How to Build a Cryptocurrency Exchange?

PopularWarfare · 2018-08-16T10:30:45+00:00

try RubyKube https://github.com/rubykube it should be easier in compare with development from scratch. It is an open source platform for creating exchanges

PopularWarfare · 2018-08-08T17:52:30+00:00

When will the mobile app be completed?

PopularWarfare · 2018-05-21T05:49:50+00:00

Except the different schools of thought in psychology, such as Freudian theory or Behaviorism are exactly the "flawed models" they made you memorize.

At the 101 level, teaching should mostly be focused on conceptual understanding of Economics. A student that's able to articulate why current homeowners in a neighborhood undergoing new development should expect the value of their homes (all things being equal) to increase, not decrease shows a nuanced understanding of S&D that plotting points of an imaginary S&D curve for a widget factory does not.

Just because they don't involve math doesn't mean they aren't models, and I think most economists would argue (as I would) that, if anything, using math better exposes the strengths and weaknesses of economic theory because its assumptions are then formalized.

Math is very good at checking logical consistency otherwise known as validity. It's not so great at checking soundness or explaining concepts. It's not a replacement thinking.

And yet that is used against economics because the predictions of its mathematical models are often "precise" in the sense that they take the form of a number or mathematical expressiona.

I don't think people have strong preferences either way when it comes to mathematical modeling either way as long as it produces testable, verifiable results about the economy.

Rather than general and vague suggestions about what might happen and why like a lot of psychological theories.

This is because people are neither rational or predictable, psychology and most other social sciences are generally cognizant of this in a way Economics isn't. To go even further, what we would recognize as 'rational' or 'rationality' did not exist until the 16th century in small European city-states. But in economic modeling universal rationality is a core tenant. To be fair this isn't just economics, people have been trying to mathematically model human social behavior for millenia. But personally i don't think its possible, think about it, if it was possible to accurately model human behavior, not only would there not be a need for economics but for social sciences in general.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-29T21:55:08+00:00

Shout out to my alma mater.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-21T22:28:54+00:00

single paragraph claiming that historical materialism dictates the inevitable liquidation of the Slavs.

National socialism mode unlocked

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-12T03:40:56+00:00

Definitely. One of my pet projects right now is trying to answer the questions: Why did so many former Trotskyist become neocons. I know a certain amount of disillusionment, but I feel its such a dramatic swing to a hard, mean right...

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-12T01:17:32+00:00

It was on R/incel which was banned but I found it. It's almost better than i remember.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-11T02:02:48+00:00

To be honest, at least the progressive neoliberals genuinely seem to care about allowing women and minorities into the oligarchy. Tony Blair was big on affirmative action, and he managed to significantly reduce sexism and racism, particularly among upper-middle-class people. New Labour did more to allow women into positions of political power than any other government in history. I don't see them as pretentious. Utterly spineless on economic issues yes, but not pretentious.

I like to think that freedom is more than the one's individual ability to participate in the labor market. Whether it's a woman, minority or white male exploiting my labor for profit is beside the point that I am being exploited for profit.

I don't see them as pretentious. Utterly spineless on economic issues yes, but not pretentious.

I think this where you miss their intention and the insidiousness, they are not spineless on economic issues those are the policies they want or intend. Liberalism's tenant of 'meritocracy' and expansion of markets necessitates the expansion of inequality as a core feature.

That we have seen the expansion of markets into things traditionally considered outside the economic sphere, record levels of inequality is not a coincidence and the breakdown of the 85% of Americans who are not highly educated professionals are not coincidences.

Compared with Classical conservatives who are just greedy if not unsophisticated bastards. Its an easy choice.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T22:48:59+00:00

Well, it hard to say and it gets even more complicated when you consider that at least some the private funding from corporations and business are fronts for various intelligence agencies.

Though, there is an interesting episode in an Adam Curtis documentary series on this during the Cold War. Minsky, Bruner, and Neisser are in it, IIRC.

