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FlailFast

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About FlailFast

Renersatz Man, Satirist, Crypto(graphy|currency|\w+)

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    Comment #16730075

    Thank you, truly! Satire is my passion, and whenever folks enjoy my work I feel a deep sense of pride.

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    Comment #16729938

    And the one I made before the project you mention: https://ponzico.win The real fun is the whitepaper (some of my better work): https://ponzico.win/ponzico.pdf But yeah, PonzICOs a…

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    Comment #14461910

    Author of PonzICO white paper here (proof: https://keybase.io/cin )—thank you! Still optimistic about cryptocurrency but the impending ICOpocalypse does not bode well for anyone in…

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    Comment #13186442

    Fun fact: I got an MBA and was one of the first cohorts of a new curriculum, which required an ethics course. Hilariously and sadly, some 20 students were put on probation for CHEA…

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    Comment #12979374

    It's important to consider the pros and cons about the Founder's Reward with Zcash, and I appreciate you trying to start a discussion, but I just wanted to clarify that your number…

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    Comment #12963725

    Hm let me try. 3827Hunter2. Did you just see x's?

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    Comment #12360410

    As someone who works at a Bitcoin/Ethereum company, and has passionately followed Bitcoin since 2011, every time I hear "blockchain" as a proper noun a piece of me dies inside. It'…

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    Comment #12184166

    Might I humbly suggest a project name? FFSS. For F(acebook|uck)'s Sake Syndication. :)

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    Comment #11998489

    Thirded to the above, and I'd humbly add Orwell's seminal 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language."[1] [1] https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

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    Comment #11409629

    I have proof that all of those things are involved. Trouble is, the evidence is _in_ a computer.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwrIZQDt50 [2] [2]Unrelated fun fact, that'…

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    Comment #11142016

    True that, which is sad, because charisma can legitimately lower the difficulty of understanding complex ideas; think of your best teachers/favorite professors. I wish TED was fill…

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    Comment #11136389

    0.14 to 15.0 changelog: - Version numbers are now little-endian

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    Comment #10855489

    I love this advice, and it took me a while to figure out that for me the intersection is Developer Advocacy. Math, software, public speaking, writing, comedy, business = Dev Advoca…

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    Comment #10643217

    Yeah...it's akin to saying "I believe that [extreme outliers happen], then [they define the general rule]." Their outcome is wonderful, and I'm happy for them, but it's so many sig…

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    Comment #10553351

    Good ole Baader Meinhof phenomenon. True story: I learned about it after hearing "Baader Meinhof" thrown around one too many times. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_…

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    Comment #10521697

    Oh man, love it! Thanks for sharing...that Copeland theme though. :)

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    Comment #10504182

    Anyone else remember using ResEdit on original Escape Velocity plugins? Probably my first introduction to hexadecimal as a kid, heh. Loved the game (and meta game of discovering ho…

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    Black Swan is still his best in my mind, but the Bed of Procrustes can be a nice entree; aphorisms were the original tweets, and can be consumed as such. Then I'd jump into Fooled …

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    Comment #10167029

    Love this idea, might copy my current novella on the web ( http://www.flailfast.com/ ) over to your platform to see how it looks. Out of curiosity: any chance you guys might integr…