HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

banderman

101 karma · joined June 27, 2017

submissionscomments
banderman··on BitConnect Closes Exchange as States Warn of Unregulated Sales
Absolutely. Is there any information available on the ownership of Poloniex? Do they provide any proof of reserves?
banderman··on Filecoin 2017 Q4 Update
How is that different from embezzlement?
banderman··on Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Say No
Lots of people use cash because it's better for the businesses that receive it to not have to pay a significant processing fee of 2%+. When a restaurant might only run on 5% margins, 2% off the top is 40% of their profits.
banderman··on Christopher Nolan: The power of people and why 2001 should be preschool viewing
I think that Charlie Kaufman is also a contender for top modern original film director.
banderman··on SQL Keys in Depth
eBay allows this. It's useful for brand management.
banderman··on Home in a Can: When Trailers Offered a Compact Version of the American Dream
You can also use a URL expander, such as http://urlex.org/
banderman··on A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k
With board games a lot of the margin goes to the publisher. It's hard to be independent as just a designer. Massively successful games companies like Cards Against Humanity vertically integrate and are even handling their shipping logistics at this point: https://www.blackbox.cool/
banderman··on Design of a silicon quantum computer chip
Can you please explain what makes it quantum resistant?
banderman··on Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox
They have a lot of great original content. In particular they're the leader in stand up comedy.
banderman··on FCC Chair Ajit Pai “jokes” about being a Verizon shill
http://news.gallup.com/poll/201152/conservative-liberal-gap-...

Note that associating yourself with a label isn't necessarily reflective of your functioning ideology.

banderman··on Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit Breaker
Correct. All of the big unlicensed and unregulated exchanges that provide no transparency of their ownership, or as to how customer balances are held allow significant margin trading. And they have no impartial 3rd party proof of reserves.
banderman··on IOTA surges up 70% after teaming up with Microsoft, now the 5th cryptocurrency
Making the claim of there being a partnership with a company because you have a container available on their cloud hosting platform seems a bit overstated to me.
banderman··on IOTA surges up 70% after teaming up with Microsoft, now the 5th cryptocurrency
It's funny how they make a big deal about having a link to Microsoft, but Microsoft doesn't mention them at all. https://www.google.com/search?q=site:microsoft.com+iota

The quote they have from Microsoft https://blog.iota.org/iota-data-marketplace-cb6be463ac7f appears to be from a sales guy https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkareshwar

banderman··on CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10
I like how everyone has moved on to ignoring the fact that 5-10% of all Bitcoin are controlled by an unknown party. Would this be acceptable in any other currency? https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-f...
banderman··on Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned from computer games
It's a bit complex to pick up, but it's very true to the original game. If you have experience with the original the mechanics will make sense right away. It's also a lot of fun! Great theme.
banderman··on Seed funding has declined
Equity based funding is available on traditional platforms: https://equity.indiegogo.com/
banderman··on Seed funding has declined
The term crowd funding is not being replaced by ICO. ICO is just one method of crowd funding.
banderman··on Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'
Uber does this for their drivers to confirm it's the registered person driving the vehicle.
banderman··on The Bear Case for Crypto, Part II: The Great Bank Run
What about all of the exchanges offering significant margin trading? Where does all that credit come from? How can they guarantee that'll all be covered in a significant price drop if the buy side of the book is cleared?
banderman··on Initial Coin Offerings Horrify a Former S.E.C. Regulator
The track record of humanity's decision making indicates that your statement is not accurate for a significant portion of the population.
banderman··on Tether Critical Announcement
Who owns and operates Bittrex and Poloniex? How are the licensed? Do they keep customer funds segregated from operating funds?
banderman··on Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
On multiple occasions I have seen Windows 10 revert the default browser preference to Edge because "an error was detected" with no explanation of the error, and Chrome still functioning normally. I have also seen IE on Windows 10 revert the default search engine to Bing. I'm sure it's all just in the best interest of the end user...
banderman··on Bitfinex never ‘repaid’ their tokens, they started a ponzi scheme
Who owns Poloniex and Bittrex? How are they licensed? Do they segregate customer funds from operating funds?
banderman··on Bypassing Browser Security Warnings with Pseudo Password Fields
I find DDG useful for probably ~75% of searches, so I keep it as my default, and switch over to Google if needed.

What aspect of DDG "sucks" for you?

banderman··on Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Institutional Investors
People use bitcoin to buy the other coins that are used for illegal trade.
banderman··on India's Nuclear Scientists Keep Dying Mysteriously (2013)
"Any developing country's nuclear scientists are either missing, given citizenship in a first world country or "went abroad" for research."

Do you have any references to back that statement up? Seems like a pretty bold claim.

banderman··on Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well
Isn't that what being a Software Engineer or Software Architect is?
banderman··on Twitter’s multi-million dollar US election pitch to RT
Maybe a better metric is number of monthly users from consumer ISP IPs?
banderman··on What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die?
At those rates, wouldn't it be cheaper to rent a car?
banderman··on Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stricter rules
They have that.
← PreviousPage 2 of 3Next →