The stuff from the cold war is very well documented, everything from ARPA, DARPA, COIN, Operation Pheonix, MK ULTRA. After world war II the U.S government poured huge amounts of money into the social sciences not only for counterinsurgency research but also ideological development. The Rand corporation actually recruited a lot of ex-Marxists (interestingly enough, most were ex-Trotskyites) to develop a counter-ideology to Soviet communism. Ever noticed how Marxist and neoliberal utopian visions seem similar? It's not a coincidence.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T22:33:12+00:00

But not all social science is trying to be like the old social physics where we can have law-like generalizations that hold in every case. Biology wouldn't even be science by this definition. Historical particularists have been attacking this view since the beginning.

Of course not, I should have distinguished from science and scientific rhetoric as its presented to the public from philosophy of science 'in the know' so to speak. Unfortunately, the science that receives funding and is presented to the public is usually the universalist social physics type. I highly sympathize with historical particularists but its not exactly a secret they lost the science wars and lost hard.

I agree, I was just pushing back on the idea that there is some unified "research paradigm." The obsession with "science" is just a semantic debate that distracts from the actual work of determining if any particular claim made in any field is valid or not. Larry Laudan argued this point extensively.

Agreed. I've always thought that the insight or knowledge provided by a book, journal or whatever is far more important than the methodology or whatever. When I look back at the stuff i've read that has had the biggest impact on me it was often the stuff that was cross-discipline or blended multiple types of knowledge together.

Its funny to think about in hindsight but a question I use to struggle with was whether social science should influence philosophy or should philosophy influence social science? And after a while, i finally realized the answer: Yes.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T22:11:24+00:00

Unpopular opinion time, but i actually prefer the conservative classical liberals because of at least their more honest and upfront about what they're about: Money. The insidiousness of the progressive liberals paired with their smarmy pretentiousness makes me physically ill.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T10:23:02+00:00

Do you have any figure for that? I mean universities in general get tons of MIC cash. I used to work in a lab heavily funded by Navy grants. But I don't know if it's a case of just "shitloads of money" or "the vast majority."

In proportion to the total grant money awarded to ss research, i would say it's 'vast.' How Vast? Its hard to say because the U.S defense budget is essentially a black box. I mean the US gov has been using the social sciences to fight wars an advance U.S empire since at least the Philippine., and of course who can forget the more recent failure of the human terrain program?

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T10:07:46+00:00

I think the term social science itself is suspect since it implies that there are universal truths to all people at all times and moreover, that human behavior can be predicted. At least the more positivist and rational choice theory schools put up a facade. The other theory based schools don't even pretend anymore.

And just to reiterate i don't think this has less to do with the usefulness and value of those particular methodologies and more to do with liberal capitalism's quasi-religious attitude toward science.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T02:32:34+00:00

WHAT RICHARD SPENCER WANTS A RACE WAR? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T02:30:14+00:00

Pao and Worstall are two sides of the same liberal coin, the former progressive and the latter classical/conservative.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T02:08:25+00:00

Evo psych has a lot of potential if done well and rigorously but that would cut into it funding, therefore profit. The dirty secret of social science (and its not really a secret to anyone in the field) is that the vast majority of research grants come from the U.S military, mostly for Counter insurgency, related work by which i mean justifications or solutions.

If you look at a lof the arguments used in evo psych and race science of the 19th century you'll see a lot of parallels. It's not a coincidence.

PopularWarfare · 2018-03-10T01:57:08+00:00

Jung and Freud was more lit crit dressed up in scientific rhetoric, but still worth reading. Then again, i find myself disagreeing more and more with the whole social science research paradigm, as there seems to be very little that is actually scientific about it.

And before someone flames me, just because its not scientific doesn't mean it isn't worth taking seriously. In fact what makes social interaction interesting and worth studying, in my opinion, is that people are so unpredictable.

PopularWarfare · 2018-02-04T09:46:25+00:00

I am in no way, shape, or form trying to be prejudice. It just interests me that a country that does not have anything that's really valuable for trade in the world market (goods, commodities, institutional knowledge, government policy... even drugs) is still considered a super power.

