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r33b33··on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard (2024)
> Do you think cash will still be a thing a hundred years from now?

Do you think you will be alive hundred years from now?

r33b33··on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard (2024)
> Who would be buying bitcoin right now?

Senile laggards.

r33b33··on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard? Here's why
You can touch gold and take it in your hands.
r33b33··on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard (2024)
Good. Reaffirms my trust in Vanguard's indices. People behind funds that chase trends cannot be truly genuine. They give rotten grifter vibes...
r33b33··on Why is Bitcoin so high?
US just announced half trillion investment into building Superintelligence. Will that not solve stable q-bit issue sooner?
r33b33··on Why is Bitcoin so high?
> 1) q day isn't coming.

How come? Experts predict something like 5-10 years max.

> 5) realised value from crypto trading incurs tax.

Plenty of jurisdictions have 0% crypto tax.

r33b33··on Why is Bitcoin so high?
Wouldn't the rational choice at this point would be to acquire real estate (like Gate's buying farmland) and investing in tangible assets that won't be susceptible to Q-day worries? Or if one "invests" in crypto, at least buy quantum-safe cryptos?
r33b33··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Better to lower baseline for everyone than to be the naive sucker that gets taken advantage of
r33b33··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Everything's a slippery slope.
r33b33··on TikTok goes dark in the US
> "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is solution to you?

What's wrong with this solution?

r33b33··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Better to have US spying on you than China.
r33b33··on The Origins of Wokeness
And why does he post this on January 2025, not January 2024 or 2023?

Why did he magically started calling out wokeness issue only after Trump's win?

Weak

r33b33··on A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper
Fire hazard
r33b33··on Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena
Why not host in China or Mongolia or Russia and never have to deal with any of these issues?
r33b33··on App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too)
No. Websites are more laggy, cookie disclaimers, weird dimensions, needless UX, choppy. Apps are almost always way smoother.
r33b33··on Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era
Can it work with large codebase? How? I have an Xcode project with python server for online game. Is this sufficient to understand code fully and implement edits correctly?
r33b33··on The Google Willow Thing
Okay, explain why and how it is not correct then?

I genuinely want to learn and figure out what is the truth and what is the best route of action when it comes to securing a portfolio.

r33b33··on The Google Willow Thing
Let's talk about things that actually matter - where to invest in post-quantum world?

I'll keep this short.

- Google’s Willow quantum chip significantly outpaces current supercomputers, solving tasks in minutes that would otherwise take billions of years.

- Hypothesis: Accelerating advancements in tech and AI could lead to quantum supremacy arriving sooner than the 2030s, contrary to expert predictions.

- Legacy banking systems, being centralized, could transition faster to post-quantum-safe encryption by freezing transfers, re-checking processes, and migrating to new protocols in a controlled manner.

- Decentralized cryptocurrencies face bigger challenges:Hard forks are difficult to coordinate across a decentralized network.

- Transitioning to quantum-safe algorithms could lead to longer transaction signatures and significantly higher fees, eroding trust in the system.

- If quantum computers compromise current cryptography, tangible assets (e.g., real estate, stock indices) may retain more value compared to digital assets like crypto.

Thoughts?

r33b33··on The case against Google's claims of "quantum supremacy"
Let's talk about things that actually matter - where to invest in post-quantum world?

I'll keep this short.

- Google’s Willow quantum chip significantly outpaces current supercomputers, solving tasks in minutes that would otherwise take billions of years.

- Hypothesis: Accelerating advancements in tech and AI could lead to quantum supremacy arriving sooner than the 2030s, contrary to expert predictions.

- Legacy banking systems, being centralized, could transition faster to post-quantum-safe encryption by freezing transfers, re-checking processes, and migrating to new protocols in a controlled manner.

- Decentralized cryptocurrencies face bigger challenges:Hard forks are difficult to coordinate across a decentralized network.

- Transitioning to quantum-safe algorithms could lead to longer transaction signatures and significantly higher fees, eroding trust in the system.

- If quantum computers compromise current cryptography, tangible assets (e.g., real estate, stock indices) may retain more value compared to digital assets like crypto.

Thoughts?

r33b33··on The Google Willow Thing
Can someone just give it to me straight: should I sell my crypto positions and move to stock indices and real estate? Yes or no?

No nuance, just yes or no.

r33b33··on Willow, Our Quantum Chip
> Worth spending a little time doing some long tail strategizing I’d say.

What do you mean by this?

r33b33··on Gemini AI tells the user to die
You're not wrong.
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