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by postcynical 4y ago
Not really required but a lot more convenient, even more so if you don't speak the local language.
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by postcynical 4y ago
I used the Jelly 2 for 6 months https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 Highly recommend it for people who want to get a smartphone break. It's a "proper" android with maps, google pay and surprisingly
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by postcynical 5y ago
Agree. Crossfit benefits IMO: The Crossfit WODs, a very physically intense workout, at the end everyone usually has a runners high and is sort of relaxed, has a similar effect on me like drinking with others. The pain shared from fighting t
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by postcynical 5y ago
Crypto is worthless. All the VCs pouring money into crypto/web3 (a16h, sequoia) are worthless. All the companies pivoting to web3 are worthless (square). All the companies building up web3 teams are worthless (stripe, mastercard). All
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by postcynical 5y ago
web1: information web2: information, people web3: information, people, value (value as in money and other valuable assets)
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by postcynical 5y ago
What made it click for me was that smart contracts are similar to stored procedures in db speak. So in this case someone wrote a smart contract/stored procedure that: - loan $a_lot_of_money from $defi_a - do something with $a_lot_of_mo
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by postcynical 5y ago
Sorry, full-time only at the moment.
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by postcynical 6y ago
Read this and the papers mentioned inside it to get an overview of the market: https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2021... It might be worth it to get a pro subscription at messari.io or theblockcry
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by postcynical 6y ago
> With proof of stake, you can literally throw around money to gain influence over a network. But can't you do the same with PoW. You just throw money at minners and buy their rigs or rent them for a good premium.
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by postcynical 6y ago
And Joe Rogans podcast #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWBCnvOuXK8
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by postcynical 6y ago
I did cold showers upto 10minutes, cryotherapy -90 celsius upto 6min, hydrogen cryotherapy (-130 c) upto 4 min. And only the supercold hydrogen gave me a (very) noticable and pleasant endorphine boost. Haven't tried ice baths yet.
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by postcynical 6y ago
I think there could be enough interest if managed well, but unfortunately they make the process very complicated and then the quarantine is overly strict (you can't order food from outside, no alcohol, not allowed to open the windows)
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by postcynical 6y ago
They are very comparable. Similar geographical- and population size, density, culture, climate, lifestyle.
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by postcynical 6y ago
But aren't all the URLs in the messages/notifications "shortened" to a t.co/. So he would have had to click on the link.
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by postcynical 6y ago
leftPad
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by postcynical 7y ago
I used the Nokia 8110 with KaiOS as a digital detox phone during holidays. It has working email, whats app, google map, hotspot. It has enough features to "survive" and answer or triage the occasional fires from work. And it is un
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by postcynical 7y ago
It is supported now and installable via the Kaios AppStore. I got Whatsapp running on my nokia 8110 4G, after some fiddling and updating.
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by postcynical 7y ago
Similar situation. I use mostly cash tranasctions or non-american credit cards which are not available using auto-import. An efficient keyboard-based method of manual entry of trx is crucial. Just checked this app but i coulnd't quickl
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by postcynical 7y ago
Video Conferencing (we're using zoom). The "time to conversation" routinely take minutes of idle time or raging about the miserable state of technology. Simple annoyances such as opening the laptop when using with an external
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by postcynical 7y ago
Could this technology be used to create a "shadow" internet/network/messaging service where devices connect and communicate directly with each other. This way governments can't just block internet access or services
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by postcynical 7y ago
How are blockchain/cryptocurrencies affected by a possible breakthrough in quantum computing? It is my understanding that quantum computing makes it trivial to break todays crypto. So a single actor with a quantum computer could break
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by postcynical 8y ago
That's what some bilingual kids do when they talk to each other. They switch between languages flawlessly and mid-sentence. Drives me nuts when I'm listening to them. Similar effect you get when you live abroad for a while, there&
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by postcynical 9y ago
Small anecdote from history: Back in the days, the conservative Swiss looked down on those vowel shift hipsters in Germany and thought that the simple vowels where good enough as they were. So the Swiss-German spoken today is basically a pr
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by postcynical 9y ago
I used rails professionally since version 0.14. 4 years ago I joined a new company and started developing Java server-side with a few years experience with java from University. After 3 years of building and maintaining a mission-critical J