yourabstraction

6 ms·

1.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I'm happy to share more too, if you have questions about other things I've looked into and tried. I didn't even dive into nutrition, digestion, exercise, dealing with emotional trauma, etc. as I didn't want to overwhelm
2.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I've struggled with sleep issues and fatigue and done a lot of research and experimentation over the years, so I can offer some ideas of things you may want to look into and try. The problem is that it is not a disease that can be trea
3.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I think the job posting was listed as being in the payments division though.
4.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
This whole copyright thing reminds me of way back when Google bought Youtube. I remember at the time, my boss (and many others) were certain Google was going to get themselves into a shit storm by hosting copyrighted material. Well, it turn
5.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I did this exact same thing at my last job, and I agree that it's remarkable how much it made both work and non work life better. Drawing hard lines can oftentimes make compliance much easier. Just the fact that I had decided to not ha
6.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
Yeah, it looks like they finally just threw the towel in and admitted that macOS has had a superior design aesthetic, and started heading in the same direction.
7.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
It turns out these "weird tricks" are actually just the things our bodies need to operate properly. We evolved moving everyday, being outside, eating nutrient dense foods, sleeping as much as needed, etc. It's crazy to me to
8.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
How come you've completely left out the store of value use case in your price analysis, do you not believe in it? I think there will always be desire for individuals, corporations, and countries to keep a non government store of value
9.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I'm not convinced they'll be able to create a rollup in any reasonable amount of time. The teams building this tech (arbitrum, starkware, zksync, etc.) are doing so closed source and stacked with people with deep applied cryptogra
10.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I think long term we may see tokens for the various rollups. Arbitrum and zksync are going to launch in somewhat centralized ways, and as they decentralize over time they'll need to provide incentives to network participants and to sup
11.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I made a nice 4x return riding the Polygon hype, but the writing is on the wall for this project long term. It's going to get absolutely crushed when real L2s like optimism, atribturm, zksync, starkware, etc. get significant adoption (
12.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I've been saying for a while now, that decentralization is an implementation detail, which makes cryptos robust to attack from various parties. But the main thing driving adoption and innovation is permissionless usage and innovation.
13.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I think this is actually common, and one of the reasons HN hates crypto so much. I think most engineers hate finance, but fail to realize how much power it has in the world. If you spend some time learning about the history of finance, you
14.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
If you want to try something kinda unusual, here's what I'm doing. I have a sit stand desk, and I have two different chairs. A saddle seat and a drafting chair. The saddle seat is very good for posture because it opens the hips up
15.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
Sure, but shuffling units around is the starting point of a new financial system. I like to say that DeFi is speed running the creation of a financial system from scratch. Storing value, trading currencies, borrowing/lending, derivativ
16.
The reason people don't read the article: They just want to socialize
90 points by yourabstraction 5y ago|49 comments
17.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
Yeah, I'm a big ETH holder, but this is honestly what worries me about the POS merge. I think the fact that Bitcoin miners have to sell to fund their operations is a nice feature and keeps them in a separate class from the custodians.
18.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
HN crowd are like the flat earthers of the cryptosphere. When people's self esteem relies on them being contrarian don't expect them to actually put in the effort to learn about something.
19.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
One thing that I think is really big in DeFi is the idea of permissionless composability. Let me give you an example. Say you want to start a traditional fintech company that aggregates many existing banks to provide the best interest rate
20.
Ask HN: Does CPI Hide Inflation
2 points by yourabstraction 5y ago|1 comments
21.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
> Censorship resistance, plausible neutrality, decentralization, antifragility, uptime, and security are features of layer 1 blockchain systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum. I completely agree, all the the above must come before throughput
22.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I see both as incantations that are run in wildly different execution environments, and thus there should be lots of overlap during the creation process. Code is a magic spell that executes in a mostly deterministic digital system. While wr
23.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
But those are no longer Bitcoin, they are "Bitcoin Cash", "Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision", "Bitcoin Gold", etc. There is only one Bitcoin with the BTC ticker.
24.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I don't think this author really understands how Bitcoin development and upgrades work. There's Bitcoin the software, of which there can be any number of implementations, and then there's Bitcoin the network, of which there
25.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I'm surprised to see the comments (at least at time of reading) are actually pretty positive, given the general distaste for cryptocurrency on hacker news. This reaffirms my view that the average HN commenter doesn't actually unde
26.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
Uniswap is a pretty amazing story about how much operational efficiency can be gained with this technology. I'd say they're doing WAY better than "not bad" :).
27.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
I think if you take some time to familiarize yourself with the latest developments in DeFi on Ethereum, you'll see that it already exists. Lending/borrowing, exchange, derivatives, insurance, prediction markets, and a host of othe
28.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
No, there won't be DRM that would prevent you from printing the digital image of an NFT and displaying it in your house. The DRM will be inside your virtual house or virtual museum. The creator of said virtual world can require proof v
29.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
It's probably best to read their whitepaper, as I don't know all the details off the top of my head, but they have a number of ways to prevent gaming the system. Of course, nothing is 100% sure, even Bitcoin can be attacked with e
30.
by yourabstraction 5y ago
Spot on with the analogy of leapfrogging the land line technology. Also, just because you live in a country of law and order doesn't mean crypto doesn't have value there. Imagine missing the value proposition of the internet when

More ›