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Not only they will stand a chance, they will grow substantially as the only way to mitigate the governments efforts to enforce surveillance and regulations. Darknet exchanges will emerge if not there yet. People have been dreaming of real electronic cash nobody can know you have or give to somebody for so long and wont give up easily. By the way this can even happen to be the way to the new kind of economy that relies on reputation and competition rather than surveillance and prohibition.
On the subject of birds, "Great tits also have age-related defects"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307130215.h...
If cryptocurrencies really succeed, we will not need a centralized service like Stripe. Hopefully we will use a 'decentralized Stripe' (as far as I know the Dash Evolution platform will be sometinhg like that. Maybe that is the reason that they did not even mention Dash in the article, despite it being one of the most promising digital Cash system on the market.)
Actually that was one of the next things on my mind, adding something simple like Basic Auth to it.
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>Apples and oranges, given that Swift and Go were started with the deep pockets of Apple and Google behind them.

Go did not have "Google's deep pockets" behind it. It was something like 4-5 Google employees working on it in their spare time as a side project until it was released to the public, at which point it pretty much became an open source project like any other. The vast, vast majority of Go contributors are not Google employees.

It faced initial hostility everywhere, including at Google itself, and it's been incredibly hard work to get it promoted, marketed, etc.

Hell, I bet the core Go team has spent just as much time writing documentation, tutorials, shooting videos, creating news groups and irc channels and evangelizing as developing the damn thing.

Perl6 needs that - incessant, in-your-face promotion and marketing, conferences, videos, tutorials, the whole shebang. It's not the 90's anymore and I have choice when choosing a language to be productive in, so Perl6 better beef up its efforts to tell me why I should spend even 5 minutes of my time in learning it.

With Go, I was blown away with how easy it was to setup a scalable HTTP server, accept requests, parse JSON, reach out to multiple systems concurrently, the breadth and quality of its std. lib, etc - I had an immediate use-case for such stuff at work. I started investing time in learning Go before it hit 1.0, and it's paid off.

What's Perl6's killer use-case? Performance? compile-time safety? concurrency? scalability? Amazing std. lib? I don't know. It's not immediately clear. So if I'm comfortable scripting with bash/sed/awk or python for those harder use cases - why transition to Perl6? What does it offer in 2018?
> What future does an asset have if people don't actually buy stuff with it?

Real estate is an asset and you can't 'buy stuff' with it (other than a 1031 exchange in the US of course).

It's an asset if there is a reasonable chance that someone else will buy it from you in the future for money which you can buy things with.
It does use bitcoin to verify the transactions. Point is, bitcoin - currently being the biggest blockchain deployed - is more trustworthy than most governments and therefore most currencies.

I am not an economist though and regulations seem to be necessary in the real world. Any ideas as to what technology, giving widespread adoption, would make them obsolete?
two things kill it for me - annual commitment - I'm just playing around and I have so many options to choose from without the commitment.
Mind you, we're spending $10k+ on AWS right now, but it all started with a free tier.
Another thing is we're based in Europe and you only have servers in the US.
Good luck in the ultra competitive market.
Google is a sitting duck for innovation, why does it not suggest scopes for search (paris = person / place), or show me a graph of results over time, or let me exclude pages with X% similarity and show me the most likely original source, there is so much room for improvement, exciting times...
I think this thread answers my question. Thank you.
By the same ranking, China is way below the US. It has a lot of educated people, we can argue that it has innovation in its first tier cities, but it also has A LOT of uneducated farmers.
Cool! I'd definitely order something along those lines. I love handing out little guides to guests, and this would make it super easy.
$200 per print from a pen plotter?

I'm sorry but unless each print is hand-drawn or something, then $200 is a bit much. Especially if there's masters sitting on a hard drive somewhere.
Pretty silly context dropping.

The US has superior launch capability to Russia. SpaceX performed more launches all by itself in 2017 than all of the large Russian nation that has been doing space launches for 60 years. That gap is about to get dramatically worse over the next five years.
Wow, this is a great idea! Congrats!
Well, my experience differs a lot, and I suspect I've seen at least an order of magnitude more cyclists than you have. I think it's a combination of selective attention and your experience with bike messengers that's potentially the problem. Bike messengers seem to be particularly impatient and more likely to violate the law to shave off a few seconds. Also could be the location. Of the cities I've spent non-negligible time in, I found cyclists in Baltimore to be considerably worse than cyclists in Austin or DC.

