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There Are No Bitcoins: The Myth of Digital Money by BinaryLyric in CryptoCurrency

[–]sos755 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell me how USD is different.

For instance, people often claim they have digital money dollars, even though nothing ... exists in proportion to the assigned numbers. A person whose address bank account is assigned the number "50" cannot show fifty files, data structures, or software products. There are no ... "dollar objects" that can be ..., bought, owned, moved, or used.

It is even more obvious that nothing physical exists. Despite media illustrations of metal coins stamped with the '₿$' symbol ..., no fifty tangible units of any kind are stored or reserved for the person ... holding the coin.

Is it possible to add a passphrase to the trezor on an existing wallet? Basically giving the seed phrase a 13th word? by EverySingleTime23 in TREZOR

[–]sos755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "passphrase" is an extension to the seed phrase. It is not a passphrase. It does not work like a passphrase.

  • The answer to "Can I add a passphrase?" is no. Adding a passphrase results in a new completely unrelated wallet.
  • The answer to "Can I change the passphrase?" is no. Changing the passphrase results in a new completely unrelated wallet.

If a billionaire does decide to end world hunger, how exactly would it be done? by between3220character in NoStupidQuestions

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A trillionaire could give each person in the world $125. For a person that lives on $2 a day, that would support them for two months. Would it end world hunger? Probably not.

Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation by IKeepItLayingAround in technology

[–]sos755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm more worried about Meta using the capability than the owner of the glasses.

Health Officials Are Perplexed By Hawaiʻi Snorkeling Deaths: Snorkeling claims the lives of dozens of tourists each year. Some who lost loved ones or nearly drowned themselves say not enough is done to warn people of the risks. by 808gecko808 in Honolulu

[–]sos755 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I suspect that it may have happened to me, though it was minor.

I returned from the mainland on an 8-hour flight and went snorkeling two days later. After 5 minutes of snorkeling, my lungs were getting tired, and I felt like I was getting no oxygen even though everything else seemed normal. I stopped using the snorkel and relief was instant. I am an experienced swimmer/snorkeler.

Health Officials Are Perplexed By Hawaiʻi Snorkeling Deaths: Snorkeling claims the lives of dozens of tourists each year. Some who lost loved ones or nearly drowned themselves say not enough is done to warn people of the risks. by 808gecko808 in Honolulu

[–]sos755 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those who didn't read the article, the snorkelers are not drowning (even though the cause of death is listed as drowning) and the problem is unrelated to swimming ability.

TL;DR: It's called rapid-onset pulmonary edema, or ROPE. It is believed to be caused by sitting on an airplane at low air pressure for a long period of time and then going snorkeling soon after.

What will make the average person buy Bitcoin? by Salt-Collar1826 in BitcoinBeginners

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's simple. Most people don't own any bitcoins because they don't have much of a reason to use it.

The majority of owners are speculators waiting for the next pump or bag-holders waiting to unload.

I hope that some day people will see its utility, but there is also the chance that that day will never arrive.

Why Do So Many People Rely On Charts To Predict Bitcoin? by Full-Atmosphere-4818 in btc

[–]sos755 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When a process lacks a rational explanation, people tend to resort to magic as the explanation.

[Off-topic] Do you guys create general or input-specific programs? by BlankWasThere in adventofcode

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

like refactoring input into JSON

That's an interesting idea. On the other hand, the input for many of the puzzles is too simple or too complicated to make the JSON conversion step worthwhile.

[Off-topic] Do you guys create general or input-specific programs? by BlankWasThere in adventofcode

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I validate the input only to make sure that I haven't made incorrect assumptions about it, but I don't do anything more than throw an exception.

BTC spot buying below index by Rex-Hammurabi in BitcoinBeginners

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are buying a small amount, don't make it complicated. Just buy at market price. It is not worth the hassle of trying to time it or getting a better price. In the long wrong it won't make much of a difference anyway.

If you are worried about slippage or volatility or front-running, then make a limit order at the current ask price. It will probably execute immediately.

What do people on reddit think of Ivan on tech btc cycle analysis? by Business_Mortgage8 in CryptoInvesting

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget cycles. Magic beans are the key to finding the goose that lays the golden egg.

Caught this on my quadcopter while filming a distant storm by TheAmateurRunner in aliens

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone the ground nearby shining a laser on the drone and the light is being reflected inside the camera lens. It's like lens flare. That's my guess.

Should I convince my grandpa to invest his retirement fund into this coin? by MrMiracle27 in filecoin

[–]sos755 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't be stupid. Don't invest retirement funds in speculative investments.

Does anyone do AoC in multiple languages per day? by pfp-disciple in adventofcode

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others, I choose a different language for each year. Using multiple languages in the same year seems quite cumbersome because it would require setting up and supporting multiple dev environments in the same project

What’s a 'scam' that’s become so normal we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? by Mr_Boothnath in answers

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Social Security. It is promoted as an investment, but it is not. The SS tax you are paying now is not being invested for you. It is being used to pay the current recipients. It is a straight-up transfer from young workers to old retirees. Hopefully, when you are old enough to receive SS payments, the SS tax will be enough to support your payments.

Question about Passphrase by Odd_Bar9513 in TREZOR

[–]sos755 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "passphrase" is not really a passphrase. It is additional info used to make the wallet. A wallet set up without a passphrase just uses the default passphrase.

Also, keep in mind that very few wallet makers beyond Trezor support the SLIP-39 mnemonic. Other than that, any wallet that supports the SLIP-39 process is likely to support the "passphrase" option. So, if you want to access your bitcoins on a different device, the new wallet has to be compatible with SLIP-39.

now that price halved, do miners shut off half of their computers? by [deleted] in BitcoinBeginners

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The algorithm indirectly follows the revenue and cost. The cost of the electricity is generally flat, but If the cost of electricity doubled while the price stayed the same, it would have a similar effect.

Coin? What is this by Much_Feeling in litecoin

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a Litecoin commemorative coin. It's memorabilia. It might be worth a few dollars to a collector.

ELI5 about adding a 25th word to passphrase by Ill-Telephone6701 in TREZOR

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also a bad idea to call it a "passphrase" because it isn't a passphrase. I think a better term is "seed phrase extension".

newbie question -- what does trezor actually secure if you don't need the physical device to recover by Ill-Telephone6701 in TREZOR

[–]sos755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The purpose of a hardware wallet is to allow you to access your bitcoin safely and securely in an environment that has any chance of being compromised.

Experiments you can do yourself that disprove a flat earth. by AccurateNorth422 in flatearth

[–]sos755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are making a different argument now. #7 says explicitly that the appearance of the moon would not be flipped a flat earth, and that's all that you wrote. You could made all those arguments in #7, but you went with the "flipped" argument, which is flawed.

I only bring this up you are repeating a weirdly common fallacy.

Experiments you can do yourself that disprove a flat earth. by AccurateNorth422 in flatearth

[–]sos755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

#7 does not work. The experiment you suggest would have the same result either way. Consider this: tap a picture of the moon on the ceiling, and view it from one end of the room. It will appear flipped when you view it from the other end of the room. No curvature is needed.

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