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megadethz··on Crypto billionaire says Fed is driving current downturn
Bitcoin protects against debasement of fiat, not inflation. It's a hedge for the collapse of all fiat currencies.
megadethz··on Cloudflare was down
hn algolia search broken
megadethz··on Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
The keyboard on the new XPS is awful. No travel. Only viable alternative is a Thinkpad.
megadethz··on Turning my obsession in the stock market into a side project
I have a personal setup that does something similar to this using Huginn.
megadethz··on Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?
google reader
megadethz··on Tether is currently in the early stages of a bank run
Can buy BTC on Bitfinex and sell on a real USD exchange. Explaining the premium.
megadethz··on Privateer Holdings Hits the Jackpot with $12B Tilray Stake
How much can he get out from this? any way to hedge his exposure to this until lockup expires?
megadethz··on What went wrong at Social Capital
He also owns 25,000 bitcoins. Made a huge bet in the space.

ref: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/05/winklevoss-twins-head-the-li...

megadethz··on What happens when I choose to “Suppress Ads” on Salon?
CPU mines Monero not Bitcoin.
megadethz··on Bismuth
Also a Cryptocurrency
megadethz··on SENS Research Foundation Receives $2.4M Ethereum Donation from Vitalik Buterin
Worlds youngest billionaire.
megadethz··on Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing
Blackmail as a lawsuit. Have to be careful who you trust these days.
megadethz··on Winklevoss twins become first Bitcoin billionaires
He signed a message a while ago with a large amount of BTC and is known to be one of the earliest BTC whales.
megadethz··on Winklevoss twins become first Bitcoin billionaires
Roger Ver is also a Bitcoin multi Billionaire.
megadethz··on Winklevoss twins become first Bitcoin billionaires
Well deserved.
megadethz··on The Bear Case for Crypto, Part II: The Great Bank Run
Gemini has no limits on USD withdrawals via wires.
megadethz··on Ask HN: IF the Bitcoin bubble bursts, where would you invest next?
I’d look into Monero and Zcash. Allow my wealth to be truly private.
megadethz··on Ask HN: Why are billionaires not giving more money away?
I would argue that allocating the capital wisely and creating jobs is more valuable than giving it away to charity. Being a billionaire opens up the floodgates to get people to listen to you and to have a meaningful impact on the world. I'd lose respect if Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates decided to stop investing their money in game changing ideas and just donated it.
megadethz··on Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales Up 34% to $43.7B
Amazon is proving to be a vacuum cleaner for inefficiencies in the economy. "Your margin is my opportunity" in another light.
megadethz··on Ask HN: Is there a service to get your engineering resume reviewed?
Resume review by Gayle Laakman: https://www.careercup.com/resumereview
megadethz··on Fiat Chrysler to Modify 100K Vehicles After Accusations of Emissions Cheating
It it a crime if everyone does it? Capitalism has its problems.
megadethz··on Steve Singh will become Docker’s new CEO
Now we finally know the real reason for the rebrand.
megadethz··on Google’s Super Bowl ad accidentally set off a lot of Google Homes
I believe the technical reason is that the wake word "ok google" is processed offline.
megadethz··on Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
I can concur with the OP. I recently interviewed at Bay Area companies which included late stage startups and big companies. Have about 5 years of experience. Total liquid compensation was in the range of $200k to $300k annualized.
megadethz··on Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
The salaries generated by the calculator while transparent are not validated by the market and are laughably low.

Given the elasticity of supply and demand the salary mush be constantly evaluated against the market. This seems like just another trick to suppress wages for a qualified engineer.

In today's market, a person with multiple offers would command at least twice the listed compensation at any of the software majors.