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by olalonde 2y ago
At one point, there was a WeChat mini-app with a health-related form that needed to be filled out. However, a paper version was also available, and it's no longer required.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Not sure where you got that information from but that's wrong. You're not required to install any app.
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by olalonde 2y ago
It's funny how everyone in the West seems to know about China's "social credit score" and meanwhile, in China, no one actually knows what it is or if it exists at all. Probably everything you heard about it is wrong. ht
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by olalonde 2y ago
Agreed.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Nothing. In fact, most Chinese people tend to be apolitical and show little to no interest in politics. You'll occasionally see portraits of figures like Mao or Deng hanging in restaurants though it probably serves more as a historical
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by olalonde 2y ago
I used to share this view but it turned out to be naive. After living in China for over a decade I can confidently say that the majority of Chinese actually support the CCP. I know, it's hard to believe for us Westerners.
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by olalonde 2y ago
The CCP is actually widely popular in mainland China.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Precisely. Bitcoin operates as a bearer asset, much like physical gold or cash - once it's gone, it's gone. For those who need payment reversibility or dispute resolution, a payment layer built on top of Bitcoin is required. For e
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by olalonde 2y ago
I was referring to the fact that you can memorize your seed phrase. If the seed is not recorded anywhere, the Bitcoins can be thought of as being held only in the mind of the owner. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Brainwalle
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by olalonde 2y ago
1) Bitcoin is more convenient to store and transfer: it's digital. You can literally use your brain as a Bitcoin wallet. 2) The supply of gold is less predictable. For instance, just last month, China announced the discovery of the wor
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by olalonde 2y ago
Glad I gave you a laugh, Merry Christmas! :)
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by olalonde 2y ago
Christmas is much more widely celebrated. Pretty much everyone in my family is atheist and we've always celebrated it. I'm in China right now and many of my Chinese friends are doing something for Christmas and wishing me "Me
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by olalonde 2y ago
That's horrible, sorry you had to go through that. I can’t even imagine the mental toll, Java 8 really?
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by olalonde 2y ago
Indeed, the Netherlands at that time operated on a 'hard money' system. Coins were minted from gold, silver, and copper, with their value directly tied to the availability and intrinsic worth of these metals, naturally limiting th
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by olalonde 2y ago
Even if you assume that non STEM grads are dumb, isn't there a good probability of having a STEM graduate among 10 random humans?
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by olalonde 2y ago
HN is so disconnected from reality... No one in the real world actually wants a dumb TV.
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by olalonde 2y ago
It seems the C&D letter caused a Streisand effect.
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by olalonde 2y ago
The goal is no doubt reasonable. But AML regulations largely fail to achieve that goal and come at a high cost.
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by olalonde 2y ago
From personal experience trying to open a crypto related bank account, one of the most important requirements was to deposit a substantial amount of money in the account.
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by olalonde 2y ago
I don’t think anything was truly debunked here. Debanking is indeed a side-effect of AML laws and regulators, but as the article highlights, these laws are largely ineffective at stopping actual money launderers. Meanwhile, the vast majorit
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by olalonde 2y ago
Isn't clinging to the comforts of modern life worth heating the planet a bit? It doesn't seem like an unreasonable tradeoff to me.
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by olalonde 2y ago
I was just humorously insinuating that HN generally isn’t particularly good at financial advice. Take this top comment from 2022, simultaneously bearish on both crypto and AI... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34196161
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by olalonde 2y ago
I'm starting to think Inverse HN would perhaps rival Inverse Cramer.
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by olalonde 2y ago
And they're headquartered in Hong Kong.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Carbon-14 dating can't be used directly on clay right? I assume the dating is inferred from some organic material found nearby?
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by olalonde 2y ago
This argument reminds me the classic "intelligent design" critique of evolution: "Evolution can't possibly create an eye; it only works by selecting random mutations." Personally, I don't see why a "next t
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by olalonde 2y ago
That story was a bit blown out of proportion. He gave a research grant to the bot's creator: https://x.com/pmarca/status/1846374466101944629
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by olalonde 2y ago
I feel the test for AGI should be more like: "go find a job and earn money" or "start a profitable business" or "pick a bachelor degree and complete it", etc.
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by olalonde 2y ago
The author has been completely obsessed with crypto for years now and called its imminent death many times. Yet here we are, with Bitcoin hitting an all-time high of $88,000. https://x.com/smdiehl/status/1523402857
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by olalonde 2y ago
You can express USD in BTC, BTC in BTC, etc. It's a bit arbitrary.

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