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Re:Bitcoin's Golden Future on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @11:55AM (#15184618)
I took this number ($4.3) from https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-transactionfees... and similar number is on bitmarket.pl BTC withdrawal (0.0008 BTC, $3.74), bank account withdrawal is $0

But thanks, if real fees are smaller i need to try it.

Re:Bitcoin's Golden Future on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:22AM (#15183900)
I think future cryptocurrency will need to be very scalable, zero fees and instantaneous. At least capable of handling VISA traffic. Ideally something good enough for microtransactions, sending $0.001.

So far I've heard about IOTA and Lightning Network.

In Europe bank transfers are free. I often send $1 or $2 to roommate bank account for something from refrigerator. Also in shop I pay $2 with VISA card.

Re:Bitcoin's Golden Future on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @09:47AM (#15183605)
Not only it's slow, but transaction fees are ridiculously high. $4.3 currently.

I go to shop and pay $0.5 for 2kg of potatoes (or a bottle of beer), and pay $4.3 fee, and wait 1 hour for confirmations?

Re:How Do We Solve America’s Oversupply of Bread? on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:39PM (#15156896)
Right question is how to get people to eat whole grain bread. It has 2x or 3x of vitamins and minerals.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/-/media/Images/MEN/Editorial/...

Re:Amazon Hub on Friday July 28, 2017 @06:53AM (#14873311)
I still prefer regular post, Poczta Polska.

They try to deliver to home, but if there is noone there, they leave a note, and I have 14 days to receive items on nearest post office (same walk distance as Paczkomat, open 8am-8pm + Saturday). Plenty of time for me (or roommate!) to get all packages that arrived to house. Just one person in household can go every 2 weeks and collect dozen packages and letters.

In Paczkomat, item is returned to sender after 48 hours. With such short time and need for SMS code, no chance that roommate will collect packages for me.

The only advantage of Paczkomat is that you can use it at night.

Possible. Certainly those are not genuine mistakes by native Russian speaker.
Re:Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:01AM (#14051120)
In some way it's self-correcting, drunk cyclist can't ride fast. If he's super drunk, he becomes more of a pedestrian than cyclist. I agree it's not the best argument.

I like numbers, and numbers say drunk bicyclists are not a problem.

Drunk cyclist is hundreds times less danger than drunk driver, and should get hundreds times less punishment.

Re:Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:16AM (#14049852)
>Heck, drunk cycling is only slightly better than drunk driving because you're less likely to run someone over (but might still cause an accident when a driver has to do something dangerous to avoid you).

Drunk cyclists killed 1 person between 2007-2011 in Poland. Drunk pedestrians killed 3 persons. http://ibikekrakow.com/2012/03/28/ile-osob-zabili-pijani-row...

Drunk drivers killed hundreds.

50% of people caught for DUI are riding bicycles. And until recently, they were getting exactly the same prison sentences as drunk truck drivers. Almost half of people imprisoned for DUI were riding bicycles.

I think drunk cycling is completely harmless, and should be legal. If someone is too drunk, he can't keep balance on bicycle anymore and problem automatically fixes itself.

There is a lot of moral panic about drunk driving, but at BAC under 0.5 permille (vast majority of people caught) it's completely harmless or even safer than riding sober. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/WHO_BAC_... Only truly drunk people in cars should be punished.