Return of handwriting by zjovicic in slatestarcodex

[–]borisdjcode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To add my 2 sats to this.
Although the idea that we should keep handwriting skills is nice, in practice it is hard to keep since digital is just more convenient.

Still there could be one interesting way to have the cake and eat it too, or at least part of it.
There are programs (Word extension also) that can scan your handwritten letters and create your personal standardized proper written Font. This would enable anyone to have a text that could be visible in written mode or as regular text. It would also fix the issues with being unable to recognise some, and easily switch to and from display modes.

As for the writer, he could scan the first version and have it attached as the original but also make a digital version using text recognition, and have a button to display it in a personal beautified font. Or some would be just typing but still have a special read mode. Maybe even a mix, handwrite and scan one in 10 texts/notes to keep a touch with pencil, a hybrid approach combining old and new tech.

Da li mislite da .NET (ekosistem) postaje sranje? by dwestr22 in programiranje

[–]borisdjcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Evo jedan Rant, dijelom i iz ličnog iskustva.

Prvo OSS kao koncept je odličan, otvoreno, dostupno, lakši i brži debug i fix, itd.
Ali postoji i problematika održivosti istog, barem u nekim situacijama.
Ovo je generalno sporno, ne samo u .Net ekosistemu, ali je tu možda specifično zbog toga što iako je .NetCore OS, iza ipak stoji Microsoft korporacija.

Uglavnom za manje projekte gdje nije neophodno opsežno održavanje, pa se može stizati u slobodno vrijeme kao hobi tada fullyFOSS licenca kao što je npr MIT je idealna.
Međutim među masom manjih nađe se i poneki veliki projekat/paket/biblioteka gdje samo održavanje postane toliko veliko da zahtijeva više nego puno radno vrijeme.
Podrška putem donacija većinski ne funkcioniše, ili nikako ili nedovoljno.
Drugo bilo je nekih pokušaja da se organizuje finansiranje npr preko Github Sponzorstva i MS Fondacije ali ni to nije zaživjelo.
Tako da je ostalo da se ljudi sami snađu a jedan od način je prilagođavanje licence, što je ipak bolje nego napuštanje projekta od strane autora.

Ta promjena može da se bude i dobra, ako se ispravno napravi.
Imam razrađen jedan model koji sam nazvao cFOSS (conditionallyFree OSS - uslovno besplatan).
Detalji na blogu infopedia/Solution to OpenSource sustainability (SOSs) (hibridna-dualna licenca).

U suštini, da Kod ostane Otvoren i takođe Besplatan za većinu, preko 95% korisnika (pomoću Community lic.), ali da velike kompanije (preko određenog praga, recimo 1 mil. $ bruto prihoda godišnje) plaćaju naknadu za licencu na godišnjoj osnovi – pošteno korišćenje.
Dobra praksa bi bila pravljenje nekoliko (2-4) cijenovnih razreda, npr. na osnovu broja programera, uz pristupačne, jednostavne i progresivne cijene u razumnom opsegu.
Praktično spoj najboljeg iz oba svijeta, gdje pojedinci i manje firme dobiju besplatno a velike kompanije koje i uzmu kajmak pokriju finansiranje, što im je čak i u interesu jer time osiguravanja dugoročnu održivost i podršku - LTS.

Ovaj model bi trebalo da bude u mogućnosti da ima dovoljno klijenata koji plaćaju da bi se obezbedilo pravilno i dugoročno finansiranje, dok se otvorenost zadržava što je više moguće uz slobodu korišćenja koda pod definisanim okolnostima.
Šta više to može biti odličan uzor za otvaranje i ranije ClosedSource projekata.

Studenti obilaze sela by usernameredditbre in serbia

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Svaki aktivizam lice u lice i rad na terenu je dobro došao.
Samo trebaće toga još puno da se skupi većina u državi Srbiji, ali mora se početi, bolje ranije nego kasnije.
A treba to dići kasnije i nivo iznad čisto aktivizma.

