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Even robots have the right to learn from open source(theregister.com)
3 points by uncomputation 4y ago|0 comments
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by uncomputation 4y ago
I have found decrying SF as a “tragedy” or constantly criticizing it to be an excellent litmus test for the technocratic right who insists they used to be liberals but now simply have no choice but to be conservative because the liberals ha
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> messages that can optionally include payments This is a weird way to put it. Transactions include state transitions which modify the state of the global blockchain permanently. Miners (in the case of bitcoin) validate these transitions
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> Speed Bitcoin can handle 7 transactions per second, on average. VISA can handle 1,700. > Security Your bank account is secured with a password. If compromised, you can prove your identity in person at a bank with government document
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> Reversing charges is a different point, which could be accomplished pretty simply with 2-of-3 sigs if there's market demand for it. You can’t reverse transactions. Once validated and included in a block, the transactions are forev
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> It boggles my mind that we've had public key cryptography for fifty years and we're still not using it for payments. Never mind blockchains, just upgrading the banking system to use public keys would be a huge improvement. Th
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Bitcoin has less foundation- or team-based leadership that have plagued other crypto projects. This leadership (eg Ethereum foundation) gives crypto projects the air of legitimacy, but also the impression, as Hinman put it, that some manage
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Crypto Crash: Influencers Lose Credibility on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram(bloomberg.com)
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> I'm a part-time Real Estate investor, and I would never invest in a city that had a rental cap Good. It is real estate "investors" like you that have contributed to the Bay Area, and California in general, pricing people
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Interesting they are totally different. ZK proofs are used in cryptocurrency, but they can also be used totally separately just as mathematical objects on their own. I don’t see how ZK proofs for defense "capabilities" relates to
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by uncomputation 4y ago
I really wanted to agree but none of these claims really stand up to scrutiny in my opinion. > Few technologies have a clear start point. Did the internet start in Tim Berners-Lee in 1990? Or in 1982 with TCP/IP? Or in the 1970&#x27
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> I disbelieve, and therefore strongly resent, the assertion that I or anybody else could write better or more easily with a computer than with a pencil. I can’t speak to writing, which I actually do find much easier on a computer since
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by uncomputation 4y ago
This doesn’t make sense. You wouldn’t have an Electron app on iOS anyways. If you used Electron for desktop, you would generate an iOS bundle for the App Store but OP is suggesting just a web app in the vein of HN, just accessed via the bro
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by uncomputation 4y ago
It is pretty hypocritical though for Mr. Free Speech to fire people who have concerns rather than address those concerns in a civil dialogue. Musk likes to whinge about “censorship” amounting to banning a Twitter account but seems perfectly
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Combine that with aggressive pruning/PIPing and you have people fighting to stay long enough to get their shares vested, once you stop getting promoted there is little stability because you will either get torn down for someone else’s
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by uncomputation 4y ago
This argument is completely harpooned by the fact that the number one threat to the internet in recent memory was the repeal of net neutrality which was pushed for and funded by big ISP corporations. If the pushback for net neutrality is an
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> Are you going to put aside the threat of nuclear war for another day and vote with the #1 issue being whether you feel your internet is too expensive and/or suitably available? You could make this same argument with literally anyt
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by uncomputation 4y ago
You’re being sarcastic but actually libraries being the public alternative to ISPs is a great fit; they are the providers of free knowledge and information after all. I don’t see why using a local library would mean you could no longer comm
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by uncomputation 4y ago
There’s a difference in private and profit-motivated. The author is referring to the latter while you’re referring strictly to the former. The "private" actors of the early internet were not motivated by profit and conducted a lot
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> smart contract that allows users to set restrictions so that they couldn't take that expensive NFT If they got someone to execute a malicious transaction, couldn’t the scammer just `curl etherscan.io/VICTIM`, get the restrict
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by uncomputation 4y ago
First, don’t say “don’t believe the news” because that sounds extremely sketchy. Second, just affirm the/your facts instead of negating the anticipated argument. (Typical corporate speak, “We are focused on our mission,” “We welcome a
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Some of the thread is reasonable - e.g. the ESL Saudi and pronouns - but trying to get ahead of a critical article by saying “FUD! Don’t believe the news! Apply now!” is not the best look.
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by uncomputation 4y ago
examine.com has a lot of good studies referenced.
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Don’t really see the relevance here? America is also more expensive than the majority of the world. I’m not comparing the wealth of impoverished people to the average American programmer. I am comparing the wealth of Coinbase employees to t
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Let’s be conservative and say Armstrong has just a net worth of the house he bought: 150,000,000. If the average employee’s salary is 150,000, Armstrong makes 1,000 times more than them. Does this seem fair? Does he deserve higher compensat
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Speculative assets rarely crash, despite people wanting the drama of it all. If ETH went to $100, enough people would buy it in the hopes it would skyrocket again and make them fabulously wealthy, pushing the price up, but lower than last t
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by uncomputation 4y ago
If Armstrong was the sole CTO, COO, CPO, CLO, designer, marketer, advertiser, programmer, and researcher, then yes, all money should go to him. But Coinbase was made what it is by many people, the majority of which have nothing close to wea
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by uncomputation 4y ago
> Yes, you use your individual judgement and go with that; updating as you can. Seems very self-centered. I remember February 2020 I was sure COVID was no big deal and would blow over within a few weeks (ha!). Imagine I had travelled in
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Why not just links? I feel like the full potential of hyperlinking is still not realized. To be able to integrate the source/referent of a statement in the same usage of that statement without any additional words is truly new in writt
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by uncomputation 4y ago
Not quite a sure bet. It depends on your magic TX getting picked up from the mempool by the winning node.

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