Igelau

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by Igelau 5y ago
I thought the article did a fairly good job pointing out: - The only applications anyone is implementing on progcoins are exchanges and/or gambling. So far, dApps are a circular argument. - Smart contracts aren't so smart. They ar
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by Igelau 5y ago
The guy just needed an outlet to talk about his piles. Hemorrhoids can be an embarrassing topic, so he wore a mask.
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by Igelau 5y ago
Nature's beautiful garbage disposal. Botulism. Anthrax. Vultures don't care.
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by Igelau 5y ago
Mine is Universal Paperclips, except it makes engagement statistics instead of paperclips.
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by Igelau 5y ago
You just don't understand the Metav3rse.
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by Igelau 5y ago
It's sort of weird to have watched the target demographic switch from college kids to everyone's older aunts and uncles. We went from "you should know better than to post that picture" to "you should know better tha
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by Igelau 5y ago
Because we can only wager hazy guesses as to what it means to experience. If a line is to be drawn, than it must be drawn in seemingly inconsistent and arbitrary ways. There is a mimosa in a garden near me that will close its leaves when yo
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by Igelau 5y ago
Eric Weinstein says some crazy stuff, but I remember hearing him once say that the best debate strategy for Republicans would be to mention the "noo-kyoo-lar" family, and let them correct you to "nuclear". Then you win b
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by Igelau 5y ago
Maybe. I'm not sure how you'd measure the benefit otherwise though. If you're going to compare apples to oranges (or deer road collisions to wolf predation of livestock), dollars is one of the ways you can.
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by Igelau 5y ago
> a wolf wrote it Don't be silly. That's clearly my grandmother.
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by Igelau 5y ago
> you don't need an SDK to do this Does the code for cross-checking who holds what NFT on what platform just materialize out of whole cloth? Does Eth not have an SDK? > and there is no need to have an agreed between both companie
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by Igelau 5y ago
> tribes around in Polynesia Please refrain from this sort of imperialist language. Refer to the particular nations and peoples by their real names, not a catch-all concocted by a Frenchman.
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by Igelau 5y ago
Get rich quick by writing get-rich-quick books
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by Igelau 5y ago
> without most of the tulip mania
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by Igelau 5y ago
> Distributed computing ... when there's a code complexity resource you need to optimize for That's not fun. That's work. From TFA: > Remember: The DAO — first of its kind, from which all present DAOs take their name —
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by Igelau 5y ago
> You don't need an integration at all: you just call the other company smart contract to see if the user has a specific type of equipment defined by an NFT. Uh, yeah... that's integration!
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by Igelau 5y ago
There's too much confusion of Utility with utility here.
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by Igelau 5y ago
> We can glue it back and use other mechanisms but it won't be exactly the same It will be harder to snap next time since wood glue bonds are usually stronger than the wood itself.
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by Igelau 5y ago
It's not a hotline for free therapy, and they only have the script/training for one circumstance. You don't blame your hammer if it doesn't saw very well.
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by Igelau 5y ago
100 Call them again 200 Get another dollar 300 Goto 100
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by Igelau 5y ago
> black turtleneck (very specific maker) Pretty sure that's Issey Miyaki. > They are the results of deliberate application and prioritization of optimizations -- evaluated by his personal criteria only, of course. You might thin
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by Igelau 5y ago
In other words, he won so hard on proving the existence of bad taste that he's not allowed to play anymore. This is a "pit boss asking you to leave the table for winning too much" moment.
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by Igelau 5y ago
That first sentence is unnecessary and stinks of mod-bait.
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by Igelau 5y ago
I'm picturing Steve Jobs on stage to make an industry-shaking announcement... in a turtleneck tucked into his mom jeans, and glaring white sneakers.
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by Igelau 5y ago
> rich tech folks writing about areas way outside of their expertise Even if you were right, the majority of canonical art history comes down to how rich people are spending their money.
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by Igelau 5y ago
> My theory is that people don’t believe good taste exists because most people have bad taste This breaks down pretty quickly outside of fine art criticism. If I put 20 people in a room and only one of them has dressed "in good tast
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by Igelau 5y ago
I felt like the real point of Nathaniel's dithering article was pointed out early: > reducing file sizes in a stylized way. I don't think we ever stop and actually consider what creative avenues are open to us in that regard. I
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by Igelau 5y ago
Yeah, that ocean example was a cherry-picked strawman set up like a bowling pin.
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by Igelau 5y ago
FWIW I love the app and have been using it a lot just because. I think the real value is that it presents a novel idea of considering image compression creatively.
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by Igelau 5y ago
Extreme example, but by pushing to the extreme we might illuminate something. Say you are born in Hawaii. One day you realize you can't afford to live in Hawaii. You're screwed.

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