leishman

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We replaced our ledger with two functions(river.com)
16 points by leishman 27d ago|0 comments
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by leishman 1mo ago
I don't understand why Github hasn't solved this problem with pricing updates. My understanding is they are getting hammered with LLM generated code growing their traffic by over an order of magnitude. So why not rate limit non-pa
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by leishman 1mo ago
> Github’s servers are constantly on fire as their usage increased something like 50x due to LLM sloppers pushing large amounts of trash code Which means they have a pricing problem. Rate limit non-paying users.
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Time Lock Encryption Oracle(timelock.sh)
4 points by leishman 4mo ago|1 comments
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by leishman 4mo ago
Time lock encryption oracle that never sees your files and can be used in the browser or terminal with nothing to install (only curl and openssl needed). File encryption format is compatible across both browser and terminal.
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by leishman 5mo ago
River | Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI) | SF or NYC or REMOTE (US, Europe, South America) | Full-Time | $150K-$250K + equity | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/river?utm_source=Zp9nJyqvd4 I'm Alex, founder
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by leishman 6mo ago
River | Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI) | SF or NYC or REMOTE (US, Europe, South America) | Full-Time | $150K-$250K + equity | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/river I'm Alex, founder and CEO of River. I a
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by leishman 8mo ago
What’s controversial is that EU rules force censorship.
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by leishman 1y ago
I'd recommend Obscura because it uses Wireguard over QUIC and it pretty good at avoiding these blocks. It's also open source.
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by leishman 2y ago
Would you agree it’s strictly better than a single provider?
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by leishman 2y ago
There is no perfect solution, but I would argue that a blind relay is very clearly strictly better than the alternative.
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by leishman 2y ago
Actually the top talent wants to work at a company that regularly fires the bottom performers
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by leishman 2y ago
>Satoshi ninja-mined in the beginning for themselves completely and provably false
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by leishman 2y ago
> This comment is peculiar - among technologists, for years the common refrain I’ve heard is “Bitcoin makes no sense but the underlying block chain ideas are very useful”. That's because they have no idea what they're talking a
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by leishman 2y ago
one reason it's better money than Gold, there are no industrial supply/demand dynamics impacting its price. It's pure monetary premium
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by leishman 2y ago
Network effect, first-mover advantage, and fair launch that did not pre-mine coins for insiders. It's the only "pure" one because it was first and honest.
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by leishman 2y ago
stablecoins are useful but you don't really need a blockchain. you just need enough of a rube-goldberg machine to claim it's "decentralized". The most popular "blockchain" for stablecoins is Tron, if that tells
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by leishman 2y ago
There is a general purpose ledger for business. It's called a SQL database
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by leishman 2y ago
If tokenization requires a trusted party to issue the tokens (think stocks) then no blockchain is needed
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by leishman 2y ago
"We do have a lot of interest in blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies. We believe its application to a number of other uses besides crypto will make capital markets more efficient, and we’ve been actively involved in rese
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by leishman 2y ago
Postgres 17 tremendously improves vacuum performance
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by leishman 2y ago
> but I'm really confused as to why they always choose the most random obscure bank. Why not partner with a major bank. Because major banks won't support startups looking to compete with them. Why would JPM, BoA, etc. service M
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by leishman 2y ago
This is why I love Phoenix/Elixir. You get all of this by default for free.
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by leishman 2y ago
River | https://river.com | Remote, SF, NY | Full Time River is a client-focused Bitcoin financial institution committed to empowering the long term investor. We focus on providing industry-leading security, robust financial ser
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by leishman 3y ago
Neither Uber nor Wework were financial institutions with consumer deposits they were funneling away to a slush fund.
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by leishman 3y ago
It’s because of cheap money flowing into Wall Street. The negative impact of ZIRP has only started to be felt.
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by leishman 3y ago
“There are no public metrics on how many people use Lightning, so critics point at metrics such as node count, channels, and capacity, which have plateaued over the past year and thus give a false impression that Lightning's adoption m
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The Lightning Network Grew by 1212% in 2 Years [pdf](river.com)
5 points by leishman 3y ago|1 comments
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by leishman 3y ago
Both Dallas and Houston are completely unwalkable, so you’d still need a car or Uber when you arrive.
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by leishman 3y ago
Yeah it was basically useless for an Elixir project I was working on. That will probably change at some point I’m sure.

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