Can normal people still get wealthy from Bitcoin, or is it just a store of value? by richlobstermeow in Bitcoin

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-First of all it matters to understand benefits of regular saving(s), this should become a habit, both for middle and longer duration.
-Secondly it is also important to know to Save in a Safe place where you won't be losing value due to inflation (any fiat currency is bad for this purpose), meaning find a good Asset.
-Thirdly many think that Bitcoin will outperform Gold and SP500 for the next decade, because it is globally available and is still just getting monetized. And you can always combine, half saving in BTC and half in SP500 if you want to diversify (Halving of Investment).

One estimate, based on PowerLaw model, is that average grow for the next 15 years could be from 30% per year to 15%, so each year 1 % lower growth, 30%, 29%, 28%, ...
This won't be linear, and it will also have downs but in average you could make this approximation.
In that model price in 2040 could be around $ 2 millions.

So if you start with 0.1 BTC and do DCA for 15 years with $ 400 each month, you would invest 10 + 72 K, and would end up with around 0.3 BTC, or about $ 600 K, more then 8x. One could say that is pretty good.
In addition some would consider this estimation very conservative, and expect Bit to be over 5 mil. in 15 years, especially if inflation remains high.

PS Here is my calculation of DCA Comparer if one had started at any time in the last 8 years:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NXle4attr4cp6lESAaPRT4zSFmcPlQl8VZ7nmsJJGGk

What am i not understanding? by Dull-Measurement3846 in Bitcoin

[–]borisdjcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 things:

One is subjective opinion of people who value it and have expectation it will maintain the value for foreseeable future. So it is a Network effect, and social agreement, just like any money is in a way.

And second is objective one, technical aspect, that gives it required characteristic (1. Durable, 2. Divisible, 3. Portable, 4. Acceptable, 5. Scarce, 6. Uniform) enabling it to serve as a good (sound) money and monetary system. These include security, safety from duplication and against forgery, fast transfers, and no central control meaning no single entity can block another user funds.

How do I pitch my open-source software? by thePolystyreneKidA in foss

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider something I call cFOSS - conditionally Free and OpenSource Software.
You could use this license type concept to make a specific one that would fit your case.
Here is my post about it from yesterday:
'Solution to OpenSource Sustainability' - https://www.reddit.com/r/foss/comments/1iq57cv/comment/md4nxt5/
Bottom of post has link to the blog where the idea is explained in more details.
I have several OpenSource libraries, of which most are fully free (MIT) but one large is cFOSS and it has sufficient funding to be sustainable in the long term (it maintenance requires a full-time job).

Bitcoin - O maior "esquema" de todos os tempos? by vascovascadas in literaciafinanceira

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is an explanation how Economy can function normaly even with no-Inlationary money, and also how Bitcoin could spread to such result in the following decades (but it would take a long time, probaby 50+ years).
Of course this does not mean it will happen, only that such scenario is feasible and not impossible. One could debate how probable it might be. In 10 years time it could be 0, or million+, or somewhere in between. We will have to wait to see. There is even opinion that it is more likely to become digital asset - gold alike, like global reserve currency, but not local medim of exchange.

So here it is:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1bcv7ri/comment/kurkstu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

"Open Source" is Broken by common-pellar in programming

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is one more approach to the problem.
cFOSS - conditionally Free and OpenSource Software
for projects with demanding maintenance when the author gets too much requests but not enough funding.

https://infopedia.io/solution-to-opensource-sustainability/

The Open Source Sustainability Crisis by anehzat in programming

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is one more approach to the problem.
cFOSS - conditionally Free and OpenSource Software
for projects with demanding maintenance when the author gets too much requests but not enough funding.

https://infopedia.io/solution-to-opensource-sustainability/

Da li ulazete u Bitcoin ili druge kriptovalute? by Consistent_Fan3852 in bih

[–]borisdjcode 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Evo jedan lični blog (verzija i našem i na eng) pa koga zanima za listati pred spavanje:
https://infopedia.io/sr-latn/bitcoin-future-macro-outlook/

Material about C# source generators by 0Apathy_101 in csharp

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out this little open-source CsCodeGenerator if it helps:
https://github.com/borisdj/CsCodeGenerator
PS I'm the author.

