ringaroundthetx (u/ringaroundthetx)

ringaroundthetx commented on Simcoin – A Docker-Based Blockchain Simulation Framework github.com/simonmulser/si... · Posted by u/simonmulser

hybridsole · 8 years ago

But it doesn't mean they propagate "fine" if it pushes smaller participants off the network. That is exactly what cryptos like Bitcoin are trying to avoid.

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

I didn't take a stance at all.

I said exactly what would happen and that the tests exist.

ringaroundthetx commented on Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research maps.org/news/media/7012-... · Posted by u/anythingnonidin

lkbm · 8 years ago

If all charities do that, his point is moot. Or if the most effective charities do that, his point is moot.

Which charities do this, and why should we believe they're the most effective?

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

> and why should we believe they're the most effective?

Whoever gave you that idea?

That practice has nothing to do with how the world is changed.

I believe most charities practice this, I saw a presentation on it with a bunch of accredited investors, don't have the source.

You can't will your alternate reality into existence.

ringaroundthetx commented on Simcoin – A Docker-Based Blockchain Simulation Framework github.com/simonmulser/si... · Posted by u/simonmulser

tlrobinson · 8 years ago

> a less optimized part of the network

To me that reads "smaller miners", which means further centralization of mining.

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

yes, and so does orphans

ringaroundthetx commented on Simcoin – A Docker-Based Blockchain Simulation Framework github.com/simonmulser/si... · Posted by u/simonmulser

tlrobinson · 8 years ago

I’m a little surprised we haven’t seen more simulations done to support “big block” and “small block” positions in the Bitcoin scaling debate. Or have there been some?

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

How many simulations would you like, we already know large blocks propogate fine and at some point they will introduce orphans to a less optimized part of the network

ringaroundthetx commented on Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research maps.org/news/media/7012-... · Posted by u/anythingnonidin

acchow · 8 years ago

Saving lives, changing lives, moving science forward - all better than 6-10% returns.

Kind of the whole point of charities is that the work they do is a better return than the market. Otherwise, every charity would be an endowment and they would just consume the 6-10% annual returns for their work.

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

A lot of charities do like 5% nonprofit stuff and 95% for profit

Despite ideals it makes your rebuttal moot

ringaroundthetx commented on Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research maps.org/news/media/7012-... · Posted by u/anythingnonidin

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

Very nice, on reddit people suggested they donate the interest alone like University endowments do

They could buy a bunch of masternodes because those are dividend producing assets in the cryptocurrency space

The yields should be pretty good

ringaroundthetx commented on Courts: Violating a Website’s Terms of Service Is Not a Crime eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01... · Posted by u/uptown

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

People that hear about our software service always ask "hey whats to stop people from doing this illegal thing on your platform" and I say "a sternly worded Terms of Service"

ringaroundthetx commented on Show HN: Monthly subscription airline with SFO-LAX flights starting at $78 jumpdriveair.com... · Posted by u/dannyminutillo

el_benhameen · 8 years ago

I'm not sure. Waiting in line at security and then again at the gate sucks, and I fly maybe once every six weeks. If I flew four times a month for business, I could see a private gate with no wait being worth some money. You're saving time, too, which I assume is worth a fair amount of money to the type of person who flies that often.

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

Well although I have TSA Pre, and you should too, I can give your argument some merit.

Yes one thing I like about trains - their ONLY redeeming quality - is that if the trip says 2 hours, then it is really JUST 2 hours out of your day

Whereas with flights, if the trip says 2 hours then it is more like 4 and a half hours out of your day. Always have to consider showing up to the airport at least an hour early, always have to consider going to the edge of town, always have to consider sitting on the tarmac, etc.

I could see the utility of getting to skip all of this at a fixed price which is NEAR the normal prices. The next thing up is Jetsmarter for $10,000+

ringaroundthetx commented on Shopping for a Home in the Bay Area? Head to the Mall mercurynews.com/2018/01/0... · Posted by u/prostoalex

recursive · 8 years ago

Somehow you've turned this story into something about your luxury aspirations.

ringaroundthetx · 8 years ago

Yes it was a comment about how unappealing this is, we do the same thing whenever somebody else here brags about the tech solution which lacks product market fit.

Shopping for a home has to appeal to people that are in the market for a home. The phrasing is not exclusive to buying versus renting, but colloquially thats what it implies. People in the bay area currently on the market wouldn't be looking for this, it would be the new and naive next year and the year after that may wind up considering this. The current market is people that can make down payments on million dollar+ mortgages and that doesn't include living in the carcass of a suburban mall.