While these good options may be available, average people probably simply don't know about them. How would they?
If you mine a Bitcoin and don't spend it, you are making the remaining Bitcoins more valuable (in theory). You have reduced the overall supply. With Bitcoin, the maximum number of Bitcoins that will ever exist is fixed.…
I doubt Zimbabwe Dollar paper is worth millions, but OK... I'll check the value of the Reichsmark, but again, I suspect the market is limited. Network going down: in theory you could keep it up with a Raspberry Pie, so…
What do you mean by "farms that potentially devalue the currency every single second"?
That seems rather silly. I am not going to hound you about your dislike of Bitcoin people. You are ENTITLED to dislike them. I just note that you have no idea what you are talking about and therefore discount your…
"What about government supported fiat money implemented with blockchain?" Not sure how that would supposedly work. There is one interesting application of government, though: the distribution of the coins. That is what…
No another app is just another implementation for a wallet. That is what I meant by apps - in response to Schneier's argument that you have to trust the software anyway.
Maybe with Bitcoin I have to trust the software a little bit, but at least if it turns out to be faulty, I can switch to another app. That's much harder to do with governments controlling fiat money. Or with banks. What…
Did you ever go to such a meetup? What exactly annoyed you about the people?
Replicated, too?
I must admit, I don't see how positive thinking could possibly help? Assuming suicides are usually a result of violence (bullying by peers, pressure by parents and teachers...). Wouldn't it be better to show practical…
But "practicing mindfulness" is suggesting the cure is easy (pretty sure the science is shaky, at least positive thinking isn't proven to work?). Actually working on issues might work better, and might also not be easy.
"children and teenagers struggling to get to grips with how they fit into the increasingly complex modern world" Isn't that basically the job of children, and has always been? Not to denounce the efforts to improve…
Not Markov chain, but I have been wondering about Dwarf Fortress. Some stories of Dwarf Fortress sound quite interesting. So I wonder if an automated writeup of an automated Dwarf Fortress game could yield something…
Maybe the AI also considers ratings of the band. Then it would be no more unethical than online shops displaying customer satisfaction ratings? In any case the AI could make several educated guesses on how good the band…
Can't wait!
Don't smaller businesses also pay less taxes to begin with? Not sure how it works, especially in France. Even small businesses may have several ways of reducing taxes? What is the minimum income for considering the…
It doesn't seem fair to compare reading books to the worst possible things you can do on a screen device. And the argument made was about physical exercise and engagement with real people. I think that's a problem of…
Amazon didn't kill bookstores - people could have continued to shop in bookstores all they want. Amazon doesn't force anybody to not go to a bookstore. There are actually still bookstores and other stores around to this…
"I'm concerned about interference with learning and development needed to interact with actual people and the physical world" Books would cause the same withdrawal from actual people and the physical world, yet I…
I wonder if she would have kept up the same good work if she had been paid for it. Not meaning it in a bad way, I mean the difference of doing it for fun and doing it for money.
"Don't run apps that you don't trust" So basically no apps at all.
There are many other app stores. Most phones are locked down, so you can not simply use another app store, though.
I have read several stories about happy coal miners, actually. There seems to be something about the companionship among coal miners that makes it great (for them). In general - if somebody does a job, presumably the…
"Because it is women, people of color, LGBTQ communities, writers and artists who compose the majority population of sex communities" While it seems her concerns are warranted, that kind of writing just puts me off. It…
While these good options may be available, average people probably simply don't know about them. How would they?
If you mine a Bitcoin and don't spend it, you are making the remaining Bitcoins more valuable (in theory). You have reduced the overall supply. With Bitcoin, the maximum number of Bitcoins that will ever exist is fixed.…
I doubt Zimbabwe Dollar paper is worth millions, but OK... I'll check the value of the Reichsmark, but again, I suspect the market is limited. Network going down: in theory you could keep it up with a Raspberry Pie, so…
What do you mean by "farms that potentially devalue the currency every single second"?
That seems rather silly. I am not going to hound you about your dislike of Bitcoin people. You are ENTITLED to dislike them. I just note that you have no idea what you are talking about and therefore discount your…
"What about government supported fiat money implemented with blockchain?" Not sure how that would supposedly work. There is one interesting application of government, though: the distribution of the coins. That is what…
No another app is just another implementation for a wallet. That is what I meant by apps - in response to Schneier's argument that you have to trust the software anyway.
Maybe with Bitcoin I have to trust the software a little bit, but at least if it turns out to be faulty, I can switch to another app. That's much harder to do with governments controlling fiat money. Or with banks. What…
Did you ever go to such a meetup? What exactly annoyed you about the people?
Replicated, too?
I must admit, I don't see how positive thinking could possibly help? Assuming suicides are usually a result of violence (bullying by peers, pressure by parents and teachers...). Wouldn't it be better to show practical…
But "practicing mindfulness" is suggesting the cure is easy (pretty sure the science is shaky, at least positive thinking isn't proven to work?). Actually working on issues might work better, and might also not be easy.
"children and teenagers struggling to get to grips with how they fit into the increasingly complex modern world" Isn't that basically the job of children, and has always been? Not to denounce the efforts to improve…
Not Markov chain, but I have been wondering about Dwarf Fortress. Some stories of Dwarf Fortress sound quite interesting. So I wonder if an automated writeup of an automated Dwarf Fortress game could yield something…
Maybe the AI also considers ratings of the band. Then it would be no more unethical than online shops displaying customer satisfaction ratings? In any case the AI could make several educated guesses on how good the band…
Can't wait!
Don't smaller businesses also pay less taxes to begin with? Not sure how it works, especially in France. Even small businesses may have several ways of reducing taxes? What is the minimum income for considering the…
It doesn't seem fair to compare reading books to the worst possible things you can do on a screen device. And the argument made was about physical exercise and engagement with real people. I think that's a problem of…
Amazon didn't kill bookstores - people could have continued to shop in bookstores all they want. Amazon doesn't force anybody to not go to a bookstore. There are actually still bookstores and other stores around to this…
"I'm concerned about interference with learning and development needed to interact with actual people and the physical world" Books would cause the same withdrawal from actual people and the physical world, yet I…
I wonder if she would have kept up the same good work if she had been paid for it. Not meaning it in a bad way, I mean the difference of doing it for fun and doing it for money.
"Don't run apps that you don't trust" So basically no apps at all.
There are many other app stores. Most phones are locked down, so you can not simply use another app store, though.
I have read several stories about happy coal miners, actually. There seems to be something about the companionship among coal miners that makes it great (for them). In general - if somebody does a job, presumably the…
"Because it is women, people of color, LGBTQ communities, writers and artists who compose the majority population of sex communities" While it seems her concerns are warranted, that kind of writing just puts me off. It…