outrightfree

Everyone generalises too much.

"Bitcoin is a classic venture capital endeavor: It will either work or it won’t. And if it doesn’t work, we will lose all our money. But if it does work, it will work in a spectacular way. Our investments will pay off 1,000 to 1 or 10,000 to 1 or some other crazy extreme, because these markets are so big."

Or perhaps a Sisyphean task?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus

I bought Labyrinths of Reason many years ago, and I still love dipping into it every now and then. I always seem to find something new in it (one benefit of a failing memory)

Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge by William Poundstone

"Further, this energy and computing power bound paradigm creates a dynamic such that, as economic activity in Bitcoin expands, it naturally drives humanity to find sources of energy efficiency, thereby aligning Bitcoin with our global need for sustainable, inexpensive energy sources."

I don't recall anyone making this point before, though no doubt someone has done.

Great game. Was it inspired by the telescope game that was on the Dyson (vacuum cleaner) website a few years ago? Seems to be gone from the dyson site now, but I've linked to a copy in a separate submission [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8092648

Very minor nitpicky grammar point: "... the Swarm satellites — three separate satellites floating in tandem."

Can three things operate in tandem?

Or maybe he did a Walter White.

It's the title of the target article.

@basicallydan - related to your point about The Knowledge. Doesn't satnav make that test somewhat anachronistic now?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7858000

Interesting quotes:

"A PayPal user might, for example, use her PDA to beam her share of a lunch tab to a colleague with an infrared-equipped PDA."

"There are about three to four million PDAs in circulation that can make use of the PayPal software."

"make him interview you too"

... or perhaps "her"