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testesttest··on PayPal blocked Flipper Zero account with $1.3M
Venmo is owned by PayPal and will freeze your account just like PayPal.
testesttest··on I Looked into 34 Top Real-World Blockchain Projects So You Don’t Have To
1) you need an archive node to get historical events which is the only way to do lots of things. E.g. scrape all NFTs

2) Erigon has horrible bugs and is missing data. I filled a ticket against one such issue and they "fixed" it by making the exception go away and returning null. Their lack of attention to detail made me abandon the project.

If you know someone in the project I can produce MANY examples and would be willing to do so because running an archive geth node sucks.

testesttest··on I Looked into 34 Top Real-World Blockchain Projects So You Don’t Have To
Name a main stream one that is easy? I run archive nodes for SOL, ETH, Polygon, others.
testesttest··on I Looked into 34 Top Real-World Blockchain Projects So You Don’t Have To
Have you tried storing the list lately? I don't think you have a 10TB plus flash drive.

https://etherscan.io/chartsync/chainarchive

Crypto is more and more centralised because the hardware to run your own node is now thousands of dollars. That is without even getting into miners...It is kinda failing.

testesttest··on YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips
Ahhh, yea did that as a kid too. Although, I tipped it on its side. The trick was to make toast then microwave the cheese :)

But seriously, my mom was furious. No YouTube required.

testesttest··on 10 Years of Meteor
I still maintain a product with a few $100K/year revenue written in meteor. We long ago ditched the backed/DB layer but the frontend has aged fairly well. It is still fast and responsive. I will never create another product in meteor but I don't regret using meteor for that product. Coffee script on the other hand.... :P
testesttest··on About Last Week’s Announcement
My account was effected. I contacted support and they said it would remain open. Today I got an email saying it will be closed. I transferred my 10K cash balance out. I still don't know if my account will remain open. I used to recommend Brex heavily but their communication has been horrible.

Also, A one month notice to change all payments is insane. Brex should not be trusted.

testesttest··on Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March – highest since 1981
But, see, your analysis doesn't inspire confidence in the economy which is bad for the economy. We need a different explanation. Ya know like "transitory inflation". Dam, used that, I guess Ukraine.
testesttest··on Today Google is turning on tracking for many users that previously turned it off
You sure you were not just out of the loop? Engineers are often not included because they would object. You were only there a few years so I doubt you were privy to much of the politics.
testesttest··on Performance Evaluation of IPFS in Private Networks
2nd this. I saw lots of packet loss on my gig connection when scraping a few TBs over IPFS. Turned off garbage collection which just deletes the whole cache when you go over a threshold?
testesttest··on Web3 is centralized and inefficient
Yep, exactly. Opensea hosts most of their minted NFTs on HTTP.
testesttest··on Web3 is centralized and inefficient
Open seas contract code is not open AFAIK (binary is obviously available but I have not seen source other than decompile) Many contracts can be updated by leveraging proxy contracts. They can delete your nft if you mint with their contact.
testesttest··on Web3 is centralized and inefficient
Fyi, about 36% of NFTs use IPFS on eth and another 9% are entirely on chain. See yournfts.org
testesttest··on Web3 is centralized and inefficient
> They don't even have an on-chain hash of the digital asset

Yea... 45% of NFTs have their hash on chain https://yournfts.org/#stats. It isn't great but it isn't none.

testesttest··on Web3 is centralized and inefficient
It is about 9% on ETH. yournfts.org
testesttest··on VPN provider bans BitTorrent after getting sued by film studios
It proves they are based out of the US and lost a court case. If I owned the company I would do the same if nothing else but to preserve capital.
testesttest··on VPN provider bans BitTorrent after getting sued by film studios
RIP torguard
testesttest··on Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
You got a cholesterol test and only a cholesterol test? That was what the parent comment is about. Tests vary a lot by test. LabCorp states their prices very clearly.

Walgreens also has cholesterol tests for ~30$ https://news.walgreens.com/press-center/news/walgreens-intro...

testesttest··on Can Minecraft be played without giving MS a Phone#?
You can buy a prepaid SIM card with SMS support for 5$ that are good for a month. I have a stack on my desk for stuff like this.
testesttest··on Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
A test in the US < $50 and is easy to schedule without having a doctor involved at LabCore or similar. Is that an option in CA?
testesttest··on Moscow police officers stop people, request their phones to read their messages
I have done this with my laptop for years traveling internationally. If you don't press the right key at the right time you are greeted by windows.
testesttest··on Newegg has a bit of a scandal on its hands
Charging back on your Amazon prime account will quickly get it closed. Any gift balance you have goes with it. You can probably keep access to your digital purchases if you complain enough.
testesttest··on Set up a practically free CDN
In my experience their gateway is not great and serves captchas occasionally if you're requesting rare content they don't have cached. I ended up just running my own node at a provider supporting bandwidth alliance and putting cloud flare in front of that.
testesttest··on Everything I've seen on optimizing Postgres on ZFS
Thanks will do! Also, your post would have saved me a bunch of time a few years back. Gj.
testesttest··on Everything I've seen on optimizing Postgres on ZFS
Yea, I have run postgres/citus on zfs with petabytes of data. His analysis on record size is lacking. E.g there is a trade-off between compression vs record size. More compression means more effective iops
testesttest··on Is “KAX17” performing de-anonymization Attacks against Tor Users?
I have ran a node for years. I gave up running exit nodes because of mentioned abuse. It is very easy to run non exit nodes.
testesttest··on Seashells: Pipe output from command-line programs to the web in real-time
You can't self host? Piping server data to a remote untrusted server doesn't seem appealing. Unless I am missed something?
testesttest··on Vast majority think life in SF Bay Area getting worse, want to leave, poll finds
I didn't do it for tax reasons but for quality of life reasons. Be careful moving to "cash out". Do your research.
testesttest··on Vast majority think life in SF Bay Area getting worse, want to leave, poll finds
Much of my professional network moved during covid. I keep an address in the bay area to keep up appearances with clients. I fly into town when nessary. Life is cheaper and better.
testesttest··on Why Are Fast Food Workers Signing Noncompetes?
The point is they don't have to be successful to have teeth. A fast food worker probably can't afford a single day in court.
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