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by trixie_ 5y ago
I’m glad the world is coming together to put pressure on Russia. Though am I the only one that feels like Putin is just itching to use a nuclear weapon? Every additional sanction I wonder if it will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Sounds like there's a communication issue between you and whoever is holding you to this deadline. You should have a week of buffer at least. If you think you're coming in hot, notify whoever ASAP that the deadline needs to be ext
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by trixie_ 5y ago
GDPR is a preview into what a more regulated web would look like and it’s awful. What should we do? Fight it. Demonstrate the pointlessness of the regulation now that everyone has a taste of it. Complacency will lead to more regulation. Lea
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by trixie_ 5y ago
No one is ever good enough to never fall, and when you do how bad will it be? - to the OPs original point.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
You win the sour grapes award. Amazing how Tesla is worth a trillion and SpaceX over a hundred billion now, but it's all just a trick right? Each company conning investors for almost 20 years now. Look at all the things they haven&#x27
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by trixie_ 5y ago
First why did you even reply? We’re taking about what a Ponzi scheme is and energy use has nothing to do with it. I’ll reply to your criticism anyways - There is absolutely energy required to store gold, monitor gold, protect gold, transpor
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Holding value is also important. Fiat currencies are notoriously bad at holding their value over any long period of time. Bitcoin might not be stable (as a result of not being easily manipulated by the government), but over the long term it
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Other crypto currencies don't have the heritage of Bitcoin. And heritage is not something you can fake.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Please understand what a Ponzi scheme is. A Ponzi scheme is where the con artist tricks you into thinking you bought an asset when really they just pocketed most of the money, giving you back a little bit and calling an 'investment ret
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by trixie_ 5y ago
You missed the point where mining is not free.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
The perceived value of the asset has nothing to do with whether something is a ponzi scheme or not. You should read the definition. I'll answer your question anyways of what gives Bitcoin value. It's value comes from being a digi
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by trixie_ 5y ago
The intrinsic value of crypto is that is the first form of electronic cash that isn't a proxy for bank to bank transfers. It's intrinsic value comes from being an excellent form of currency and store of value - easy to store, fast
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by trixie_ 5y ago
This can be said for stocks as well, but stocks are not a ponzi scheme. A ponzi scheme is where interest on the investment are funded by other investors in the scheme. Unless you are talking about some interest earning crypto program, maybe
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by trixie_ 5y ago
If the plan is building a permanent settlement the travel time is less important than the environment.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Would this be any different than a government issued stable coin? This has the potential to greatly simplify the entire banking infrastructure. It would also make it harder to lend what you don’t have. Current banking balances are easily fu
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Mars has some atmosphere, smaller temperature swings, higher gravity, ability to synthesize methane, and a 24 hour day night cycle. The moon has none of those, especially the 1 month day night cycle. It’s not much more delta v to get to Mar
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Dollars have serial numbers does that mean they're not fungible? Does the author know what fungible means? Banks block transactions all the time to/from flagged sources.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Ah the good ole days up late dual booting Slackware, hanging out on BitchX, browsing Usenet on Enlightenment while watching Duckman on TV.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
People say all the time, "why spend all that money on space when there's so many problems on Earth?" Why do people never say the same thing about all the money spent on video games and Starbucks? Which is arguably a lot more
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by trixie_ 5y ago
I guess you’ll be waiting a long time for reality to set in as Tesla’s sales haven’t shown any hint of slowing down. Underdelivering is a funny way to say there is too much demand to keep up.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Electric cars, space internet, tunnels, and reusable rockets all seem pretty real to me. The progress he’s making towards his other aspirations seem pretty real as well.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
You’re right, HN hates these things not on technical merits but just because other people like them. How do you live with yourself?
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by trixie_ 5y ago
It is kind of funny how anti-Tesla HN is overall. Reminds me of when HN was anti-TypeScript for years and then suddenly flipped. This place is still very anti-Bitcoin as well. For a user base that should be ahead of the curve it seems to be
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by trixie_ 5y ago
How is that any different from an artificial neural network taking inputs and making decisions. Are you saying the ANN has free will as well?
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Religious people would say brain cancer was just part of gods plan. Determinism basically is the same plan just no god involved. Why is that rubbish? Because you don’t like it?
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by trixie_ 5y ago
I'm not. Otherwise why would physicists support the concept of free will so strongly without any evidence for it. It is borderline religious. The video I posted above says as much.
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Does this get me closer to being able to play Quake on my iPhone?
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by trixie_ 5y ago
That's why physicists are so opposed to super determinism because like you say it would make life 'utterly meaningless' (I dont agree, a bit dramatic). Super determinism is the unpopular answer that solves many problems in qu
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Randomly found a link to this video on super determinism from his blog and found it super interesting. 100% agree, what is 'free will' anyways? A concept with no scientific definition. Why is it even used to explain anything in qu
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by trixie_ 5y ago
Some people find meaning in building a family. Work is modern day hunting.

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