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by smokeyj 8y ago
But the comment agrees with me. I'm okay with the nitpick. Chipotle still pays minimum wage and taxes. Am I supposed to be outraged by Chipotle? Or am I supposed to look down at people employed by Chipotle? It's like paradoxical w
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> The problem is that Amazon's end of the deal involved a lot of ill-defined promises For example?
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by smokeyj 8y ago
The guy working at the deli may have sold more inventory. New deli shops would have opened up, creating more jobs. Using the deli guy as a pawn for your political agenda.. not cool. Not understanding basic economics and speaking on behalf o
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by smokeyj 8y ago
We've all heard of virtue signaling. Meet his ugly brother, "policy shaming". A few days ago a story hit HN about how ISIS is banning single-use plastics. That was very problematic because my eyes almost rolled into the back
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by smokeyj 8y ago
What does a republic get you that a dictatorship couldn't do more efficiently? I did it guys. I'm finally enlightened.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
I've never heard of Proof-of-Publication ledgers. Any resources I should look at?
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by smokeyj 8y ago
That's what I thought too! But no - HN is against crypto at the moral level. One day the almighty father Paul Krugman declared crypto as thought-crime, and ever since, progressives have dutifully towed that line. It's tiring . I
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by smokeyj 8y ago
I don't know if you've realized this, but HN is religiously against crypto and anything that rhymes with it. Like, irrationally mad. If you want to explore the utility of crypto go check out different online communities that focus
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Bro have you looked at the source code for the green paper? There's weird ACL rules, double spending, it's backdoored and pre-mined. Trust me, crypto is wayyy simpler to understand.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Actually Dogecoin was a major hit.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> But the HQ2 deal made a point of giving up that tax revenue.... But the subsidies will largely still be available to the next people to move in right? Meaning, you’ve effectively accomplished nothing, right?
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> I'm a strong proponent of a CS university education, as opposed to something like a bootcamp, for this very reason. The value proposition of a university education is something of a moving goalpost for most people. It's not e
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Sounds like the conventional wisdom of a post-communist society. The kind of society where bike mechanics don't invent flying machines.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
I guess being against censorship is inherently hypocritical given you're trying to censor the censors. I'll have to live with that hypocrisy.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
The principle still stands. Why care about points? Wasn’t that the motivating factor to remove displaying comment points on HN in the first place? Facilitating hive mentality? If everyone agrees with a comment it probably adds no value. If
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> If you disagree, why don't you walk me through your proposal in a less handwavey manner You could say companies aren't allowed to spend money to intentionally target or influence elected representatives. Sure it's hardly
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> I just try and keep my feed filled with mostly positive/upbeat things You know Zuck has experimented with making people’s feeds negative to see the impact on their usage? I get Facebook works for you, but consider the company is r
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by smokeyj 8y ago
If someone invents a tool and sells it for a profit - who was exploited? Is it not possible for everyone to be richer than they started and also create wealth?? The question was really simple. Your answer is the kind that inevitably ends wi
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Honestly I think it's just a meme at this point. Don't fight it. Just mention something about Electron being bloated and rake in that sweet sweet karma. Hey, has anyone else noticed how bloated Electron is? I bet it's all t
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Which is another way to say that Amazon is their competition, considering Twitch's integration with Prime - and Amazons investment into gaming with Lumberyard and AWS. I suspect Unity was acting defensively against AWS with their licen
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Targeting works the more data you have. You could target “well off iOS user” but that’s less invasive than “searched topics of adoption and abortion. Recommend local abortion clinics”. Ya see what I’m getting at here?
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by smokeyj 8y ago
As a DDG user I share your same skepticism. But I also believe that privacy will become a premium feature, even a symbol of status - similar to the iPhone/iMessage today. Poor people will buy devices that are subsidized with "targ
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by smokeyj 8y ago
I haven't heard of a single use case that makes me think "diesel engines" are better than manual labor. Think about it, what can an "engine" really do - that a bunch of people couldn't also do? Also take into a
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by smokeyj 8y ago
It's not a bug, it's a feature!
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Because it's a spying device people are installing in their homes. These are the same people that are going to complain that it was a huge invasion of privacy in 5 years. It's going to be Facebook all over again. People willingly
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by smokeyj 8y ago
> or that this is a non-issue I'd argue non-issue. Attack vectors could be to attempt a double spend (not worth it) or confirming empty blocks (why?).
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by smokeyj 8y ago
You see rational disagreement yet every one of my comments is negative. Rational disagreement isn’t welcomed here :(
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Even in purely technical discussions people providing information get downvoted. HN is a crypto “safe space”. Just don’t talk about it here.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Decentralized isn’t a binary. The courts can’t edit the blockchain but a federation of private keys can. It still allows an alternative to transferring money without Visa or PayPal.
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by smokeyj 8y ago
Bitcoin is yesterday but look at Ethereum. You can now trade dollar backed tokens issued by fully regulated banks for the cost of an Ethereum transaction. This lets you use smart contracts backed by US dollars, or write contracts to trade U

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