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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
After researching the issue for a couple days, I've turned up a few things to boost my confidence in the situation. First, Tux (the owner of MtGox) has been participating in the Github discussion about getting a "normalized txid&q
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
The reference client certainly doesn't do this on spends. Why would gox have implemented it in this way? It doesn't make any sense at all. I've been researching the details of this disaster. Here's what I've gath
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Sorry, I should have linked two comments higher: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7222457 You'll note that mtgox had funds taken from it. None of these other sites [did]. They're just being flooded with junk
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
If SR was re-issuing coins automatically, it's because they were being intentionally stupid. MtGox was re-issuing coins automatically. Due to this, Gox has lost money. Possibly a huge amount. Were they being intentionally stupid,
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Names which offend people the most are those which are also true. It's still name calling, and it's also irrelevant to your argument in this case. I suppose my question is, do you care more about expressing yourself than convinci
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Why call your opponent names and become emotional? It's not effective. In what world does personal expected value versus expected cost of breaking the law ever become a good way to make moral decisions? There are at least two counte
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
http://96.126.121.68/ works for me.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Why not let the mods say what should or shouldn't be on HN? No need to speak for them.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
May I ask, after you were acquired, how long did you end up working for them? How did you feel about it? Was it a jarring experience trying to transition back into more of a "traditional 9-5 mindset," or were you expected to wor
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
You'll note that mtgox had funds taken from it Source, please? How much did mtgox lose?
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Doughnuts, one of my favorite foods, can be part of a healthy diet Can they?
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
You should consider moving your coins out right now, since there's no benefit to keeping them in Coinbase unless you're trading. (This is always true regardless of the current problems.)
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
I kept it open in case you wanted to debug it. Here's a current screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/qfgkNRi.png When I click on the bird and press 'd', nothing happens. Nothing more is output to the console, eit
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
One interesting aspect of this whole ordeal is the fact that, thus far, exchanges' prices have depended on each other. That is, a huge sell order on Bitstamp will more or less immediately affect the price on BTC-E, MtGox, etc. (The e
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Kids who are learning to type probably won't be able to read your font. They'll likely get frustrated and put it down rather quickly. Is it meant to be a typing tutor for kids?
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
I encountered a bug using Chrome. After dying a few times, I encountered this screen, which I can't get past: http://i.imgur.com/yWbm8bq.png It may frustrate some users and drive them away. I'll leave the tab ope
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
tptacek has addressed this concern many times before: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=author:tptacek%20urandom#!/comment... The summary is that it's a myth.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Thank you for your insight. How do you decide when to sell? I had four opportunities and let them all pass by, because I was hoping " this time I'll recover my initial investment." That's greed, of course, but how do
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Indeed. I was young and dumb, as so many before me. Lesson learned.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
MtGox made the right decision in shutting off withdraws and not implementing hacks. It's important for this problem to be solved once and for all. MtGox made a very bad decision in its choice of wording in this press release. It shou
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Can I catch a break? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6926472 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7195024 http://i.imgur.com/5TAwopR.png There are few times in my adult life I've fe
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
I get frustrated with people who think they can and should rewrite the scripting language. I actually have my OWN game engine (based on LuaJIT, thank you ;) This comment would be better if it wasn't snubbing everyone who dared try
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
This is a great comment and has changed my perspective somewhat. Thank you.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
The random number generators used by these sites are hardware systems that use micro fluctuations in ambient temperature (for example) as a source of entropy and they are very careful to use enough bits of entropy for every card shuffled.
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"We just took over the former Zynga offices in Dallas"(reddit.com)
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Since we're on the topic of unpopular-but-true, I'll go ahead and post another: It's not about whether we can program so much as what we can accomplish by learning to program while we're young. You and I may make fine
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
It depends. There is no strict requirement onto starting at the early age. Yes, there is a correlation, but no strict requirement. You'll be excluded by 22 if you haven't started early. Excluded by whom? By nature. It was no
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Actually, it's not inherently about fame. It has to do with whether the hackers are skilled. Pg goes into why it's difficult to compare hacker skill in one of his essays, though I forget which. But the summary is that nobody kn
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Indeed! This is a great example, thanks.
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by sillysaurus2 13y ago
To clarify, I asked for an example, not touted myself as the arbiter of worldly experiences. I also asked for an example of a programmer on the level of Woz. This is an important distinguishing quality, because otherwise there's no wa

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