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Re:A first lesson in meta-rationality on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:38PM (#27415212)
I know this is a little bit out of topic but I think meta-rationality is more about organizing other people/machines intelligences to achieve your goal even when you are not highly intelligent.
Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore on Monday February 22, 2021 @06:59AM (#26223509)
> Can you name a few?

Yes, sure: Avalanche [1], Algorand [2], Solana [3], DFINITY [4], Conflux [5]

[1] https://www.avalabs.org/

[2] https://algorand.foundation/

[3] https://solana.com/

[4] https://dfinity.org/

[5] https://confluxnetwork.org/

Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore on Monday February 22, 2021 @06:43AM (#26223401)
Around 2015 Vitalik Buterin was one of the few crypto geniuses and leaders. For many years the Ethereum project leaders promised ETH 2 to solve some of the issues pointed in the article but they never delivered. It is understandable that they never delivered because there was a lot of complexity involved in improving permissionless blockchains BUT seeing a new wave of blockchains with good foundations makes one think they never delivered because they have not tried enough. Vitalik and his troop have enough financial resources to stimulate or hire top blockchain researchers from top universities around the world. It seems like they never pushed hard to move Ethereum. With enough resources you should think like you are doing the Manhattan or Apollo 11 projects.
Re:Python in 2019 Sounds Like an Unprofessional Garage Team Band on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:10PM (#21617253)
I obviously run pip as administrator... before replying you should try it yourself.
Re:Finally a good place to put your Bitcoin on Monday June 18, 2018 @08:08PM (#17342708)
Fortunately I invested in something so volatile. I don't need now to be worried about money.

Ask HN: Coopetition Conflict Question

Posted by sonkol on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:48PM
from the ask-hn dept.

We do software development and security auditing in a very specific field. One of the top security auditing companies, which does not develop software, sometimes receives requests for both development and auditing. This company would like us to develop the software in these cases. We would pay them a percentage of our earnings for this work. The auditing company recently objected to our...

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Re:It’s easier and cheaper to use bank wires than Bitcoin on Thursday September 29, 2016 @12:50PM (#12606787)
I found this article after the author argued against my post How to Pay Freelancers in Upwork with Bitcoin, Ethereum, or any other Altcoin [1]. The problem with his argument is that it is based on his very tiny vision of the world based on the country where he lives. This is not the "user experience" the rest of the world currently have and that's why cryptocurrencies offer an alternative, even with a lot of limitations.

[1] https://medium.com/@sondre.kolaautomat/how-to-pay-freelancer...