sashimi-houdini

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by sashimi-houdini 1y ago
I also like Dan Luu's take (starting with a Joel Spolsky quote) “Find the dependencies — and eliminate them.” When you're working on a really, really good team with great programmers, everybody else's code, frankly, is bug-in
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by sashimi-houdini 1y ago
I'd start with saying "thank you" :-)
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Given your skepticism, if you want to apply your studies this might be relevant to your interests: https://www.skepticoin.org/
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Show HN: Skepticoin, the Coin for Non-Believers(skepticoin.org)
3 points by sashimi-houdini 5y ago|0 comments
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Is TFA specific enough for you? It appears to be about the inevitable outcome of imitating banks in an unregulated context. A top level comment here is about the outcry for regulation that this then produces.
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
But cryptocurrency's answer is usually not "how can we do better" but "how can we repeat the same mistakes in a shorter time span?"
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
"They are doing it too" is a favorite argument of crypto-enthousiasts. I'd argue the answer here is not more madness (crypto), but a serious attempt to fix the traditional financial system.
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
I wrote Skepticoin as a serious parody of Bitcoin. Articles like these about the "state of the art" of cryptocurrency make me wonder: would a parody of a more "modern" cryptocurrency even be recognizable as such?
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Because plants don't grow from heat, but from light
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
I'm using skepticoin for something other than gambling or illegal activities... namely to prove that cryptocurrency is nonsense.
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Just think what happened with PCs between 1975 and 1987... that's also 12 years
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
We haven't properly covered the more advanced layers of bullshit yet but we're getting there: https://github.com/skepticoin/skepticoin/blob/master/docs/pa... for details on the parameters
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
0 Skepticoin = 0 bitcoin!
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
What do you mean? Skepticoin is the future of cryptocurrency!
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Pizza I'm not sure but a bag of tulip bulbs was bought for 10,000: https://github.com/skepticoin/explorer/blob/master/b0099d84d...
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
You've understood perfectly well. The confusion stems from thinking others have the same level of understanding.
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
This is why I've minted the "White House" NFT on the Skepticoin blockchain: https://github.com/skepticoin/explorer/blob/master/00038cce6... 'To own the SKEPTI from this transaction or
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
This seems like a dangerous bet to make... my take on the NFT "market" is that it's money laundering, wash trading (inflating prices to attract suckers to the market) and perhaps in a small part conspicuous consumption. Mostl
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
"This is good for bitcoin"
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
This is also why Skepticoin cannot be cloned: the clones (cynicalcoin, sarcastocoin etc) are simililar, but they're not "the skepticoin". In this way, the supply of skepticoin is still limited.
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Let's shift this one level up: Simple. Bitcoin is an asset that is not used as currency but provides the holder with certain desired benefits and the asset can be liquidated if needed. Skepticoin is similar in that it provides a financ
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
It used to be that enthusiasts could claim "currency of the future", but a lot of time has passed and that future simply hasn't come. In fact, Bitcoin's top utility is already far behind us. Dropping "currency of th
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
1.The term you're looking for is "naturally occurring Ponzi scheme" https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19358 2. I literally don't know what this means. If it drops below 10, and y
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
I heard about bitcoin first right here on HN, and I thought today would be a good day to return the favor. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Show HN: Skepticoin, the Coin for Non-Believers(github.com)
19 points by sashimi-houdini 5y ago|11 comments
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
Naturally occurring Ponzi scheme is the term of art: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19358
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
The term you're looking for is "naturally occurring Ponzi scheme" https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19358
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
The funny thing is that a couple of comments up 2 sibling comments basically gave the exact same answer, but one in jest and one seriously. The cryptosphere really is beyond parody
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
I don't think anyone disagrees that pariah states and criminals use the internet, but I don't see that touted as a good thing particularly often either... presumably because there are actual use cases for using the internet outsid
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by sashimi-houdini 5y ago
'Extended meaning "social outcast" is attested by 1819.' ... I think we can agree that Iran fits that description, no matter your take on the events of 1979 and thereafter

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