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I had an amazing time at RC more than a decade ago. It had a massive impact on my life, and I'm very grateful for the experience. I always like running into RCers in the most random places, even after all this time. Congrats Nick, Sonali, Dave and everyone else! Would definitely recommend you go if you get a chance :)
Also see Ethereum is green: https://our.status.im/ethereum-is-green/
A lot of this boils down to having a better understanding of uncertainty and probability, especially in terms of being non-naive when it comes to extreme volatility and risk. If you find ways to bet on this in a rigorous manner, the payoff is disproportionally larger. For the lay investor, the hard part is that this essentially means losing money 95% of the time [in those positions], something most people aren't comfortable with. That and some technical difficulties, like liquidity, etc.
Of course, the bets needs to be sized correctly. This is not something you'd put all your money into, and this is part of the design from the beginning. See Kelly Criterion https://www.amazon.com/KELLY-CAPITAL-GROWTH-INVESTMENT-CRITE... for how these people think about it in a rigorous way.
For those who are interested to read more on how this is done, have a look at the papers here: https://www.universa.net/riskmitigation.html
Spitznagel has also written a book called Dao of Capital which talks about the logic and underlying philosopy of these ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Dao-Capital-Austrian-Investing-Distor...
There's also Dynamic Hedging by Taleb https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Hedging-Managing-Vanilla-Opti... which talks about these options and their structure in more technical manner, though I haven't read it.
五大訴求，缺一不可。 Five big demands, can’t do without any of them.
五 5 大 big 訴求 demands 缺一不可 fixed expression “none is dispensable” (缺 lack 一 one 不 no 可 can/possible)
The five demand in question are the ones there is broad consensus on, see other threads.
Wow I’m typing on my phone and I can’t see anything. I suppose if I don’t keep typing this will be all read I mean deleted. Oh well. Such is life. It reminds me of free writing. It is a form of free writing that is enforced I guess that’s useful. For things like writers block and what not.
But what am I to say? Nice product? I guess it’s a cool proof of concept. But I don’t see myself using it. It is more like a neat little toy, almost like performance art.
It is a new form of medium, where the rules are enforced onyoi. I suppose there are other such forms of modes. Does this bring with it anything u inquest and of lasting value? Or is it mostly single player entertainment?
I wonder if something similar can be done for multiplayer chat. Text that mimics actual social interaction in a new way is interesting. Such as IRC and twitter. Maybe even communicating with gifs.
Only time will tell what will last. Normal text yes, movies sure.
I find myself speeding up more for the 3’ deadline
It would be useful to see the comments and get an idea of the quality of each title. This site does a good job of conveying what is good enough while still providing a summary of the contents and submitting an opinion.
How do you get your comment title into the list?
You can just use a few of the existing ones: http://hn.algolia.com/hacker
It's not perfect, but it works fine
(all three comment above generated by OP's site)
Effective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure - Rich Hickey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V1FtfBDsLU
offer incentives to FE (finalize early, ie release funds from the arbitrage) for months
Not too familiar with DNMs, but why would someone agree to this? Just to save a buck? Seems clear it is against your interest, good or bad reputation. What's the stated rational from seller for this, just "I want more liquidity"?
Would be really interesting to read a write up on your experience. What do you program in now? How do you look at other PLs now? What do you miss and what are you happy "just works"? What do you think other PLs (especially languages like Lisp, which are very high in terseness) can learn from Q?
I wish you'd actually read the article before shooting your mouth off with a Well Actually. FTA:
Next one: nanomsg. An alternative to ZeroMQ.
In comments:
How would you split nanomsg, then?
[...] 2. coroutine library, e.g. libtask, libmill [...]
Not to mention that this is obvious if you understand what the core of each thing is in terms of capabilities. If you are gonna be the "technically..." guy, at least do it right.
It's about decomposing things, which is the essence of good design, and - supposedly - the UNIX philosophy at its heart.
Nobody is saying that crytocurrencies 'in general' are going to be declared securities.
I agree with you, but the fact is plenty of people do. Maybe not in the corner of the world, but look broader. This also wasn't the point.
This is only software I have ever seen that actually got smaller over time.
I agree, this is admirable!
Even if it is under different names (which I think is a far better approach), Sustrik does this too: http://250bpm.com/blog:50 He went from AMPQ (not his own creation) -> ZeroMQ -> nanomsg -> Libmill (essentially Go in C/UNIX style)
Also, OpenBSD comes to mind (LibreSSL for example).
Interestingly, cash would seem to be a security under this definition. Except it is explicitly exempted:
The term ‘‘security’’ means any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, security-based swap, bond, debenture, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or in any oil, gas, or other mineral royalty or lease, any collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or in general, any instrument commonly known as a ‘‘security’’; or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing; but shall not include currency or any note, draft, bill of exchange, or banker’s acceptance which has a maturity at the time of issuance of not exceeding nine months, exclusive of days of grace, or any renewal thereof the maturity of which is likewise limited.
From The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (N.B. IANAL).
So, will cryptocurrencies, possibly including ICOs, be exempted? Only history will tell.
To build the HTML, PDF, epub and mobi versions of the book with one command, run ./build-book.sh
Is it built as a one page anywhere already? Seems weird not to include this by default.
