ulzeraj

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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Bitcoiners who like to take their self custody seriously often use tools like fire resistant metal plates to write their recovery seed words through a center punch tool. Products like the coinkite seed plates backup exist but it is also pos
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I don't have two keys. I do keep a fallback method like restore keys written on a safe place. I did find out however that my old Ledger X can do U2F and GPG so I'm trying to learn how to use it. This Ledger was my first first hard
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
While in Brazil a person very close to me suffered a very destructive paranoid psychotic crisis. We've tried help from the public healthcare but their earliest waiting time was 1 month. I've slept for days at the door because she
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I mean am I wrong? I'm assuming you are from the US, Canada or Europe when you say central banks have a net positive impact on society so I can presume you are clearly speaking form a point of privilege. You've never suffered thro
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
The "legacy banking system" you are referring to is probably something similar to the ECB or the FED. Only 13% of the world population live under a stable financial system or democracy. So please check your financial privilege.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Gravity in both situations may not be comparable but victim blaming is always reprehensible.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Are we blaming victims now? What’s next? It was her fault for wearing those clothes?
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
The problem here is not a bet on crypto but a company that basically went "oh hey sorry too bad the USD displayed on your account is actually UST. K thx bye".
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
That's not the link under the Latest news section on https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stablegains
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Tether truthing the eminent doom of tether is all well and good but why aren't we talking more about YCombinator promoting startups that burned their customer's money by sending it to anchor protocol UST ponzinomics while lying t
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I’ve tried using á RockPro64 with FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT and although it runs just fine without hacks I’ve noticed the performance is not that good. FreeBSD is not big.little aware so it doesn’t distinct between the A53 and A72 cores. Cryptog
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> Inflation encourages spending > Incentive to spend. So less crap being produced and bought in a whim and more decision making process on purchasing long lasting quality products (like it used to be). Less cheap plastic trinkets, les
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
This. I'm pretty sure I've read COVID contract tracing data being used for other purposes somewhere out there.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
You are moving the target. I've asked how stable coins pegged to the dollar are considered speculative assets.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Try passing through border control on such countries while packing gold or expensive gold accessories.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Nothing you wrote makes any sense. We are talking about stable coins. Where does speculations fits here? Also could you make an argument without making accusations?
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
That's a rare situation. The first thing a government does when their economy starts to colapse is to force the population to use and save in their dying currency while restricting access to foreign currency to prevent capital flight.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> Remember, with a stablecoin, there is no upside to holding. As always people around here tend to see the world from their point of privilege. If you are in Turkey, Sudan or Venezuela right now there is a huge upside in holding a stable
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Maybe the real store of value was the memes we did along the way. https://youtu.be/e5nyQmaq4k4
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> If i need privacy, Cryptomator ( https://cryptomator.org/ ) handles end-to-end encryption. I don't think that's enough to qualify as a privacy measure. Those encrypted files will still be on your account paid t
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
This is basically saying “We are going to allow you to participate on society just a little as long as you follow the rules and is associated with these institutions we approve”. How is this not considered a violation of human rights and di
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I don't want to sound negative but "I code since I was a toddler" articles are one of the main reasons I've took a long time to work on proper coding skills. Being from a poor family we didn't had access to any kind
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> I use the Caddy webserver I used to love Caddy. Not so after the move to 2.0 when they got the json formatted config thing going on. Of course there is still Caddyfile but most of the time I'm bashing my head on their json focused
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I use Mullvad mainly for privacy but also to dodge EU cookie bullshit. The internet becomes so much better just by using a Swiss IP addres.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
That's correct. Smart contracts are absolutely bleeding edge features that work on top of an Ethereum-like chain which by itself doesn't mind advancing the roadmap even if something breaks. People should be advised about that befo
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> The idea to get rid of having to trust centralized organizations might sound tempting, but it doesn’t work: Blockchains don’t get rid of “trust”, they just change, who has to be trusted. > More precisely: The trust in institutions c
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Setting SPF, Dmark, DKIm and having a proper PTR record significantly increases your server acceptance.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has some of the most accessible documentation on creating custom policies. Red Hat is the Pinterest of Google searches for Linux problems. You’ll often find a page where someone is describing you problem
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
I think Brutalism had some futuristic views behind it. At least people who built those monstrous concrete structures were envisioning a future world and rejecting the past specially for architecture found in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.
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by ulzeraj 4y ago
Nothing against EFI but secure boot as it is is a pain in the ass. Want to install some kernel module to enjoy your Xbox controller? Too bad you need to follow this convoluted guide about generating and installing certificates to sign your

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