fcolas

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by fcolas 7y ago
> Unfortunately people are not 100% trustable, devices are not 100% secure and code is not 100% perfect. - which is actually why you use crypto. > If someone steals my credit number, I will likely not be on the hook for the money and
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by fcolas 7y ago
+1
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by fcolas 7y ago
You're right that timing is key, however: >> Crypto = Trust (100%) << which is why (in my viewpoint) it matters a great deal, and there's just no way back. Trust is required for monetary exchange, but not only. It also
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by fcolas 7y ago
@southbaybox, I've seen a similar issue a few months back: . https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19126301 (2019-02-08, crypto-currencies) For a few years I worked on a startup that aimed to address fraud management in
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by fcolas 7y ago
- How did you guys scale that much w/o a bootloader before? That's what I don't get. All the design patterns are those of Unix. You boot the kernel with a ... bootloader. Then you've the kernel with all the system's
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by fcolas 7y ago
I have a dataset management mechanism (delete, copy, duplicate, etc.) where dataset attributes are tagged as PII (personally identifiable information), and where generic filters are then applied to obfuscate PII for datasets that'll be
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by fcolas 7y ago
+1, tomasdpinho. Yes to everything, and notably the queues everywhere, versioning the models, and the issue to mix sync and async (go for queues). As a scientist designing risk management systems, I also like to: . avoid moving the data; .
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by fcolas 8y ago
Nice read. And a related reading is "how we impersonate users" [1] by eager.io (not related to them). I particularly like their sudo-button--smart [1] https://eager.io/blog/how-we-impersonate-users/
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by fcolas 8y ago
Didn't know that one. Powerful. Thanks!
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by fcolas 8y ago
Nice article; thanks. * * * . Tesla claims: A 40% crash rate reduction with the autopilot as compared to no autopilot, over an 18 month period [1]. . If this is true—and we could imagine it is (at least partially?)—then Elon's remark
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by fcolas 8y ago
Yes, I read something like that too :-) It's definitively not clearly mentioned and we could (still) qualify the procedure as 'obscur'. Though the same would hold for France- or Delaware-based comps. Generally: - on boarding
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by fcolas 8y ago
Ok And back to LHV, I've seen the PayPal account verification deposit (two payments of a few cents made to one's account) appear extremely fast on the account—I think it was less than one hour.
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by fcolas 8y ago
I'm within the 1st year of e-residency + incorporation. Here're a few of my experiences. 1. Setup is not as straightforward as they claim, but it's still quite easy. It compares well to what I've seen in France (LegalSta
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by fcolas 8y ago
+1 A bit of back and forth for the KYC process, but the onboarding process and the team are quite good and to the point.
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by fcolas 8y ago
LHV is for the merchant account, it's needed for EveryPay. Their price structure is not fully pay as you go: - there're no setup fees; but - there's a fixed monthly fee—a so called terminal fee of 20EUR; and - then there&#x27