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by thisisit 9y ago
Allow me to hyperbole this a bit. If we go back to 2008, this is like saying - "there is so much money bet on subprime loan being correct, that we'll assume it is". And it worked for sometime before it dint.
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by thisisit 9y ago
Can we please stop labelling doubt and maybe cynicism as hate? It is nonsensical and doesn't add to the discussion. It rather makes people even more defensive and argue their position even harder.
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by thisisit 9y ago
I wonder what effect PoS will have on the Ethereum ICO system. If coins are needed to stake and mine, large holders might have more incentives to hold Ethereum instead of any assets?
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by thisisit 9y ago
TA indicators have number of flaws. One of the biggest flaws is that TA indicators tend to repaint. So an awesome winning MA crossover in hindsight might never really execute during real trading. Additionally using TA for trading also invol
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by thisisit 9y ago
When trades are placed using a fixed setup of rules or algorithms it is called algorithmic trading. HFT is a type of algo trading where latency is one of the important rules. So, while all HFT trades are algo trades, reverse isn't true
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by thisisit 9y ago
This has been discussed couple of times earlier too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16788296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13201926
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Newspaper op-eds change minds(sciencedaily.com)
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by thisisit 9y ago
> But during the hijack, it returned IPs associated with a Russian provider (AS48693 and AS41995). Curious what stopped cloudfare from naming these providers.
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by thisisit 9y ago
> The internet is fundamentally broken in this way; bad actors can cause disruption and woe for huge numbers of people. It's a giant problem, to be sure So, now I guess we need people to explain how blockchain can solve this problem
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Facebook Stock Is a Bubble About to Be Popped, Famed Fund Manager Says(fortune.com)
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by thisisit 9y ago
That was an illuminating read. I think the whole ICO system might be something similar.
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Facebook Stock Is a Bubble About to Be Popped, Famed Fund Manager Says(fortune.com)
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Silicon Valley's Latest Revolution: Cutting Out Wall Street(wired.com)
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by thisisit 9y ago
Non-paywall link: https://archive.fo/s7MQ1
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Greenwich: the rich town on the frontline of US hedge fund fight(ft.com)
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Tesla: Will Investors Want to Buy Insurance on Its Bonds?(barrons.com)
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by thisisit 9y ago
Discussed earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16874921
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by thisisit 9y ago
> But the Ethereum pre-sale looks perfect – and that’s what makes it worth querying. “Donations” from Eth-heads around the world not only flowed into the Ethereum Project’s wallet in great quantities, but they flowed in with the mathemat
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by thisisit 9y ago
Does anyone know how much of current US/European cars use Chinese parts? I think if current car manufacturers are already dependent on Chinese parts, then we are not having much of an "invasion" really.
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Retirement Shock: Need to Find a Job After 40 Years at General Electric(wsj.com)
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Tencent Music Plans IPO; Valuation Could Exceed $25B(wsj.com)
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Walmart Is Close to $12B-Plus Deal for Flipkart(bloomberg.com)
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by thisisit 9y ago
Maybe I have it wrong but what-about-ism isn't only about avoidance. It is also about drawing an equivalence saying - "Yes, X is bad but what about Y?" The idea being if everyone does it then X hasn't done anything wrong
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by thisisit 9y ago
This is disappointing from WSJ. Google's data collection is a good story but pulling Facebook in and then devolving into what-about-ism is not. This is toeing the what-about-Google/twitter stance Facebook took in it's release
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by thisisit 9y ago
So, you are saying sharing data through supply chain is difficult. It is difficult because data cannot be tracked in an accurate, reliable, secure way and there is corruption involved. And lastly, blockchain is the only solution to these. H
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by thisisit 9y ago
I know it's difficult to find an appropriate title but wouldn't - "Careem, ridesharing company/app in the Middle East" work better than calling out Uber?
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by thisisit 9y ago
In case, anyone is wondering how to get to the "Your Categories" option on Facebook. Go to Settings -> Ads and the tab will appear. I have always been paranoid about sharing information on social media. So, this section has onl
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by thisisit 9y ago
> Trust (and thus the ability to use an authority) is not black and white. There are a lot of situations where some trust is allowed up until a certain level. Right now authorities are managed through some form of government or through l
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by thisisit 9y ago
> The IRS has offered guidance on bitcoin transactions since 2014 and considers the cryptocurrency to be property, not currency. As such, every purchase, sale, trade, and mining effort is considered to be a taxable event. Wait. So, cry
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by thisisit 9y ago
That is good on ICONOMI that they publish such reports. But, this kind of misreporting really lowers my confidence in ICONOMI. First, they only have a profit and loss statement which looks correct. What is does this burn rate entail? Second

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