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by ozmbie 9y ago
I don’t see why this sort of “addictive” design is considered bad when it’s used to drive people toward spending, but it’s “ok” when it’s designed to keep people around so they can be shown ads. Mobile developers really only have a few choi
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by ozmbie 9y ago
The whole software/startup approach is currently based on user growth which relies on retention, trigger, actions, and rewards. Long-term investments don’t fit that model so there is no incentive for them to encourage that form of user
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by ozmbie 9y ago
You're transmitting cryptocurrency, not fiat. So I'm unsure how it works.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Streaming 4K videos (or fitting them onto a 50GB physical disc) requires better video codecs. MPEG2 wouldn't be enough. Personally, I see the benefit in 4K having a setup to take advantage of it.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
It’s worse when you want to store the coins yourself, so you withdraw from an exchange only to realise that the wallets available are either broken or have horrible UX. I just don’t see how an altcoin without a functioning wallet can have b
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by ozmbie 9y ago
I think proposals such as MAST allow secret contracts, up until that part of the contract is executed (if it ever needs to be executed). https://medium.com/novamining/mast-smart-contracts-on-bitcoi...
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by ozmbie 9y ago
This is a problem with many blockchain ideas. On one hand you get an immutable public record (and smart contracts), but on the other hand you need an incentive to use and mine the network...thus the in-built currency. But if that currency i
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by ozmbie 9y ago
You can create addresses which require multiple valid signatures (private keys) in order to spend the contents. And other sort of smart-contracts. But it’s still based around having the correct mathematical keys to unlock an address.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Because they can add functionality over time through software updates. This is their MVP.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Read up on “cargo cults” and “cargo cult agile” and it makes a lot more sense. There are some genuinely good ideas in SCRUM and other development methodologies. But trying to codify those ideas into a set of rules for newcomers always leads
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Bitcoin is the most popular with the most resources behind it, so it makes sense to leverage off it. There's nothing stopping similar networks occurring on other coins.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
There is upfront work (first you need some bitcoin, then you need to make an on-chain transaction to open a payment channel) but after that, lightning payments are trustless, instant, and with small fees (it's designed to support micr
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by ozmbie 9y ago
>The real problem is that players are getting tricked into installing a "free" game but later sucked into gambling once they're invested and addicted. The real problem is that hardly anyone wants to pay for anything upfron
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by ozmbie 9y ago
>The lack of Animoji and front-facing ARKit seems to be a software limitation made for business reasons rather than a hardware limitation. The A11 chip has dedicated “neural engine” hardware which is used for Animoji and other facial rec
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by ozmbie 9y ago
It's important for me to separate the principles behind these methodologies, from the industries that spawn up around them to sell guides and certifications and books and conference tickets. Adhering to the ideas of clear goal-setting,
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by ozmbie 9y ago
I find the watch helps, because you distil your digital interactions down to a small number of important ones. Then go about your life without the constant pull of your phone nearby. The new Series 3 LTE watch has enough battery to get me t
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by ozmbie 9y ago
>just an endless concatenation of action scenes from different episodes These videos are basically electronic drug trips for 3 year olds. There is no teaching going on, just attention and reward psychology. Any form of structure or coher
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by ozmbie 9y ago
The same could be said for what you do in your own home with all the curtains pulled.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
I've worked in a variety of environments, and the most important thing in my experience is simply to ensure that your team is creating a working, tested, and "shippable" update every ~2 weeks. It amazes me how many teams fail
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by ozmbie 9y ago
The only useful project managers I've ever seen are people who used to be developers, but also have vision for long term strategy. Those people are rare but they amplify the teams they work with. All the other PMs I've worked with
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by ozmbie 9y ago
HN fits the pattern of addictive behaviour. (Trigger -> Action -> Variable Reward). You are triggered to come here when you’re bored. Your action is simple loading (or reloading) the page. The variable reward is that you get interesti
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Some days my phone feels like an LTE modem I have to carry around for the sake of my Apple watch. Going to work, listening to music, replying to messages, going for a run and then stopping by the shops to pay for things...all using my wrist
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by ozmbie 9y ago
I lived in Singapore as an expat back in 2012, and from my experience, getting drugs (either online or through friend contacts) was not that hard. The penalties stop most people but the stuff still exists.
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by ozmbie 9y ago
This is where a good Product Owner/Manager is worthwhile. They're not there to allocate resources or assign work or create schedules. They're supposed to be in that "higher perspective" headspace most of the time, s
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by ozmbie 9y ago
Because "The West" includes Europe, which is rather close to Turkey geographically. Until last year Turkey was in slow but ongoing negotiations to be a member of the European Union.
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by ozmbie 10y ago
Apple is a still computer company, because Phones ARE computers. For the majority of the population in developed countries, and almost all of the population of developing countries, smartphones are the only computer people have or need. I a
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by ozmbie 10y ago
I wont defend the exchanges, but they're exchanges not banks. Keep your bitcoin in your own wallet until you need to convert it another currency.
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by ozmbie 10y ago
The White House Press Briefing, brought to you by Skype and McDonalds!
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by ozmbie 10y ago
The internet has the ability to be a multi-dimensional "meta" medium. But for the vast majority of people it's a one-way, social media echo chamber feed to scroll through. Go out in public and watch how people interact with t
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by ozmbie 10y ago
It's really just a plot device. Suspend your belief for that one part of the movie, and enjoy the rest of the social and political commentary.

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