thewelder

Re:Flash Loans Are Providing Instant Cash to Crypto Speculators on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:38PM (#26057990)

true story. Valuable blockspace is a thing. [1] ETH rakes $23M/day in fees, BTC $4M/day.

Re:Ask HN: What is your “mission” in work and life? on Saturday July 11, 2020 @03:32PM (#23805102)

Two things drive me:

[1] - I'm lazy. Just like mother nature, I seek out the path of least resistance. It drives my boss crazy because I openly proclaim it, but it often leads to better/efficient ways of doing things.

[2] - I live and breathe somewhere well outside the box. I have crazy ideas and have the talent and ambition to execute them. https://theunorthodoxy.com

Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:14AM (#22628240)

>Test runs done for emergency preparation have proven that veterinarians do a better job than all medical professionals who aren't already specialized in respiratory care.

That's amazing.

Re:Show HN: ArcaneVM – A Fully Homomorphic Encryption Brainfuck Virtua... on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:26PM (#21840337)

I went reading the linked intro to Fully Homomorphic Encryption [1]

>This means you can multiply together any two Elgamal ciphertexts, and upon decryption you’ll find that the (single) resulting ciphertext now embeds the product of the two original plaintexts. Neat!

Coolest thing I've read in a while.

[1]-https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2012/01/02/very-cas...

Re:An account is now required to read Reddit comment threads? on Friday December 13, 2019 @05:46PM (#21786330)

for me it went:

slashdot-->digg-->reddit-->[?]

Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour? on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @08:43AM (#21583783)

then cut some 1" slits in it to keep them in place.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2019) on Friday November 01, 2019 @03:58PM (#21423082)

  Location: Denver, CO
  Remote: Sure
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Healthcare IT/Integration/HL7 crypto/blockchains/distributed systems
  Résumé/CV: https://theunorthodoxy.com/
  Email: [email protected]

Show HN: Not Secure – Blog.samaltman.com

Posted by thewelder on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:37PM
from the show-hn dept.

I tried [email protected] a couple of times to no avail, But I figure once they fix it (default https) for Sam, It'll be fixed for my blog too ! Not Secure | theunorthodoxy.comBonus Points, Exposure! I'm looking for someone who is looking for someone different. [1] - https://theunorthodoxy.com/hire-me

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Re:Looks like JP Morgan got caught buying Bitcoin today (use google tr... on Saturday September 16, 2017 @12:28AM (#15262872)

tokens. [1]

[1]-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cba2GA3haYM&feature=youtu.be

Re:Coinlist on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:55PM (#14380950)

Once upon a time I stumbled upon vitalik's post 'Secret Sharing and Erasure Coding: A Guide for the Aspiring Dropbox Decentralizer'[1] and thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. I think storj is a working implementation of that (more or less).

[1]https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/08/16/secret-sharing-erasure-...

Re:Ethereum: Rise of the World Computer on Friday February 26, 2016 @09:26AM (#11181495)

Here's a provably fair ponzi scheme [1] https://ethereumpyramid.com/

Re:Elon Musk Will Build a Hyperloop Track for Ultra-High Speed Transpo... on Thursday January 15, 2015 @10:06PM (#8897051)

hairspray? we always used ether (starting fluid).