trutannus

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by trutannus 5y ago
The author took way too long to introduce what the abbreviation QE in this context means. It's only in the 5th paragraph. It's generally not a great idea to use an unclear acronym in the title. If you really must, at least do the
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by trutannus 5y ago
Well put. In addition, Ethereum is also not the most ideal blockchain in the world. Given more time, I'm sure better options will become available. There's no reason to pile onto a flawed system like that just because it's th
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by trutannus 5y ago
> I wonder if it's even legal here to install a camera in a public place like that? Depends on where you are, if you're on private property, and how your nation defines 'reasonable expectation of privacy' if they defi
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by trutannus 5y ago
Do batteries that can power a plane for routes like this exist yet? I know nothing about aviation, but I always thought the energy needed to spin up a turbine, or prop, is immense.
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by trutannus 5y ago
No interest in blindly speculating in an area I have no expertise, correct. Have a good one.
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by trutannus 5y ago
> Your statements contain implicit assumptions about fiat, particularly the USD's future. No, I did not. You've started making stuff up and trying to shoehorn this discussion into a direction which you want it to go. This last
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by trutannus 5y ago
> You're speculating that fiat would remain stable and hold value, that inflation would not run rampant. Can you show me where I said that? This is nowhere in my comment, or any comment I've ever written here. You're compl
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by trutannus 5y ago
Now you've moved into speculation at this point.
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by trutannus 5y ago
Right, but the alternative has never been a crypto, it's always just a more stable fiat.
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by trutannus 5y ago
From what I can tell, in Germany at least, the requirement for a lot of dev jobs tends to be "a degree and experience" or "software specific degree and an internship". If you have a science degree of some sort, and a few
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by trutannus 5y ago
The algorithm behind it is complex, but for any technical administrator or technical developer, they will never come in contact with it. Based on that, for 99% of people who are not developing blockchains from scratch, but using something l
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by trutannus 5y ago
This is a bizarre interpretation. Where exactly do you see that I guilt people? This isn't some "test", and the fact that you see it that way is somewhat baffling to me. It's a personal choice made based on personal pref
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by trutannus 5y ago
The issue with local currencies isn't trust, it's if you can use them to buy your food or not.
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by trutannus 5y ago
Can you buy food in Venezuela with Ethereum or crypto? Somewhat difficult in a nation which has sporadic problems with blackouts. In situations like this people generally start using a more stable fiat like the USD in place of their local o
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by trutannus 5y ago
That's all fine and dandy until you have to spend $40 per transaction, whereas a $40 old computer can run billions of transaction-like operations for free. Eth is a bad example since seeing value in it requires you to focus on the abst
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by trutannus 5y ago
Just because something exists does not negate the existence of the tradeoff. For example, not a single nation dropped their paper fiat money for cryptocurrencies as their primary exchange medium. That's because the advantage is ideolo
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by trutannus 5y ago
> I have yet to see one of those That's because a lot of the supposed benefits are ideological, as opposed to technological. You end up having to sacrifice a superior technological solution for one which better aligns with some spec
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by trutannus 5y ago
I see a lot of these "idiots guides to blockchain" full of diagrams, analogies, and explanations. I think it really just speaks to the environment around the technology itself. Blockchain is fundamentally a very simple technology,
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by trutannus 5y ago
You don't appear to be seeing the important caveat here: if I want you in my life I make that happen. Random people I don't interact with contacting me out of the blue is not something I really want or need. It's entirely pos
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by trutannus 5y ago
The issue isn't about "proving" or anything like that. It's simply that I don't want to have social media. That's my personal choice. Friends are folks who respect their other friends personal choices. > som
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by trutannus 5y ago
Definitely sounds like you're onto something there. For myself, external validation isn't something I need outside of my immediate family. So that could definitely play a role in how I view social media, and how I was so able to c
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by trutannus 5y ago
> I want to be around folks who want to be around me. And not all of those, either. This is a great distinction that I think a lot of people would be happier if they followed. Just because someone wants your time does not mean you
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by trutannus 5y ago
Agreed. False senses of friendships can lead you to think you have more friends than you do. Having a better sense of who actually cares lets you assess if you need to see out new friends. The more accurately you know who your friends are,
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by trutannus 5y ago
I don't think asking "just text me instead, I don't have Facebook" is really that high of a bar. Frankly, someone who's going to cut contact because they don't want to text me isn't really worth the effort
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by trutannus 5y ago
Reddit is uniquely toxic, even (sometimes especially) in small communities. Whenever I bring this up, I almost always get a few people telling me to "stick to small communities", but those can be even worse since you can't r
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by trutannus 5y ago
I don't think that's what they're getting at. My understanding of this was that "people who actually care about you will find a way ". Someone who does not actually care about you won't bother. So chances are,
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by trutannus 5y ago
The most concise and precise way to write a language is generally in the language itself too.
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Or the countless songs in the Punk genera about burning down buildings and causing general havoc (like giving someone the wrong time). The set of people who actually commit domestic terrorism (or say no to tea) is much smaller than the set
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You can attempt to justify whatever you like. Does not mean you're correct.
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by trutannus 5y ago
Genocide was common for millennia as well. But today we don't ever think there's justification for that. Previous belief does not imply morality.

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