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Impervious.ai demo (lightning as transport layer)(youtube.com)
1 points by whoisninja 5y ago|0 comments
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by whoisninja 5y ago
what expertise? having a three letter agencies magically makes them "experts" in vetting science? what about conflicts of interest? who is the main person heading drug approvals? ex pfizer exec https://www.linkedin.com&
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by whoisninja 5y ago
living in a priviliged bubble, can't even open a website to check Bitcoin fees and what lightning network is. why strike is #1 app in their country. main chain fees is $1 right now, and lightning tx are almost free: https://
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by whoisninja 5y ago
correct, just search El Zonte or Bitcoin Beach, tons of videos on youtube on how they're using lightning network in fully circular economy since entire town has been unbanked it's pretty fantastic people! naysayers should plan to
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by whoisninja 6y ago
http://www.chapwoodindex.org/
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by whoisninja 6y ago
only if you ignore what kind of impact this stupidity has on financial markets if you care about markets
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by whoisninja 6y ago
until you need the money to pay big emergency bills, which at he wrong time can wipe you out no wonder there are half a million bankruptcies per year because of medical bills in the US and 40% of people have no savin and another significa
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by whoisninja 6y ago
I never said ignore anything. Whatever matters to you, look into it - don't take other people's hot takes. You might be able to have better understanding in certain things that matter to you than Bill Gates or xyz.
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by whoisninja 6y ago
it doesn't matter, at the end of the day.. do you think open-source OS that is widely used and audited is more secure than closed source OS like Windows? most infosec community knows the answer. if you know yours well, good. I am not
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by whoisninja 6y ago
if i want to save, don't hold cash? hold what then? become investment manager in free time instead of my day job as software developer?
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by whoisninja 6y ago
good point, i hope so
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by whoisninja 6y ago
not sure actually, are you?
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by whoisninja 6y ago
mission critical software that are widely used are much better off being open-source for long term security, look upon it if you've time. I kindly suggest do that if you care about security. it's well known fact now, it was all th
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by whoisninja 6y ago
also what Linux and Bitcoin have in common that Bill Gates always will try to ignore is open-source software. It's inevitable, environmentalists can try killing Bitcoin - go for it. No one is stopping you.
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by whoisninja 6y ago
you're asking or deciding? if you know for sure, even then it doesn't matter if Bill Gates agrees or disagrees with you?
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by whoisninja 6y ago
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html
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by whoisninja 6y ago
i never said that, i just said it doesn't matter what these people say. think for yourself. If you believe Bitcoin pollutes the environment, fine by me - i have no issue.
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by whoisninja 6y ago
these people had fiduciary duties to make money for their investors. they've only lived in that world their entire life. It doesn't matter what they say about things. Read, learn and make your own conclusions if you will. and as L
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by whoisninja 6y ago
Steve Balmer and Bill also used to call Linux a cancer but look now: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-07/hackers-b... their OS filled with malicious stuff and who knows what kind of backdoors i
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by whoisninja 6y ago
depends what you mean by "Fed uses" as blanket term TIPS use CPI like a lot of other things in bond math: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_tips_glan...
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by whoisninja 6y ago
https://www.lynalden.com/november-2020-newsletter/
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by whoisninja 6y ago
agreed because housing/RE is also used for speculation/investment and not just utility what portion of valuation is utility in what point in time is hard to tell
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by whoisninja 6y ago
good point man
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by whoisninja 6y ago
ah, i mean it is still ok to try to read arguments of both sides ... it's not like Hayek or people like us know it all
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by whoisninja 6y ago
do you realize all the calculations use CPI? the bond market is highly manipulated because of that, why have a market then? why are retail accounts in germany, netherland already negative rates? does that make sense to you? can banks make
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by whoisninja 6y ago
of course Mr. Selgin is influenced by Hayek, probably worth a read. thanks for sharing
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by whoisninja 6y ago
there's this also: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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by whoisninja 6y ago
Keynesian economics kool-aid, all the Phd Econ guys worship guy who had done some really shady stuff in his life. Nobel prize in economics was started by Sveriges riksbank in 1968, just to perpetuate same ideaologies. Shady af.
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by whoisninja 6y ago
CPI is a joke, they do something called hedonic adjustments to things like tech products etc. It's completely subjective and BS. Technology is deflationary, things should get cheaper because we go after producing them in creative ways
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by whoisninja 6y ago
read this if you want to help yourself: https://www.coindesk.com/the-last-word-on-bitcoins-energy-co...

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