rthomas6

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by rthomas6 9y ago
One of the biggest culprits, Ethereum, is working to change its consensus model to Proof of Stake, which will remove the need for mining. This should help with a lot of the demand.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
I see what you're saying. That seems like an acceptable way to make a city walkable while having faster driving. Another idea is some kind of underground road layer under the city. I think the important thing is keeping as much real es
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by rthomas6 9y ago
No, Manhattan was not based around cars, and that's a good thing. It's what allows for such high population density, and so many unique neighborhoods. Allowing so many people to live comfortably and efficiently in its limited spac
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by rthomas6 9y ago
I drive to work in traffic, and I would much rather be on a subway. Where I live, there is no public transportation from my house to my office. If I could take a subway, I'd be able to zone out, or read a book, or go on Reddit, etc.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
They can defend it by having good enough public transportation to not need a car in Manhattan. Unless you're carrying something large/heavy, there's no reason to go to Manhattan via car. It's something we Americans are
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by rthomas6 9y ago
This is one of the only places in the US where public transportation is kind of good. Many people in NYC don't own a car and don't even know how to drive. It boggles my mind the amount of people complaining about how expensive it
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Why couldn't you take a train instead? That area is one of the only places in the US where public transportation is good enough to make that feasible.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
The internet was something new, and it fueled a speculation bubble. I think we are seeing something similar with cryptocurrencies. Are they something innovative and potentially useful? Yes. Do their valuations make sense? No.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Does it matter? They're FDIC insured.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Check out Hubski you guys! It's very small right now, but I believe it has a better system to encourage good content. You can filter out anything you don't want to see and follow tags or people you want to see, to create your own
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by rthomas6 9y ago
I think they do in some regards. 0 fees to run dApps combined with WASM-nativeness (write in many languages) seems objectively better than ETH when considering just those areas.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Sure. They're both Turing-complete blockchains which can run decentralized apps/smart contracts, and of course be used for transactions directly. Ethereum (ETH): Created in 2015, currently successfully running. Right now ETH uses
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Yeah, I own some ETH and EOS (not very much), because those are the ones I most believe have long-term intrinsic value for the world.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
This seems oversimplified to me. I think it's fairer to say the graph of quality of life vs. income in Europe has a lower slope than America. Meaning, quality of life in America can be much higher for the wealthy, somewhat higher for u
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by rthomas6 9y ago
It will burst when everyone who could possibly be convinced to buy has bought. When the optimism is so contagious you start to doubt if it will ever really pop, that maybe this time it's different. In the dotcom bubble, people were buy
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by rthomas6 9y ago
To be fair, Ethereum also has a C++ and a Rust implementation.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
These rules will only apply to companies within the jurisdiction of the SEC, correct? Hypothetically, I don't see how the SEC could shut down ICOs from companies registered outside the US, even from Americans.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Yes, sometimes. I learned about Bitcoin in 2011 at the age of 23. I read the whitepaper, thought mining it sounded pretty cool, then just... didn't, because I didn't feel like setting it all up. I had a PC with a capable GPU, whic
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by rthomas6 9y ago
A good product for what, exactly? Fast, decentralized, small monetary transactions? Because right now BTC is pretty awful at that.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Professional athletes had to build up to that volume. Training to handle increased volume is real. A beginner can't handle near that amount. Also professional athletes are the best of the best. They are genetic freaks, use drugs to hel
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Paper wallets, maybe?
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Even if the difference was that drastic, none of that accounts for the fact that tires only have so much friction.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
That's not an argument for why Linus's way is the best way to lead a project, or why we can't have civility and high quality. You just restated what he has chosen to do.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Why do we have to choose one over the other? Why can't we have high quality kernel code AND not alienating contributors?
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Just because Linus is effective at communicating what he wants doesn't mean his way is the best way. Why wouldn't it be even better if he alienated contributors less?
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Yeah, money velocity is important, aggregate demand is real, and currency hoarding is unavoidable with a deflationary currency. Why buy something when you can buy more somethings tomorrow?
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by rthomas6 9y ago
What's wrong with buses?
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by rthomas6 9y ago
>Do you think Americans woke up one day, realizing their love of sugar was very strong, but gave it up for something less enjoyable? That did not happen. That's what happened with me. I've done the keto diet before. Your depict
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by rthomas6 9y ago
> After all, many people have given up sugar so that they can eat almost exclusively fat on the Atkins diet. And when they do so, the overwhelming majority lose weight.
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by rthomas6 9y ago
Is this just speculation or is there evidence for this?

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