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by taw55 9y ago
If you need 4 weeks to learn a text editor, this might not shine the best light on your editor’s ui.
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by taw55 9y ago
> The world functioned without those things for much longer than we've had them. In the past, the only controls were whether new precious metal or other resource deposits were found. The oldest forms of scripture we’ve found are mes
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by taw55 9y ago
It doesn’t, this is one of the major criticisms of the gold standard. Bitcoin could never be gold even if it wanted to. Making gold proper hard currency is easy, just merge two neutron stars and you’ll have a finite amount to drill up. That
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by taw55 9y ago
You sometimes find threads full of libertarians too, it's weird...
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by taw55 9y ago
You find this mixed reaction in a lot of former communist countries, both capitalist and communist institutions have a vested interest in maintining a cartoon dichotomy.
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by taw55 9y ago
I find all this interconnectedness fetishism troubling, it breeds interdependence and makes systems less resilient.
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by taw55 9y ago
Well, that and the fact that the lower barrier to entry might incentivize trying-out of subjects. I know I have.
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by taw55 9y ago
Thanks, dad.
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by taw55 9y ago
It's a rentier economy, by and for. Just don't actually tell anyone or you'll be labeled a crank.
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by taw55 9y ago
This is my current hypothesis. Been too lazy to look at the figures though.
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by taw55 9y ago
What if they are lying to spur market optimism? It could become self reinforcing.
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by taw55 9y ago
What you describe (money as proxy for commodity) is one school of thought that is increasingly under attack in academic circles. See for instance Money by Eric Lonergan; Debt by David Graeber; Money, The Unauthorized Biography by Felix Mart
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by taw55 9y ago
Worth adding that cryptoc as a method does not exclude fiat creation. That's an orthogonal distinction.
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by taw55 9y ago
Why is this comment downvoted? (Honest question)
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by taw55 9y ago
Not sure if this is rethorical, but it's a great question. In hacker-news-pedantry tradition i will answer: A. A dollar bill represents an accounting entry in a bank account. Banks are the third party that facilitate trust and the rule
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by taw55 9y ago
The majority of commenters here seem to be beyond repair after going through their fairytale economics courses. May I humbly suggest they read Debunking Economics by Steve Keen if they are at all interested in the real world. Be warned howe
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by taw55 9y ago
Or rather he's intelligent enough to understand that the real world does not function in the way of abstract equilibrium pricing models.
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Ask HN: How would you take over the world?
5 points by taw55 9y ago|2 comments
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by taw55 9y ago
What if quantum mechanics are the causal basis for spacetime. Then to the observer it might appear as random, because spacetime is a prerequisite for observation. Also for causation, this must imply time moves sideways in the quantum domain
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by taw55 9y ago
I think it was the influx of designers from print media, where bevels and gradient usage are generally considered crutches used by beginners who don't understand the fundamental aspects of design. Likewise whitespace is considered mana
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by taw55 9y ago
Worth noting that the questioner was pretty much stonewalling him by asking the same question over and over. That's not how to have a constructive dialogue.
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by taw55 9y ago
I've recently been following him on Twitter, that guy is a walking encyclopedia!
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by taw55 9y ago
If you ever did econ 101, you might be shocked to read this: R.A. WERNER, A lost century in economics: Three theories of banking and the conclusive evidence http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S10
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by taw55 9y ago
They also a have ton of licensees which are AAA game studios with qualified profesionals often backporting fixes and features into the main branch. Appart from that the engine is completely open sourced. I also get the impression Tim Sweene
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by taw55 9y ago
Here is another, longer form article about Chris Knight by the same author. http://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit
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by taw55 9y ago
According to the convergence criteria, yes. Those criteria pretty much ensure the inability of the Euro to function properly though [1] Domestically, not really. Internationally, it depends on a number of factors. [2] [1] https:/&#x2F
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by taw55 9y ago
this = "madness!"; if (this === "madness!") { this = "SPARTA!!!"; } (sorry)
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by taw55 9y ago
If you're visually oriented or want to have some fun while learning JS, there's Daniel Shiffman: http://thecodingtrain.com
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by taw55 9y ago
I'll add some perf suggestions: High Performance Websites and Even Faster Websites http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596529307.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596522315.do These two
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by taw55 9y ago
The big problem with cryptocurrencies is that they're really not currencies... I don't know anyone who would want to use BC for anything other than speculation. Speculation that undermines the stability of the currency, which isn&

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