NikolaTesla

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by NikolaTesla 12y ago
It's free.
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by NikolaTesla 12y ago
Kind of reminds me of: Customer: "But using it, I'm loosing money on every purchase." Vendor: "Don't worry, buy more, you'll make it up on volume."
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Ask HN: Is current investing solely based on the greater fool theory?
1 points by NikolaTesla 12y ago|0 comments
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by NikolaTesla 12y ago
(Virtual) Downvote
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by NikolaTesla 12y ago
What "proof" do you have that they made "boatloads of money"?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
I think the real benefit of sites like this are accountability and historic research. Having the ability to see what has been omitted or taken down is far more interesting.
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
This takes pretentiousness to an entirely new level. But I'm sure they'd say I'm just a "hick" that doesn't "get it".
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
I think what is missing or lost in all of these Bitcoin articles is they are reaction to a fatally flawed central banking system. Of course, anyone who says things like that is immediately labelled a gold bug or belonging to the tin-foil h
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Gold can be a currency, called a commodity currency, not a fiat currency.
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
> Any currency that isn't backed by (value derived from) a hard asset is a fiat currency. (I'm not a gold bug, I could care less about gold, if gold offends, substitute some other tangible commodity) That's my point that B
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
When you say prevailing wisdom, are you referring to the prevailing wisdom from the Keynesian viewpoint? What would be an example of the "wide range of issues" that policy-controlled inflation helps prevent?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
If mining additional Bitcoins at present is not economically viable than Bitcoins are not (currently) a fiat currency. The cost for the fed to increase the money supply is $0, the cost to produce a Bitcoin is equal to the cost of the hardw
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Agreed on your first point. (no sarcasm intended) Are you saying that a currency that cannot be controlled (e.g. the money supply controlled by something like a federal reserve) is more dangerous than one that is?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Interesting that the mere mention of "fiat currency" invokes tin-foil hat. Whether Bitcoins can survive the volatility is indeterminate. If it does survive, however, and becomes an alternative to (avert your eyes) fiat currencie
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Can you imagine how much self awareness folks will have when everyone can switch on their wearable device and record it live in HD?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
The real danger of Bitcoins is not its volatility, but its potential to illustrate the downside of all fiat based currency when compared with something like Bitcoins whose money supply does not fluctuate based upon the needs of a few. If th
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
What did you use to create your gif screencasts?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
All I want is a tablet that has the line fidelity of a pen or pencil, not a crayon. If I can record my writing/drawing with voice-over, even better.
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Show HN: What is CommonJS in relation to node and how do I use it?(irlnathan.github.io)
2 points by NikolaTesla 13y ago|0 comments
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
I would say it's a euphemism for debasing just enough to keep a small minority enriched without the masses discovering it via overt price inflation and/or without the masses outside the US realizing that the value of their goods a
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Agreed...it's the ultimate lottery ticket...what a brilliant writer!
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Show HN: Create a restful json api in less than 15 seconds.(irlnathan.github.io)
2 points by NikolaTesla 13y ago|0 comments
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Thanks for the AC shout out, so few appreciate me anymore.
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
I don't see it. Looks like a fairly typical website template.
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
First, it looks great. When I went to install the app the permissions were kind of onerous: Modify your contacts, Read phone status and identity, reroute outgoing calls, etc. Can you give some color as to why these are necessary?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
So true. As often as it's used, I'm not sure that there's a real consensus on what it means.
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
Is it enough to know one of for the backend and frontend or do you have to have a broader list of expertise?
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Ask HN: How would you define a full stack developer?
1 points by NikolaTesla 13y ago|6 comments
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
How is this any different than the current monetary system? Bitcoin is no panacea, but I would first ask the same questions of why we ‘stick our head in the sand’ with regard to the worldwide fiat system?
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by NikolaTesla 13y ago
I have to respectfully disagree with your approach.

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