bodski

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Comment · 11 months ago

previously flagged without explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46218640

Comment · 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownership

Comment · 4 years ago

> But instead the CCP rejected that and undermined global good will

Can you elaborate on this? This feels a very US centric view. The US itself has repeatedly failed to comply with its own 'rules-based order', whilst expecting other powers to comply.

Comment · 5 years ago

It might be worth taking a look at Mattereum [0] as an example of work in this area.

Much of their work has been on how to make smart-contract based 'ownership tokens' (akin to NFTs) enforceable in existing courts in as many global jurisdictions as possible. They believe that they've found a way to make their arbitration system enforceable "in 150+ countries via the 1958 New York Arbitration Convention" [1].

Vinay Gupta ('hexayurt' on HN [2]) is co-founder and CEO and may be able to enlighten further.

[0] https://mattereum.com/

[1] https://mattereum.com/2021/04/01/mattereum-product-walkthrou...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hexayurt | https://twitter.com/leashless

Comment · 6 years ago

AFAIK only the pool operator can see the full set of transactions for the block being mined. Pool workers only get to see the block header for the new block. This header only contains the hashed root of the transaction tree, and so they are unable to front-run private transactions in this way.

Comment · 7 years ago

Brunner's 'Shockwave Rider' has an interesting vision of how super-intelligent dogs might take care of security for village sized human communities.

Comment · 7 years ago

Thanks for linking your talk! Just started watching it now. Is that Dan Boneh in the front?

Comment · 7 years ago

Just please, for the love of god stop trying to show me Jordan Peterson videos!

Comment · 9 years ago

Delphi XE IDE (2010):

Crashes often when stepping into multi-threaded code, frequently 'forgets' whole families of types.

Throws a fit if you switch git branches from underneath it.

In its defence it does compile damn quick!

Comment · 9 years ago

Gut flora in humans appears to have a significant influence on weight gain/loss. Perhaps ABs fed to livestock tilt towards weight gain.

Comment · 12 years ago

Wow, this is really appropriate for the day I've had today. Repeatedly failing to get a brand new install of Bitcoin Core to index and sync with the blockchain. I finally dusted off my Memtest86 and voila, bad RAM stick!

I suppose crypto would fare pretty badly inside this language, or has anyone thought about this kind of thing?

Comment · 12 years ago

Downvotes require a karma threshold (of 500 IIRC).

BTW, whatever you do don't overuse the 'flag' feature on stories as it seems when this is revoked it is permanent! I lost mine when trying to encourage news other than the passing of Steve Jobs.

Comment · 12 years ago

Failing a 'dream bard' like you mention a fairly good alternative is a laptop (scraptop) with a broken screen. It may need to be fairly high end, e.g. many Lenovo models I've seen (even X series) have two m-PCI slots available for Wifi.

Comment · 12 years ago

It possible that the ballot box is no longer the biggest tool in your kit. Stick your neck out, support a local cause that is affected by this perverse phenomenon if you can. Myself, I have been arrested multiple times and have convictions relating to environmental protest (terrorism?). Do not underestimate the empowerment that comes from taking the leap of faith to back up your convictions with acts of resistance.