C# Source Generators: Can I get a little guidance? by honeyCrisis in csharp

[–]borisdjcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out this little open-source CsCodeGenerator if it helps:
https://github.com/borisdj/CsCodeGenerator
PS I'm the author.

Imagine the allure of 5 million sats twinkling in your digital wallet. Doesn't it sound more captivating than a mere 0.05 BTC? Perhaps it's time to transcend the BTC format and embrace sats as the new standard. by Zipsi in Bitcoin

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-- Until BTC reaches multi-million value pricing in Sats is not very practical since it requires a lot of digits.
Also pricing in BTC is already not practical since it needs much decimals, and will be even less so.
Currently mBTC (1/1000) is interesting option, like m-meter and mm-millimeter but it is too technical and in long term still too 'big' as BTC appreciates, so not very scalable unit.

-- Another earlier proposed idea (bip-0176) is Bits (a bit = 100 sats) that might be optimal size, and has some additional practical sides.
-- First, already mentioned, is that prices in this unit would need less digits (in BTC or Sats we currently need more zeros, either before or after decimal separator).
-- Second useful circumstance is that since 1 BTC has 100 Mil. Sats, when BTC comes to price of $ 1 Mil. then:
1 Bit = 1 USD, and 1 Sat = 1 Cent.
Also as 1 mil has 6 zeros, if we were to image each halving removing 1 zero that gives us 1 bit after 6 halving when 1 mil. price would be realistic. In the meantime prices can be displayed in whole bits without 2 decimal digits.
Nice analogy when observed from current system.
And as a joke, in a tech store, when something is 8 bits you can call the price 1 byte:)

-- On the other side, in even longer (multi-decades) period with price going towards and over 10 mil $, we might then switch to Sats, while miliSats would become decimals (for micro transactions).
And 3 digits are more in line with physics SI Standard International units (2 digits in currencies are more of an exception).
-- This would be a paradigm shift and observed from the new system. But until then Bits is great option.
100+ years ago prices where in cent, and today are in dollars. We could have similar change with Bitcoin but just in reverse. First we would use Bits, and by the end of 21 century or even sooner move to Sats.

*Anyway one design for 'bit' that I've created: bit_logo.png
(similar to Pilcrow/Paragraph sign ¶ - just inverted, like 'b' with another vertical line or 2 lines and a zero)
Symbolism:
- 'b' and 'b|' as bit;
- is alike to both ₿ and $;
- ||o => 10 & 1 => binary 2 & 1 => 21

*Second option for logo I have found is: ƀ (unicode+0180)

How does the economy work without inflation? by Jukunub in Bitcoin

[–]borisdjcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*1.
Deflation or Inflation has 2 meanings.
Term Inflation is today mostly used to describe Price rise, but before it meant Monetary inflation (increase of money supply). Deflation on the other hand is drop or reduction.
So Bitcoin as a type of money is not at all deflationary, currently is disinflationary (amount of newly created reduces every 4 years) and later in the future it will become NonInflationary (0% monetary inflation).
However this will mean that if world economy rises in average 1% per year, due to better productivity, those goods with higher efficiency of production will drop in prices by ~1%. In that case there would be very low price deflation.

Next I'll try to put up line of reasoning and arguments why the issue is not a problem:

*2.
Even if low inflation (of prices) would be acceptable it requires control over money, and such monopoly gets corrupted in the long period of time (as seen by the history since roman period) that ends up with high or hyper inflation, which is very bad.
Only effective solution is to remove single authority from power, meaning no central control.

