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4,018karma·827submissions·July 30, 2014
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Also available via http://r3cev.com/press/2015/9/15/ft-blockchain-initiative-ba... …
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> with an upper class person who we can relate to The article does claim that other (typically upper middle class) traders often looked down on him because of his accent and education, e.g. "H…
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The article makes an analogy with the internet in 1994, which is when experienced technology "experts" such as Bill Gates were dismissing the internet as a "fad". In my experience,…
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That is correct. The major financial organisations currently working on "blockchain technologies" aren't working with the Bitcoin blockchain - they're typically working on private …
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Reminds me of Business Secrets of the Pharaohs [0]. But does anyone actually enter in to this process without understanding what it is? Looks like is is a widely known practice [1]. [0] http:/&#…
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See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Clas... : "This work of translation ... constituted one of the greatest transmissions of ideas in history&qu…
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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10141795
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I don't think the concern is about foreign ownership per se , but rather the lack of transparency associated with the offshore companies, particularly in relation to potential tax (Stamp Duty) a…
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Smallest distance you can select seems to be 5km, and I live in central London, so that's a few million people "nearby".
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Not to mention: That’s the dirty secret of the ETF industry. All of the innovation has led to a lot of failure... The bottom line: Most ETFs live in oblivion. Like many other areas, you tend to only…
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I was setting up one of those new fangled web sites at the software company for which I worked back in 1995. It was just two of us doing it in our spare time, with me doing the software side of things…
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A colleague of mine did get one for the tube strike the other week. Took him about 1.5 hours to commute about 4 miles on it that day, partly because he was unfamiliar with it, and partly because there…
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The countercultural trickster has been pressed into the service of the preppy tech entrepreneur class Concern has been expressed that the new generation of artists (musicians, actors etc.) in the UK…
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In Nvidia's deep learning lab last week [0] they described setting up on Ubuntu as "the easy way" and Windows the "not so easy way" [1], adding that their developers are on Li…
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Plus the large sources of pollution are typically further away from major population centers (i.e. fewer people directly breathing in the output from the smoke stacks), while the small sources of poll…
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See also "China's Island Factory" at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29107792 …
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" ... given my experiences with Tesla and SolarCity, I am hesitant to foist being public on SpaceX, especially given the long term nature of our mission ... Public company stocks, particularly if…
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Claiming we're not going to be able to simulate the human brain this century is a little bold. That is 85 years away. Eight five years is a long time in technology. Compare for example where we a…
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Quote of the day for me so far: "According to Bitcoin Watch, the aggregate power of the bitcoin network is about 4.8 x 1021 FLOPs. Using your own estimates, this would be enough to simulate 4 or …
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According to thetrainline.com you can get a train from Carlisle to London a week from now (Thu 30 Jul) for £35 if you are prepared to go at one of the less popular times (e.g. depart 14.49 and arrive …
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Better to have ghost trains than the short-sighted Beeching Cuts[0]. For example, the town I grew up in once had two stations where it was possible to catch trains to both Glasgow and Edinburgh, but b…