almostkorean

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by almostkorean 2y ago
Appreciate the explanation, this is something I should know by now but don't
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by almostkorean 2y ago
I had to check your post history to see if you are my coworker because we had the exact same experience.
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by almostkorean 3y ago
wow, I was still using the 2018 version of TAD and didn't realize they pushed updates in 2022. The 2018 version was still better than other tools I've tried, really happy with all the recent upgrades.
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by almostkorean 4y ago
My grandpa did the same thing when he was 72 years old. Applied for food services, worked in the cafeteria but did extra stuff like DJ a radio show, drove a shuttle, and gave tours. A couple weeks into his stay, my grandpa ended up being th
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Is there a database or something to lookup stats of car manufacturing failures? A family member of mine recently got a Model X and the back wheel came off while she was driving it on the highway. Never occurred to me that it might be an iss
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by almostkorean 4y ago
This article has nothing to do with how crypto exchanges make money. They make money from trading fees. Let's say your claim about wash trades is true, why wouldn't the exchange make money from those fake trades? To answer GPs que
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Rocket League is one of my all time favorite games because of this feeling. Also echo your feelings on the rank grind. After awhile I made a rule for myself that I would quit playing ranked after a total of two losses in a session.
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by almostkorean 4y ago
not a defi expert, but I think the most common way to do this is to use Aave: 1. borrow Tether 2. swap it for USDC (or stablecoin of choice) 3. wait for Tether to crash 4. pay off your Tether loan at a fraction of its original val
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by almostkorean 4y ago
You can convert your money to a USD pegged stablecoin instead of your local currency which is losing value at a faster rate. Plus easier to store and move large amounts IMO
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Stablecoins are popular in countries with hyperinflation
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by almostkorean 4y ago
> Marketplace is the only reason a lot of people still use the site. Do you have any data to back this claim?
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Completely agree, they make claims like this and I'm instantly turned off because it feels like they are lying to my face. I think they've set up a system that incentivizes long term storage (and possibly a better setup than IPFS)
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by almostkorean 4y ago
I was talking about Coinbase MPC wallet, where they have part of your private key. I think that's pretty far from back to square one, is it not? You still own your private keys but are trusting a centralized organization to keep the ot
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by almostkorean 4y ago
This is a huge UX issue for anyone that wants to self-custody. In the same spirit as the OP, people are working on solutions for this. Vitalik posted about it last year: https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/11&#
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by almostkorean 4y ago
I think automatically is not the best term here. I'm not an expert, but there are borrowing and lending protocols that let you borrow a large amount of their token pool as long as it is paid back within the same block (plus some fee).
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Pretty close, I'm guessing there are peer to peer lending platforms but typically you do it through a smart contract where assets are pooled together. So when you put your 10 BTC in the lending pool, you can only borrow up to ~80% of t
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Yep, I avoid mentioning specific names as much as possible so I don't come off as a maxi or a shill. Also very uncomfortable mentioning anything specific to friends because I don't want them to interpret it as financial advice or
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by almostkorean 4y ago
They have a one month old baby too
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Sorry, taxes comment was out of place. Just frustrated. The loans aren't interest free, they have a variable rate determined by supply and demand. For USDC its been pretty steady around 3%. There was a day or two last year where it spi
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Same here, I work for a web3 company and am so happy. Let it bleed
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by almostkorean 4y ago
Jesus, is the comment about dodging taxes necessary? For the record I paid a fuckton of taxes for my crypto transactions, it would be idiotic not to. Do you know why? I'm not sure if my wire transfer experience is uniquely bad, but I h
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by almostkorean 4y ago
You're coming from a BTC direction but you don't know what self custody means? Anyways, an example of what I would use stablecoins for: I expect the price of $TOKEN to go down so I swap it for USDC. While I'm waiting for $TOK
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by almostkorean 5y ago
If you were certain an NFT you were buying was not fraudulent and was created by the artist would you still think it's a shit way of supporting them? Is it bad that they have an additional way to make money on top of commissions, Patre
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by almostkorean 5y ago
Not what I was trying to say at all, I'm saying that NFT tech is good because the default option is that the artist gets royalties and this happens probably >95% of the time? I think I felt compelled to mention that people send it a
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by almostkorean 5y ago
Not sure what you mean exactly by commercial art pursuits? I'd say about 99% of NFT projects are garbage but I'm a fan of artblocks ( https://www.artblocks.io/ ). I can talk more about how the system works if you ar
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by almostkorean 5y ago
What makes it a shit way of supporting artists? I have seen some fraud like you describe, but I think it makes a lot of sense for digital only artists.
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by almostkorean 5y ago
Royalties are built into marketplace smart contracts. Individuals can do P2P trades where the artist doesn't receive any royalty but this doesn't happen very often. Anecdotally, it typically only happens on large deals and people
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by almostkorean 5y ago
No idea what the actual numbers look like, but I think I see your point and think that level of overreach is unlikely to happen in most scenarios. If the government could track cash as well as they could track crypto, should a business or i
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by almostkorean 5y ago
That is mostly correct and a big issue with crypto in its current state IMO. If government blocks your off-ramps, it's possible you could still sell via a bitcoin ATM or find someone to do an OTC trade but those are obviously not ideal
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by almostkorean 5y ago
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