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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
From the article: "It is worse that Germans possess an inherent distrust of Silicon Valley firms so asking them to speak into a phone while you’re wearing earphones is an invitation for abuse." Is this true? I've never been t
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
That's an uncharitable interpretation of OP's point of view. I interpreted OP as saying something like: these people obviously can't afford to live where they are now, they don't have an reasonable expectation of being a
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Can they afford not to move?
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
You realize he wasn't saying everyone should move to Lincoln, right? There are hundreds of other potential places these people could move.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I used to work for a hedge fund. Now I'm in a different industry. While many individuals at the fund were interested in cryptocurrencies, they weren't going to put client money there. In order for pension funds to invest in crypto
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
The SEC isn't going to let them be used to bypass regulation.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Here's a WSJ article from today that makes a similar claim. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-force-behind-bitcoins-meteo... Edit: Also, I don't think the closure of the Chinese exchanges matters much since th
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I don't know what the reasons for the rise are, but I bet it's largely driven by Chinese investors/speculators rather than anything happening in the US, but I think that is reported on less because it is not very visible if y
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Maybe some HN reader who is more familiar with quantum computing can help me answer this question: how broadly applicable is quantum computing? I know that it breaks some forms of cryptography and reduces the security of others, but aside f
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I've been wondering this too. Its price is obviously not supported by anything, but that was always the case. My bet is the price naturally starts to come down as someone with lots of bitcoins tries to cash out, then others panic tryin
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What's College Good For?(theatlantic.com)
3 points by workthrowaway27 9y ago|0 comments
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
No, they just serve as a central point to match buyers and sellers so the buyers and sellers don't have to find each other themselves. They aren't making a market but they do get clearing fees.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
It's not really hypocrisy. There's money to made by clearing futures and some of the banks want that money. What's being traded doesn't really matter.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Some questions: 1. Why is trustless computing important? 2. What does trustless computing allow us to do that we can't/won't do now at a comparable or lesser cost? 3. What evidence do you have that anyone cares about trustles
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
> Secondly, unlike companies, cryptocurrencies can never* go bankrupt. They cannot be shut down by any single government. There will always be developers with machines somewhere willing to mine coins. Here's one way cryptocurrencies
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
If you assume that a bubble starts and ends at the same place[0] then a bubble just serves to transfer wealth from one group of people to another. If you think you know something that allows you to be on the receiving end, great, you might
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
His point is that Bitcoin/the blockchain doesn't enable any new applications that people care about[0], while it was obvious to everyone at the time that the internet enabled all sorts of new businesses. He's not claiming Bit
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Implicit in Bitcoin's price is the assumption that the US government will continue tolerating BTC and allow easy conversion of BTC to USD. So much for a safe haven asset.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
What's the issue with this exactly? The models are getting paid. Presumably no one is compelled to work as a hired model at one of these events.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I always heard no one ever gets promoted at the holiday party, but plenty of people get fired. So I show up early, have two drinks, say hi, and leave before doing anything regrettable.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
If they're both going to go out of business by cutting prices then the prices are already at fair market value.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
You're getting downvoted because the comment you're disagreeing with literally says "except weekends".
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, since your answer is correct.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I do wonder how future employers will view working at a lot of these companies in the future once the hype is gone and they're out of business (not just confined to blockchain/cryptocurrency stuff). Right now it's easy to fin
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
C is for sure. You can avoid most of this in C++ by using the standard library and some of the newer language features.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
I think a lot of the broad criticism of C++ is from people who don't use it professionally and have a superficial understanding of it. Professionals usually have specific criticisms of C++ (based on actual problems) which non-professio
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
Thanks, I'll give it a try. I have a 6S as well.
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
That's not an example of a market inefficiency. It's an example of Amazon having a structural advantage that allows it to be profitable at a lower cost to consumers.
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Ask HN: What is going on at Apple?
16 points by workthrowaway27 9y ago|11 comments
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by workthrowaway27 9y ago
This is probably the most correct answer.

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