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by zadler 5y ago
I never agreed to this insane 4 factor authentication. I feel like google has locked me out just to reduce costs on its end.
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by zadler 5y ago
Tried to log into an old gmail account recently. Did not have access to associated phone number. * gave correct password * gave correct secret question response * have access to backup email address “Thank you for verifying that you have ac
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by zadler 5y ago
Still, it’s hard to justify a grouse signaling a coming death by sitting on top of a house. That is magic to us at this point and such a tale would usually be met with skepticism. The things about the weather I don’t have much of a problem
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by zadler 5y ago
It’s low but the risk of smoking one a day isn’t 1/10 of smoking 10 a day, it’s probably much higher. https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.j5855
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by zadler 5y ago
> NFTs are insane With any luck, NFTs and crypto in general might reduce this kind of investment in property. They might turn out to be a better place to park excess cash.
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by zadler 6y ago
It’s a bit confusing and wildly misleading if that’s the case. The article uses the word “regenerate” quite freely, but the scientific language is “agenesis” I.e. it wasn’t there in the first place. And of course the title “lost teeth” fa
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by zadler 6y ago
Summary: new method of ftl travel proposed that does not require exotic negative energy source. However requires orders of magnitude more energy than provided by a nuclear power plant, methods to reduce this have been proposed.
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by zadler 6y ago
That’s missing the point. You could have said the same thing about the internet. But we are not collectively making this decision based on politics, the market has decided that crypto is valuable.
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by zadler 6y ago
Crypto is well beyond escape velocity by now. That ship has sailed. It’s a shame that here on HN, people who might be useful in making some estimations of where it might take us are all tied up arguing over whether or not it’a the right sol
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by zadler 6y ago
I’m tired of this argument that “this is not decentralized”. It is meaningfully decentralized in multiple ways: * there is no legal entity representing the Ethereum blockchain because it is decentralized * the correct chain is not dictated
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by zadler 6y ago
> Without expending a finite resource to produce another, you can't constrain a money supply nor prevent it from attacks. Correct, but it doesn’t have to be energy intensive. Bitcoin /could/ move to proof of stake, technic
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by zadler 6y ago
Unfortunately for naysayers, Ethereum or other blockchains will achieve cheap and long running dapps sooner or later.
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by zadler 6y ago
> “Blockchain” is a distributed technology created specifically for censorship resistance. No it isn’t. Blockchain is a merkle chain where order is defined by a consensus process. Your comment is the usual existential criticism that near
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by zadler 6y ago
Never say never.
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by zadler 6y ago
For the migration to be complete, there would need to be a coordination between the btc network and an eth contract to move the issuing of the remainder of the supply over to the contract. And an agreement of how the new units would be all
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by zadler 6y ago
I’d wager that only very progressive and liberal countries would have this degree of openness. Think Switzerland and Holland. Most countries will distribute their own apps (which may also spy on you) and/or use preferred technology par
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by zadler 6y ago
I’m not sure that needs to be a bad thing. I think the takeaway is that there’s good stress and bad stress. That was my conclusion anyhow; a little stress releases cortisol which is a steroid, too much causes burnout.
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by zadler 6y ago
A bank transaction never settles. Though unlikely, it is possible that quantum events may sporadically reverse the transaction. Both are probabilistic and highly unlikely.
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by zadler 6y ago
Why only healthy incentives? Could they not equally be unhealthy ones?
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by zadler 6y ago
How many people use it for payments is not the right metric, it’s not the payments that cost a lot of electricity it’s the competition to win block rewards where more energy means a higher chance of mining a block. Indirectly, if a lot of p
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by zadler 6y ago
That will also be solved, using chain collateralized actors in meat space. It’s already kind of happening, with projects finding ways to tokenize off chain assets like stocks and property.
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by zadler 6y ago
That would fit really well with their brand and current smartphone business. I wonder what they will do about the issue of people leaving the car dirty.
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by zadler 6y ago
I think that having multiple screens might use less cognitive resources than having virtual workspaces, since it is very natural to move your head / mouse whereas the workspace manager is a more high level construct.
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by zadler 6y ago
The key is that people in Latin American countries will use crypto to sidestep tax as well as capital controls. Whereas previously that was more difficult because of the lack of an alternative currency system on the internet.
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by zadler 6y ago
What are some good subsequent steps after the barely sociable vid?
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by zadler 6y ago
It’s amazing to me that The most popular display managers on Linux have this flaw. Perhaps there is a workaround involving switching to another tty?
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by zadler 6y ago
They wouldn’t, but they might still be considered to be running an exchange if they keep a centralized orderbook. So i don’t know how they will get around that.
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by zadler 6y ago
Bitcoin is challenging because sadly most wallets don’t support custom transactions like metamask does.
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by zadler 6y ago
Have I stepped into an alternate dimension where any Bitcoin thread on hacker news is not dominated by discussion of whether or not bitcoin is a fraud or even needed?
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by zadler 6y ago
At the moment this is true, however it is conceivable that tx fees could pay for the network in the future. At current prices, each tx would cost about 50 dollars to produce 125,000 dollars each block, as the block reward does today. This i

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