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Ask HN: A programming language with the best community?
4 points by peculiar 9y ago|4 comments
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by peculiar 9y ago
>> a single consumer vs __an insurance giant__ Exactly. And that's a result of regulations.
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by peculiar 9y ago
In summary, respecting market forces is more efficient than regulation and gov monopoly.
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Ask HN: A better way to distribute cryptocurrency coins?
2 points by peculiar 9y ago|0 comments
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by peculiar 9y ago
>> They are doing the equivalent of printing their own monopoly money in the garage and then selling it for real currency... > Pretty much what the central banks are doing around the world. Exactly. So why choose the currency of a
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by peculiar 9y ago
Well, actually US is not the only country in the world. There are places with zero chance to get any VC funding. I have even seen a funny acceleration program that offers $300 (three hundred bucks) for 10% of a startup (and there was a huge
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by peculiar 9y ago
Ether is not like oil at all. You only somewhat need ETH. Nothing stops you from using ETC. Or starting your own fork (either private or public). Your contracts will work there just fine. On the other hand, it is not likely you can deploy s
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by peculiar 9y ago
There is a GNU project [1] that's basically an electronic cash. It has no restrictions on what you use as currency (fiat, gold, bitcoin). But the government cannot track what you buy. At the same time merchants can be taxed, so there s
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by peculiar 9y ago
>> can someone explain why anyone would need this? > Imagine if Facebook was decentralized. You could own your data. But is blockchain really an effective solution for this kind of use cases? Can't you own your data without it
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by peculiar 9y ago
There is a saying that goes "If it's not broke, don't fix it". What problem are we solving here exactly by replacing a centralized Shopify / Amazon / E-bay by the solution you've described? Is it better fr
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by peculiar 9y ago
I have no idea how that's working out for Germany. But I was under the impression that Europe gives away social benefits to the refugees (at least at the initial stage). While the author of the parent comment (I expect) is self suffici