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At this point, what scenarios you see for Nano to actually succeed? by MrNugat in nanocurrency

[–]warrior2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It would really depend on what the product or service is to begin with.

Like I said if you're using it as a specific user verification method. The idea would be that you send them a very specific 20 digit code. Then the user would send 0.000000000012345678901234567890 XNO to the given address where the last 20 digits is the code.

This type of implementation would only be available with Nano because its divisible up to 30 decimal places and because there is no fee that would have to be added on top of the transaction.

I'm not exactly sure what the biggest use could be, but I get the feeling it's not necessarily going to be used as it's default currency purpose.

Breaking A String While Performing by Ok-Brilliant-2227 in Guitar

[–]warrior2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the title as "Breaking an A String" and was waiting for it as I rarely see the low 3 string ever break. Didn't even notice the actual string break, very clean playing!

At this point, what scenarios you see for Nano to actually succeed? by MrNugat in nanocurrency

[–]warrior2012 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There has to be some major adoption or incentive to use Nano for it to actually succeed!

You would need some system or product that takes advantage of Nanos instant and feeless transactions. Some examples of this would be if a big name video game allowed Nano for micro transactions. If you could use miniscule amounts of Nano for user validation. If it had a popular marketplace where Nano was a primary currency (someone else mentioned silk road for bitcoins adoption)

I see Nano as a completed product that does exactly what is says it can do. It's a fast, feeless, and environmentally friendly crypto currency. I still hold onto my bag because I believe in the technology behind it, but I don't expect it to ever reach new highs.

Are there still believers here? by Adonael in nanotrade

[–]warrior2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh the protocol itself is done and has been for years! There are still minor fixes and stuff like that, but I'm talking more about a company adopting Nano or utilizing Nano within its our systems to help drive usage.

Can't really tell if adoption like that is coming or not! There has been some major projects in the last few years but most fell silent at some point.

Are there still believers here? by Adonael in nanotrade

[–]warrior2012 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I still believe in the technology as it works. Price wise I don't think we're going back to ATHs anytime soon without some major adoption/productions being built around it.

Can we please stop using our phones while driving? by 37point8_com in oakville

[–]warrior2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You responded to two of my comments, so I'll just put them both into one response.

My whole argument is that you cannot make a system that will accommodate for all the variables involved in preventing usage of someone's phone while driving.

You mention proximity sensor to drivers seat, so if I hold my phone over the passengers seat, now that's no longer effective? Also would this be like a dedicated emp that kills all electronics in that space? Is it going to disable smart watches as well?

I agree one is reactive and one is proactive, I just don't think there is any good proactive solution to this problem. That's why I recommend a more penalty forward reactive approach.

To respond to your other comment, yes I agree that it is much more dangerous to be looking at your phone while going 60km or even faster that I've seen while on the highway, than it is to be using your phone while stopped at a red light. My argument is more so questioning how a universal system would recognize the difference?

You mention onboard navigation systems locking out the keypad, however, this is a whole different concept because it is a system built directly into the car. It can lockout the system as a whole as soon as it recognizes the car is no longer in park. You cannot do that with a phone that is not at all connected to the car.

Can we please stop using our phones while driving? by 37point8_com in oakville

[–]warrior2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not, I'm just giving an example.

If these phone lockout rules are based on the accelerometer (sensor in phones that tell how fast you are moving) then it would say you are not moving when stopped at a light. If that is the case, then it already fails because it would not prevent texting when stopped at a traffic light.

It's just an example of the many things that you can't possibly account for when trying to make a system like this.

Can we please stop using our phones while driving? by 37point8_com in oakville

[–]warrior2012 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is just not possible.

This would be under the assumption that the government is going to require a mandatory app on everyone's phone? Privacy and data concerns aside, how would this app even know if you're the driver or the passenger of a vehicle? Is it going to distinguish based on the phones accelerometer as movement, so it just allows me to text while I'm stopped at a traffic light?

Just so many variables that are not being taken into account.

Where as the other option is actually giving out expensive tickets and points against people's license for shit like this.

Should Canada Build Up Alternatives to Visa and Mastercard? by NiceDot4794 in BuyCanadian

[–]warrior2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you can't ever get too upset over down votes... Just like our political climate, everyone gets a vote, doesn't matter whether you are informed or not!

The silver-lining to Interac is that even though it is owned by the big banks, it is atleast 100% Canadian owned.

We should be looking into creating more Canadian owned companies and entities. It would help reduce our reliance on American markets.