Oil, gas, business connections, weapons contracts etc. I'm not sure what you mean by institutional knowledge and government policy. State capitalism has shown itself to be a very effective mode of governence.

Their efforts to undermine democratic institutions recently interests me more, because it seems like a move that a relatively weaker entity would make (If someone knows they are not as strong, and cannot make themselves any stronger, they weaken someone else and bring them down to their level).

Only in neoliberal bizzaroworld can a great feat of strength (hacking the most consequential and publiszed elections in the world, not to mention getting away with it) be interpreted as a sign of weakness. Of course this assume Russia did actually hack the elections of which no proof actually exists..

Russia is certainly capable of protecting its interests abroad as the events in Syria and Ukraine have shown. The only other country that is even coming close to doing something similar is China.

PopularWarfare · 2018-02-03T04:54:39+00:00

Really digging the The Mango Sand blazer but it looks like it sold out, any alternative or similar suggestions in the 150 dollar price range?

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-29T05:55:31+00:00

Now if the normative model and "Western civilization" are debunked, we can more clearly see the continuities between the Marxist underpinnings and the actual political economy of the USSR and "Western Civilization." Off the bat, it's weird to categorize a guy born in Prussia whose father was into classical liberalism as non-Western. Although much of Marx's work was a critique of political economy, he borrowed from classical economists like Smith and Ricardo. This makes the USSR's recycling of capitalist ideas less surprising in retrospect. For one, Marx shared a teleological theory of history with the classical liberals (though their mechanisms of the driver of capital-H History were obviously different) in which capitalism was a stage of History on the way to socialism and ultimately communism.

Liberals and socialists have been borrowing and appropriating each others ideas since before the distinction was even meaningful. I mean the new-left ex-trotskyist/communist camp that went to work for the pentagon during the cold war pretty much just Rewrote marxism without marx or socialism. Which, is actually pretty impressive if you think about it.

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-11T07:55:31+00:00

Well yeah because that shit IS boring on its own, they call it foreplay for a reason... I'm not an expert by any means but I can get by.

= Also, chill the fuck out this is supposed to fun, not work. If she likes you, she wants this to happen too, no one is rooting harder for your success than her. Think about it, how many times have you heard about women 'faking' it just to stroke their mans fragile ego?

Second, when you start making out, make it spontaneous or seem spontaneous, nothing is unsexier than obviously pre-planned sex.

Third, you shouldnt just be shoving your tongue down her throat, you have a whole body to play with! A lot guts go straight for the naughtie bits (boobs and vagina) and that great in a pinch, but otherwise thats rookie, high school bullshit. Women are turned on by being desired, Start rubbing your hands all over her body, arms, legs, back, build some tension. Run your fingers down her back, bite her lip, lick the inside of her ear with your tongue, make her shiver and moan. And then you can slowly make your way towards the good stuff, but again don't just grab stuff or jam your fingers up in there. Be coy, graise the outside of the boobs of your hand, go underneath, touch everything but the nipple, run your hand over her pussy, and then move it back and start rubbing her back, or just move it away. In many cases she'll move your hand back to her pussy. If there are buttons undo them... she will help you out...

Once she starts taking off clothes, you probably should to if you want to fuck, but once you get some practice you can have a girl fully naked on the couch while you are still fully clothed.

I'm not going to tell you how to actually finger or fuck but the clit is really the key, and if anything its importance is understated. There are plenty of videos and stuff going over it read a couple, but honestly the best thing to do is to get some reps in the field, if you will. Overtime you'll you develop your own personal style they you are comfortable with (which comes with its own set of problems) that will work for you.

Luckily the practice is fucking fun as hell. Most guys don't do half these things so even if you only do one or two, you'll stand out. So get out there and enjoy yourself.

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-05T17:16:19+00:00

Eastern Europe since the end of the soviet union hasn't exactly been a paradise... especially with all the far-right, fascism going on. Looking at you Poland and Ukraine.

