mikegreenberg

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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
I disagree and believe that Lightning is not yet safe or easy for users. Here are my primary talking points if you'd like to discuss further: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210023
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Disagree. Slow and expensive might apply to Bitcoin but there are plenty where it doesn't apply. (For example, Bitcoin Cash which solves these problems. But there are plenty of others which work quickly and cheaply.)
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
I'm sorry, but Lightning is a mess and it would be irresponsible to suggest that it's safe. 1. Unpredictable fees make usage for small amounts almost require a long-lived channel to be worthwhile. 2. UX around Lightning channels a
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Lightning is worse than that. When you do try to convert from BTC to USD, you pay a transaction fee twice. Once to close the channel, and another to transfer to the party where you want to exchange your BTC. And further, you can't pred
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
I would repeat the same thing as I said here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30209760 And to your point and from my perspective, I would disagree as there are many cryptocurrency experiences where "understanding
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
If you can't find a way to use crypto privately, then it might not be ready for you yet. But you can guarantee that this will change, much like early HTTP had no TLS. You can find any number of shortcomings, but the point is crypto _do
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Yes: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/metrorail.pa...
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Don't sleep on Jacksonville. ;) Atlantic Beach and the area around (especially during July 4th) is pretty sweet.
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
No OP, but I will offer this: Some may say downtown areas are walkable, but you are severely limiting your access to resources. Public transportation in South Florida is poor. One train line runs north/south between Miami to West Palm
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Born, raised, and lived here for four decades. I've lived and worked all over south Florida. Miami, Hollywood, Ft Lauderdale, Pompano, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach, Jupiter. It's very hot and it's getting hotter
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
"Blockchains don't solve this as Ubisoft can control (the view around, as well as other parts) this new database however they like." But why does this have to be Ubisoft's blockchain? Why does Ubisoft get to be the only
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
You're missing the point that this would motivate a marketplace where Ubisoft is not the only portal for these NFT-owned games. nftgamingportal.com could exist which accepts these NFTs (in addition to many others) despite whatever rest
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
As soon as you said it, a bizzaro-klyrs in another reality actually created ForkCoin.
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
I searched for less than 5 minutes and found four examples pretty handily. Anyway, the point was that you could pay with BTC and high transaction fees killed that use case. Feel free to substitute "anywhere" as you please.
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
I'm familiar with cryptocurrencies. I did not say Bitcoin. One counterexample isn't representative of current options. There are plenty of coins which clear in seconds.
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Surely, that means it never happened. You must be some sort of oracle. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pay-with-bitcoin-10-of-... https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/26/technology/pay
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
FWIW, cryptocurrency settles in seconds.
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by mikegreenberg 5y ago
Take note. Calling someone's experience "incorrect" and "absurd" before you have all the details will never end well.
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
You could've focused on responding to my first sentence, but maybe you're not interested in engaging in honest discourse? Best of luck!
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
Disagree. Bitcoin forked into other tokens, but the original token's guarantees have not changed. The other tokens are free to function independently of one another but there was never a guarantee (by the protocol or agreement) that Bi
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
I'm not sure why that distinction is important. Value is realized in use of a complete product and are not represented by the sum of its parts. (Value is not zero sum. A log and a plank together can arguably provide more value as a slo
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
Note that both use cases (decentralized global currency and smart contracts) rely on altruism which cannot be guaranteed by human actors but is entirely deterministic within the chaos of humanity (with a sufficient number of honest actors)
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
How are blockchain assets, whose scarcity is defined by the protocol and agreed upon by all participating node operators, infinite in supply? Edit: Arguing in good faith... you could suggest changing the protocol, sure, however you would ne
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by mikegreenberg 6y ago
I'd wager at least 100% of the time.
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by mikegreenberg 7y ago
Congrats on 1.0! Feedback: - Most needed feature: project-level fuzzy file opener. Hotkeys open a textbox that let me type letters in, which brings up files which match (ideally applying a Must-Recently-Used algo). (See Ctrl+P for VIM) ((Bo
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by mikegreenberg 7y ago
For all the good they are doing, you'd wonder there's some alterior motive. Reminded me to re-read this article: http://pedrocr.pt/text/microsofts-love-of-linux/
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by mikegreenberg 7y ago
I was thinking what a Twitch for Programming might look like. And then I found https://asciinema.org/ . While limited to the terminal, this could be an interesting genre to explore. Repurpose the underlying recorder and fost
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by mikegreenberg 7y ago
Consider your ability to automate tasks on your farm (watering, checking soil health, product QA). All of those tasks being automated potentially increase your output.
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by mikegreenberg 14y ago
This doesn't begin in the classroom. This starts at the home. And the same tools can be used on your own kids. Thanks for sharing.
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by mikegreenberg 14y ago
Your TC link at the bottom is broken. :)

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