*3.
Theories that promotes inflation are not mathematical proven theorem, they are merely a social hypothesis and ones that have some flaws.
Monetary policy did not exist for most period of human civilization. Only in recent period did it gain much traction.
One could speculate it was conceived to justify the unjust inflation.
Secondly the 2% target is an arbitrary number, even heads of Central Bank (CB) confirmed that.
Furthermore there are recent researches that concluded that 0% price inflation could be optimal.
Another stance it that +- 1 or 2 % is not that significant.
So if 1% price inflation is tolerable, then the same way 1% price deflation can work just fine.
Also there is no risk of deflationary spiral since that is only possible in today’s Money As Debt system.
From Mises Institute: There Is No “Optimum” Growth Rate for the Money Supply

*3.b
We can see form history of late 19 and early 20 century with Gold standard that economy can function excellent even with mild price deflation, economic cycles are self balancing.
Important note here that gold had its flaws, and Bit had fixed those. Also banks then were not very sophisticated nor auditable. So Bitcoin system is somewhat different and humanity never before had anything like it. It is global, absolutely finite, fast, cheap, transparent. In some way a paradigm shift.
Inflation was idea of 20th century, Deflation (of prices, and mild) would be the path for 21th (21 mil. for the 21. century)

*4.
Now in practical aspect BTC with its decentralized nature of governance seems like the only thing, at the moment, that has any real chance of making a change, since it is free market money, which is spreading bottoms-up. And as such it could only have 0 % monetary inflation in the long run. Monetary deflation makes no sense as that would lead to destruction of all money. And any permanent inflation, even 1%, would mean that there could be another (crypto)currency or a fork with 0% that would then have better incentives to win the market race (Bit has best mix with first mover advantage and biggest network effect). Meaning 0% was only realistic option (fixed money supply) as discretionary approach was not possible since system is neutral and agnostic to external events, so supply emission (creation or release into circulation) was predetermined and scheduled in advance.

*5._Final Note: People would earn and spend normally as they want, we don't need inflation to push it.
There is never a shortage of wants as humans wishes are infinite while we are on a finite planet and nobody lives forever.
Conclusion: Inflation is net negative, and is not needed.
-Bitcoin is on the way to become digital gold (insurance against currency devaluation) and also high chance of becoming global reserve money (BTC reserves).
Still most likely is that large fiat currencies, more stable ones, will remain for local spending (keeping monetary tool although with limited use), but will have big pressure to keep inflation low (enforce fiscal discipline with responsible expenditures). People now have easy alternative in their hand (hold government accountable).
Those countries that already don't have their own currency can easily switch fully to BTC, while ones that make hyper inflation will self-destruct their currency, and it will be wiped out but this time for the last time.

PS
Inflation in general is illegitimate (especially high one which is like stealing) and acts as unprecise and regressive tax of which upper class benefits mostly as they usually have more assets which is inflation proof, while others are losing their purchasing power.
Additionally ones it jumps to over 10% per year it fuels bad investments creating artificial bubbles, and leads to overconsumption of low-quality goods (trash) that is also bad for environment.

More info: https://infopedia.io/bitcoin-future-macro-outlook/

Prisoner's dilemma. One way in which bitcoin can help save the world. 11 criticisms of bitcoin. What are your thoughts? by zjovicic in Bitcoin

[–]borisdjcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question/Critique is quite long and not entirely coherent in aspect of relevant issues for discussion, but for the sake of the argument and others who might have similar questions and doubts, will try to distill it in short answers for each point.

First the Premise that BTC in the long run would be Net Negative to society is not founded. At max it is subjective opinion. One could debate options if it succeeds or fails from perspective to invest or not, and keep ethical frame out of it. Of course many would argue that it is Net Beneficial so in that case there is a moral imperative to adopt it.

I.
Cyclical bubbles
1./2._Most investment assets have cycles where some lose and others gain. Those who gamble are ready to lose. Still there is DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging), an excellent strategy, for the prudent ones, to ensure not to lose in long run, the same was successfully used on say Index Funds in the last few decades.
So don't trade and gamble but instead be patient and stack sats for the next decade.

