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by ojr 7y ago
Other things missing: Contacts, Device Identifier, In-app Purchases, and a trustworthy distribution platform with a large base of affluent customers.
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by ojr 8y ago
I don't think Instagram, one of the most used software user interfaces think redesigns are a waste of time, they redesigned to be similar to Snapchat and was able to create a new user experience that engaged users and was able to be mo
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by ojr 8y ago
working on old software doesn't help your career as much as working on new software from my experience, the job market is too tough as it is, time is more well spent in new technologies, nothing is ever binary but I can strongly agree
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by ojr 8y ago
The creator of ruby on rails wouldn't pass a whiteboard interview. Ruby on Rails had more of an impact at Twitter, Github, Airbnb than BFS is my guess DHH's tweet https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1085987159
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by ojr 8y ago
you can create a lending business, deploy a token on the Ethereum blockchain and force users to pay fees and collateral with your token and lend USD, "oh shit of course", the margins and profits will be better using this route ins
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by ojr 8y ago
The benefit, transparent provably fair open source code that can automate financial transactions outweighs these issues. I don't think smart contracts on Ethereum not being fully autonomous and fully decentralized is a huge issue to no
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by ojr 8y ago
start with an app because Apple is more restrictive than the web and ideally you are going to want both an app and a web app, you don't want to fall into a situation where your popular web app is not allowed as an iOS app.
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by ojr 8y ago
I sold around $14k after holding for years, and I was thinking about placing a short at $6500 but decided not to, the best traders in this space make money on the way up and down
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by ojr 8y ago
Online gambling sites like Bovada already have bitcoin deposits and withdrawals, your funds stays stable after a deposit, or you can deposit with credit card and get a check in the mail from Taiwan.
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by ojr 8y ago
my API uses a combination of REST and GraphQL, new api calls are written mostly in GraphQL unless its something like a batch job, or querying, modifying the database, Rest works better for those type of tasks in my experience.
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by ojr 8y ago
It says individual balances are FDIC insured up to $250,000. which is lower than the setup fee and minimum balance for the custodial account, I share the link to show they have some systems in place, speculation and trading will never be ri
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by ojr 8y ago
Insurance: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/insurance
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by ojr 8y ago
you can exchange the HQCoin to dollars, there are already cryptocurrency debit cards, HQ Trivia can mint HQCoins cheaper than they can get dollars
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by ojr 8y ago
there's already an app that could be used as a huge example of where utility tokens can work, imagine HQ Trivia giving their own HQ Token ICO instead of rewarding users us dollars, better margins, easier questions, more winners
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by ojr 8y ago
contrary to popular belief, rushing to the market with a product you don't feel is ready can hurt more than help
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by ojr 8y ago
EOS has DPOS (Delegated Proof of Stake) which is not wasteful like PoW, it is a trusted circle model, and transactions are free, and it is easier to distribute ICO-like tokens, I think it might go there from here
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by ojr 8y ago
blockchains are not immutable, the software that blockchain servers run can be updated to any chain with the most social consensus, if an attack was that bad it can be fixed with a few git pushes and pulls, the price might suffer but even t
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by ojr 8y ago
depends on the team, a web app can still run, 32 bit apps like the one Carmack built are deprecated
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by ojr 8y ago
there are new blockchain tech releasing this year that will scale to thousands of transaction per second and provides free transactions for end users. Companies like Consensys provides infrastructure so you don't have to run a full nod
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by ojr 8y ago
The coolest part about Earn.com is you could send a message for $100 to VCs like Marc Andreessen, when I finally finish my app I will be using Earn.com to find testers that have blogs that can spread the word
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by ojr 9y ago
GraphQL and React are some solid initiatives coming out of Facebook though
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by ojr 9y ago
online poker will probably move towards blockchain and you can do things to prevent spam when people pay fees, theres virtually no adoption of blockhain tech, things move slower in an open source project so its understandable
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by ojr 9y ago
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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by ojr 9y ago
there are CFTC regulated bitcoin futures (CME/CBOE) where you can bet on the price dropping in a scenario where it becomes a systemic risk
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by ojr 9y ago
gift cards are a tool to use to engage the user and almost every store in a common mall will have one
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by ojr 9y ago
I was trying to explain how small bitcoin is compared to the sum of all black market activity by using an example of one the most profitable bitcoin dark market to date
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by ojr 9y ago
bitcoin is a horrible currency to do drug deals, the most infamous dark net site, Silk Road was doing $15 million annually at its peak, compare that to the 400 billion illegal drug industry that is mostly transacted with cash. Currently the
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by ojr 9y ago
why does the world need a large number of gift cards vs fewer/one instead? It is because of the perceived benefits of being a gift card holder/token holder.
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by ojr 9y ago
Very hard to write tests in ES5 and angular 1 and karma. I am testing way more with React, jest with snapshots and enzyme, redux, my team wouldn't have 100% coverage without easy to test code
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by ojr 9y ago
coding is more of an art than science, every projects has different ways how the html and css is set up, how do you onboard the AI? It is a lot of surface to cover, the AI we have today is not able to outperform a frontend dev, frontend is

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