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purvis | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: YouTube down?

I had the same problem, but it was because one of my privacy extensions had disabled WebRTC.

purvis | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: When is federation a better solution than decentralization?

Correct, but you only have to trust a centralized company within your own country. You don't have to trust a bank or money transmitter in a foreign country. In the case of people in countries where they don't have an adequate level of government protection over financial transactions, I think it becomes more interesting. In cases like those, it's possible they don't even value their own local currency as a store of value and might feel a cryptocurrency has better odds of being worth more than zero by the time they need to spend it.

purvis | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: When is federation a better solution than decentralization?

Your argument against crypto is one of the more compelling I've read. I like the "deep local optimum" visual you painted. I definitely agree if you're comparing "crypto" directly to centralized companies doing traditional things -- they're not going anywhere.

However, I think it solves a different problem. It's a geopolitical problem. Blockchain technology provide a bulletproof (so far) way of exchanging value across borders without having to trust any middlemen.

There's a quote, I believe by Erik Voorhees, saying roughly: "Bitcoin is separation of money and state".

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Goodbye, Object Oriented Programming (2016)

> about my language there's more info at https::/darklang.com.

I find it slightly reassuring that someone is actually working on a language/compiler with PaaS features built in. I'd thought of doing that and jotted it down in my notebook.. assuming it was just a crazy idea.

When do you plan to release an alpha version? I'd be interested in seeing it!

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the some passive income strategies you do beside your IT job?

My farm consists mainly of rx 580 graphic cards. Due to depressed markets, my returns are just okay right now. Luckily my equipment has been paid off since December. To put things in perspective, a single 8GB rx 580 costs around $400 (if you're lucky) and only makes $0.80/day. During the peak at the end of last year, they were making well over $3/day each.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the some passive income strategies you do beside your IT job?

I know HN is rather negative toward cryptocurrency in general, but for me it's fun. I run a small mining farm in my basement. It keeps my sysadmin skills sharp and more than pays my electric bill.

On a side note: none of this is really passive.. mining, real estate, and drop-shipping are all very active income streams. Unless you were born with a silver spoon, you probably won't find truly passive income.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Autonomous vehicles are just around the corner

> Imagine a world where police no longer pull you over for speeding, running red lights, or other traffic infractions.

In that world, I can also imagine people modding their autonomous cars in ways which would still violate traffic laws.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: The dangerous downsides of perfectionism

> It's important to remember that anxiety and panic are neurochemical responses and can have strong physical and genetic components, they don't always need to have a psychological "cause."

Agreed. Members of my mother's side are especially known to be "worriers". Sporadic levels of anxiety on my father's as well.

> I've come to recognize it as a sign of what's to come and take steps in advance to try to curb it.

Via therapy, I've discovered my own version of this, mostly around breathing. I tend to hold my breath as I start to go into my head. If I catch myself doing this, I can sometimes reduce most of the physical effects by focusing on breathing again. It's easier said than done.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: The dangerous downsides of perfectionism

Thanks for posting this! I'm always interested in other people's experience with anxiety. I'm slightly jealous yours has an origin story though. I've been anxious for as long as I remember and can't recall any traumatic experiences nor come up with any logical explanations.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Bitcoin Bubble Makes Dot-Com Look Rational

I get what you're saying, but your math is a bit misleading. As far as I know, the missing 4m are a subset of the 16m already mined. That still leaves ~5m to be acquired in the future, albeit rather slowly.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Urbit and the blockchain wars

Does anyone know of a good introduction to urbit? Every few months it pops up, and I can never quite wrap my head around it.

purvis | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's your relationship with coffee?

It still does a pretty good job at preventing jitters. However, now that you say it, I think the first few times it had more pronounced effects. I'll have to try resetting my tolerance!
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