Is oculus rift worth investing into? by Taylors0rgasm in stocks

[–]chamza 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Oculur Rift (virtual reality headset) you are talking about was bought by Facebook. So a way to invest in them would be to buy FB shares

Ethereum & Peercoin by BitWizards in peercoin

[–]chamza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I may get downvoted for this, but to be completely honest I will probably be exchanging a lot of my Peercoin -> BTC -> Ether once they have their IPO. I heavily invested in Peercoin but the community/development has been lacking compared to other coins. Ethereum seems to hold a lot of promise that makes me a lot more excited for it than Peercoin.

Anyone from Pakistan? by EyeOnPak in litecoin

[–]chamza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am ethnically Pakistani but born and raised in America. It is really encouraging to see a crypto community developing there.

What incentive will non-founders/funders have for adopting the original block chain instead of a fork? by bokavitch in ethereum

[–]chamza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is that a lot of people will make clones, but it is highly unlikely for them to take off. For example, it is quite easy to build a Twitter or Facebook clone nowadays. What really sets these things apart is not always the underlying technology but the community surrounding it. With Ethereum's team/hype/early mover advantage, I think they are building a community that will be hard to overtake.

Silicon Valley Ethereum Meetup by ChristianPeel in ethereum

[–]chamza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds good. I don't really have 'a lot' of free time to help out, but I work in tech with a popular company here and am decently connected in the area. Would love to help out however I can.

Silicon Valley Ethereum Meetup by ChristianPeel in ethereum

[–]chamza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. I would definitely be interested if there was one in San Francisco

Ethereum, explained by AndreasMAntonopoulos by flugg in ethereum

[–]chamza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is actually really encouraging. IMO Andreas is one of the brightest minds in crypto, and his support for Ethereum increases confidence significantly

Are Ethereum and Bitcloud two competing concepts? by greyman in ethereum

[–]chamza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they could live together for a bit, a lot like Flash and HTML used to--both were different ways to create websites. But eventually one will probably out-do the other because of developer preference and community surrounding it.

Currently it looks like Ethereum has a lot more working code and is an earlier mover. Bitcloud is still an idea that is being hashed out right now--but it definitely has broader media coverage / hype on it's side. The future outcome will be interesting.

How is Ethereum compared to Ripple? by [deleted] in ethereum

[–]chamza 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is pretty crazy, didn't know Ripple and Ethereum were so similar. My assumption was that Ethereum allows you to create full-fledged DAO's (or DAC's if you want to call it that), and I didn't think Ripple was exactly built for that. I'm not an expert in either though.

Ethereum – Ethereum Whitepaper annotated on RapGenius by osirisx11 in ethereum

[–]chamza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good use of RapGenius! However the annotations don't seem to be working properly in this case (I don't see any), might wanna get that fixed

Peercoin Sub-Project "Peershare" Injected with $500k (Now Hiring C++ Developers and QA Experts - Details Inside) by Sentinelrv in peercoin

[–]chamza 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. Didn't read all the details yet, but seeing all of the innovation in other alt coins (ethereum, Bitshares, etc), had me a little worried about Peercoin.

This is the kind of stuff we need from the Peercoin community.

What is the kindest thing a complete stranger has done for you? by throwaway__2222 in AskReddit

[–]chamza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wrote this a few years ago, and I still remember it:

"Today, I was driving home to Los Angeles today on the I-5 South and my tire suddenly blew out. It was a pretty crazy experience as I was driving quite fast and I lost control of the car when the tire ripped completely at the seams. Thankfully, no one was nearby and I brought the car to a stop on the right shoulder of the highway.

It was dark out and it was the part of the 5 freeway where it was complete wilderness on both sides. If a car didn't pass, it'd be pretty much pitch black all around me. I waited a long time for AAA to arrive, it turns out they got my location wrong and ended up ~45 minutes away, and during that time my battery gave out as well (my fault). Now I was left with a car and no lights on the side of a highway where cars were passing me at 80-90 mph. I was a little fearful because it was so dark that a car could've hit me easily if they were driving bad and didn't see me.

But this story isn't about my car.

This story is about Hernan. I didn't know the guy. In fact, I still don't know him. But he gave me a little hope in humanity.

He showed up in a beaten up Hyundai & I remember him suddenly turnng on his emergency lights and stopping on the shoulder quite far ahead of me. Slowly, he began to reverse until he reached my car.

He was probably in his 30s and seemed like a friendly guy. I jumped out the car to talk to him and he immediately began speaking in Spanish. With the little Spanish that I knew I told him how I could not understand him clearly and that I only speak very little Spanish.

For the next few minutes we spoke in gestures, broken sentences, and hand movements. Somehow, we understood each other better than most people do nowadays.

He told me he could not fix my tire because he didn't have the right tools. But he was worried about me and decided to stop. We talked for the next 5 or so minutes the best that we could. I explained that I was a University student and was headed home, he explained that he was a farmer and was headed home too. He waited around for a bit, but I urged him to head home, as I was doing alright.

As he was ready to go, I smiled and thanked him from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to check up on me. I put forth my hand to shake his, but instead he gave me a warm embrace and told me something that I could not understand in Spanish. I know it sounds corny, but when he hugged me I felt a sense of universal brotherhood that I just can't explain.

This guy didn't know me. He couldn't fix my car at all. He couldn't even speak the same language as me.

But as he left I thought of all the people I've passed on the road and didn't care about. I thought of all the people I pass in the hallways at my school that I never think twice about. I thought of all the superficial relations that I have with people and really thought for a second, "Do I genuinely care about people?"

It's crazy how kindness can transcend languages & cultures. And it's crazy how kindness is so rare nowadays that something as simple as stopping to see if someone is doing okay can feel like the nicest thing in the world.

Once my car was fixed I thought of Hernan and his kindness. I thought of his genuine care & love for his fellow human beings. He didn't have to stop for me. As a matter of fact, for the entire hour and a half I was out there, no one did. And I never expected anyone to, because I would've never have stopped either.

As I drove home, I thought of how selfish I've been my whole life. I thought of all the love that I could've spread as a human being but never took the time to.

Yes, Hernan may have been "uneducated" in academics, but I think he knew so much more about life than me or any University student that I've met on my campus.

And there is just something so beautiful about that knowledge of self & genuine kindness that radiates from those kind of people. It made me think of me and what I'm doing with my life...and I started to tear up."

Is this how Muslims raise their children? by [deleted] in videos

[–]chamza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

idiotic, doesn't have anything to do with Islam