Lisping at JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) is an interesting read: http://www.flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html
It is written by lisper at HN who submitted this article :)
Is there a problem? Well played on both sides. WaPo won this round and brags about it, rightly. It's not too dissimilar from the adversarial justice system, but in a different domain, to be honest.
A Quaker friend told Franklin that he, Benjamin, was generally considered proud, so Benjamin put in the Humility touch as an afterthought. The amusing part is the sort of humility it displays. 'Imitate Jesus and Socrates,' and mind you don't outshine either of these two. One can just imagine Socrates and Alcibiades roaring in their cups over Philadel- phian Benjamin, and Jesus looking at him a little puzzled, and murmuring: 'Aren't you wise in your own conceit, Ben?'
Is this written in jest or is it just poor reading comprehension? It's obvious a writer like Franklin wrote "Imitate Jesus and Socrates" on purpose. It's a self-referential reminder of the kind of statement that doesn't indicate humility. Notice how short it is compared to all the other virtue descriptions. If you read more Franklin you know that he likes witticisms.
I travel light and love to read so I drop books off in public places naturally, had no idea it was a thing. Thanks!
The article is called How to Live Without Google. If that is your goal, does an iPhone help with that or not? That doesn't mean it is the only way. Of course you can go without a phone, use a dumbphone, or use Android without Google if you manage to get it to work.
As to why one would want to live without Google, there are many reasons. For one thing you actually pay Apple with real money, not in eyeballs like you do with Google and Facebook as a consumer.
The president seems fairly worried about it. (Or does he not count?)
I briefly worked for a company at this little island, Skeppsholmen [1], a while back. It's beautiful and fairly hidden/quiet, despite being in central Stockholm. There's a hostel ship you can stay at too [2], which I highly recommend if you are in Stockholm on a budget. The Museum of Modern Arts [3] is quite good too, as far as museums in Stockholm go. As well as the Vasa Museum, which people have already mention.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeppsholmen
I hate to be "that guy" but, I don't think this is really what people want their kids reading:
So don't be the that guy. Kids are a lot tougher than what the current helicopter parent trend would have you believe. Would you forbid your kids from reading something like Tintin too? There's no shortage of "glorification" of alcohol there - Captain Haddock's alcoholism is a recurring theme.
I'm not arguing for either being better or worse [1], but do you honestly not see the difference in it being voluntary or forced? You as an individual don't have to have anything to do with Watsi if you disagree with their implementation. This type of argument seems like a very dishonest strawman to me.
1: I'm from Sweden so I'm obviously appalled at the state of healthcare and health insurance in US, but that's beside the point.
Lots of people dislike ICOs, some for good reasons. But ICOs is a general mechanism and the specifics differ. Are some ICOs ponzi schemes? Sure. But this move is about capital controls, little else. I am surprised so many people are defending this as a good thing. Do you want to outlaw all VC money too?
No. Booked with debit card, not credit card, which as far as I know makes the requirements for chargebacks higher.
I was booking a place in Budapest this summer on Booking.com, and there was a specific area I wanted to be in. I searched for that area and found a place that was marked as having a certain location that was perfect for me. Upon arriving, it turns out this was just where their "main office" was, and the specific apartment I was renting was situated in a different area, several tram rides away. I tried to get my money back for this clear deception but to no avail.
Their excuse? The real address was available to me in my confirmation email, i.e. after I had already paid. If you can't trust their map, it serves no purpose whatsoever. A few weeks later I was trying to find the listing but it appears to have been removed.
I'd switch in an instant if someone built a useful alternative to Booking. Agoda is the same deal as far as I can tell, and it is owned by the same parent company.
EDIT: Airbnb is great - I use it a lot, more than Booking - but sometimes you just want a more professionally run hotel, hostel or apartment. In fact, after cancelling that place I ended up booking a studio with Airbnb at the last minute.
That's when you synchronize. Tell all the people to walk clockwise, just like in a swimming lane once more than two people are in it.
So we discussed a bit, and it turns out most of us don't have any saving and just live by the day. Comfortably, granted. They are not poor, they eat well, they have clothes and can afford pleasures. But if anything happen to any of us, we are screwed. We have no buffer of any kind.
The solution to this largely a matter of a shift in attitude. Start saving 10% of your salary right now and stop buying new clothes, eating out etc. Having a buffer is way more important. There are plenty of resources for learning how to live frugally. The benefits of having a cushion, however small, are enormous.
Of course, that doesn't take away from the other points you mention. But it's by no means an unsolvable problem for the average comfortably-living individual.
Have you ever actually met any of these people in real life? Reading headlines about famous people doesn't mean you actually know them.
You can't just invent a trait. You have to define it and measure it and distinguish it from other traits and use it to predict the important ways that people vary.
EQ is not a psychometrically valid concept. Insofar as it is anything (which it isn't) it's the Big Five trait agreeableness, although this depends, as it shouldn't, on which EQ measure is being used (they should all measure THE SAME THING).
What precisely do you disagree with? Let's enumerate some possibilities. Feel free to pick one and argue your point:
1. You can just invent a trait.
2. You don't have to define a trait, measure it or distinguish it from other traits or use it to predict the important ways that people vary.
3. EQ is a psychometrically valid concept.
4. It isn't the Big Five trait agreeableness.
5. EQ measures shouldn't all measure THE SAME THING.