qengho

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by qengho 8y ago
"There's no such thing as objective reality". We did an experiment to prove it, so it must be objectively true! In other news: "This sentence is false".
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by qengho 8y ago
You're screwed. Same thing happened to me. And it was because Stripe wasn't able to fraud-check orders at the time (don't know if they fraud-check orders now) and so some scammers were able to push my chargeback rate higher t
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by qengho 8y ago
Emacs, org-mode.
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by qengho 8y ago
This is great!
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by qengho 9y ago
Yes, for the sake of precision I should probably have used the term “PC” rather than “computer”. I thought the meaning was pretty clear from the phrase “handheld computer”. AsteroidOS looks very cool, thanks for the link. But a watch "
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by qengho 9y ago
Phones aren't PCs. They are crippled and locked-down devices. Of the ones that are capable of running a full Linux distro, I don't believe any are even close to the size of Noodle Pi. I'm not aware of any Linux wristwatch or
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by qengho 9y ago
Check out Noodle Pi – http://noodlepi.com It’s the world’s smallest and lightest handheld computer. And unlike most of these devices with tiny built-in keyboards, it features a modular docking system so you can dock it with a ra
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Noodle Pi – Linux Powered Modular PDA / Tablet(youtube.com)
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by qengho 9y ago
Taxation is theft.
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by qengho 9y ago
There were no "net neutrality" regulations in the US till 2015. Nevertheless none of the horror scenarios net neutrslity proponents like to cook up came to pass, and in fact the 'Net grew to "the Internet as we know it&q
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by qengho 9y ago
Riiight.. because when there was no net neutrality there was no Internet as we know it. Oh wait.
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by qengho 9y ago
Here's a $199 GNU/Linux handheld: http://noodlepi.com . AFAIK it's the world's smallest, lightest and most open handheld computer. Can be assembled / disassembled / upgraded / repaired by end us
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by qengho 9y ago
Exactly. Signal is #privacyfail because is requires access to contacts. Wire is better.
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by qengho 9y ago
Yeah so TIL that Ada Lovelace was NOT the first programmer. That title belongs to Charles Babbage, who wrote dozens of programs for the Analytical Engine years before her. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace#Cont
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Ada Lovelace wasn't the first programmer. Babbage was(en.wikipedia.org)
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Super compact full-featured Linux handheld / wearable(kickstarter.com)
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Full-featured Linux handheld / wearable computer(kickstarter.com)
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Why 2017 won't be like “2017”(twitter.com)
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by qengho 11y ago
It is.
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by qengho 11y ago
It is incompatible. Just because a property is vacant doesn't mean it is "undesired" or "inefficiently-used". As long as governments continue to rob their citizens via taxes, people will do their best to not be robb
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by qengho 11y ago
Yes squatting is absolutely incompatible with property rights. As are eminent domain and zoning.
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by qengho 12y ago
Panama offers a super easy residence visa to citizens of 48 "friendly" countries. If your primary country of residence is Panama, you don't have to pay taxes on non-Panama-sourced income (as long as your country of citizenshi
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Super-easy air-gapped P2P encrypted phone calls(kickstarter.com)
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by qengho 13y ago
Sure, but this has nothing to do with the point that gold is not money by statist fiat. Gold's real scarcity and base value are what make it suitable for use as money and therefore universally accepted as money for thousands of years. Cowri
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by qengho 13y ago
Not at all. Gold by itself is a currency / medium of exchange. It doesn't need any "statist fiat" to make it so. The fact that states (or other entities) might issue redeemable paper certificates or receipts (or dollar bills) as a convenien
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by qengho 13y ago
First, as has already been pointed out, nothing has intrinsic value. Things only have value inasmuch as somebody values them. Value is a relationship between the subject and the object, not a property of the object. Gold has a 'base value'
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by qengho 13y ago
It is quite incorrect to say that "Historically, money arose from, and in conjunction with, this power." (the power of taxation by states). He gives no evidence for this claim except to reference a "controversial" book - perhaps controversi
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by qengho 13y ago
I read that too, and I don't want to doubt Stephenson's word, but it's very hard to believe that he hadn't run across Cyphernomicon or the Cypherpunks (hell, they were on the cover of Wired Issue #1.02) in researching crypto for Cryptonomic
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by qengho 13y ago
And 5 years before Cryptonomicon there was Tim May's Cyphernomicon (which obviously inspired the title and theme of Stephenson's book). In 1995 there was Stephenson's short story in Wired about digital cash - "The Great Simoleon Caper". Of