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New comment by pixie_ in "The WeWork Manifesto: First, Office Space. Next, the World"

pixie_ — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:25:37 +0000

Stopping optimization, evolution, growth?

Go outside and yell out, "Hey world, I'm good! You can stop evolving now, thanks!"

New comment by pixie_ in "Why I rejected my manager"

pixie_ — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:51:24 +0000

When people say a phrase like that it implies that it happens often, not that people don’t leave for other reasons.

New comment by pixie_ in "Robinhood Crypto – Invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies"

pixie_ — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 07:52:04 +0000

Crypto's value is derived from its usefulness as a currency. It has many advantages over current fiat systems. You can expect if it's practical adoption expands then it's value will go up.

New comment by pixie_ in "Robinhood Crypto – Invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies"

pixie_ — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:13:12 +0000

A bitcoin is as real as anything else. It's ones and zeros stored in a distributed ledger on computers around the world. I'm sorry you're having trouble predicting the price, look up supply and demand. Either way it doesn't make it any less real.

New comment by pixie_ in "Robinhood Crypto – Invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies"

pixie_ — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:00:51 +0000

How is that different from any other asset? One day it can be valuable, the next it might not. It doesn't change the fact that it is immutable.

New comment by pixie_ in "Robinhood Crypto – Invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies"

pixie_ — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:57:16 +0000

When you put money into blackjack you're not buying an asset. A crypto coin is an asset that can be held. Just like a share of a company, or a dollar itself.

New comment by pixie_ in "Robinhood Crypto – Invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies"

pixie_ — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:55:38 +0000

Wooo this is awesome! Robinhood gets it :) I already use Robinhood for trading, so this would be a one stop shop. Plus the fact that it integrates with TurboTax means there's zero work to pay taxes on trades. Keeping track of the taxes is my biggest hassle trading crypto.

Hey Robinhood if you're reading I'd like

BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, DOGE, XRP, XLM, XEM

New comment by pixie_ in "Microsoft MakeCode"

pixie_ — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 02:08:50 +0000

Visual programming is also very popular among engineers. All kinds of test, automation, are monitoring systems are built using LabVIEW.

New comment by pixie_ in "Convert React JavaScript Code to TypeScript with Proper Typing"

pixie_ — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:06:57 +0000

Being able to 'find all references' of a variable, do a safe global rename, and 'go to definition' saves an immense amount of time.

Not to mention preventing tons of run-time bugs which saves a ton of times having to figure out.

New comment by pixie_ in "Announcing Go Support for AWS Lambda"

pixie_ — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 03:19:59 +0000

For Go and/or C# lambda support would it be worth even running the garbage collector, or just allocating a block of memory and cleaning it up when the function ends?

Side note I think that should be an option for web servers as well for languages with managed memory. Light isolated non-threaded api endpoints shouldn't be interrupted by garbage collection.

New comment by pixie_ in "CPU Usage Differences After Applying Meltdown Patch at Epic Games"

pixie_ — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:01:51 +0000

Yea sounds like you need all the CPU you can get. Good decision.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:48:30 +0000

Different cryptos are not compatible with one another. And the value is each is determined by a myriad of intrinsic properties. At the moment I'd say LTC is the most attractive.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:46:08 +0000

Keep in mind relatively we're still in the early days of crypto. Though it's not like fiat currencies are immune to crashes. Look at history.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:44:19 +0000

History has shown us that relying 'prudence of a central banker' is a really bad idea. Eventually shit hits the fan and they go on a spree printing money. The huge advance crypto has brought us is a solution to this very problem.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:45:58 +0000

'if people agreed it had value' - That is a big if, don't trivialize it. The value of a currency is dependent on a ton of the properties I listed above.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:16:35 +0000

I pay my friends for drinks in crypto, they pay me (usually ltc, ether, or doge). It's quick and easy with a wallet on your phone like Jaxx. No venmo, no paypal, no bank account necessary. I use crypto to store and exchange value today. It will only get more popular as it becomes easier.

I encourage everyone to try it. Send $100 of crypto to a wallet on your phone and use it to pay people you owe for small stuff. It's fun and easy. It also gets your friends bootstrapped with crypto without needing to use coinbase or gemini or whatever.

Also wallets like Jaxx are deterministic, meaning you can use 12 unique words to recover your wallet anywhere - even if you lose your phone.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:09:48 +0000

Tulips can be created by anyone with some dirt. Mineable crypto is super difficult to create yourself. Tulips are also hard to distinguish, difficult to transport, ephemeral.

Understand that and you'll understand why most of your arguments above are poor.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:55:31 +0000

Mineable crypto is not fiat because it cannot be created or destroyed at will. That is what gives it value over a fiat currency. You don't have to worry about a central government devaluing it or inflating it artificially.

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:52:31 +0000

If there were a bug found in a crypto currency, it could easily be worth zero the next day.

The fact that the current blockchain design has withstood people trying to break it for so long gives the currency a greater value.

Would you rather store value in a crypto that is a brand new design, or something that has withstood the test of time?

New comment by pixie_ in "Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg"

pixie_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:50:16 +0000

Crypto is already being used as a currency. And governments have no ability to depreciate it. I don't know what will happen next, but that is the reality today.

What I do know is a lot of people find value in a currency that cannot be depreciated at will.