tuna-piano

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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   My same exact thought process. I think the real issue is poverty. Globally, poverty still exists on a mass scale. That is the sad part, not the fact that .01% buy private planes and the bottom 50% in the US buys used Toyotas. My other quest
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   Cuban actually admits that his company was part of the 1999 bubble. "In a bubble there is always someone with a “great” idea pitching an investor the dream of a billion dollar payout with a comparison to an existing success story. In t
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   And last years revenue was $12.5B. Market cap is 18x rev.
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   For his first point "You cannot be cheap and secured by proof-of-work at the same time". The US dollar used to be part of a much more expensive "proof-of-work", the gold standard. In order to create dollars, someone had
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   Hillary Clinton used a personal email address while Secretary of State(businessinsider.com)

   4 points by tuna-piano 12y ago|1 comments
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   I wonder if market dynamics will force an artificial increase in the value of bitcoin. If the bitcoin market is operating properly, a bitcoin ETF existing should not increase the price of bitcoins. If it does, can we assume bitcoins are o
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   I think the arguments that it matters to be #1 are extremely weak. Besides having the USD as the world's reserve currency, is there any other good reason?
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   by tuna-piano 12y ago

   Just a personal experience with an internship abroad. I spent a semester on a combined internship / study abroad program in London (work 2 days, class 2 days). The cost of the program was about ~$15k including living space. While tha
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   Health insurer Anthem has been hacked – 80M records(businessinsider.com)

   10 points by tuna-piano 12y ago|0 comments
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    by tuna-piano 12y ago

    While I see your point, I think there are two important things to remember here. (Note: I understand the long term implications of an interplanetary species, just providing context) A) whatsapp improves the daily lives of hundreds of milli
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    by tuna-piano 12y ago

    My biggest issue with all this is that when you give them the power to take away rights to prevent terrorism or protect children, the government will use their powers wherever convenient. For example, the patriot act has been used in 1,618
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    by tuna-piano 12y ago

    I think that in this case what makes your story incorrect is that banning encryption software will only prevent normal every day people from using it. With the vastness of the internet, there is no way for any government to prevent encrypt