jamespitts

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by jamespitts 2y ago
A better way to look at this kind of product would be: TV with an API. Now apply this orientation to any device which you would connect to the TV with an API. Speakers with an API. DVD player with an API. Device to interact with my Apple TV
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by jamespitts 5y ago
Cryptocurrencies are a divisive issue, perhaps stemming from our overly-strong preferences, biases, and prejudices.
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by jamespitts 5y ago
I have been participating in the Ethereum community for many years and I agree that there is a widespread belief that decentralized tech and economies run on smart contracts can substantively address social problems. Additionally, in the wi
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by jamespitts 5y ago
Here is more information about current NFT-related standardization efforts in the Ethereum community: https://www.nftstandards.wtf/ Discussions about proposals & implementations are happening here: https://et
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by jamespitts 5y ago
There will always be people who choose a field for success, and they are more likely to flee when it seems unsuccessful. I was once connected with someone who was just getting started in his career. He was entering the tech industry as a so
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by jamespitts 6y ago
> The copy of a digital image is 1:1 with the original. Not in the case of an NFT. Accompanying the image data is a cryptographically-enforced means to assign control to a user / key holder. This control is either over a single, uni
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by jamespitts 6y ago
I should also add two more important pieces to this: 1. In-person meetings and real-time calls have been a major part of the work. There is an agenda and very good notes are taken during these sessions ( https://github.com/et
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by jamespitts 6y ago
You're welcome! I've only played a small part in this amazing phenomenon, mainly DevOps and community-organizing. But it has been amazing to do anything to help.
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by jamespitts 6y ago
I can't agree with this essay more. In the early days of the Ethereum community a lot of open coordination was done on reddit and a threaded forum hosted on Vanilla Forums. Initially for privacy and convenience, Skype, gitter, Discord,
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by jamespitts 6y ago
Congrats1 This was always a dream of mine to get to this with raptfm. Definitely consider creating a preset which positions the users around an object or in relation to each other when they first arrive, e.g. "conference meeting table&
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by jamespitts 6y ago
I see a lot more housing options ahead.
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by jamespitts 6y ago
Even though many of us understand the issues around pseudonymity in our various tech and gamer scenes, this is a generational flash-point in general society.
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by jamespitts 6y ago
During the 2008-9 crisis I learned that the failures and responses could be understood in the context of mass computational problems. Before a crisis, the system moves along w/o having to fully process everything; this is because a low
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by jamespitts 7y ago
Perhaps one reason is competitive differentiation. When everyone is carrying the same generic items, price becomes the main factor. Liquor stores generally fight in that space. For neighborhood grocery stores, eye-catching and better qualit
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by jamespitts 7y ago
Relevant Tweet by Denis Rystsov, author of "CASPaxos: Replicated State Machines without logs": https://twitter.com/rystsov/status/1118201415577419776
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by jamespitts 7y ago
It won't be the ugliest color for long. This choice will have unintended consequences.
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by jamespitts 7y ago
Rather than focus on the dollar stores, the city should focus on itself and its role in the problem. The structure of the street, zoning, parking requirements, vast distances between living places and stores, etc. are key to the existence o
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by jamespitts 7y ago
The properties of the general medium and of exchanges themselves would provide value if built upon. At the core of of the value proposition is the value derived from more efficient human coordination. - Giving certainty about the properties
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by jamespitts 7y ago
Answering why is up to you, the builder; differentiation is key to why 0x has created this protocol. "Tokens" can be a special kind of object which can be "exchanged" for other kinds of objects. It is not always about pu
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by jamespitts 7y ago
This is why I love Taiwan, so many interesting shops. Small store size, walkable streets and alleyways, cheap rent, not many rules about what you can do. People will take care of the rest.
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by jamespitts 7y ago
This is a classic case of what happens when key parts of doing business have a low-cost and low barrier to entry. Diversity and interestingness take hold.
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Livestream from the RadicalxChange Conference in Detroit(youtube.com)
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by jamespitts 8y ago
Comparing Electron to Flash in this way brings in the reader's mind other considerations than performance, primarily closed source and security vulnerabilities. It is a misrepresentation, perhaps unintentional. The article should be en
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by jamespitts 8y ago
I respect this perspective about non-military origins of the internet, and perhaps it is true in the context of "ARPANET as a separate effort than the Internet". However, the motivations driving the development of this technology
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by jamespitts 8y ago
The author of the article mis-represents a goal or rationale behind reducing the block reward: > This new update reduces the mining reward from 3 ETH to 2 ETH which will reduce the yearly inflation of the coin. The goal of this is ultima
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by jamespitts 8y ago
Board members have a different level of culpability than the management at the firms which they help govern, due to the kinds of decisions they are commissioned to make and the information they have access to. Board members may also find th
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by jamespitts 8y ago
The author decries that governance and tragedies of the commons are for inert resources. This is not the case, but perhaps this thinking pervades software projects. We can learn from Elinor Ostrom's economics work, as well as from Chri
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by jamespitts 8y ago
This is thorough and useful research, thanks for posting it here. Too often people weigh in without reviewing the relevant material. I have X-Posted it to https://www.reddit.com/r/ethlaw/comments/8hpjbx/i
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by jamespitts 8y ago
A classic read! With smart contracts and other decentralized tech, the nature of the firm and it relationship with stakeholders is about to be utterly transformed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_firm
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by jamespitts 9y ago
I see it in effect there now already; people are buying and carrying around these collapsable silicone cups and cute cloth cup-holder things. Like a lot of things in Taiwan (particularly if related to food), it seems to have gotten trendy.

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