To address another point, even the "minor" speeding you mention is a significant hazard. 15% over the speed limit is 32% more kinetic energy. Combine that with the fact that speeding really does not save much time in most situations, I think it's a clear loser in a cost-benefit analysis. Perhaps on an empty highway it's okay. But a driver's time to destination in most cases is more limited by stop lights and traffic, and believe me, I know. As a cyclist who doesn't go faster than 25 mph it's really irritating to have a driver pass me dangerously, only to sit behind them at the next light for 2 minutes, or for me to pass them because they are waiting to turn. I have no detailed statistics for this, but it happens so frequently that I don't think speeding is likely to save much time. It mostly provides psychological relief for impatient drivers. (Your opinion, of course, may differ.)

> Other things like riding on lane markers between cars is blatantly ignoring the rules of the road and vastly increase the risk of death.

I don't "lane split" or "filter" as it's called, but it's worth noting that this is frequently legal (perhaps not in your jurisdiction) and it has its proponents, many of which tout it's apparent safety benefits. I don't think the data is clear about whether it's safe or dangerous on net. I personally don't think it offers any advantages, so it's not worth the potential risk. Also, many drivers encourage cyclists to do that to get out of their way. You should see how infuriated some drivers get when I take the lane at an intersection rather than filter through to the front. I've talked to cyclists who run red lights, and I frequently have heard that they just want to get away from angry drivers, and running the light allows them to do that. (I don't think this is the right approach.) The same applies to sidewalk riding, which is fairly clearly more dangerous, yet riding legally is often discouraged by drivers, sometimes violently.
Gold is worth a lot less to me now that I've seen what illegal mining of it by narcos is doing to the rainforests in south america.
Really great to see some transparency in this area.
The MathML standard is split into two parts, Presentation MathML, which is widely used and contains roughly the same information as TeX, and Semantic MathML which is used by a handful of computer algebra systems. The latter does what you want.

Both formats have their origins in Wolfram Mathematica.
Money launderers are usually caught because they're already under investigation. Others become apparent when lifestyle and reported income disagree.

When thinking about what the government might do in a specific situation involving cryptocurrency, I've found it helps to replace "Bitcoin" with "cash". "I tumbled Bitcoin" becomes "I laundered cash." "I got paid Bitcoin for my car" becomes "I have unexplainable cash because a stranger gave it to me for my car." "I used TOR while being paid Bitcoin" becomes "someone I don't know drops off cash for me in person." "How can they bust everyone using cryptocurrency" becomes "how does the government keep people and businesses more or less honest when it comes to reporting cash business." "Depositing lots of Bitcoin" becomes "depositing lots of unexplained cash." Et cetera
I'm committed to going to one conference this year, and am trying to figure out which one to go to. Kind of considering TypeScriptConf in a month and a half although it's completely new.
Except that any exchange trafficking in an illegal coin could be banned as well, and so your transactions with that exchange in other coins (in order to convert to or from Monero) would be traceable and illegal.
Rank Theory suggests otherwise. Not sure why she would say that.
This is a great idea. I've sent it to several people I know that rent out their homes.

Are you printing yourself or outsourcing it? If you're outsourcing it, to whom?
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I think the phrase "motivated individuals" is doing a lot of work there.

I don't currently take any steps to try and obscure my transaction history from the authorities, and I presume that most if not all of the merchants I transact with keep some form of subpoena-able records. I'm not certain why I would expect that to change just because we switched currencies. I don't personally have any desire to violate any financial regulations, so why should I go to all the extra effort?

Anonymity protections aren't of much use if your counterparty isn't also using them, and they're worse than useless if they make you pop out of the statistical background noise for one reason or another.
i'm still on the iphone 6 and very happy. had a battery change in 2017 august and the phone felt as good as new.
it looks really good! The printed map would be nice even as a gift.
> Does gold have a future? Nobody buys anything with gold.

As an asset or hedge against inflation. Not as a currency.
Ask HN: Is dang the only moderator? How many dangs does an HN need?
I'm sure many people on HN have tried to understand the business issues behind running a web community. YCombinator has a number of reasons for the existence of Hacker News, but two things are clear to me: it is beautifully moderated and it has been a powerful, positive force over the years.

I sometimes disagree with dang's individual actions. He has scolded me and threatened my membership a couple of times. This is either because he has no sense of humor (my version) or because my comments did not meet community standards (the actual reason; I was kidding before and happily defer to his wisdom). By the way I have submitted this using a throwaway account so dang doesn't know my real identity. I don't want him to feel bad if he has to moderate me in the future.

