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ringaroundthetx··on Why people believe others' social lives are richer than their own
Purchase pdf

Anyone able to read the study?

ringaroundthetx··on San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inescapably Transformed by Tech
Indeed, the twin towers alone were capable of accomodating Google and Apple who currently exist as gigantic suburban sprawl

Imagine all of that replaced by public transportation and two buildings

NYC is no wonderland with its antiquated infrastructure but get it together Cali

ringaroundthetx··on The Long-Term Stock Exchange Comes to Life
Unless this was launched by State Street or Vanguard how would anyone think this was a good idea or effective idea

More like Zero Liquidity Stock Exchange am I right?

ringaroundthetx··on Kodi for the Xbox One
Full circle
ringaroundthetx··on Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s
Consensus driven websites reflect world view more than accuracy, but primarily because people dont use upvotes/downvotes for the same reasons

Sites that pride themselves on accurate information should consider a different model

ringaroundthetx··on Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Hit Carders in Wallet
Yes so we could imagine a new upper bound of 100 tx/s

This isnt future proof but should alleviate some pressures while internet and widespread computational infrastructure improves

ringaroundthetx··on Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s
All* the violent crime in New York City (especially gang related) happens in the NYCHA ghettos, it has been this way for a long time and even that is lower now.

Dnainfo had a map of nyc gangs and it was funny because they all looked like xbox live usernames, and then the awkward reality set in that the gangs are all 14* year olds

*hyperbole

ringaroundthetx··on Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Hit Carders in Wallet
Monero and associated technologies have no scaling solution on the table. It is a problem.

Monero’s tx fees are low due to lack of use, they go up way faster than bitcoin’s even with RuffCT and adaptive blocksizes.

ringaroundthetx··on Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Hit Carders in Wallet
Yeah for real, I cant wait for the day a criminal gets busted because they used an AML/KYC enabled payment channel run by Goldman Sachs on bitcoin’s lightning network
ringaroundthetx··on The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track
Yeah my frightened brethren in coastal US cities dont get it, the political party is a sideshow: play by a more effective set of rules

If you DONT have a state-sanctioned racket I’m like “Do you even America bruh?”

ringaroundthetx··on Effective Engineer – Notes
> is that the people who are best positioned to capitalize on an emerging technology wave are the ones who started working on it before anyone realized it was important, just because it was interesting to them

Its not just “interesting” there is also happenstance

There are going to be college kids working on “XEM Smart Contracts” for some ICO consultancy startup just because they had more java classes across semesters

And they will be heralded as pioneering geniuses just because some fortune 500 starts looking for the word smart contract on linkedin

ringaroundthetx··on MoviePass Adds a Million Subscribers, Even If Theaters Aren’t Sold on It
Moviepass is great on the low cost aspect of the movie experience

But on the other hand I would pay $50+ for that kind of entertainment. I enjoy the experience as it isnt tolerable to have such overpowering speakers in a home setup, or especially in apartment complexes. It is a well done escape.

I wouldnt pay that much for a movie-going date or children’s tickets though, with the high chance that they arent into it

ringaroundthetx··on Engineers create plants that glow
Luciferase, luciferin, and Co-Enzyme A

Who named these? I feel like this field needs “meaningful variable names” just like anyone educated in Computer Science is taught.

ringaroundthetx··on Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev
Yeah hopefully assailants will also be educated in the futility of their actions

If the whole idea of a kneecap-breaking plot fails because transferring the funds requires multiple signers then they arent going to break kneecaps

ringaroundthetx··on A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance
This is a good smell though. It likely will adversely affect the efficacy of the lawsuit.

Company internal investigation followed by public facing change is pretty much the death knell in a civil/monetary lawsuit.

ringaroundthetx··on ‘Saluton’: the surprise return of Esperanto
Honestly this may contribute a lot more than it is given credit for

Monero has touched a lot of people since 2014

Would this random tourist have noticed the Esperanto statue in Vienna? Their museum?

