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Re:The perils of microtask work
on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:01PM (#18059306)
The same wage that's a slap in the face to an American can be quite lucrative to someone in a lesser developed nation. Hits for pennies are a god send to those folks.
Re:Alex Garland’s cult novel The Beach, 20 years on
on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:17PM (#18026918)
I had the same thought upon first viewing, but actually liked it much more after seeing again.
Re:Ask HN: What books do you recommend reading once a year?
on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:11PM (#17813295)
I read Neuromancer every two years.
Re:Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini
on Monday August 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#17803607)
I have a 2013 Air. I wish the ram was extendable :/
Re:When Security Compromises Security – The Caesars/Defcon debacle
on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @01:56PM (#17768180)
You would be surprised.
Re:Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @09:22AM (#17662225)
It helped me, ymmv.
Re:Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:18PM (#17656165)
Fear of flying is actually fear of not being in control. You need to work on figuring that out - why does the lack of control freak you out? Why can't you just "go with it"? It also helps to learn some of the basics of modern aviation.
Re:PeerTube, the “Decentralized YouTube”, succeeds in crowdfunding
on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:25PM (#17578635)
what about dtube?
Re:Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything
on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:25PM (#17569488)
Most financial applications or experiments in the space are not conducted on the public blockchain so the oligarch aspect of it is not applicable - and no someone can't just program more money on the public blockchain - the blockchain exists to validate the amount of money flowing through it. If someone "programs more" that's essentially a fork and they can't transact with it unless other folks in the network fork as well.
Re:Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything
on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:36PM (#17561440)
It has already gained adoption outside of that sub cult. All of the major financial institutions are researching applications of blockchains - many on top of private ethereum deployments. Ethereum is PROGRAMMABLE MONEY. It's a technology that's certainly here to stay, but that's not to say that ethereum itself will be the dominant platform.
Re:Why Japanese Whisky Is So Good and So Hard to Find
on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:22PM (#17524293)
The reason it's hard to find is because the sherry cask Yamazaki won best whiskey of the year a few years ago. It was a limited batch so everyone started buying everything Japanese. The sherry cask that won used to go for ~150/bottle. Now it's $3k. Now I'm priced out of all of my favorite whiskies. Fuck you, hipsters!@