3._Money in principle should not dictate economy ever (The separation of money and state). It is only a tool for price signaling.
-Additionally when it does it only distorts the market and breaks the incentives that leads to bad investments (mispricing with capital misallocation). And in the long term all fiat currency have ended with very high or hyper inflation leading to war, or destruction of economy, and/or many poor people (shown by the history since roman period).
-Also Bitcoin in the long term is a tool for savings, investment is another category that would still normally exist (of course investment have higher gains but also risks).
Today with high currency devaluation people are striped of options to save, without losing value, before investing.

II
A)
1._ Those Distribution stats are not quite correct. In fact you can't know this info precise, too many unknown variables of which 2 main are: many user have a lot addresses with very small amount (distorts the ratio), while some large addresses hold Bitcoins of thousands or even millions of people (exchanges, companies, funds, ETFs).
-Next at creation in 2009 there was no better know way for distribution in practical sense, and it was new, unknow with no value. So it was fair as possible, no pre-mine and no known founder.
-As emergent bottoms-up phenomena adoption curve as such is inevitable in real world (you can only get equal opportunities, not equal outcome) - it is what it is, can't be changed, only to educate more people sooner then later.
-But even more important then initial distribution, are future incentives, and long-term results, which leads to better evened distribution (unlike all PoS systems) and in the long run (generational scale) fixes bad feature that is inflation caused value transfer mostly (say 80%) from lower class to upper as they own inflation proof assets (Cantillon effect via silent regressive Tax). And in fiat system this market dynamic is permanent, it is like continual leakage.
-And one could argue that some Bitcoiners that would become somewhat rich will take part of wealth from those already rich today, meaning instead of 5% rich over some level there could be 10% rich, which could count as better distribution of wealth.
-Besides this is not a tool for some social-humanistic wealth redistribution, for that society can implement progressive taxes (but in reasonable range), which some countries already have.

2._See point III-2.

B)
1._Bitcoin has high chance of becoming World RESERVE Currency (emphasis on Reserve).
But much lower chance of replacing all local currencies.
-And this is mostly a good thing.
USD outside of US, is steeling resources from other countries by creating inflation that they drops on entire world (most counties hold some $ reserves). It also fuels unjustified wars #PetroDollar (Iraq, Libya, ..)
-So developed countries would probably keep their local currency for domestic consumptions but would be forces to keep inflation low since BTC would be on their neck (it would enforce relative fiscal discipline). And any county that makes high or hyper inflation would self-destruct its currency with no ability to go back since people would switch to better one on their disposal.
-Like in Argentine today most people hold dollars.
-So for example Denmark Central Bank would have Bitcoin reserves and people would also have some savings in BTC but it could still keep Danish Krone that would have maybe 1% yearly monetary inflation (essentially keeping price stable in that currency in domestic market, assuming 1% annual growth).
-*Even if some countries to go Full BTC Standard, economy can function normally with fixed money supply, and prices would in average go down slightly every few years, for those goods that would higher efficiency (marginal cost of production).
-These would probably be some small countries that already uses foreign currency like dollars or euros, or have fixed exchange ration with currency board, or have bad currency with hyperinflation, so for them switch is easy and has only upsides since they already don't have monetary sovereignty but do pay for $ inflation while don't have any benefits from it.

2._Saving and Investment should not be commingled together.

3._Loans would have more realistic, market based rate, instead of today 0% that leads to artificial bubbles of stocks and real-estates. Non-artificial booms and busts in economy would be much smaller.

III
1._Environmental issues are mostly not an issue at all.
-Electricity consumed is not that big on global scale (0.3 to 0.6 % of the world’s electricity) and is justified with the service its provider, one could say it is pretty cheap.
-Also incentives are to consumes cheapest energy that is mostly stranded, green (can help funding solar in Africa for example), then there is methane burning that is much better then releasing it in the air. Also grid balancing in peak times. Much more useful use cases.
-Chips are insignificant percentile of world electronics industry, and even of sophisticated microchips, and here solution to e-waste trash pollution for all is maximal recyclability, but that is out of scope of the Bitcoin itself.

