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by simmanian 5y ago
To me, web3 isn't about building everything on some blockchain. Firstly, it's about building networks and systems that serve us instead of what we have today: big, monolithic networks that profit off our rage and addiction. Seco
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I may not be very bullish on bitcoin but I can see that properly implemented digital currencies can allow communities to form much more easily and organically through increased transparency and verifiability. Not to mention that digital cur
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>The attack from the left is harder to grasp, partly because in America “liberal” has come to include an illiberal left. I had been one of the illiberal progressive in the past. I feel the illiberalness comes from a sense of danger. It h
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I have also had similarly large raises. Also had a manager who's willing to fight for it. I have between 5 to 10 yrs of experience.
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I feel it's not useful to separate out the content creators from the network itself. Most of the "bad" things we see in today's social media are byproducts of how these networks behave as a whole. Put differently, how Yo
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I was hoping people would find it in themselves to try to rid the world of these invisible barriers instead of pointing out how "they do it worse than we do."
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The article seems to be saying that since Korea never conquered and/or colonized other states, there's less EMOTIONAL baggage, allowing Korean culture to spread more easily.
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My hot take is that we need to find a new system that doesn't depend on perpetual economic growth. With both China and India rapidly developing (that's what, 3 billion people with money to spend), climate change will only accelera
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To give you another perspective, I would say that many East Asians living in the West don't feel like they actually belong there either. I moved to west coast America when I was a child. I still remember vividly the first thing I heard
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With all due respect, this analysis is grossly reductive and only touching the surface of a complex phenomenon. Long working hours can be found in many East Asian countries not limited to just Korea. Sure, love of convenience is partly to b
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I was exactly like this for a while, until I realized my happiness does not have to depend on anything. Like what the sibling comment says, if you keep an open mind and try things out, you'd be surprised to see what can help you achiev
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+1 to this. Grandparent comment greatly reduces Asian politics. Even the bit on Aung San Suu Kyi is way too simplified.
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That's cool! Could you share which blockchain you forked from? I'm no blockchain expert, just looking to learn more.
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I'd be interested to see exactly how they use their blockchain as the backend. They have a link to github but nothing is public. The performance seems great right now but will it stay that way?
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I think we need to critically evaluate what we call echo chambers. The continent, country, state, city, street you live in all exhibit patterns of echo chambers. In a sense, our planet itself is an echo chamber. Every human network is an ec
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>Putting the moderation burden on people I don't think GP is saying we should put the moderation burden on people. When you accept that there is no objective definition of right or wrong, you begin to see that perhaps there are ways
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by simmanian 6y ago
>I don't know if we currently operate under the assumption of a single truth. This is perhaps too big a topic to discuss on HN comments, but the idea that there are absolute & unchanging truths goes all the way back to Plato. Th
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To answer your question, you must begin with the metaphysics i.e. our worldview. Our civilization currently operates under the assumption that there exists one truth and everyone must adhere to that truth. It worked out fine when we were in
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I like panpsychism: everything in the universe exhibits varying degrees of "consciousness."
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>Needless to say, I feel horrible. Is there a reason you want to get into those companies so badly? I personally don't practice leetcode, because my ROI on those types of problems is not really great, and I'd rather do things t
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Any idea how the energy savings are measured?
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I believe blockchain tech has the potential to change the world. With that said, I do have some burning questions: 1. Can there be consensus mechanisms that are environmentally sustainable? Does PoS work well? We have so many "new&quot
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Could you briefly write a description of what this is?
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This article may be old. It took my GF just 10 seconds to cancel her subscription.
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I wrote this somewhere below as well but I'm honestly confused. It seems like I can load ipfs:// links just fine on my firefox. Is there something I'm missing? Edit: you guys are right. it seems i have installed the add-
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Honest question: what does it mean that Brave supports IPFS in this case? I can load IPFS links on my Firefox just fine.
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Have you ever dozed off on the road? I ask because unless you've experienced it, it would probably catch you completely off guard as well. Sometimes the part of your brain that would normally make you aware that you're falling asl
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It's not as cut and dry as drinking and driving. A lot of times people who fall asleep on the road feel completely fine, until the moment they start falling asleep, and at this point their brain could be too asleep to tell it's fa
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I view that the core issue is that democracy and many modern institutions as they exist today are hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with the reality where billions of people are connected. We live in a world of interconnected differences. Exi
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On one hand, I agree that using Facebook and other social media can be destructive for most people. On the other hand, I see that democracy and many other institutions of our world have fallen behind the times. We can't stop that the w

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