patricius

6 ms·

1.
by patricius 2y ago
New to Bitcoin, I guess?
2.
by patricius 2y ago
I will, once again, bring your attention to hashql, which is so pleasant to use. It's so minimal that it is almost more a pattern than a library. Try it out as an alternative to graphql if you are mainly querying a SQL database anyhow
3.
by patricius 2y ago
I think it comes down to, if you read the history of the American Medical Association, that some doctors simply didn’t like a free market pushing down prices for their services.
4.
by patricius 3y ago
No, not something better designed. Something augmenting Bitcoin to make it cheaper to transact while maintaining a base layer for final settlement that is secure and decentralized. You leave out other characteristics that make Bitcoin an at
5.
by patricius 3y ago
The miners pay for the power, and they believe it is not a waste to do so.
6.
by patricius 3y ago
What you call inefficiency (I guess in terms of power consumption) is a misuse of the term in a world where value is subjective. It is efficient and necessary for the use case and value it provides. You can argue it is ineffecient compared
7.
by patricius 3y ago
Maybe Lightning Network will scale, maybe not. But VISA or Mastercard could build on top of Bitcoin and allow many more transactions than the base layer does. You would use the base layer for final settlements. Already now you can get a VIS
8.
by patricius 3y ago
Value is subjective, so it is by definition wrong to say that something is objectively a waste. It depends on who you ask.
9.
by patricius 3y ago
Your first mistake is assuming that the power used to secure the Bitcoin network is a waste. It is clearly not, since thousands of people believe it is worth paying for. The second error is implicitly assuming that the number of people Bitc
10.
by patricius 3y ago
Really deep analysis. Thanks!
11.
by patricius 3y ago
I know I’m welcome to escape the plantation, thanks. Still doesn’t make slavery right though.
12.
by patricius 3y ago
The same way that ransom is the fee you have to pay for the privilege for someone to stay alive? What more do I need? I just need the world to get rid of extortion.
13.
by patricius 3y ago
He means that there is no good argument for getting the money needed for the things you mentioned through taxes, since taxes are theft.
14.
by patricius 4y ago
Use fzf for file navigation and perhaps vim-vinegar. When you open Vim, use :cd to change to your project directory and you’re ready. Use :term to start stuff, e.g., a local web server or whatever. Use fzf to navigate between open buffers.
15.
PostgreSQL Sessions in Vim(github.com)
51 points by patricius 4y ago|7 comments
16.
by patricius 4y ago
There was no lag. You just didn’t see dramatic price increases in consumer goods. But you saw substantial increases in the price of stocks and real estate for instance. Also in healthcare and education. Now new money is being spent on consu
17.
by patricius 4y ago
There is an option to close the terminal buffer when the terminal process exits, e.g., `:term ++close <cmd>`
18.
by patricius 4y ago
Better than :term in Vim 8? How so?
19.
by patricius 5y ago
Right. We could choose not to buy from them, helping them stay in poverty. That's always an option.
20.
by patricius 5y ago
... or fractional reserve banking
21.
by patricius 5y ago
When Austrians talk about inflation, they specifically mean an increase in the money supply. They also mean this today. You said in your original post that for a cryptocurrency to be inflationary/deflationary, it needs a governing bo
22.
by patricius 5y ago
Before suggesting somebody read an introduction to economics to learn about inflation, please try to take a deeper look into what inflation really is: > Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, m
23.
by patricius 5y ago
Inflation is not price level. It is increase in the money supply. An increasing price level is the result of inflation. By definition gold is inflationary since its supply continues to increase.
24.
by patricius 5y ago
Well, not exactly. For instance, if you see gold as money, it is inflationary because of its increasing supply, which is not decided by a governing body, but by the supply created by gold mining. Bitcoin adjusts its supply automatically and
25.
by patricius 5y ago
Vim's :term command has become my go-to way to open up a terminal nowadays. It gives you nice terminal emulation, but also lets you stay in Vim and use all the Vim keyboard mappings. When a terminal window has focus, you can go into No
26.
by patricius 6y ago
Would Zig be considered suitable for application programming? Or for programming a web API over HTTP? Or is it mostly suited for low-level programming?
27.
by patricius 6y ago
What should happen for you to say that Bitcoin has taken off?
28.
by patricius 6y ago
It is what people values it to be. We cannot define it to be a particular thing. Some people see it as digital gold. Other people sees it as a type of money.
29.
by patricius 6y ago
There are practical reasons that getting rid of currency - or money I assume you mean - is a bad idea. It would be much more difficult to exchange goods and services if we had to barter for instance. But perhaps you have some alternative in
30.
by patricius 6y ago
Increasing prices can be seen in several places, most visible of all, the stock market. CPI is not necessarily a sure indicator of an expanding money and credit supply.

More ›