I had covid. I can tell you losing my business from the lockdowns was infinitely more depressing than losing my sense of smell/taste for 5 days.
Readit Newshiimtroymclure commented on I hope work from home continues ryanmercer.com/ryansthoug... · Posted by u/ryanmercer
I think the author was a bit extreme in a few items but for the most I 100% agree. I am never going back to the office
hiimtroymclure commented on How to Kill Bitcoin (Part 2) joekelly100.medium.com/ho... · Posted by u/noch
Let's dive in:
> Of all the things that impact climate change, this is the offender we decide to focus on?
Whataboutism...
> Of all the ways criminal activity is facilitated, this is currency we focus on?
Also whataboutism...
> Such a brilliant technology seems lost on HN because people are jealous they missed the boat.
What's so brilliant about it? And you're really projecting here re: the jealousy...
Starting with 'Lets Dive in" and only using 1 word made me lol.
Then only word being 'whataboutism'... which is an infinite loop of an argument. Literally the same as saying "I know you are but what am I".
And clearly I'm on the crypto train. Why would I be projecting jealousy? That I secretly wanted to off the crypto train? lol
hiimtroymclure commented on How to Kill Bitcoin (Part 2) joekelly100.medium.com/ho... · Posted by u/noch
I still think it’s mostly people who knew about bitcoin early and decided not to buy it.
This is how I read things as well. so much jealousy.
I stop reading any btc criticism at the endless climate impact/criminal activity discussions.
Of all the things that impact climate change, this is the offender we decide to focus on?
Of all the ways criminal activity is facilitated, this is currency we focus on?
Such a brilliant technology seems lost on HN because people are jealous they missed the boat.
hiimtroymclure commented on Jack Dorsey is attempting to sell his first tweet as an NFT theverge.com/2021/3/5/223... · Posted by u/pmlnr
Sticking specifically to art, NFTs solve a problem with digital art (non fungiblility) and some platforms provide artists with new benifits (tracking ownership, price and commission on sales, etc).
I think it's an especially crypto centric mindset to not see their value but if we take crypto aside do you appreciate works of art, collectable cards or limited edition runs as having value above their fungible copies (copy of art, copy of card, same product but regular edition)?
you are completely right and im the definition of the pot calling the kettle black. Ive collected all kinds of things throughout my life that many would deem stupid/garbage. To each, their own.
I love blockchain for transparency/authenticity aspects. I just struggle with the collector side of it not being physical things for me to hold. It just doesn't feel real to me in the digital world.
hiimtroymclure commented on Jack Dorsey is attempting to sell his first tweet as an NFT theverge.com/2021/3/5/223... · Posted by u/pmlnr
I know I will get a lot of negative points for this one, call me old or whatever, I do not get it. Seriously I have not heard anything stupid as this... while other starving billionaires acting out, historically is this equal as time when Marie-Antoinette said “Let them eat cake”?
Sorry, I just do not get it $2.5 million for someone else Tweet that will stay his. Seriously, WTF is wrong with this world!?
I am more into crypto than most and I do not get NFT collectibles...at least pet rocks you could hold lol
hiimtroymclure commented on How prepared are we for the next giant solar flare? forbes.com/sites/startswi... · Posted by u/firebaze
Are we ever prepared for anything?
I'd guess that the people at Stack Overflow might have an issue with someone using their name in this way. It should probably be clearer that this is entirely unaffiliated.
100+ reputation on SO is also a ridiculously low bar, it's almost meaningless. Not that any amount of reputation by itself is a sure indicator, but 100 really doesn't mean anything at all.
This kind of site also requires a pretty large critical mass to work, you don't just want a bunch of random SO users willing to participate, but you need the right users with experience in the right tags to match to the requests in a reasonable timeframe.
There's a good reason Stack Overflow doesn't allow people to pay for answers, people already cheat enough for meaningless internet points, this will get much worse with real money on the line.
I am a junior dev with ~400 reputation. Trust me you dont want my help lol!
The entire multi-billion BTC ecosystem is built on software that still hasn't reached "Version 1.0"? Bitcoin Core 0.21? A development beta? LOL.
what on earth does choice of versioning have to do with anything. React Native isn't at 1.0 and tons of companies use it. Google releases versions/APIs of their software with tons of bugs.
I was in marketing and learned to code. In 2019 I quit my job to launch a startup in the live entertainment industry. Things were going well until Covid hit. I had to shut things down and I was grateful to have left marketing and switching to development. But make no mistake I'd rather be running my business.
You tried to string together a post history and make assumptions to discredit my original comment. It was rude.