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Yup, this is definitely the right mindset to have. I've been involved in crypto since 2013 and I've found the key to making money is not drinking the kool-aid. Sell when you're happy with the return you've made. Investing in crypto is a little like playing poker.

I think I read about it in Hooked by Nir Eyal.

Someday he'll likely get it.

If you find this sort of thing interesting, I highly recommend HBO's Westworld. It's really well done and thoroughly thought provoking.

Like what?

Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQoa-uFyXFw

How is that any different from issuing shares privately to VCs? It seems to me the only fundamental difference is with the technology. Things like voting and vesting can be done on a blockchain, so that's not a limitation. There isn't any rule that says a blockchains token distribution has to be "fair". Granted, a more "even" initial distribution makes sense for a currency, but it you're treating crypto tokens as shares in a company, those "rules" need not apply.

Yes but a cryptocurrency only makes sense for certain use cases. In this case, the token would have to serve some sort of useful function related to the social network.

I haven't done anything to improve. In fact, I only found out I read differently about two years ago; which means I went 30 years not knowing I had anything wrong with me. As for it impacting my reading comprehension, it don't think it has. That being said, there isn't any way for me to know for sure, since I'll never experience what it's like to see text normally. Why do you think it would impact comprehension?

All languages I've encountered so far seem to be fine. As long as it doesn't require me to linearly read it, I can see things just fine. I haven't encountered one but I would imagine a language with tightly packed syntax would be difficult for me to read efficiently.

This is a good representation of what my dyslexia is like: http://bin.ddai.us/dys/lib/textjumble.png

I describe it like reading through a straw. I can only focus on one word at a time, while most people can take in more words at once. Consequently, my reading speed is much slower than most. Oddly, it hasn't affected my ability to code; I can "see" code just fine.

Nope, but you're right! Both monsters with horns and geek glasses.

Sounds like you're my ideal user. I created Edabit out of frustration with codecademy and other sites like it. They're essentially interactive books (poor ones in my opinion). With Edabit, I structured it to simulate how people naturally learn to code "in the wild" and added simple game mechanics. The challenges can be sorted in order of difficulty (start on easy and progress to hard), each challenge has relevant learning resources and a discussion area for questions. Do a challenge every day and you'll progress very fast.

Google Analytics; most of them seem to have some sort of internal members only area set up where they link to course material.

Most coding bootcamps are a complete waste of money. Ever since I launched https://edabit.com, I've noticed a ton of traffic coming from these bootcamps and I'm not sure what to think of it. On the one hand, I like the free promotion but on the other, I can't help but feel as though these people are getting ripped off (considering they can access the site for free).

The loading spinners happen when data is being fetched from the database. The app itself is downloaded upon initial load and anything from the database will trigger a loading spinner as it's being fetched.

Here's a project I'm working on that uses react: https://edabit.com

If you're interested in proof of stake, it's definitely worth reading about delegated proof of stake [1]. The gist of it is that token holders vote for the nodes (miners). So far as I've seen, it's the best way to address the issue of governance on a blackchain.

1. https://bitshares.org/technology/delegated-proof-of-stake-co...

Ok, what happened to Demore would be like me working at a company of young Earth creationists who had an internal message board for discussing controversial religious subjects and then firing me because I brought up natural selection. Is it wrong for me to bring up natural selection or is it wrong for my hypothetical company to entrap me?

Some people take offence to the fact humans are related to apes and that the earth is more than 6000 years old. Doesn't mean we should tip toe around their ridiculous sensitivities.

> He posted his thoughts on an internal discussion board

An internal discussion board intended for controversial discussion no less!

Not necessarily; it's just arbitrage. If they can get cheap advertising and it converts well, then selling more expensive ads would make sense.

This is about influencing peoples current bias. Preaching to the choir won't win an election; changing the opinion of the opposition will.

Are there other examples of this happening, or is it just an isolated thing with Google?

He's being fed intravenously and can't speak. Read the article.

You wouldn't be wealthy for very long ;)

>Damore argues that a company that was completely free of bias and discrimination would not end up with a 50/50 gender split in all job functions because there are population differences in some traits that might influence the jobs men and women seek out and succeed at. His memo is structured as an argument against a position he refers to as “the extreme stance that all differences in outcome are due to differential treatment.”

Finally, someone actually gets it.

But what would come of it? We're not going to build a spaceship and go there on the off chance it's interesting. We're a LONG way away from exploring deep space.

>You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are intrinsically different and we should stop trying to make it possible for women to be engineers, it’s just not worth it.

I stopped reading after the first paragraph. Totally not what the memo was saying.

>manifestos about your inherent inferiority at performing in technical and leadership roles

I never got that impression from the memo.