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reefoctopus··on Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
People optimize for different lifestyles, but what I described is a fairly common goal. The Wikipedia article on lifestyle businesses even cites The Four Hour Workweek.
reefoctopus··on Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
It means I don't have to wake up to an alarm, have most things automated, work 4-5 hours per week, and live like someone who is retired.
reefoctopus··on Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Casascius_physical_bitcoins
reefoctopus··on Update on Bitcoin Cash
There is an application and short quiz here: https://www.coinbase.com/careers/6848?locale=en-US
reefoctopus··on When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap almost disappears
It sounds like Iran is suffering from a terrible gender imbalance in STEM majors. Is anything being done to correct this problem?
reefoctopus··on When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap almost disappears
This is the monthly thread where everybody pretends that testosterone and estrogen don't exist.
reefoctopus··on Bitcoin Cash Soars to $700, Coinbase Customers Threaten to Sue
This also conveniently prevents people from dumping BCH to drive down the price. The number of confirmations required by most exchanges in order to guard against double spending Sybil attacks will take days. The price will continue to rise as it makes its way into the news. By the time people can dump their BCH it is likely there will be substantial momentum behind it. The launch has been brilliantly orchestrated.
reefoctopus··on Coin Dance – Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork
Here's the thread I'm following.

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6qvofq/someone_just_la...

reefoctopus··on Coin Dance – Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork
There are reports that the new AWS nodes aren't playing nicely with existing nodes. It may be an attack.
reefoctopus··on Hacker News is more interested in Bitcoin when there's a bubble forming
Here's a logarithmic graph: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=831547.0;all

It doesn't look like it's in bubble territory.

reefoctopus··on Benchmarks of PHP 7.2 Beta: PHP Is Still Getting Faster
Sometimes all you need is a hammer because it's actually a nail.
reefoctopus··on Why the feds took down one of Bitcoin’s largest exchanges
I'm a fan of bitcoin, but in this case I disagree. It is safer to sell things on the internet if you accept bitcoin, but it's more risky if you're the buyer. You can chargeback a credit card if you don't get what you paid for. You can't get your bitcoin back.
reefoctopus··on Employees Line Up to Get Microchipped in Wisconsin
You can't give your implant to someone else very easily.
reefoctopus··on Ethereum Plunges 20%
What are the primary coin(s) used on dark markets?
reefoctopus··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
Yes. At this point the price you are willing to pay would be below the equilibrium price.
reefoctopus··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
If you can't find workers, you aren't offering high enough wages. This is econ 101.
reefoctopus··on Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st
You're fine if you wait for the longest chain to emerge.
reefoctopus··on How I Took an API Side Project to 250M Daily Requests
Are you just using the max mind data?

What percentage of those 250,000,000 is from paid plans? Even if it's only 20% you'd be doing $xx,xxx per day. Is that in the ballpark?

reefoctopus··on A study of how millions use Xbox Live
Where are you getting this data from?
reefoctopus··on An alarm about the influence of standardized tests on American society
The Flynn effect says IQ rises 2.93 points per decade.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

reefoctopus··on I supported legalizing all drugs, then the opioid epidemic happened
Most people dying from fentynl aren't buying it on purpose. They're heroin addicts who would gladly choose that if it were legal.

>Carfentinil, the elephant tranquilizer is 100x stronger than fetanyl. There's no way we as a society can allow this to flow freely

I'm glad you understand that potency is the issue, but you're advocating policy that causes potency to increase.

reefoctopus··on I supported legalizing all drugs, then the opioid epidemic happened
Prohibition is the cause of the fetanyl epidemic. As enforcement increases so does potency because smaller portions are easier to smuggle. Fentanyl is ~50x stronger than heroin which means 50x the payoff for smuggling the same quantity, but it's also much easier to misjudge the dosage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_prohibition

Yes, opioids are terrible for the human mind and spirit, but the unintended consequences of prohibition make them that much worse.

reefoctopus··on Why your digital games collection isn't yours to own
Amazon instant sometimes does this too. I stopped buying movies after I received a message that a movie I bought was currently unavailable due to a licensing agreement.
reefoctopus··on Modafinil-Induced Changes in Functional Connectivity of Healthy Elderly Subjects
I can't give an exact answer, but I can tell you that it happens gradually. Initially you feel great, and you're incredibly productive. Two months later you're taking the same amount, but it doesn't give you that same feeling so you increase the dose a little bit. This repeats for awhile until you start noticing side effects and try to stop. That's when you're stuck - you can't do the work you used to do unless you're medicated, and you can't stop without putting your life on hold for a very long time.
reefoctopus··on Modafinil-Induced Changes in Functional Connectivity of Healthy Elderly Subjects
This feeling won't last, and you'll be worse off for it in the long term. Withdrawal from this sort of thing left me unable to get out of bed for a long period of time. Productivity went to zero. It has been several years, and I still have trouble concentrating. Please be careful.
reefoctopus··on Dr John Goodenough’s story suggests some people become more creative with age
Long days of work are often far more productive for me. It usually takes me a couple of hours to get the entirety of the problem/solution in my head. I might accomplish five or ten times what I would if that 18 hours was split across three days.
reefoctopus··on ‘The American dream is not working out here’
33k per month take home on 1 million per year would mean the tax rate is over 60%. There is no way that's right.
reefoctopus··on Google and Facebook ad traffic is 90% useless
You have to disavow the bad links. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2648487?hl=en
reefoctopus··on These two youngs are making $40k+ a month with fake political news
The $14 rpm quoted in the article is unheard of. I've heard $8 rpm for video ads, but that was from a sales guy pitching his network. I've never heard the major networks quote a number 1/10th that high.

It looks like they are running the same click bait article ads that everyone else is.

reefoctopus··on NSA Said to Use Manhattan Tower as Listening Post
[citation needed]
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