tphyahoo2

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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
I think it's common for non-neurotypical folks to struggle with sarcasm and irony. Even for neurotypicals, it can go over your head because it's hard to tell tone from a text.
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
Technically, my py pinky fingernail is competing with our latest nuclear powered aircraft carriers. Doesn't guarantee that my fingernail will win a shooting war.
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
You want air conditioning? You want to eat steak? You want some microprocessors with that guided missile? Buy bitcoin. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116135412/https://taaalk.co...
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
Yes they can. Eth competing against USD. Bitcoin competing against USD and Gold. Bitcoin and Eth are also both competing against turkish lira, Tide pods, and zibwawean mortgage bonds. But only one competes with gold.
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
To be clear, bitcoin is of course also competing against USD. But this is neither a fair nor an interesting competition. Life span of fiat currencies is usually decades.
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116135412/https://taaalk.co... Bitcoin will be fine.
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Proof-o... https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/the-censorsh... ETH is competing against USD, not against BTC. B
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2021/03/10/the-your-pap... The "your papers please" argument. It's true. If you live in a world where you are compelled to present an identity for any finan
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
lol. https://taaalk.co/t/bitcoin-maxima-other-crypto-things Transactions need to be expensive, like the guy you were replying to said. It is beyond obvious.
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
what problem does smart contracts solve? hint: none. F. https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/a16z-struggl...
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
interesting, never heard of tripcodes. but anyway, I would say more like 4chan with killfiles.
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
what if there was a section 230 carveout where you are not liable for comments on your blog, say, as long as they are 1) digitally signed (can be by anonymous identity) 2) content is id-filterable by id, by user agents (aka browsers + user
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
"“Any time the author mentions “central banking”, he seems to only be referring to the “US Federal Reserve” as if that was the only central bank in the world. The fact is that many central banks have failed in the past, and is failing
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The Federal Reserve Is a Non Profit(standardcrypto.wordpress.com)
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2020/07/30/whiny-progra... "Well… then don’t buy bitcoin Stephen! Nobody is forcing you to hodl bitcoin. Unlike all those people in argentina and tin pot places where
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
I will try to assume good faith here, and just state facts. Lightning channels are 2 end points, p2p. Lightning routes are a sequence of lightning channels. Routes are also 2 end points, also p2p. No trusted is required for intermediaries.
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
bitcoin maxi position is not that block size can never increase. rather, block size increase is a last resort. so far block size increase has not been necessary. if hyperbitcoinization occurs and there is a bottleneck with lightning, block
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/a16z-struggl... ( A16Z struggles to earn passing grade in crypto fund II “learn by doing” project )
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by tphyahoo2 6y ago
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2020-03-30-lsat/ finally, a sane solution for micropayments for content. you can see a sort of proof of concept (pre-lsat, but using lightning) on yalls.org and a few other simi
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by tphyahoo2 7y ago
Dear Thomas: Thank you for writing to me to share your concerns about law enforcement access to encrypted communications. I appreciate the time you took to write, and I welcome the opportunity to respond. I understand you are opposed to th