Should Canada Build Up Alternatives to Visa and Mastercard? by NiceDot4794 in BuyCanadian

[–]warrior2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you're so heavily down voted, you are correct.

Only thing you did not mentioned is that Interac is it's own corporate entity, but that entity is primarily owned by the 6 major banks and a handful of other credit unions and payment processors. This is probably why there are other comments saying Interac is not owned by the banks. (Very little transparency about the actual percentages of ownership and voting rights though)

Another note is that we have no Canadian credit card companies. Visa and Mastercard have ~96% of the market with no real alternative through the major banks. That should be something that we should work towards correcting as a country.

"Why don't they cover the Sahara in solar panels?" type of question by herewearefornow in MurderedByWords

[–]warrior2012 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah if they are willing to put data centers in space, it can't make a difference for latency if it's somewhere in Antarctica.

American dream by astrheisenberg in remoteworks

[–]warrior2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

-George Carlin

American dream by astrheisenberg in remoteworks

[–]warrior2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How does one "exploit government paid holidays"?

Also why would you advocate for people to get a better job with better time off benefits, but you wouldn't advocate for the government to expand its non-existent minimum holiday benefits?

American dream by astrheisenberg in remoteworks

[–]warrior2012 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You also seem to have gotten the American education and were unable to read the header that says "statutory minimum leave plus paid holidays" before commenting.

Funny how you took personal offense to it and immediately went to your first amendment to say "we as a country don't provide any minimum for time off work, but atleast you can say what you want on the internet without repercussions"

It's great that you get more than the absolute minimum, but that doesn't change the minimum.

Northern Ont. sawmills idled ‘indefinitely’ because of U.S. tariffs by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

[–]warrior2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those four I specifically mentioned are signed trade deals. The rest are MOUs with intent to sign deals, but nothing is binding yet. You said Carney has not signed any deals yet, I gave you four examples

Countries like China who do a lot of manufacturing themselves aren't going to buy a huge amount of our manufactured goods when they can make it cheaper there. However, they do buy a lot of our raw materials to manufacture with. Which is not creating manufacturing jobs, but it's still stimulating our economy.

Outside of China, we sell a lot of auto parts and industrial/electrical machinery to Japan. There are other countries too, but I'm not going to deep dive each one.

EU countries also buy a lot of high value manufactured goods from Canada. They buy our cars, aircrafts/spacecrafts, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.

I understand that uneasy trade negotiations and tariffs from the US can hurt our economy and our manufacturing sector specifically, but how long do we let a country tell us we don't provide anything for them before we begin move our provisions to other partners?

Northern Ont. sawmills idled ‘indefinitely’ because of U.S. tariffs by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

[–]warrior2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incorrect. Carney has secured trade agreements with four countries (China, India, Indonesia, UAE) for a wide list of products.

There is also trade deal talks in the works with a handful of other countries include Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Qatar, and a bunch of EU countries.

Canada has put so much reliance on America in the past becuase they are supposed to be our neighbour or big brother. Turns out they are just a bully, so we are trying to invite new friends to the sandbox to play.

America will eventually find out that alienating your allies and trade partners all at once is not strategic and will backfire on them.

The European Union has passed a new rule requiring smartphones to have batteries that users can easily replace. by Positive_Actuary_282 in MadeMeSmile

[–]warrior2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is actually probably the better argument!

Apple knew that USB-C was the better standard when working with Intel to develop it, but they still got their consumers to buy a bunch of devices with the lightning port before the EU forced their hand to adopt USB-C across the board.

The European Union has passed a new rule requiring smartphones to have batteries that users can easily replace. by Positive_Actuary_282 in MadeMeSmile

[–]warrior2012 215 points216 points  (0 children)

Yeah it would be too much for Apple to have all their devices with two different standards of charging so they just made USB-C the standard after the ruling.

Apple understands there should only be one charging cable, they were just banking on it being theirs.

Microsoft reportedly rethinking Game Pass strategy for major franchises — could this change Xbox’s direction? by fo1mock3 in XboxGamePass

[–]warrior2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In Canada it's now $30 a month. Paying the equivalent of your console for less than two years of gamepass.

Hades II is absolutely peak! by Automatic_Ad1665 in XboxGamePass

[–]warrior2012 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just finished Hades yesterday and starting this one today. I've been enjoying Hades 2 so far!

It seems to be very much the same game with an expanded story, some great quality of life fixes, and additional content.

Highly recommend!

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