pipe operator in Elixir!
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by leishman 4y ago
Even with all that baggage Uber was still 100x more ethical than all the mafia-run taxi cartels they destroyed.
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River Lightning Services (RLS) powering the future of online payments(blog.river.com)
4 points by leishman 4y ago|0 comments
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by leishman 4y ago
It’s no secret that most people at Google hardly work. It’s been like this for years but you’re right it’s management’s fault for allowing this culture.
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by leishman 4y ago
Very cool given that Appalachian settlers were largely Scottish highlanders.
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by leishman 4y ago
There are plenty of firms that run full reserve and are not subject to this contagion.
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by leishman 4y ago
Useful PoW is unlikely to be successful. You need a puzzle that’s difficult to compute AND very easy to verify the result. It also needs to be robust to many different attack vectors.
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by leishman 4y ago
Exactly. Was about to say the same exact thing.
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by leishman 4y ago
I legit cannot tell if this is satire
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by leishman 5y ago
Bitcoin mining ftw
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by leishman 5y ago
They should focus on making cities more walkable, and less on making them bikeable.
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by leishman 5y ago
It is in San Francisco
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by leishman 5y ago
Most people keep their coins on exchanges which are represented as large single holders on the blockchain so it’s not an accurate characterization.
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by leishman 5y ago
Going back to normal and stopping the theater.
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by leishman 5y ago
There’s nothing selfish about not wearing a mask if vaccines are safe and effective.
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by leishman 5y ago
I completely agree. It’s concerning how eager and compliant people are with these nonsensical mandates. These last two years hammered home to me that there are way more people than I thought who either enjoy dominating other people or who l
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by leishman 5y ago
Because it’s faster and cheaper
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by leishman 5y ago
The main difference is that the top miners don’t stay the top miners. There is constant churn. The top stakers remain the top stakers at virtually no cost, and they will almost always be custodians/financial institutions. Additionally
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by leishman 5y ago
Yes PoW is way better because miners need to constantly expend resources to maintain their right to participate. PoS validators keep their throne for life at virtually no cost.

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