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by pshc 4y ago
Yup, honestly this is a good argument for web3 as a substrate on which to build an encrypted chat app that's permanently decentralized and owned/funded by the community. (Once someone figures out the encrypted privacy aspect...)
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by pshc 4y ago
You're not wrong. Privacy mechanisms still need to be designed and implemented. There is much research, particularly in the landscape of zero-knowledge proofs.
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by pshc 4y ago
Exactly! AFAIK client certificates have been in browsers for decades and almost no one uses them. Whereas, like you said, millions of people now the ability and basic know-how to generate and sign with public-private key pairs, adopted via
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by pshc 4y ago
What I find amusing in the Twitter bubble I inhabit, people tend to talk about Ethereum blockspace and layers as a public good, a collectivized shared resource, y'know, left wing commie stuff. (Cynically, as a cover for profiteering?)
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by pshc 4y ago
It's all limited by fees. Typically, users would see the high fees and choose not to interact with the contract. It seems during this sale, FOMO outstripped the incredibly (negligently) high expense.
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by pshc 4y ago
It's the same phenomena as when a protocol or data interchange format brands itself as "simple"
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by pshc 4y ago
Okay I have to concede the second point. Clearly I was feeling pretty flippant at the time. Unsure about the former point.
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by pshc 4y ago
Cars have become less safe for bystanders. There are huge SUVs and trucks with front grilles at head height everywhere in North America now. No chance of a pedestrian or bicyclist surviving a collision, and massive blind spots. It’s unconsc
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by pshc 4y ago
I wouldn’t say the energy use of non-proof of work chains is millions of times worse than existing traditional finance and web2 solutions. Probably comparable. There is much energy wasted in the products themselves and knock-on effects. Mac
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by pshc 4y ago
This is the rule in Canada, at least. I wouldn’t be able to call myself an Engineer here with my CS degree, despite having had several such roles in the US.
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by pshc 4y ago
I can try to contextualize this... at least explain my understanding of the history. Bitcoin grows popular and its proof of work burns increasing amounts of electricity. Ethereum devs do not want to see Eth go the same way, and prioritize P
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by pshc 4y ago
> Staking that 1 ETH just got 10% more expensive because the opportunity cost of staking that ETH increased relative to spending it. Economically, this means that the system is going to drive out marginal stakers, by design. I don&#x27
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by pshc 4y ago
Staking pays all stakers out proportional to their stake, which is as fair as is possible, and more fair than PoW. Distributed staking pools lower the barrier to entry to 0.01 ETH. Ethereum will still be printing ETH in perpetuity; it only
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by pshc 4y ago
I keep seeing this "eternal six months away" FUD, but no one wants to admit the devs delivered on the Beacon Chain which has been running smoothly for 1.5 years, and the Merge testnets are working quite well. Bitcoin maximalists a
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by pshc 4y ago
While many contracts within Ethereum have clear flaws, that doesn't mean Eth as a whole is broken. Time bandit attacks go away once proof of stake finality arrives. Also, trading ought to be done in Layer 2s. Does MEV work on L2s? Re:
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by pshc 4y ago
It sounds to me like they want a more meaningful, less deadlocked/frustrating version of society than the reality.
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by pshc 4y ago
https://archive.ph/t3m62
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by pshc 5y ago
They’re thinking about doing it. Hopefully the YIMBYs win.
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by pshc 5y ago
I believe it. I read the pop sci book “Breath” recently—as I remember it says jaw development has degraded in modern humans because of the availability of soft foods and increased mouth breathing. We need to chew to develop properly. Appare
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by pshc 5y ago
UML doesn't scale at all. Its best use is to produce slides. It's less clear than a freeform whiteboard diagram, and actively obstructive to accomplishing a task in practice. OP's tool has at least the potential to scale to a
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by pshc 5y ago
My just-so guess is that it’s way easier to keep one’s balance when symmetrical, especially while locomoting.
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by pshc 5y ago
Yup. Additionally, https://twitter.com/search?q=shithnsays or search for "the orange site"
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by pshc 5y ago
Yeah, that was my claim, that the atoms will slowly return to a chaotic high-entropy organization over time, and more rapidly as forces are exerted against the magnet. I guess I was wrong.
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by pshc 5y ago
The energy comes from the incredible magnetic force spent to align the atoms when the magnet was created, and it will be slowly exhausted over time.
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by pshc 5y ago
Very cool! How’s your experience been building guis in iced with wgpu? Thinking about trying it out myself
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by pshc 5y ago
Location: Vancouver, BC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Rust, React, Web3 Résumé/CV: paulcollier.ca/resume/resume.pdf Email: paul at [domain above] Senior full-stack engineer, weighted towa
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by pshc 5y ago
Increased compile time compared to doing polymorphism with an extra layer of indirection, I’m guessing
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by pshc 5y ago
This reminds me of all the posts on HN about running your own email server. Admirable but ultimately negligible. Cryptocurrencies will provide solutions that actually scale to these problems in time, but HN’s still not ready to hear it.
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by pshc 5y ago
the language so 'clean' it doesn't include array.len()
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by pshc 5y ago
>async was somewhat rushed into [Rust] My understanding is this is a FUD meme that has been passed around. Async isn't finished yet, but was debated for years and considered with incredible care and input from the community. more co

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