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Top post, which I was replying to, was about a trillion-dollar bitcoin offering. I trust that you scolded him as well, dang.

> I recently created my own cryptocurrency, UCaetanoCoin (UCC), with a supply of 100 trillion and one coins, all owned by me. > I sold one to a friend of mine for $0.01 yesterday, which made me not only the richest person in the world, but also the first trillionaire, as the coins I own are valued in $1T USD. > And my UCC has a total market cap of $1T USD (and one cent). Then I exchanged a single coin with myself for $0.01. > As my coin has zero transaction cost and instant transactions (it's a badass coin), I traded it back and forth with myself 100 quadrillion times. > This generated a total traded value UCC-USD of 1 Quadrillion Dollars yesterday, more than any other security was ever exchanged in a single day.

Right up there with reading large amounts of fiction. I mean, one should experience life instead of sitting on a couch or wherever for hours on end, staring at printed words and immersing yourself in some other person's imagination! At the end of it, so many hours every year and you have nothing to show for it.

As a cryptocurrency-confused individual, I read articles like this and wonder how I'm supposed to assign any meaning to the "value" being created here, and by blockchain PoW in general.

So this company is buying a bunch of wafers... He's converting the value of the wafers into value on blockchain, I guess?

Because I can't help but interpret these things as "some people are wasting a lot of electricity, and you should pay them for it!" But, I'm open to a better explanation.

Worst medical study ever.

Wow, I wish more articles were like this. Just two quick paragraphs of story time, then: fact, fact, fact, fact, fact.

Sitcom at 8

I'm still confused (starting to fill with regret?) about bitcoin. I remember lively discussions with friends circa 2012. None of us bought. We'd be centi-millionaires?

Is HN now full of mega-millionaires, since the community is full of tech-savvy early adopters?

Raise your hand if you made over a million. Raise both hands if you've made over 10 million.

Sounds high to me, but not BS-high. Just a bit surprising to see 160 base. <130 would be more commensurate with 2yrs exp.

How many were the sale of a private street that served 20+ residences?

Honest question: Is Bitcoin used in significant quantities for "legitimate"/legal transactions? I don't know a single person who has bought anything with a Bitcoin, or received payment. From my non-economic POV, it sure seems like /pure speculation/.

I'm calling BS on the Quora guy's statement that Google offices typically run to 8pm. They do not, by a longshot. The typical schedule was 9-6.

Now, # hours a week is a different question. Just because people leave a 6 or whatever, they often come back online at night, or work some more on weekends. That was very common.

And your last point, I honestly can't put together how you think my statement about committing code had anything to do with # of hours.

That answer is quite bullshitty. I was there for many years and a few teams, and 8pm was NOT the norm. In fact, it's ludicrous to even imagine a busy Google office at 8pm.

6pm it starts to slow down, by 6:30 half the office is heading out.

Some people would get there super early and leave early-ish.

Look, at the end of the day it's about getting shit done and COMMITTING CODE. That latter part is something a lot of people refuse to accept. It doesn't matter how smart you are or how much experience you have or whatever... if you're an IC, then deliver high-quality code (and a lot of it), and you'll have a great career.