Hacker News: Philosopher

New comment by Philosopher in "Trezor hardware Bitcoin wallet – Security glitches reveal private keys"

Philosopher — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:37:04 +0000

I'm a tech noob, so here's my question: does this mean that whenever you connect your Trezor to a computer, you run the risk of it being hacked (conditional upon your computer being infected)? Or does the hacker need physical access to your Trezor?

New comment by Philosopher in "How Canada became an education superpower"

Philosopher — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:10:14 +0000

This will be self-congratulatory, but teachers deserve a huge amount of the thanks for these results. We deal with increasing student complexity, bureaucratic requirements and degraded infrastructure to not only get the job done well, but to get it done to some of the highest standards in the world.

Note too that we haven't just done well on the most recent PISA tests, we've been a consistent top level finisher across the three subject tests since PISA started over a decade ago.

New comment by Philosopher in "Pseudo-public space in London"

Philosopher — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:33:08 +0000

I believe that in most cases, these privately owned public spaces (POPS) are built and made publicly accessible in exchange for zoning floor area increases for the attached development. Public access can not be restricted on a whim.

New comment by Philosopher in "How can Ethereum systematically scale better?"

Philosopher — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:33:48 +0000

So he mentions hard problems in game theory and computer science which have never been solved... with maybe a handful of people working on them... and he thinks it will get done some time before the end of next year?

New comment by Philosopher in "Flippening Watch (Ethereum has almost overtaken Bitcoin in every metric)"

Philosopher — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:38:10 +0000

What do you think it will happen? Once Bitcoin is dethroned, will other cryptocurrencies overtake it as well?

I think the answer is "yes". The first mover advantage is all it had over other cryptocurrencies.