A passing impression of Monero may be fueling this resurgance and international exposure

ringaroundthetx··on ‘Saluton’: the surprise return of Esperanto
Duolingo also assumes it can condition you without teaching you the exceptions AT ALL

And thats annoying AF

Five seconds of a teacher or native speaker telling you the reason is way more valuable

ringaroundthetx··on WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office space
its a placebo for multinationals to get people to innovate

There are a bunch of coworking space accelerators in silicon valley which are occupied by some small unprofitable divisions of megacorps, their “alpha bets”

ringaroundthetx··on California lawmakers have tried for 50 years to fix the state’s housing crisis
So what you’re telling me is that people are going to be paying me $15,000/mo if I do get that property
ringaroundthetx··on At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment
The additional liability incurred, as I wrote
ringaroundthetx··on At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment
I dont think these expose’s and #metoo campaigns are going to have the effect that they are going for. These things are merely exposing consequences (or lack thereof)

I think it is more likely that gender exclusive clubs will become more in vogue again, where they simply bus in the people willing to be objectified

Unfortunately There is nothing about this that is curbing behavior or desires, it is only showing the folly of gender diversity in the workplace. The additional liability incurred

Im not endorsing these observations, I and almost everyone will publicly say this is wrong, upvote how heinous people in power can be, but what I perceive of peoples desires are unchanged.

ringaroundthetx··on Blackbird: Bitcoin arbitrage
Thats not a true philosophy, opportunity exists dont limit yourself

In this case, Spread trading relies on a spread not widening

ringaroundthetx··on Tiananmen Square 1989 death toll was at least 10,000 according to UK documents
This has hardly been educational or enlightening. Areas that border SARs maintain Cantonese which would incredibly useful for an economic advantage with Hong Kong and Macau, and SARs are not mainland China so what is there to apologize about, the word “obsolete”? Thats supposed to be hyperbole, provocative, mission accomplished

Residents of SARs are just as discontent with the mainland as anyone else who escaped before transitions

The mainland has a national language

ringaroundthetx··on Tiananmen Square 1989 death toll was at least 10,000 according to UK documents
What I find most illuminating is how the current generation’s thoughts are so dramatically different than the Chinese-American’s whose parents left/escaped

In the states we have alot of Cantonese speaking people with a disdain for the party and the outcome, masquarading their opinion and obsolete language as relevant and other Americans treat it as canonical

My experience with mainlanders is complacency and contentment with the expected role of government, who have no idea why some people focus on an old uprising as if nothing else happened in 30 years

Not supposed to be a popular opinion but thats what Ive observed

ringaroundthetx··on Google hires a key Apple chip designer
On a safari
ringaroundthetx··on How the Rohingya Escaped
I see
ringaroundthetx··on How the Rohingya Escaped
an adjective and distinction which changes what, exactly?
ringaroundthetx··on How the Rohingya Escaped
What I've found is that there is no consensus on who the victim is, and only who the losers are. This surprised me at first, but it really wouldn't be unique at all, in hindsight.

Most of the discussion is around unrelated parties having empathy, because there are suffering people and the political machine is not helping anywhere.

The tricky part is having an objective discussion, for example, I have no idea who these soldiers in the bushes are. This article didn't tell me. Where were they before? Hasn't this crisis been going on since like forever? What changed to accelerate this? What is the majority power doing, thinking, dealing with?

ringaroundthetx··on On the growing risk of the 51% attack against BCash
The was a long winded explanation of a 51% attack lol.

Was the author just talking about hashrate switching? Any solutions for exchanges or merchants such as just increasing the confirmations required?

Any interest in bitcoin cash changing it's algorithm?

ringaroundthetx··on By ditching usernames, OKCupid is removing a crucial protective barrier
> It seems like a wash for men

You seriously think this is consequence free for men? Thats... pretty amazingly unimaginative.

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