xerxespoy

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by xerxespoy 6y ago
For all it's outdatedness, Bitcoin is actually used as a currency, but typically for high value items such as real estate or private jets, as the fiat mechanisms to transfer large amounts of money, especially across borders can be terr
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Warren Buffet has lost his fortune many times over by failing to invest a small high-risk portion of it in Bitcoin since he first heard of it and passed judgement on it. [0] Most people claiming to understand the technology clearly have lit
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
An asset that can be: - stored inside of your brain and walked around with - transferred to another person with no intermediary and trust relationship - relied upon to increase in value over time because of its issuance fundamentals - the b
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Nice, but it already exists -and you're on it.
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
After 12 years and billions invested in its pyramid, the numbers appear to suggest it's also a much sounder investment than your average asset: https://www.casebitcoin.com/images/stories/charliebilello_re...
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Many central banks and governments are experimenting with cryptocurrency/blockchain. I believe some have gone live with various projects around voting, currency-issuing and accounting. Notably also, the US government is using USD-pegge
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
I'm not that familiar with SC but assuming there isn't a native way, you could sign up with an exchange that has SC (the major ones like Binance, Kraken & Bittrex do). Then convert it to fiat there and withdraw. Most exchanges
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Bitcoin != Cryptocurrencies It's like using the term "COBOL" when you mean "programming languages", and then criticising COBOL's modern utility in that context. The parent comment was about crypto (short for &q
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Take your pick: https://coingecko.com While many of these are forks of Bitcoin and use similarly wasteful proof mechanisms, many are also completely new and different. Several different consensus mechanisms are broadly used acro
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Facebook itself is effectively a spam bot that uses people and their invasively-assessed psychological proclivities to proliferate. To hold it up as somehow distinct from other unethical and invasive mechanisms used to "drive traffic&q
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Should probably destroy all technology that uses energy for the same reason, using the same methodology. Ie, ignore every conceivable benefit and focus only on energy usage as the singular and all-pervasive critical factor. I guess humans e
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Two hits: 22 metres and 36.5 metres.
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Can someone please point to an "abcdef..." of the entire font?
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Organised efforts to sway public opinion using technology is not a conspiracy theory, it's present reality and if we don't watch for it and err on the side of caution, it will only get worse. The stance that this is not worthwhile
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
In general: long-form, balanced, well-researched essay comments are exactly what's exhibited on HN, and precisely the reason many frequent the site. It is starkly obvious to frequent visitors when comment threads deviate from this no
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
It depends when you ask. Most times checking this thread it's been dire. The current top 3 commenters, comprising the first page of comments: "The problem is that it's not totally clear whether Giuliani believed any of his cr
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Agree such threads presently have limited value, hence suggestions granting readers greater dominion over them. Sans, excessive polarisation remains a risk for any topic.
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Be great for threads like these if HN had both: 1) A block function so we could cut the massively-upvoted, one-sided comments and get to the impartial or contrary information buried underneath them. 2) A "unfade" button to see the
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
> At their core, social networks are primarily about one thing: Building social capital through signaling. Maybe for the author. People also use social networks without expecting or requiring any net social "capital" benefit th
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
They can solve this issue by adequately providing for self-moderation. Avoiding this approach reveals an intention to impose. Users leave once they realise the violation.
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by xerxespoy 6y ago
Journalists are paid by the word.