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In the recent thread about this topic [1] people mentioned that USDC is also not fully backed by pure cash.

Assuming USDC has no funny business like tether seems to, how is this any different than companies like PayPal, which presumably also don't just have a bank account sitting with billions of dollars cash, backing all of their virtual cash?

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27151370

znebbyon Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective in global trial

I'm really struggling to understand these numbers.

In some other articles I'm seeing that it offers 100% protection against hospitalisation and death.

"The J&J vaccine was 85 per cent effective at preventing severe Covid-19. Twenty-eight days after the jab, it offered “complete protection” from hospitalisation and death." [1]

Wouldn't having "severe" infection require hospitilisation?

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/d05c7c57-da11-42a1-aa33-b66052c90...

znebbyon The curious case of Croatian wikipedia

For some background on the history in English Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Ind...

znebbyon Julian Assange Indictment (2018)

I read it is only 5 years [1].

In which case voluntarily staying in the Ecuadorian embassy for 6 years seems to be a miscalculation.

(At least, staying beyond the point that the Swedish rape charges were dropped).

1: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charg...

znebbyon Google will lose $50M or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing the Play Store

It was my understanding that Google / Apple do not charge a fee on in-app purchases which are not platform specific and which use third-party payment processing.

Never having played Fortnite, I assumed that in-app purchases are specific to your account and would carry-over if you moved from Android to iOS. Is that not the case?

znebbyon BitConnect Closes Exchange as States Warn of Unregulated Sales

It was in Thailand.

Haha, I think the metal music was edited.

This seems to be the original clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f18bv76QVs

znebbyon BitConnect Closes Exchange as States Warn of Unregulated Sales

I'm just going to leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbR1SXIje1U

znebbyon Tesla has created a customized insurance package

No. Perhaps in a couple of cases, but on average, I believe it has shown to be safer.

znebbyon What If Bitcoin – Shoot I didn't invest

> If everybody converted their bitcoins to fiat currency now the exchange rate would collapse quickly.

You can say the same about literally any asset or currency. If everyone sells, and no one is buying, then yes, the value drops to 0.

znebbyon Ask HN: What are your impressions of the HoloLens so far?

I'm quite biased on the whole AR thing, as I worked at Meta for almost three years, but I think that the HoloLens is a fantastic piece of technology, and that Augmented Reality Head Mounted Displays will be the next big computing revolution.

Currently I'm working on a large HoloLens project for the aircraft industry. But the amount of possibilities I can think of with a HoloLens (or similar device) is limitless.

The HoloLens has amazing tracking and latency. In a couple more years, when HoloLens and/or competitors release a device with a large field of view, HoloLens-like tracking/latency, and leap motion-like hand recognition, it's going to be very exciting.

znebbyon IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

Why? LLCs are pass-through entities. US residents will get taxed as income, and non-US residents will not have to pay any tax if their income is not effectively connected with a US trade or business (which basically means that employees do not do any of the work within the US).

znebbyon Ask HN: What laptop do you use?

Soon receiving my Razer Blade 2017, upgrading from a Macbook Pro Late 2013.

znebbyon Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

Um, Facebook has 1.86 billion monthly active users.

znebbyon Ask HN: Insultingly Bad Bonus, Bay Area, Cause for Concern?

If you read up on research regarding bonuses they also seem to lead to worse performance when it comes to cognitive tasks, and I'm unwilling to work with a company that doesn't use data, facts and reason as some of their driving factors.

Doesn't that exclude you from all major tech companies? Also, I'd be interested in reading this research if you have a link to it?

znebbyon The Remote Freelancer: A list of remote work alternatives to Upwork

Why? I do some work on upwork and I find working hourly much more convenient as I don't risk a bad estimate or changing requirements.

znebbyon Vue 2.0 is here

For someone wanting to learn modern javascript, it's so hard to know where to start. So many different frameworks to pick from.

There doesn't seem to be much point asking for suggestions either, as everyone has a different opinion on what's best.

znebbyon The Dropbox hack is real

I found an early access code on their twitter: "NETTED". They posted that 1st August, so I'm not sure if it still works, but give it a shot!

znebbyon The Dropbox hack is real

Reading their footer, it says: "The Privacy Visa Card is issued by Customers Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc."

So, it seems they have some kind of partnership with a bank, which is able to generate unlimited card numbers for them.

znebbyon The Dropbox hack is real

For credit cards, check out privacy.com

I recently started using it, works great.

znebbyon Ask HN: Typical work hours

Perhaps I wasn't clear. The 10am-9pm is only on weekdays. Saturdays are off.

znebbyon Ask HN: Typical work hours

Bay area startup with 100+ employees. Expected hours are 10am to 9pm, plus a little less on Sundays.

znebbyon The Day I Got My Green Card

More like "thanks for going to Iraq with us".

Either way, us Australians are certainly lucky to have this visa.

znebbyon Ask HN: How do you manage you money?

+1 for Charles Schwab. Excellent account. Not only do you not pay any foreign currency fees or foreign ATM fees, but every month they refund you any fees than out of network ATMs impose on you (within US and internationally).

znebbyon Ask HN: What projects are perfect for learning a new language?

I'm interested in the subset of such projects that are not only good for learning but also useful to others released as open source. Anyone care to give ideas?

znebbyon Show HN: I made a database of remote companies

Nice list. I'll be happy to add a couple of companies that I know are missing.

znebbyon 8x Nvidia GTX 1080 Hashcat Benchmarks

True - reasonable password length being the important factor. I was basing my calculations on 8 character passwords.

At my university we were forced to use passwords that are exactly 8 characters long, for some ridiculous reasons. And this was meant to be one of the top universities in Australia...

znebbyon 8x Nvidia GTX 1080 Hashcat Benchmarks

It just goes to show that in 2016, you really can't be using SHA1/256/512 for password hashing anymore, even salted. Bcrypt/Scrypt or similar is a must.

znebbyon Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft

I've had a terrible experience with safeway delivery in redwood city.

Two days ago, they delivered 1/3 of what they were meant to. So, they scheduled a re-delivery for the following day for the remaining items. Again, they forgot two of them.

znebbyon Manifesto: Things we believe about hiring

I responded to a job posting for a YC company on the HN front page. The CEO responded within an hour and we scheduled a call for the following day.

40 minutes before that call was scheduled to take place, he cancelled it and asked to reschedule. Understandable, these things happen.

When the rescheduled call was meant to take place, he just didn't show up. I emailed him about an hour later, just saying that I'm not sure what happened but I didn't get a call. He never replied. A few days later they were posting jobs on YC again.

It's not like it was my dream job but it just made me so mad that someone would treat me like that. When I get to be in a position of hiring people I will never treat anyone like that. In the rare case I ever have to miss a call without informing in advance, I'll at least have the courtesy to apologize.

Extremely disrespectful and I definitely wouldn't want to work at such a place, especially when this behaviour comes from the CEO.

znebbyon Why “Uber for X” companies are struggling even as Uber thrives

Despite all the negativity around food delivery startups - I see them getting funded almost every week. Europe, North America, Asia, South America, all over the world.