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Why some of Bitcoin’s hurdles may actually be its drivers
Why some of Bitcoin’s hurdles may actually be its drivers
There are two biggest complaints I keep hearing about Bitcoin, first, that it makes tax evasion too easy and governments will hate it, and second is that it only benefits early adopters. I argue that the first is not really thought through, and the second is already proving to be wrong.
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As I was at the checkout line, the cashier's register beeped, letting her know she needed to put away some of the cash. She excused herself, took out and counted out ten $20 bills, and started loading them into the slot in the safe under the counter. I realized that the whole experience seemed very strange to me; taking such care of pieces of ( Read more... ) -
Restoring sanity
KuddlKat and I got up at 5:30am and got to the Greenbelt Metro station at about 7:30am. There was parking, but the lines at the ticket booths were already starting to et a bit large. Got to the rally at 8. Couldn't get a good location, but were around the middle and fairly close to the front. There were people already there who apparently have been ( Read more... ) -
My only (stupid) contribution to the furry community: The EFH!
Efficient Furry Hypothesis (EFH) is based on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). It states that "Furry drama/flame-war efficiency causes an individual furry's reputation to always incorporate and reflect all relevant information." According to the EFH, the reputation or background of a member of the furry community will always be quickly exposed ( Read more... ) -
Pics from Italy trip
Italy trip pics are finally up. Rather, they are re-upped, geotagged, keyworded, and descriptions have been added. Link is here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rassah/collections/72157622202017426/
The order of the cities was:
Nettuno/Rome
Nettuno+Cemetery/Rome
Florence
Pisa/Lucca
Florence
Ferrara
Venice
Venice
8 wonderfull, if EXTREMELY exhausting days. Looking ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: I May Be Crazy
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Kendo seminar and promotional exam
Yesterday (Saturday), 9am till 7pm, Kendo seminar. Lots of swinging, listening to very high ranking senseis, and lots of sparing practice. Later on a friendly tournament (not regional competition, but just a for-the-heck-of-it tourney). I lost both matches 0 to 2 for three reasons. First, the referees were brutal. They judged everyone as if they' ( Read more... ) -
Wekend review (10 year anniversary)
Despite my fear that the weekend would be rather blah, compared to how important it is, it turned out to be quite spectacular. Saturday started out kind of early. We thought Doug needed to do some work for a friend of his this weekend, but it turned out that the work was requested for the following weekend. Either way, it got us out of bed. We ( Read more... ) -
Life update
Work: Got settled in pretty well. Besides doing the normal finance calculations, debugging their screwy Excel sheets, putting together new, more efficient ways of doing things, and researching stuff outside of our company to compare ourselves with, I'm also now teaching Excel classes for beginner and advanced students. Lately, for the most part, ( Read more... )