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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.
I have a 2013 Air. I wish the ram was extendable :/
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.
what about dtube?
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.
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!@