I have clear evidence that dang is doing just what he should be doing. I am apparently much further to the right than the average HN reader. Since people just as left as I am right complain about his moderation from time to time, we know he's doing his job just fine because both sides are equally unhappy with his meddling ;)

HN as a whole is an incredible resource. I literally could not ask for a better moderator than dang. I would love if someone could answer some basic questions so I could do some back-of-the-napkin calculations for hiring a moderator for a site.

How many active participants does HN have? Say, people who have posted in the last year?

How many people have read but not posted in the last year?

How many comments are posted per day?

Is dang the only moderator or are there others?

Is moderating a full time job for dang? (Surely it must be!)

Does dang have to read every submission? Every comment?

Isn't moderating a site like this a job just ripe for burnout? Is there any way to keep an experienced mod while avoiding burnout?

Knowing this will help me know if I'd have to hire 1 moderator per 1,000 members, 100,000 members, or what.
Only 40% is this net? I would be aiming for > 100% Gross as a it contactor in the UK and pay less tax.
I think I can elaborate on how this usually works in my own life. The conditions that allow you to meet your various needs tend to be high-friction to get into, sticky once in them, and prone to ending abruptly. So, if I am in a situation where I have a job, a relationship, friends, and hobbies, then I have more than enough energy to maintain them.

But when a chapter of my life comes to an end, it's like a game of musical chairs. And I'm just a little bit slow to find a seat. This slowness or non-resourcefulness in securing my next seat doesn't come anywhere near the symptoms of major depression. Suppose there's a layoff at work. I'm just a bit slower than others to catch on that I need to find another job. Just a bit less likely to talk to people and chase down opportunities. So I stay unemployed longer, along with the other compounded problems that can cause. After a long time not having my needs met, I get depressed, and eventually I'll be diagnosed with major depression and probably hospitalized.

This is perhaps subtle, but I don't believe I'm especially prone to depression per se. When I'm in a stable life situation, I'm very positive, optimistic, and industrious. I seem to have it all together, and I do. What I'm prone to is being a little bit passive, and fairly introverted. That's not depression, and it doesn't cause any big problems if I'm only maintaining a full life.

But jobs and romantic relationships can end abruptly. And with me it's always one or the other, and often both, that puts me in a situation where I have to act, be assertive, and secure that next seat. And sometimes I have adequate initiative to do that, and it's fine. If I don't though, one of these two things (job or romantic relationship ending suddenly) turns out to be the beginning of a slide. It's usually at least a year after the event that I start having symptoms, and by that time, 4 times out of 5 I'll wind up hospitalized.

Obviously this is just one person's life, one person's experience with depression, and their own interpretation of the mechanisms.
> despite the careful language used

That seems to be the advantage of the interview format: Jordan Peterson had the (repeated/continuous) opportunity to correct the misrepresentation/distortion of his words. James Damore was not given that chance.
I'm also a bit surprised by the price. Nice project though!
probably to feed the lions
That explains why they had to use a virtual machine, real life computing machines had not been invented yet.
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How does money get in or out of such a system. If you're cut off from all sources of fiat what's the point?
Worked when I logged in, thanks :)
It is amazing the number of shallow comments shouting doom and gloom over news like this and others (Steam, etc). Must be the end of Bitcoin because transaction fees are too high!

And more generally everyone shouting doom and gloom over high transaction fees.

Let's stop and think about this critically for once. Transaction fees on Bitcoin are high. And that's somehow a bad thing?

By that same logic it's bad that Apple can charge so much for their phones. $800 phones are so ridiculous. No one can buy the phones! And Apple is clearly a failing business because of it.

It's bad that Tesla is able to charge $70k+ for the Model S. Tesla is a failing business with no future prospects. The experiment is over. Time to buy Chevy Volts instead. Everyone sell TSLA because the Model S is too expensive!

The interpretation that high Bitcoin transaction fees is somehow bad and signals the end of Bitcoin is just so ludicrous when subjected to even an ounce of critical thinking.

Bitcoin transaction fees are high because Bitcoin transactions are _valuable_. Because people are willing to pay that much to make a transaction on a network that secures their transaction in an immutable, public record stored redundantly on 10,000+ machines.

We should see this as a massive signal that Bitcoin is _successful_. That demand for its technology grew beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

The fact that Stripe and other payment platforms can no longer use the technology is disappointing, but for different reasons. So to re-iterate my point one last time, Bitcoin has succeeded in the same way that Tesla succeeded. It made a Model S blockchain, and people are clamoring over one another to get access to it.

Of course, I would be remiss to ignore one valid complaint about high fees. Bitcoin's goal was to free the masses from the entrenched banking system. Part of the banking system is making small, every day transactions. In that regard, Bitcoin has yet to succeed. Going back to my analogy, we can see that Tesla hasn't succeeded in a similar regard either; we don't see electric cars in the hands of the average person. But that's not because the technology has failed. That's because we haven't gotten there yet. It's a long road yet.

