semiotagonal

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by semiotagonal 7y ago
> Nobody is saying you have to be an early adopter of these currencies. This here is probably the source of our disagreement. As far as I can tell, tons of people actually are saying "get in now", which means we're no lo
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Indeed. This type of behavior only makes sense if defending trademarks never incurs a penalty when it gets overly aggressive. I will avoid buying anything at backcountry.com (unless I forget, which hopefully I won't), so I guess that&
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Out of that entire list, the one thing that exists now is the Ethereum blockchain fix, and that basically required global agreement to respond to a single theft. That's not particularly scalable. The rest of the things on the list are
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Bitcoin in particular seems to be driven by people who are really obsessed with the idea of having a store of wealth with zero risk (assuming they never make a mistake handling it, or get tricked by swindlers, which I think they're ser
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
The amounts to giving the advantage to fraudsters until something that doesn't exist is invented. Blockchains are irrevocable and unalterable, which removes two useful tools (reversing and changing transactions), and replaces them with
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
You wouldn't try to submit it to the "actual legitimate Bitcoin network" though. You'd bootstrap a whole new network instead. People might prefer a new blockchain that starts with a more even distribution, instead of e
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
There's probably a pretty high risk of some future event involving the Saudis being something they wouldn't want to incorporate in their show.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Just keep building them until people stop buying them. Most of the problems you mention are self-correcting; if conditions become unfavorable, demand will be reduced.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Yep.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
The pumper and the dumper are generally the same entity in any pump and dump. Which mode that entity is in is a matter of timing.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
It makes sense if Tether buys BTC with USDT that it just created out of nothing, then sells those BTC later for real dollars. Those real dollars can be used to collateralize the USDT "after the fact", and if the price went up bet
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
If Bitcoin companies maintained an adequate level of know-your-customer/anti-money-laundering compliance, maybe the mainstream banks would work with them. But as it stands, the banks have no reason to take any risks in dealing with th
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
As long as there is a hurdle where people can be "too stupid" to use BTC without getting scammed, BTC will never see wide adoption.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
I went on a science-fiction reading binge a few years ago, and the majority I found atrocious, but Fiasco and Solaris really stood out as excellent novels.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
I would love an inheritance tax. Even a 100% inheritance tax, on anything more than zero dollars. Of course I don't really stand to inherit anything significant, so it's super easy for me to support. Inheritance is one of those a
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Do you know of something superior?
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Holy shit that works way better than I expected. The github project should link to this or a similar example, the technical description doesn't do it justice.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
The pictures though. In the background of the top one, behind the hand of the kid who's standing on the tire, there appears to be a the ribcage of an enormous animal sticking out of the ground.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Ironically, for all the discussion of YouTube in the article, it links to the music on SoundCloud.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
If it's biometric that's the only possible use of the bunker owner. Nevertheless, once he opens the door, there's no reason to let him in.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
As if the helicopter pilot isn't gonna just kick the guy off and get his own friends and family to the bunker instead. EDIT: Not to mention whoever built the bunker knows where it is. "Ownership" isn't going to be a re
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
> Quitting on moral grounds is a luxury in the scope of human history So what? Freedom of speech is a luxury in the scope of human history as well. Moreover, someone is making these choices. If it's within your power to have an
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
> You have to let certain control go after a point. Why? If it's within your power to prevent your work from being put to use in service of something you find immoral, why not attempt to organize with like-minded workers and put a
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Well, when it establishes a dominant position in the market using tactics that are no longer allowed, we do get a right to say that they should be broken up, or forced to start from scratch without their user data. My own two cents is that
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
> their right to prioritize (based on money) what stuff goes on your feed It's not your feed, it's their feed; you're just the person eating it.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
You'll feel better though.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but there is a common-sense difference between Stack Exchange and Reddit. On Reddit, it's just a community having a discussion. The participants, even the moderators, are mainly involved in guiding a discussion,
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Although I think the person is getting too much grief for this, I have to say that if a CFO is allowed to make decisions in an area where he lacks understanding, simply because his title starts with a "C", that counts as a failure
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
It kinda reminds me of the Bayeux Tapestry, where the letters have to be spaced around people's heads.
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by semiotagonal 7y ago
Confession: I've been a professional software developer for 24 years, and I've never been able to get my foot in the door for an open-source project (other than my own open-sourced license stuff). I think part of it is because th

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