busterc

I know what you're saying; I wanted the same thing. Here's how I resolved it: https://gist.github.com/busterc/f8e988b4ca63f24c71c56daf448a...

For better context, here's the related article he was commenting on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15852750

I found this comment, by Richard Berger on SeekingAlpha, compelling:

> STOP! and think about what this author has revealed. Even IF Tether is NOT running a fraud, the arbitrage positions that automatically exist between Bitcoin and any tether are real and do create incentive to create an arbitraged feedback loop whereby a pegged tether between Bitcoin - any_generic_tether - USD does exist and self feeds, driving up Bitcoin exactly as the author contends may be happening with the current Tether. So long as such a scheme emerges naturally out of the system design, the design is fatally flawed and must asymptotically compound grow to an infinite exchange rate (impossible and unsustainable by definition), or it must ultimately collapse.

> Thus, the author has demonstrated a basic inherent flaw to crypto-currencies that can not be repaired other than by legal estoppel. Legal estoppel will never occur because jurisdiction is off-shored and proving a case by case would generate infinite litigation along with each estoppel creating a crash. This in itself would kill the cryptos as surely as the fatal flaw itself will.

> It is meaningless to argue WHETHER the author's speculation as to Tether's actions are fraud. The ONLY question is if his identifying of the nature of the available arbitrage can exist in reality. If it can, crypto is dead. No other conclusion is available.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4129543-bitcoin-one-way-go-...

Point taken. FWIW, I used the "post to HN" bookmarklet to add the link and didn't think twice about removing it.

I do not know and I don't have a windows machine to test with. I personally use the ISO's on my mac with VMWare Fusion. If you discover it does or doesn't please share.

Perhaps against the grain, I sometimes like to build an MVP for myself before any significant validation; something I'll use even if others won't. Then if others don't use it, I will. It can be a good opportunity to experiment with certain technologies as well. One such example is a service I made http://EmailMeTweets.com

When I first made it public I submitted it to ProductHunt and tweeted at marketing folks, with large follower numbers on Twitter, to please try it and help promote it. There was traction but not nearly as much as fast as I had hoped. In fact, just the other day I created an Indiegogo campaign to gauge the interest in paying for the service. At this time, there are 3 contributors for $12 each. Without a big surge it obviously doesn't seem poised to stay alive... for the public. However, like I said, I'll continue to use the service privately, freely. So, it's validated and minimally viable for myself; unfortunately not for the public.

Saving money by using Ebates, Cardpool and Raise.

Not using Ebates for 15 years has certainly cost me several thousands of dollars.

I'm a fan of handlebars, have you seen this: https://github.com/rexm/Handlebars.Net

similar: https://github.com/hellgrenj/hulken