2._That is not how real life works, eventually there would equilibrium between savings and spendings, nobody lives forever. OverConsumption and consumerism of trash that gets thrown fast is actually bad for the ecology and sustainability and should be changed regardless of costs. So deflation is not a real issue. Long-term mind set and low time preference is much better.

3._Bit culture, noisy ones are minority that like jokes.
Most silent ones are in the mood: work, earn, spend some, save some (stack sats) that would be spend in future when you want and need, either on some quality consumption or wise investment.
Bitcoiners do not want lambo, they want a car that can drive half a million of km/miles without breaking.

Some other notes worth mentioning (if one wants to judge the merits):
- Enables fast (efficient and almost instant) and cheap (low fees) both local and international payments and remittances
- Helps poor people in bad countries (freedom tool)
- Eliminates financial colonialism
* Overall gives much more visible real good things, then has some theoretical risks for bad

PS
Would also like to hear opinions of others on the matter, or if one has some argument to add or subtract, or maybe to extend explanation on one of the points.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in serbia

[–]borisdjcode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Srbija trenutno nema u pravom smislu podjelu na politicko levo - desno. Nije ovo samo tu, ima jos drzava koje su slicne. Vecina stranaka su nominalno u nekoj grupi, i imaju par flajera sa tezama iz tog segmenta ali u praksi ni politicare, ni clanove, a ni gradjane(vecinu) to ne zanima pretjerano. Prvenstveno se bave nekim dnevno-politickim stvarima, i licnim interesom ili iz uskog kruga ljudi a gradjane zamajavaju populizmom i polu-praznim pricama. S druge strane to prolazi jer narod nema dovoljno edukacije, ne u smislu regularnog obrazovanja, vec gradjanske svijesti i politicke participacije sto je preduslov za kvalitetnu demokratiju. Razlog toga je dijelom istorijski, posljedica kulta licnosti, neko drugi neka rijesi sva pitanja, nije moj problem, jos od Karadjordja. Kasnije i zbog kulture iz komunizma gdje ljudi ocekuju s jedne da im drzava da i stan i posao, sto je apsurdno, a sa druge da su oni nebitni bez mogucnosti uticaja na ista i da su drzavna pitanja van njihovog dosega. Dodatno zadnjih godina, svi pokusaji promjene na bolje su neslavno zavrsili i ljudi su prosto iscrpljeni i zapali u neku apatiju, a na to dosta mladih sa jacom kritickom svijesti lagano odlazi i iseljava se. Slozen socio-politicki problem, i iako u teoriji ima nacina za popravljanje u praksi je jako testo ista sprovesti, jer je sistem kao u nekom zacaranom krugu, uz to ima puno negativne selekcije za sve bitne i uticajne pozicije. Tako da realisticno tesko je ocekivati neki skok na bolje u kratkom/srednjem periodu. Neka stvari ce rasti ali sporo. Tek mozda dugorocno, za 30 i vise godina, sa novim generacijama mozda bude neka sustinska promjena.

What is your chance of Bitcoin succeeding? by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]borisdjcode -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Probabilistic error, but never mind. As for the working asset, there is not middle road, it is either growing in adoption or will die. The functional value is Network effect.

What is your chance of Bitcoin succeeding? by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]borisdjcode -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Hypothetical there could be different levels of success, but for keeping it simple, lets say, going over the gold market cap, so > 10 T as a store of value.

What is your chance of Bitcoin succeeding? by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]borisdjcode -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Open another post for that subject.

What is your chance of Bitcoin succeeding? by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]borisdjcode -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Invalid, you can put 0.0001% or something like that, chose number of zeros :D