riprowan

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by riprowan 6y ago
Block space is always a little bit of a bidding war, even with zero fees. That's because each additional byte added to a block increases the time it takes to propagate the block by just a little bit. When miners find a block, they rac
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by riprowan 9y ago
> the validation that ensures that consensus is maintained between nodes That's a terrible misunderstanding. If nodes can reach consensus by simply agreeing on transaction validity, then what purpose do you believe miners serve? Th
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by riprowan 9y ago
> Isn't a node a process on the network that is mining blocks? Yes, see section 5 of the white paper referenced in OP. It is quite clear what "peer" means in the context of Bitcoin. Others are mistaken here.
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by riprowan 9y ago
> A peer is a node, which is a client that validates all transactions and blocks in the blockchain. According to the white paper, Section 5, a peer is a miner. That has not changed, regardless of attempts to redefine the paper. To be a
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by riprowan 10y ago
You're referring to isolated incidents, which is an invalid comparison. Instead, if you have information that I have a pattern of murdering lots of women, and my friend has a pattern of murdering lots of men, and you choose to release
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by riprowan 10y ago
What language can be better peer-reviewed?
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How the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Brought Us Donald Trump(medium.com)
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by riprowan 10y ago
How can tainted evidence be used to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, when the entire basis of trust in the collection of the evidence is ostensibly gone.
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by riprowan 10y ago
> I actually hate the sound of most of the Beatles albums. I think they sound crap by modern standards - tinny, rattly, clogged-up, mid-heavy mixes with no deep bass. Of course the whole point of bands like the Beatles was that they stoo
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by riprowan 10y ago
My view on everything related to musical art is summed up by Joe Meek: "If it sounds good, it is good." There is no one right way to make a record.
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by riprowan 10y ago
These are all amazing benefits, but when you're making art, you'll throw all of those out the window if doing so get you the sound you need. The problem is thinking that this is either/or. I use a 48 channel ProTools HD syst
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by riprowan 10y ago
It's just systems theory. The optimized whole is not equal to the sum of the optimized parts.
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by riprowan 10y ago
> technically better system Define "better". "If it sounds good, it is good." - Joe Meek
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by riprowan 10y ago
> all of those phenomena can be perfectly modelled in the box Nope. How you gonna model the interaction between a microphone and the preamp load it's driving, and the compressor that's driving, and the EQ it's driving,
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by riprowan 10y ago
> There's a reason they never use actual data and measurements to prove their points Artists use the most advanced measurement devices in the world: a binaural listening device connected to the world's most advanced neural net.
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by riprowan 10y ago
> The workflow makes the sound. The lack of automation forces you to make choices. Forces your hand, literally. You raise an excellent point here. A full-blown DAW is practically without limits: hundreds of tracks, unlimited effects on
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by riprowan 10y ago
This is a profound misunderstanding. Euphony and accuracy are quite different. Euphony derives from nonlinearity. These are not cherished for their accuracy. They're built to sound good , For this reason most of the best sounding r
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by riprowan 10y ago
I can't believe I'm the only person to ask "what bit depth?" There is a pretty big assumption baked into the title. Edit: hi, I see that I made a mistake, can someone correct my misunderstanding?
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by riprowan 10y ago
Let's assume that's the consumption needed to optimize the functioning of the renal system. But is that necessarily optimal consumption for the whole body? With no offense to your sister - who I'm sure is correct - hypotheti
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by riprowan 10y ago
It's almost as if quality of life and longevity are not primarily due to having the latest, most expensive technology; but rather by having access to practical, affordable solutions.
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by riprowan 10y ago
This is all 100% true yet still quite naive. Bad M&As happen all the time. Good ones are the exceptions not the norms. "Companies" are groups of people, and their leadership. What the leadership wants very often has nothing t
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by riprowan 10y ago
I'm right there with you. Long term Google product user here (Android, Fi, Gmail, Drive, Photos, Etc) and I'm winding it all down, except gmail which will remain my spam-mailbox.
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by riprowan 10y ago
This article veers between erroneous sensationalism and strategic deception. I will attempt to debunk a few of the most important errors in this article. In short, the author takes the position that the promise of blockchains is immutabilit
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by riprowan 10y ago
Also, when you buy a coffee you don't have to worry that it might contain spyware or malware.
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by riprowan 10y ago
The coffee also has, at best case, a one-use max.
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by riprowan 10y ago
this is the sad truth. Twitter is a perfect example of something that could have worked as a small company with moderate expectations and a tight budget. Instead they presumed that "eventually" the money would catch up to their F
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by riprowan 10y ago
Can confirm: ~100M Americans run A/C all summer, and also in spring and fall, too. Most American homes have central A/C, so you cannot easily "enable" it only for the room you're in. The typical supermarket or off
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by riprowan 10y ago
> given the rate at which people typically move, it's normally a wash Right, the trick is to not move, but buy and hold.
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by riprowan 10y ago
You've hit the nail on the head. The trick is to discover and curate small city life so that one can live in a small city without feeling like one went back in time. Then you get to have your cake and eat it too.
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by riprowan 10y ago
I'd be curious what is the source of the claim that "most cities have a class of elderly landowners..." I suspect these are cities which employ controls to cap the taxes on the property owned by elderly people. If the city em

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