We'll get there. The world doesn't change in 9 years. The banking system won't be overturned in a decade. But we have a beachhead. Bitcoin is just getting started.
Ask HN: Did too much free work for a startup, now I'm running out of money
Hey HN

My last two months were spent working for a startup which was supposed to "just receive funding any day now". It's an adult-oriented cryptocurrency startup, where I wrote most of the full-stack code (Vue + Express) by working full-time and pulling 12-16h work days for some weeks. Of course, that day of funding never came, and my remuneration is stuck in equity which I might not be able to convert to food any time soon. During this time, I neglected my freelance work, which has been my bread and butter; and my rainy day money is depleting fast.

The strange thing is... I did that job because I really, really like programming. I learned a lot about cryptocurrency Payment Gateways, Ethereum, and the Solidity programming language. All of that was incredibly fun, and I wouldn't even mind working those hours again (once I make sure that I'm being paid appropriately...)

I've been doing freelance web development for over 7 years now I'm learnt a lot as technologies come and go, and the stack that I'm enjoying right now is:

Front-end: Vue; worked with Angular and React. JSX/Pug (Jade)/Handlebars; Stylus/SASS; ES8.

Back-end: Express; worked with Django and Koa. Mongo/PostgreSQL/SQLite/MySQL, primarily with the Sequelize/Mongoose ORMs. Some GraphQL.

My regular source of freelance work have been a few high quality marketplace-like sites, but those too seem dry right now. The client that I was working with just said that he needs to leave for town for an emergency -- so I don't think I'll be able to complete the project and get my final deposit ($1800) from there.

So that's where I stand. I'm 19 and I made a lot of bad work/money decisions, and I've got only one or two weeks of personal runway left. I'm really not sure where to go from here. What are my options now? How can I avoid such mistakes in the future? Thank you for reading.
I've been eating at In N Out since the '70s (store #3 is a block from my high school, the same alma mater as the founders) and the consistency is amazing. It's been pretty much the same great recipe, as far as I can tell, the whole time. The fries changed some time in the '90s; they used to be more limp and greasy than they are now.

I had friends who worked there and they made a great hourly wage (at the time I think I remember 200% minimum for a non-manager) and they really liked it. It was a tough and coveted job for a high schooler or someone in jr college.
You forgot the elephant in the room. Money. Everyday these writers have to make up the most outlandish "story/fake news" to get you to click to sell you ads.

"statistically useless, arbitrarily rated average of multiple human designed score scales, meant to loosely relate to some quality we want to measure, but in reality is more a game of politics and adversarial score optimization." while honest and true doesn't get the masses clicking. Honest and true doesn't get stories bumped to the frontpage of HN.

I do feel for these journalists. They are like daily vloggers who have to deal with the constant pressure of generating content every single day to make money. That's like clickbait is so rampant in both the traditional and social media.
I tried to sign up to GitLab the other day. OAuth for Google seems to be broken for me. I reached out on twitter, and it never got resolved. Just me shouting into the void, apparently. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hmmm good points. I'll have to think about that one a bit more. Cardano and Monero are both friends I would go to the wall for, though :)
also at metafilter:
https://www.metafilter.com/171958/Weird-One-Character-Domain...
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I won't bankrupt if I get sick or get in accident, even if I get sick while unemployed.

I don't have college debt. And also those who were not able to finish college are not crippled by debt till end of their lives.

Aaaand your wage statistic does not count in surplus of prisoners US have.
Then maybe something that can translate math notation to pseudocode and back?
>the only real downsides being no 401k matching

That's not exactly a downside from a total compensation perspective, so long as you are considered self-employed for setting up a one-participant 401k. You get significantly more control over what portion of your total compensation is taxable vs tax-deferred.
Depression and mania as its counterpart are states of the psyche out of emotional balance. Those are emotional struggles which need to be overcome by their bearers. Clinical depression based on endocrine imbalances does count as well, as it has the same impact as temporal depression. Sometimes the struggles are so hard that at times it may seem easier just to give up. If you just let those states continue to persist without any countermeasures you'll never learn how to deal with them as they continue to wreak havoc to your perceptive and reflective cognitive abilities, which work best in emotional equilibrium by the way.

So, basically saying that depression in itself might have some evolutionary purpose seems a bit far fetched.
Yes, I never found forcing break time being effective. However, forcing work for a set amount of time is working for me marvelously.
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It does not take days and it's not more than 30 bucks to send.