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by xapata 6y ago
> fundamental understanding From the tone of your statement, I think you meant mis-understanding. I'll add also a misunderstanding of macroeconomics and a rejection of empiricism. The cryptocurrency folks read a bit too much of vo
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by xapata 6y ago
> collusion It doesn't take 100% collusion, but certainly no more than 51%, and I've read speculation (though no proof) that less is sufficient. > middlemen A mining cartel can't edit a blockchain, but they can choose t
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by xapata 6y ago
I don't think that's reductionist. I think that's a reasonable statement. It is indeed hard for anything to be independent of government control, except perhaps in failed states. Which is sort-of the definition of a failed
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by xapata 6y ago
Or maybe the other way around. Don't just assert. Explain. From the article: > The whole idea of proof-of-work mining is broken the instant hardware comes out which is specialized for mining and useless for general computation bec
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by xapata 6y ago
Since Bitcoin transactions are enabled only by spending electricity, isn't the whole system dependent on utility companies, which are either in part or in whole extensions of the government?
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by xapata 6y ago
That's good to hear. What about exchange controls? How do you see governments adjusting inflation with widespread international Bitcoin usage?
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by xapata 6y ago
> No VAT on bitcoin transactions Sounds like a defect in the technology to me. A good currency should be able to support the full range of social policies (like VAT). One of the problems of the Euro is not being able to inflate differen
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by xapata 6y ago
Not yet. I'm happy enough with my setup.
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by xapata 6y ago
I've had a better experience using Conda for just Python and Pip, and anything Pip doesn't handle as I wish, then using Pip for the bulk of the dependency tree. Pip's new resolver should make this even better.
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by xapata 6y ago
I've been using conda for quite some time, maybe version 0, I forget, and this has never happened to me. I hope you submitted an issue.
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by xapata 6y ago
Generally there's an outside source of funding that's not part of the field. Thus top scientists find themselves becoming "rainmakers" rather than doing research. You tell your staff to wear their white coats and glass
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by xapata 6y ago
Perhaps the issue is that the funding agency is not sophisticated enough to realize that there's no value, or more value elsewhere?
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by xapata 6y ago
You pointed to the duration of the bull run, I spoke of the general principle that bubbles can persist for quite some time. Why do we need to observe the (predicted) bubble's pop before agreeing that bubbles have varying timelines? T
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by xapata 6y ago
Now you're not even trying to engage in the logic of the conversation. I hoped for better in this forum.
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by xapata 6y ago
Quoting myself: "most". Therefore, the existence of a legal system does not refute the claim. One example: At times it seems there are more dogs in my neighborhood than humans, yet, I thankfully seldom see dog poop left on the gr
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by xapata 6y ago
I'm pretty sure most humans are nice to each other because they enjoy it and feel obligated to be nice, not for reward nor fear of punishment.
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by xapata 6y ago
For those of you following at home, the discount rate is correlated with the federal interest rate.
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by xapata 6y ago
Horse was probably too valuable to eat, unless expected to die imminently.
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by xapata 6y ago
I met an artist whose body of work consisted of citogenisis. He'd been at it for a decade when I met him, and had created at least a dozen fictional artists, detailed biographies, and a complete "retrospective" gallery show
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by xapata 6y ago
Market can stay irrational, yadda yadda.
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by xapata 6y ago
> no way to prove For a start, don't join Dad's company as VP when you're 22. Luckily, they don't need to prove quality, because wealth is a good enough proxy indicator for almost everyone. If you're talking a
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by xapata 6y ago
Don't change jobs for that. Same problem everywhere.
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by xapata 6y ago
> Do you anecdotally know someone who said "John is a son of a magnate who does nothing all day, he is so successful"? Yes, though they don't emphasize the doing-nothing. Further, it's easy for a wealthy person to ma
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by xapata 6y ago
> I don't think Sam Altman would consider such a person successful. Then we should first define "success" before continuing the conversation. I worry there might be a bit of a No True Scotsman problem, working backwards f
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by xapata 6y ago
That may be your experience, but sadly the average person likes the average content. It might be simply because they want to see and hear what's popular.
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by xapata 6y ago
Fails to account?! She mentioned the fact of non-substitutabiliy several times.
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by xapata 6y ago
Sounds like you didn't read the author's discussion of the brutality of the same peoples.
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by xapata 6y ago
The author seems frustrated by what he terms "The Fremen Mirage" and how often it appears in popular fiction. > The Fremen Mirage is a literary trope, unconnected to historical reality, which presents societies as a contrast be
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by xapata 6y ago
> the scientific model What you described isn't "the scientific model" but merely one flawed study. Science is the process of learning about the world. Scientific paradigms change. Right now we seem to have a statistica
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by xapata 6y ago
> I've also realized that networking is the only true "hack" in essence to get past the drudgery of coding interviews Good social skills are essential to managing a team. It's less a "hack" than just a sta

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