Readit Newsmax_ commented on Perpetual futures, explained bitsaboutmoney.com/archiv... · Posted by u/sirodoht
Is there a good resource on how perps actually work? i.e a technical specification on how to implement them?
The Signal discourages the use of Molly.
max_ commented on France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS? grapheneos.social/@Graphe... · Posted by u/gabrielgio
This hostility towards privacy all over the world signals that there is a co-ordinated change happening in the world.
Unfortunately we still don't know what it is or what its goals are.
I’d argue focusing on wealth inequality is precisely the wrong approach. A better approach would be to look at the quality of life of the poorest.
Unfortunately no one cares about the poor.
Inequality is a problem parroted by middle classes mostly due to envy. It has nothing to do with improving lives of the destitute.
max_ commented on Bull markets make you feel smarter than you are awealthofcommonsense.com/... · Posted by u/raw_anon_1111
Something that is not mentioned: The psychological burden when you check your portfolio multiple times a day.
It can become an addiction akin to sports betting. Your mind is constantly occupied by the market and how it’s going. It takes a heavy attention toll on anything other you want to focus on.
I have learned my lesson. I buy the index and look at my portfolio 1-2 times a year and focus my mind on other things.
I had the same problem so i just built a custom dashboard that only updates my portfolio once a day (at 6:00 am)
max_ commented on Making Democracy Work: Fixing and Simplifying Egalitarian Paxos arxiv.org/abs/2511.02743... · Posted by u/otrack
>Egalitarian Paxos introduced an alternative, leaderless approach, that allows replicas to order commands collaboratively.
This is exactly how bitcoin works.
Every 10 minutes the network elects a leader to assort & order transactions and also throw out fraudulent transactions.
If he fails to do this, he is not allow to claim his block reward (technically the "coinbase" transaction)
I keep telling people the future of politics is markets & Blockchains.
Its hard to explain comprehensively and what's strange is that no one has written a thorough book on the topic.
I am happy there are people actually writing such material on this topic.
Albeit its a bit too technical.
Computer science is the future of politics & governance. (I don't think AI is any useful but rather distributed systems)
max_ commented on The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (1987) [pdf] gandalf.fee.urv.cat/profe... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
"A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a
group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring
losses."
Reminds me of people supporting the senseless bombings and genocide in the middle east.
love it!
I wish I could work there!