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by samolang 13y ago
And venture capitalists. The earlier you invest in anything, the bigger the risk, the bigger the returns if it pans out.
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by samolang 13y ago
Right now you can sell you bitcoins for $979.74 on coinbase (minus 1% commission + transaction fee). So pretty close to $1,000.
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The contents of my emails are exposed to "god know how many engineers and system administrators." I still think I have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" with regards to the contents of my emails. If you hire a cleani
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> Indeed, the focus is clearly on personal things (house, person), not things possessed by third parties. You need to understand the context. People did not store information about their private communications with third parties in 1776.
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, a
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by samolang 13y ago
I use coinbase because it is very convenient.
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by samolang 13y ago
Are there any studies on the rate at which physical money disappears from the system? I know physical money can be printed to make up for it, but like all things the electronic counter part of physical money will become much more reliable t
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by samolang 13y ago
I love Spotify, but they don't have EVERYTHING. Most notably they're missing The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
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by samolang 13y ago
Yes. He is. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6757165
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by samolang 13y ago
There are essentially three types of equality discussed in politics. Equality before the law, equality in opportunity, and equality in results (aka income/wealth equality). Equality before the law is liked by most, but few would say af
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by samolang 13y ago
I use instagram on android and I rarely use the camera that is within the instagram app. Not sure this is as big of an issue as its being made out to be.
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by samolang 13y ago
I think he's saying it was written by a rich, overeducated elite.
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:23:./temp/~bdyc... :
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by samolang 13y ago
You could carry a billion dollars worth of bitcoins around on a USB drive though. Easier than carrying a billion dollars worth of cash around. Take your wallet offline and you can do physical transactions that have no record. You just need
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by samolang 13y ago
Reminds of a quote (falsely?) attributed to Henry Ford. “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
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Their speculation might not be worth much, but if they succeed in setting up a bitcoin ETF it could definitely boost bitcoin's credibility.
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by samolang 13y ago
Nobody starts a company for the initial salary.
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That's great, but with tax rates of 75-100% for the rich I have a hard time believing they'll attract a lot of serious entrepreneurs.
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I loved Buzz
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15 minute delay is standard. I'm wondering why yahoo is so ahead.
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by samolang 13y ago
This is why we have laws. The "invisible hand" drives people to still too. We make it illegal to deter people from stealing. Ordering unnecessary surgeries should be illegal too.
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by samolang 13y ago
> But why? As a nation we are "wealthier" than we have ever been But look at the wealth of the median college student. College is no longer a privilege of the 1%, but a requirement for the masses.
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The Big Takeaways From the Government Shutdown(grantland.com)
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Their basis is against coercion. There are other ways to effect change beside coercion.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jgrahamc
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*the price of solar photovoltaic modules tends to drop 20% for every doubling of cumulative shipped volume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanson's_law
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by samolang 13y ago
A better solution is to allow subpenny trading. It shifts the focus away from latency and towards price accuracy which is beneficial to society. http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/hft_whats_broken.html
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by samolang 13y ago
Did you read the whole article? The article clearly states that the same thing can be accomplished using friction instead of gears (as it is in a bunch of organisms and the adult version of this organism).
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by samolang 13y ago
Do you have any evidence to support this claim? Why does Microsoft Research exist? Why is Google sending balloons over New Zealand? Why does Costco pay their employees above minimum wage?
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by samolang 13y ago
Amazon's one goal is to increase short term profit?

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