nmj

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Why renaming Git’s master branch is a terrible idea(felipec.wordpress.com)
27 points by nmj 6y ago|8 comments
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by nmj 9y ago
For the same reason we do not make bigger cars when we want to go to space.
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by nmj 9y ago
You managed to cram so much wrong into a post it's unbelievable. Let's start with your 'off by one' address scare tactic. Bitcoin addresses contain a built-in check code, so it's generally not possible to send Bitco
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by nmj 9y ago
What are your dollars but numbers being added and subtracted in a database? Things have value because people assign them value. There isn't some magical property that makes the trust in US government more legitimate than trust in math
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by nmj 9y ago
Guess what has to happen to maintain or increase value transfer when you have reached a limit on blocksize. Ding ding ding! You guessed it! The price must rise. The utility has not degraded and just looking at 'number of transactions&#
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by nmj 9y ago
Nah, there are still just 21 million bitcoin. Nice try though.
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by nmj 9y ago
I'm so tired of this uninformed critique. How do you propose we increase throughput on a competitive space without compromising the byzantine fault tolerance of the bitcoin network? Go on, I'll wait. It isn't just 'make
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by nmj 9y ago
The amount of tether doesn't even come close to accounting for the upward price movement.
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by nmj 9y ago
If you believe USD will maintain its value (which historically it hasn't) and that banks will not steal your money (which historically they have), then why even use Bitcoin. You're arguing the wrong points, it's not about who
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by nmj 9y ago
You can easily be confirmed within approximately 10 minutes (the fastest possible time) for about $4 USD. The volume of Bitcoin (on chain) and competition to enter a block is healthy. It is nowhere near $100.
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by nmj 9y ago
What? It's a buyer seller market. By your terrible logic markets are pyramid schemes. This is upvoted?
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by nmj 9y ago
The utility has gone down? Bitcoin utility hasn't gone down it has had many additional features built into it but the utility has not changed. The fact that this is upvoted so high really shows the number of people who truly lack an un
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by nmj 11y ago
Your understanding is incorrect.
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by nmj 11y ago
Kind of sick of hearing government officials saying encryption is evil. This stance is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.
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by nmj 11y ago
You trust violence more than mathematical improbability? Okay.
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by nmj 11y ago
You're thinking small. Imagine a world where there aren't parasitic entities littered throughout a process. Imagine a world where I do not need to trust any third parties in order to exchange any sort of value. Imagine a world whe
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by nmj 11y ago
> Here's an example of a really bad use of "sizeof" that doesn't have the parenthesis around the argument: sizeof(*p)->member. Quite frankly, if you do this, you should be shot. Good ol' Linus
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by nmj 11y ago
Johnson also pushed back on the tech industry’s demand for greater encryption, saying that it hinders the government’s ability to detect criminal activity. The trend toward deeper encryption is an issue that “presents real challenges to th
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by nmj 12y ago
Hijacking the left and right arrow keys turns filling out forms into a frustrating experience.
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by nmj 12y ago
The anonymity aspects of bitcoin could result in more fraudsters getting away with fraud. Ignorance creates comments like this. Bitcoin transactions are not reversible, you have zero opportunity for fraud as a buyer.
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by nmj 12y ago
Wrong. Buy/sell spread is zero, research before you speak.