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MacroChip··on YC W22 Stablegains is being sued for losing $42M in funds from 4878 customers
Eh, I can see many people preferring decentralized leverage over centralized i.e. Bitmex. And even if there were other decentralized solutions for leverage back then, they may have liked the security posture and liq parameters of MakerDao specifically. And nowadays (maybe even back then) US citizens cannot use Bitmex.
MacroChip··on YC W22 Stablegains is being sued for losing $42M in funds from 4878 customers
I don't know the ins and outs of MakerDao. Trying to understand your point. If they were long ETH, are you saying they should still have let the liquidations happen for economic reasons? Also asking in good faith here: did you find specific instances of insolvency or are you assuming eth was falling fast enough for the liq action to be insolvent?
MacroChip··on How can I get my boyfriend to stop digging his tunnel?
Pics or it didn't happen. I think we underestimate the harmful effects of mild disinformation. And underestimate the motivation to lie on Reddit. We are constantly subtly recalibrating our worldview so why increase the likelihood that our picture of the world is inaccurate?
MacroChip··on I'm Too Risk-Averse for Index Investing
Expectations around dividends could be priced in though. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividendirrelevance.asp
MacroChip··on Up all night with a Twitch millionaire
There's a difference between "playing the game" and playing the game. I can sit at a chess board and move pieces around and say that chess takes no focus because I chose not to focus
MacroChip··on Inflation rises to 6.8% year over year
I assume that decreases in services will create decreases in goods. So GDP and CPI will reflect this.
MacroChip··on Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly
If you want a chrome extension that turns your history into a tree I made it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/histree/linpklflmo...
MacroChip··on The art of not taking things personally
Everyone behaves the way they do because of their life experiences, the chemicals in their body, the sun radiating, etc. It's up to you to respond accordingly.
MacroChip··on Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
I love the planters inside. Especially in the big open space. Does anyone know any names for the architecture and design choices of that building?
MacroChip··on A Unix-style personal search engine and web crawler for your digital footprint
I made https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/histree/linpklflmo... to put your browsing into a tree view. The search does not search the site content, so it's different from full indexers, but it's a nice enhancement to browser history.
MacroChip··on Cheating in FPS by using a second computer to move mouse
Maybe a fake mouse could resolder a real secure enclave. I'm not sure what sort of remote attestation the enclave can perform. Mouse manufacturers would need to partner with Intel (or anyone else that makes a similar hardware signing system that a game developer trusts)
MacroChip··on Cheating in FPS by using a second computer to move mouse
Any fake USB mouse that someone makes would not have the Intel Secure Enclave that signs mouse movements. So the mouse inputs would be rejected by the server/banned.
MacroChip··on Cheating in FPS by using a second computer to move mouse
Does anyone know why Intel FOGS did not get popular? https://web.archive.org/web/20070707090927/http://www.techno... Hardware signing input device inputs would advance the cat and mouse game by a lot. Then you'd need something physically moving the input device for you to aimbot. Or pay someone to properly crack open the secure enclave on your input device.
MacroChip··on uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
The recipes are real and not generated. Feel free to make it!
MacroChip··on Embrace the Grind
Every time I hear about the "Three virtues", I always think "Well, there's 'laziness' and there's laziness". I know when I or someone else is being 'lazy' or lazy. Same thing for the other virtues. This is why we appreciate those who embrace the grind.
MacroChip··on uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
I made https://thisfoodblogdoesnotexist.com as satire. It uses GPT2 to generate blog content like those 15 paragraph essays.
MacroChip··on Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site
I made https://thisfoodblogdoesnotexist.com because I think the life stories on those recipe sites are hilarious. My site uses GPT2 to generate blog content. I could pepper it with obnoxious fake ads...
MacroChip··on I no longer trust The Great Suspender
Does this extension add functionality beyond Chrome's existing tab suspension?
MacroChip··on The Bit Short: Inside Crypto’s Doomsday Machine
I don't understand the section about minting tethers. Couldn't Tether Ltd choose to mint in round numbers legitimately? If they aren't continuously creating and destroying individual tethers then the minting process could be in round numbers but only released to the wild in a controlled manner. The Bahama bank evidence is a lot more compelling. Did the NY court order have a typo in the extension being to January of last year?
MacroChip··on The Case of the Extra 40ms
So was this the first device that used that specific version of Android? I'm curious if it had anything to do with the device itself
MacroChip··on Show HN: This startup acquisition announcement does not exist
I love it. Your title caught my eye as I was submitting a GPT2 project as well! I had the same thought that GPT3 might not be funny because it could be too accurate.
MacroChip··on Show HN: AI Generated Food Blog
When plainoldrecipe.com was on the frontpage a couple weeks ago I thought it would be funny to do the opposite: add extraneous flavor text to recipes. These flavor texts are generated by GPT-2 since I have no interest in making the content myself. Some of the stories are funny. Surprisingly the Wild Rice Pancakes suggest adding Nyquil, which I do not endorse.

Things I'll be working on next:

Automate new recipes every day (or every page refresh)

Generated recipes (the current recipes are human generated)

Deriving recipe ingredients and steps from user submitted images via http://pic2recipe.csail.mit.edu/

GPT-3. I will be applying to the open beta later this week. This would make a lot more convincing flavor texts and could be aware of the recipe itself. Right now I feed GPT2 the title only.

If you have any ideas or feedback please let me know. I'll post updates on Twitter if you are interested.

MacroChip··on Ideas That Changed My Life
You've caught my attention. Care to share it? I promise I won't host it. If you put the source quotes on github it could be a cool project that you accept pull requests to. And that does not preclude you from still making a good website out of it.
MacroChip··on I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something
A story about WordPerfect from an insider executive https://www.wordplace.com/ap/
MacroChip··on How to Become the Best in the World at Something
I loved the article. I'll be sharing it. The visualizations make it much more digestable and inspirational. Also, the link you posted to Adams' blog has a messed up cert or something. I'm on Firefox on Android. I'll reach out to him as well.
MacroChip··on Edward Snowden on The Joe Rogan Experience [video]
Snowden mentioned something about Android and iOS refusing to implement his idea about cutting network access to specific apps. He said they claim it's a security risk. What is the security risk and where can I see the discussion about this feature?
MacroChip··on OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop Implementation
I did not know magic wormhole existed. I made a simple nodejs implementation of a very similar app. It used WebRTC so maybe it could be faster. Let me know if you want to try it out!
MacroChip··on Zoom is reinstalling itself after a minute of being uninstalled [video]
Ok thanks for the example. I hadn't heard of that, so I just briefly read about it. It looked like there were clear terms about the Enterprise apps: that it was for internal, employee use. Facebook was distributing it to non employees. I imagine that is why there was little shade thrown.
MacroChip··on Zoom is reinstalling itself after a minute of being uninstalled [video]
Understood. I would hope that they spell out the terms of when a key revocation would happen if they were to revoke keys.
MacroChip··on Zoom is reinstalling itself after a minute of being uninstalled [video]
You sure you want that last sentence? If that were happening, we would all be commenting on here about how Apple decides who succeeds and who fails by threatening to revoke companies' keys on a whim.
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