EG: You had nobody qualified to make such a decision, and consequently, nobody qualified to produce what you claim to be building. The only reason to talk about node is because it's "hot". Ruby is "hot" too. Erlang,…
This slide deck really should be embarassing, because it screams "we aren't very good at this engineering thing." So, you spent 15 minutes and picked the choice that seemed "coolest" to your team, eh? And your team had…
It is black hat because they were charging developers for their service, which amounted to gaming the top-download charts. This is also, against Apple's terms, and Apple has been going after companies that do this for…
A bitcoin faq would give you more details, but the short answer is that bitcoin is built on cryptography. Every transaction in the system is stored in a chain of blocks. These blocks are created whenever someone…
It is being used as a currency, and any metric on this far exceeds where people thought it would be a few years ago. It's also having massive adoption from a wide number of people. The reason the price is moving is not…
Having a thick skin isn't sufficient. Simply patiently explaining your position to people who are being hostile (eg: my previous experience on HN) doesn't do anything more than make them form up into mobs and start…
Your quote is relevant, but it's a shame he doesn't address the implied claim that bitcoin doesn't "facilitate transactions". And while it is relatively small in that use now, he really needs to make a compelling…
In his defense, it was Krugman who identified in 2003, that we really needed to have a housing bubble, and advocated that we create one, because it would stimulate the economy. And he was right- it did! Until it popped.…
EG: You had nobody qualified to make such a decision, and consequently, nobody qualified to produce what you claim to be building. The only reason to talk about node is because it's "hot". Ruby is "hot" too. Erlang,…
This slide deck really should be embarassing, because it screams "we aren't very good at this engineering thing." So, you spent 15 minutes and picked the choice that seemed "coolest" to your team, eh? And your team had…
It is black hat because they were charging developers for their service, which amounted to gaming the top-download charts. This is also, against Apple's terms, and Apple has been going after companies that do this for…
A bitcoin faq would give you more details, but the short answer is that bitcoin is built on cryptography. Every transaction in the system is stored in a chain of blocks. These blocks are created whenever someone…
It is being used as a currency, and any metric on this far exceeds where people thought it would be a few years ago. It's also having massive adoption from a wide number of people. The reason the price is moving is not…
Having a thick skin isn't sufficient. Simply patiently explaining your position to people who are being hostile (eg: my previous experience on HN) doesn't do anything more than make them form up into mobs and start…
Your quote is relevant, but it's a shame he doesn't address the implied claim that bitcoin doesn't "facilitate transactions". And while it is relatively small in that use now, he really needs to make a compelling…
In his defense, it was Krugman who identified in 2003, that we really needed to have a housing bubble, and advocated that we create one, because it would stimulate the economy. And he was right- it did! Until it popped.…