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by merrickread 7y ago
We're only beginning to really understand Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and countless other cognitive states. So programs of this nature are wonderful to see — they create the opportunity to learn from and work with people who think diffe
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by merrickread 9y ago
This does a pretty good job of explaining the differences if you're curious: https://medium.com/@philippsandner/comparison-of-ethereum-hy...
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by merrickread 9y ago
Yes, right now it is completely a glorified database. It's always been a database. It's a different database. We're using it for compliant sharing of and collaboration on private information records between non trusting or
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by merrickread 9y ago
If you're into consensus algorithms take a look at Algorand: https://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/papers/gilad-algorand-... It has some novel approaches to node / data agreement. Also take a look at the
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by merrickread 9y ago
Couldn't agree more. We're using some blockchain technology to solve specific problems at my company. It's a part of our stack, but we don't mention blockchain unless someone specifically asks. Blockchain is sensationali
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by merrickread 9y ago
Solidity is just the first try. I built a couple projects and ideas with it - found it to be a very uncomfortable language. On the other hand you have Hyperledger, it's "contract" code is Go. Widely adopted language that was
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by merrickread 9y ago
I dream of seeing a "security first" development process adopted ..
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by merrickread 9y ago
yup, the vast majority of these unregulated ICO's are borderline fraud and stand only to hurt the ecosystem which they're trying to enrich. I expect there will be a heavy correction towards the end of 2017.
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by merrickread 10y ago
The hyperledger equivalent of ethereum's smart contracts is called chaincode. I'm playing around with it now - so far enjoying it much more than smart contracts. https://github.com/IBM-Blockchain/learn-chainco
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by merrickread 10y ago
I completely agree, it sounds like the forever present problem of wrong tool for the right job. However it offers the potential to approach problems in a fundamentally different manner. I find myself incredibly curious and fascinated with h
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Ask HN: Why is the community so negative towards blockchain technology?
86 points by merrickread 10y ago|95 comments
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by merrickread 10y ago
Turnstyle | Toronto | Senior Front End Engineer | Full Time & ON SITE | https://getturnstyle.com/careers We are looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer who is motivated to tackle building complex web applications. We ar
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by merrickread 10y ago
Amazing, we are using 5.0.x I'll see if that helps. Thank you!
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by merrickread 10y ago
We're in the process of harmonizing our entire team (9) to use Vagrant in a VirtualBox. For the most part it works, but we run into issues regarding VB memory consumption crashing machines. Minimum 8gb ram machine. Do you have any adv
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by merrickread 10y ago
The solution often lies in a good distraction
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by merrickread 10y ago
The bane of all work slack channels
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by merrickread 10y ago
It's almost November 2016 man, you can't do that anymore. Just Redux your Flux and make sure you transpile and compile your TypeScript before you deploy that micro service with a Makefile
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The mathematical model behind the greatest dick joke ever told(scribd.com)
1 points by merrickread 11y ago|0 comments
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by merrickread 11y ago
Last fall I went through a coding bootcamp in Toronto. It was 9 weeks of hard work sprinkled with lots of frustration and lots of feel good successes. A main takeaways I had was everyone comes in with a different background and everyone has
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by merrickread 11y ago
My Dad always tells me he flat out does not understand what I do. He respects it, knows it's challenging and fun, but just doesn't get it. I've sent this to him -- he's about 1/4 of the way through and thoroughly en
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by merrickread 11y ago
His style of writing that you find boring is exactly what has made him a great writer. The notion of conveying a powerful message or story as simply as possible is not an easy task, albeit seeming so.