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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and retail trading are all areas where more skilled traders take money from less skilled traders. These venues can be distinguished from a Ponzi scheme because the participants are traders in a market, not investors
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
That's something I actually wouldn't fault Zuckerberg for. Too often someone with a vague idea and some money get more than they really paid for as the people doing the actual work discover what the real challenges are and solve
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Waters raises a good question in the video - how did someone who started off with with a project for rating women by appearance become one of the most powerful people in the world? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Being a rock star isn't what it used to be.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
What does the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine do in similar circumstances?
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
I had the opposite experience. I suspect people spending time abroad temporarily, but long enough to go grocery shopping, tend to arrive at the most expensive grocery stores during their temporary stay.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
No, being prosecuted at the whim of the powerful is horrible, but Bitcoin claims to be a kind of technological "escape hatch" from this kind of abuse. The sooner we find out that it isn't an escape hatch, the better. We can
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Supporters of Bitcoin should be in favor of making it illegal in as many jurisdictions as possible. It's the only way to be sure it's as resistant to government power as it claims to be.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Ah OK, I guess the line of reasoning is that if the low water levels were due to low maintenance, then maybe there isn't really a drought. Of course the enormous fires last year and the potential for a severe fire season this year sugg
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
It seems like you're suggesting something but I can't tell what it is. What are you talking about?
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
I wonder if people that trade on headlines would get ruined so fast that no particular, single headline would make much of a difference (i.e. most people who would be fooled by this would already have been weeded out by some set of previous
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
> [I]t's very difficult to say what happens in year ~2140, we'll all be long gone by then I think it's more likely that at least one young person reading this news today will live to ~130 than Bitcoin making it that long.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
With just a SIM swap, isn't it possible for an attacker to reset the password on your main email account (e.g. gmail) via the phone, then from there reset the password on your money account through the stolen email?
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
> It is a false assumption that everyone who wants to work needs a wage that will support a family of four with no other income. Maybe, but the post at the root of this thread invokes both a $10/hour wage and the virtue of starting
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
Side-hustles are a thing because people think that if they have to hustle for someone, it might as well be themselves. But why hustle for anyone? We should establish a universal basic income for all, and leave hustling to people who are hu
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
The trade was relevant because it's what she was lying to protect. My point still stands: people will take a large risk for a gain that is negligible relative to their net worth.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I expect a catastrophe, but anything could happen. I suspect Bukele will have more influence on the outcome than Mallers or the users.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
The question isn't whether they used insider information well, it's whether they used insider information at all. Using information gained through their political office to inform their personal trading is improper, even if they l
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
That's interesting, thanks for the correction. I was extrapolating from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/health/white-people-covid... but that might not have been applicable here.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
EDIT: I was mistaken here, corrected by a response below. - I don't think there was a way for the public health authorities to create an explicit rule about neighborhood residency without inviting lawsuits. The best they could do is p
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
The technical work that a lot of us are involved in is deeply intertwined with the venture capital business. This is a glimpse of how things operate inside of that business.
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by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
It's like these two people are competing for the worst self-own. From what I can tell (and the communications on this are very confusing), Biggar goes after Prafulfillment without having his facts straight enough to avoid issuing a ne