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by tardo99 9y ago
I _think_ the point of posting this article is to argue that bitcoin isn't a bubble? Not sure. I say that bc in every bubble/bitcoin thread people jump in and make this point.
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by tardo99 9y ago
This is what regulation is for. No regulation? Then people are stealing. History suggests it's that simple.
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by tardo99 9y ago
Agreed. But, I prefer the term "permanently high plateau" to "new normal" personally. Same idea though....
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by tardo99 9y ago
The wikipedia article for the "Bitcoin Mania of 2017-?" almost writes itself... c.f. Tulip Mania and The South Sea Bubble.
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by tardo99 9y ago
They mean stdout, right?
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by tardo99 9y ago
My recollection is the prejudices around AIDS had diminished dramatically by the time Philadelphia came out. But, the movie is (I think) depicting a past event when things would have been different. Also, movies often blow things a bit out
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by tardo99 9y ago
Does it still default to Yahoo search?
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by tardo99 9y ago
Has any other generally purchasable asset in the history in the history of mankind ever appreciated faster than bitcoin?
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by tardo99 9y ago
The size of your wallet doesn't matter when you're in prison or dead.
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by tardo99 9y ago
Are those even problems in modern society? Setting aside conspiracy theories and outlier cases like the OJ Simpson trial, do people really fight (with meaningful evidence) over chains of ownership for things like assets and pieces of eviden
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by tardo99 9y ago
What actual real world problem does bitcoin solve other than foreign exchange transfers and black market operations?
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by tardo99 9y ago
I thought everyone used shortcuts for git. e.g.: `gs` means `git status` or `gpom` means `git pull origin master` etc
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by tardo99 9y ago
Yup this is the optimal strategy. I figure that one out a couple decades ago.
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by tardo99 9y ago
The map stopped working for me about 2/3 of the way down the page... Divs started getting resized incorrectly.
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by tardo99 9y ago
Wait what's shimming?
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by tardo99 9y ago
The issue with share buybacks is they are designed to increase the share price rather than provide a cash return to existing investors. To a common stockholder, the two outcomes are basically the same (minus maybe some tax differences). But
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by tardo99 9y ago
Bob Jones University? Really?
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by tardo99 9y ago
Let's say a ton of people lose a bunch of money on highly speculative businesses that raise money using ICOs. What is the right response to this? "Tough luck"? Regulation? How is this any different than the wild west days of
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by tardo99 9y ago
What if the server needs to send you a packet while you're mobile but you haven't sent it a packet yet so it can update its cache? That packet will be lost in his scheme. Nice try.
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by tardo99 9y ago
Thumbs up for this suggestion.
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by tardo99 9y ago
A simple micropayments scheme that can be used on publications, music sites, whatever.
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by tardo99 9y ago
Tips on using it if you already have a vocab of 2000 or 3000 words in a target language?
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by tardo99 9y ago
Stanford used to teach C as its first programming language. I think that was the right choice, Java is suboptimal and JavaScript is a flat-out mistake. C is optimal because it sits at a nice fulcrum point between assembly language (the code
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by tardo99 10y ago
lol
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by tardo99 10y ago
One of the charms of dd is its hilarious syntax. And, used properly, it's a bit of a swiss army knife for a few different disk operations.
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by tardo99 10y ago
Buying a Tesla is embarrassing. My net worth is definitely higher than this dude's, and I don't have a Tesla.
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by tardo99 10y ago
Facebook: Jumping the shark since 2017.
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by tardo99 10y ago
I'll go with "not at all." Thanks for the feedback.
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by tardo99 10y ago
Prepare for downvotes. how dare you criticize the great accomplishments of our new startup heroes?
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by tardo99 10y ago
I know I'll get downvoted for this, but I'm virtually positive that Cruise was just snake oil. I expect GM to trail other automakers in this area, particularly after this acquisition. Now, to be fair, that is pretty much the null

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