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by pixie_ 9y ago
Stopping optimization, evolution, growth? Go outside and yell out, "Hey world, I'm good! You can stop evolving now, thanks!"
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by pixie_ 9y ago
When people say a phrase like that it implies that it happens often, not that people don’t leave for other reasons.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Crypto's value is derived from its usefulness as a currency. It has many advantages over current fiat systems. You can expect if it's practical adoption expands then it's value will go up.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
A bitcoin is as real as anything else. It's ones and zeros stored in a distributed ledger on computers around the world. I'm sorry you're having trouble predicting the price, look up supply and demand. Either way it doesn&#x2
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by pixie_ 9y ago
How is that different from any other asset? One day it can be valuable, the next it might not. It doesn't change the fact that it is immutable.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
When you put money into blackjack you're not buying an asset. A crypto coin is an asset that can be held. Just like a share of a company, or a dollar itself.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Wooo this is awesome! Robinhood gets it :) I already use Robinhood for trading, so this would be a one stop shop. Plus the fact that it integrates with TurboTax means there's zero work to pay taxes on trades. Keeping track of the taxes
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Visual programming is also very popular among engineers. All kinds of test, automation, are monitoring systems are built using LabVIEW.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Being able to 'find all references' of a variable, do a safe global rename, and 'go to definition' saves an immense amount of time. Not to mention preventing tons of run-time bugs which saves a ton of times having to fig
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by pixie_ 9y ago
For Go and/or C# lambda support would it be worth even running the garbage collector, or just allocating a block of memory and cleaning it up when the function ends? Side note I think that should be an option for web servers as well fo
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Yea sounds like you need all the CPU you can get. Good decision.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Different cryptos are not compatible with one another. And the value is each is determined by a myriad of intrinsic properties. At the moment I'd say LTC is the most attractive.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Keep in mind relatively we're still in the early days of crypto. Though it's not like fiat currencies are immune to crashes. Look at history.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
History has shown us that relying 'prudence of a central banker' is a really bad idea. Eventually shit hits the fan and they go on a spree printing money. The huge advance crypto has brought us is a solution to this very problem.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
'if people agreed it had value' - That is a big if, don't trivialize it. The value of a currency is dependent on a ton of the properties I listed above.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
I pay my friends for drinks in crypto, they pay me (usually ltc, ether, or doge). It's quick and easy with a wallet on your phone like Jaxx. No venmo, no paypal, no bank account necessary. I use crypto to store and exchange value today
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Tulips can be created by anyone with some dirt. Mineable crypto is super difficult to create yourself. Tulips are also hard to distinguish, difficult to transport, ephemeral. Understand that and you'll understand why most of your argum
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Mineable crypto is not fiat because it cannot be created or destroyed at will. That is what gives it value over a fiat currency. You don't have to worry about a central government devaluing it or inflating it artificially.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
If there were a bug found in a crypto currency, it could easily be worth zero the next day. The fact that the current blockchain design has withstood people trying to break it for so long gives the currency a greater value. Would you rather
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Crypto is already being used as a currency. And governments have no ability to depreciate it. I don't know what will happen next, but that is the reality today. What I do know is a lot of people find value in a currency that cannot be
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by pixie_ 9y ago
You make it sound like 'anything' could be a currency. When in reality finding a common medium of exchange is extremely difficult, and must meet a lot of the properties I listed above. In terms of 'currency technology'
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Which one of these properties of cryptocurrency is imaginary? Coins cant be faked or duplicated No one can create them at will They can be transmitted quickly/globally with low fees (excluding bitcoin of course) You can stor
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by pixie_ 9y ago
What about the people who bought new phones because of performance issues?
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by pixie_ 9y ago
What has been the most successful use of smart contracts so far?
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by pixie_ 9y ago
It's not just fun, it's really practical. Every time I have to wait days to transfer money between Robinhood, my bank, exchanges, etc.. I'm reminded of the value of crypto currency. Wire transfers and moving money internation
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Except those carefully designed URLs are often behind a client side RPC library. So what was the point of doing it REST style in the first place?
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by pixie_ 9y ago
It's often new employees fresh out of college who are the worst. They can be obsessed with doing things 'right', which you can't blame them because they have little experience. The internet tells them REST is right, so
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by pixie_ 9y ago
If I had a nickel for every time someone said "don't really understand REST".. often people who both think they understand it say it to each other. It's pretty funny. Guess what, we understand it fine, and we don'
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by pixie_ 9y ago
People treat the dissertation like it is a standard. It is nothing close to a standard. It is the source of a decade of time wasted bickering over it.
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by pixie_ 9y ago
Agreed I'm very much in favor of JSON body in, JSON response. The URL is just a way to hierarchically organize the endpoints. Just like in binary APIs where public methods are organized in classes and namespaces.

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