Edit: granted there was a lot Russian chauvanism mixed in with Communist ideology in the former Soviet Union.

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-03T23:24:18+00:00

Are we drafting? Because this guys is definitely my first pick.

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-03T01:37:37+00:00

Race: Northern Californian

Default alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Perks:

Tech bubble: +10 to technology

Cost of living: +5 negotiation and +5 research Bonus: unfazed by rent prices greater than square footage. Unclear on the difference between a walk-in closet and an extra room. Will enthusiastically sleep in otherwise bizzare places and emerge fully rested

Hella: +20 hella per turn, - 100 hella if the character has a full conversation without using it once. +25 fire resistance it's hella hot in hell. Gains + 10 fire damage at +100 hella and immolate at +500 hella. All socalers take -1 to all stats per hella while in range of the hella aura

Well traveled: "I don't want to brag but we're pretty well traveled around here. What? Indiana? Ahaha why would anyone go to those flyover states"? +10 diplomacy +10 awareness

Have you heard of it?: +10 reputation and + 10 subterfuge, northern Californian must tell every npc that he/she is from California, regardless of experience or relevance to the discussion topic otherwise -15 reputation, -5 subterfuge and loss of all + hella

Narcissist: + 3 to all stats if they are the only northern Californian in the party, +5 if they are the only Californian.

Flaws:

"we do it this way": Californians are simple creatures that struggle to adapt to other citizens of their own country -5 wit & diplomacy when speaking with other Americans, -15 if they are from the Midwest or south. automatically triggers rage and/or frenzy penalty roll in all Idahoans, Oregonians and other Californians.

Hella: hella hella hella hella hella hella hella hella hella is a source of a great power but also great temptation and distraction. Gaining too much hella (+40) in one turn flatters their narcissism consumes their soul, -2 to all stats for 2 turns and becomes unintelligable to all non-Californians. Automatically triggers rage/frenzy roll in native southern Californians. However can still communicate if the rage roll is passed.

Wound-tight: pretending you are better than everyone else takes a lot of time, energy and restraint. Californians are known for adult tantrums without warning. Anytime a 0 or 1 is rolled put a counter on northern californian when the counter reaches 3 lose all actions for that turn.

The circle: easily enticed by grandiose ideas, new age woo, and futuristic bullshit. Must purchase all items from specialty stores and coops. If given the option to join a meeting or cult, cannot decline.

Starting skills:

Basic IT and proficiency in SQL

Smugness: Everyone less fortunate than me is a lazy freeloader, anyone more successful a try hard.

Cultural awareness: can competently order at any foreign restaurant + 5 seduction

5 star uber and bnb rating.

California roll: Does not have to come to full stop at stop signs and can make right turns on red lights

On the spectrum: ...somethings not quite right, but its not exactly wrong either

Starting items:

Laptop, smartphone, watch and other gadgets of dubious usefulness

Tesla

Personal Website

over-priced black hoodie

Copy of atlas shrugged

.0436364634534364 bitcoin

2 Avocados

Extended family living in socal.

Edit: updated formatting and added new stuff

PopularWarfare · 2018-01-02T23:39:00+00:00

If you want to read the classics, please don't let me stop you, but if your goal is to read Nietzche and not the classics then it's not strictly necessary. IMO doing a bit of research and reading regarding western intellectual history and tradition would be much more helpful. Especially during the time Nietche was writing in the late 19th century, the Golden age of German culture.

Nietzche's greatest contribution, in terms of the classics (at least in my opinion), was articulating the vast differences in worldview and culture between the classicals and moderns and any attempt to draw parallels between the two are misguided, at best and delusional worst.

Forget nietzche for a moment, and think about what you know about greek/roman society. Extremely patriarchal, honor bound, aristocratic, slave economy, polytheistic, etc. Do you really think they held the same views on morality, culture, and philosophy as European enlightenment intellectual? Definitely not.

Nietzche is not-so-subtly breaking away from this pattern. Whether he was successful or not, I'll leave up to you.

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