What makes me smile about this (and any) "disorder" classification is: > For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behaviour pattern must be of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family,…
This conversation is 6 months old though. Quite suspicious the New York Times have come to this incredible revelation now, yet didn’t mention it in Nov 2017 when it was actually a hot topic. I must admit I find most…
Total myth. Nobody has ever formulated an accurate prediction without gaping holes in the logic. Also, even with their exaggerated calculations is still a tiny, tiny fraction of that used by traditional banking. (and…
The original article is a joke. Large buy orders will obviously increase the price, and to describe this as manipulation is completely misleading. There's also zero evidence that Tethers are a scam. I'm pretty sure it…
I can find a shortened version of the full interview: https://youtu.be/wFr1ooaVPjY?t=8m59s IPO stuff is from 9 mins, but the whole video is crypto related / fairly interesting.
Jay Clayton (Chairman of the SEC) was talking about this last week. He was saying that the cost / overhead difference between ICO and IPO is so large that they either need to make IPO'ing easier or perhaps integrate…
This is a good point, however the volatility is primarily that the space / projects are so new. The economic structure of each project varies, however most are designed so that if they are used for the utility they…
This is a great point that kids don't want AstroTurf and climbing walls -- ultimately they just want to play. Its the same in the UK. Schools close within 15 minutes unless you pay extra to stay. On the plus side: the…
That's true. But as the person knows they are configuring a web server, I would say this is more carelessness / incompetence rather than an "accident" in the same way as losing a Diamond Ring would be.
But...you would have left the diamond ring by accident. Files don't "accidentally" become publicly accessible via HTTP. i.e. you don't return to your computer one day to find everything is public. Someone specifically…
Yes, the house analogy is not accurate. It would be logical to assume that as the files have specifically been made public via HTTP then no laws are being broken by viewing them unless a warning message appears saying…
They've made the information publicly accessible via HTTP, yet react like this when someone then views in. Scary stuff. I just can't comprehend this at all. To even describe it as a "breach" is inaccurate -- the real…
We seem to be moving from an era when internet censorship was considered bad, to one where "It's OK, we're just censoring this". I have no sympathy towards gun use - but the principle of large monopolies applying their…
Interesting case. The real question for me is: Why does a Casino use card patterns that are not symmetrical? Considering how much resource is invested to make sure everything else is as precise as possible, this seems…
Hypothetically, anyone could "prop-up" the crypto market for a newly launched coin by buying the first Asks from Poloniex at a deliberately inflated price and then sell back-and-forth to themselves at the same inflated…
To be fair to ZCash, the high prices at launch were primarily due to very limited supply and market manipulation. The "screaming dive" is really just heading towards a sustainable price. Somewhere between $2-$10 is a…
Good spot, though not surprising to me. Worth adding here that it also appears Zcash stakeholders have been internally buying/selling their own ZEC at inflated prices on Poloniex to artificially increase both volume and…
Wouldn't it make more sense to use Monero instead of ZCash? Privacy is compulsory with Monero and also the entire platform is decentralised. The privacy features in Zcash are optional & very slow / difficult to use --…
Rule #1 of freelancing: If there's anything you definitely want (i.e. money) then always get it in writing beforehand. Some people will make it deliberately hard for you to get things in writing - these people are…
I am a developer and have been seen many similar "positions" in the past (particularly 10 years ago, .com boom). IMO they are intentionally trying to screw you. Do all you can to protect yourself, but be formal / polite…
I've run my own email for about 4 years now -- I'm fairly tech savvy, but don't know much about email -- so was pleased that my "quick" solution has worked well. I use Apple Server to host the email via SSL on a…
What makes me smile about this (and any) "disorder" classification is: > For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behaviour pattern must be of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family,…
This conversation is 6 months old though. Quite suspicious the New York Times have come to this incredible revelation now, yet didn’t mention it in Nov 2017 when it was actually a hot topic. I must admit I find most…
Total myth. Nobody has ever formulated an accurate prediction without gaping holes in the logic. Also, even with their exaggerated calculations is still a tiny, tiny fraction of that used by traditional banking. (and…
The original article is a joke. Large buy orders will obviously increase the price, and to describe this as manipulation is completely misleading. There's also zero evidence that Tethers are a scam. I'm pretty sure it…
I can find a shortened version of the full interview: https://youtu.be/wFr1ooaVPjY?t=8m59s IPO stuff is from 9 mins, but the whole video is crypto related / fairly interesting.
Jay Clayton (Chairman of the SEC) was talking about this last week. He was saying that the cost / overhead difference between ICO and IPO is so large that they either need to make IPO'ing easier or perhaps integrate…
This is a good point, however the volatility is primarily that the space / projects are so new. The economic structure of each project varies, however most are designed so that if they are used for the utility they…
This is a great point that kids don't want AstroTurf and climbing walls -- ultimately they just want to play. Its the same in the UK. Schools close within 15 minutes unless you pay extra to stay. On the plus side: the…
That's true. But as the person knows they are configuring a web server, I would say this is more carelessness / incompetence rather than an "accident" in the same way as losing a Diamond Ring would be.
But...you would have left the diamond ring by accident. Files don't "accidentally" become publicly accessible via HTTP. i.e. you don't return to your computer one day to find everything is public. Someone specifically…
Yes, the house analogy is not accurate. It would be logical to assume that as the files have specifically been made public via HTTP then no laws are being broken by viewing them unless a warning message appears saying…
They've made the information publicly accessible via HTTP, yet react like this when someone then views in. Scary stuff. I just can't comprehend this at all. To even describe it as a "breach" is inaccurate -- the real…
We seem to be moving from an era when internet censorship was considered bad, to one where "It's OK, we're just censoring this". I have no sympathy towards gun use - but the principle of large monopolies applying their…
Interesting case. The real question for me is: Why does a Casino use card patterns that are not symmetrical? Considering how much resource is invested to make sure everything else is as precise as possible, this seems…
Hypothetically, anyone could "prop-up" the crypto market for a newly launched coin by buying the first Asks from Poloniex at a deliberately inflated price and then sell back-and-forth to themselves at the same inflated…
To be fair to ZCash, the high prices at launch were primarily due to very limited supply and market manipulation. The "screaming dive" is really just heading towards a sustainable price. Somewhere between $2-$10 is a…
Good spot, though not surprising to me. Worth adding here that it also appears Zcash stakeholders have been internally buying/selling their own ZEC at inflated prices on Poloniex to artificially increase both volume and…
Wouldn't it make more sense to use Monero instead of ZCash? Privacy is compulsory with Monero and also the entire platform is decentralised. The privacy features in Zcash are optional & very slow / difficult to use --…
Rule #1 of freelancing: If there's anything you definitely want (i.e. money) then always get it in writing beforehand. Some people will make it deliberately hard for you to get things in writing - these people are…
I am a developer and have been seen many similar "positions" in the past (particularly 10 years ago, .com boom). IMO they are intentionally trying to screw you. Do all you can to protect yourself, but be formal / polite…
I've run my own email for about 4 years now -- I'm fairly tech savvy, but don't know much about email -- so was pleased that my "quick" solution has worked well. I use Apple Server to host the email via SSL on a…
I've run my own email for about 4 years now -- I'm fairly tech savvy, but don't know much about email -- so was pleased that my "quick" solution has worked well. I use Apple Server to host the email via SSL on a…