I googled a bit. Officially Finland has 1.5 million firearms. Mainly for hunting and sport. Handguns make up only 0.2 million, which is about 13%. Most all murders in Finland are done with a knife while drunk. (The…
Other quirkiness: - Finland has 45 firearms per 100 people (3rd highest in the world) yet is was ranked the safest country in the world. - Enough saunas that the whole population could do it at the same time. - Most…
Jordan Peterson has some good advice on this (not sure if he is liked around here). "Be Friends With Those Who Want Best For You" and "Be careful who you share good news with". Some friends don't want you to try to…
Ripple is decentralized, in the technical sense. If you are a programmer you will appreciate this. It explains the consensus protocol in detail. I found it fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jq4frE5v4
As nice of a theory it is, birth order has not been shown to affect personality at all. > "Contemporary empirical research shows that birth order does not influence the Big Five personality traits."…
I think for a cryptocoin to be useful in the real world, scaling and quick transaction times has to be a priority from the start of the design. Its not something you can fix, as an afterthought. That's why I like xrp.…
Chimps defend territory and go to war. Its not just human nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
People often think of C++ as a Object Oriented Language. That's understandable, as it was the key feature back in the earliest days. OOP got hyped and over used. Now OOP is (almost) considered harmful in C++ community.…
I googled a bit. Officially Finland has 1.5 million firearms. Mainly for hunting and sport. Handguns make up only 0.2 million, which is about 13%. Most all murders in Finland are done with a knife while drunk. (The…
Other quirkiness: - Finland has 45 firearms per 100 people (3rd highest in the world) yet is was ranked the safest country in the world. - Enough saunas that the whole population could do it at the same time. - Most…
Jordan Peterson has some good advice on this (not sure if he is liked around here). "Be Friends With Those Who Want Best For You" and "Be careful who you share good news with". Some friends don't want you to try to…
Ripple is decentralized, in the technical sense. If you are a programmer you will appreciate this. It explains the consensus protocol in detail. I found it fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jq4frE5v4
As nice of a theory it is, birth order has not been shown to affect personality at all. > "Contemporary empirical research shows that birth order does not influence the Big Five personality traits."…
I think for a cryptocoin to be useful in the real world, scaling and quick transaction times has to be a priority from the start of the design. Its not something you can fix, as an afterthought. That's why I like xrp.…
Chimps defend territory and go to war. Its not just human nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
People often think of C++ as a Object Oriented Language. That's understandable, as it was the key feature back in the earliest days. OOP got hyped and over used. Now OOP is (almost) considered harmful in C++ community.…