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Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by dkersten »

jambalayaman wrote: post #183
dkersten wrote: post #168

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Germans tend to pronounce A's in English as if they were E's ("cat" is pronounced as "k-eh-t" instead of "k-ah-t" -- which I don't really understand since A in German is pronounced as "ah"), so I'm not sure if everything you learned in English class is correct ;-)

Perhaps it is the american accent they are taught, americans would say keht. I always thought it was strange football was fussball in german, yet they'd call in soccer in english.

Except the American accent doesn’t say keht — maybe there’s a slight hint (cough accent) of it, but it’s very slight, while the German way sounds rather odd, I bet even to Americans.

The soccer thing is pretty funny though. :)

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by dkersten »

anyfoo wrote: post #188
dkersten wrote: post #168

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Germans tend to pronounce A's in English as if they were E's ("cat" is pronounced as "k-eh-t" instead of "k-ah-t" -- which I don't really understand since A in German is pronounced as "ah"), so I'm not sure if everything you learned in English class is correct ;-)

English class in Germany told me to pronounce it the "k-ah-t" way because they were primarily teaching British English, but I think a lot of exposure to US Media brings people to pronounce it "k-eh-t" (and maybe overdoing it in trying to do so). That's another thing I distinctively remember from English class in Germany, being taught the British pronunciation that, at that young age, was much less familiar to me than…

Definitely overdoing it! :)

I’m a native (non-American) English speaker and the American pronunciation, to me, doesn’t sound like keht at all. (German was technically my first language, although English became my main language at an early age, so I’m quite used to German accents, so it’s definitely not caused by the native accents imho)

I once (when I was ~15 or so) had an argument with a kid who simply would not believe me that the letters C-A-T aren’t pronounced keht

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by apirone »

Collected the biggest archive of Bitcoin wallet.dat files with balance and lost passwords. https://allprivatekeys.com/wallet.dat The collection consists of 32 files total for 2500+ BTC. The biggest wallet 576 BTC, the most interesting wallet.dat files with pre-mined coins from 2009-2010. Let's try other wallets for a share?

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by anyfoo »

dkersten wrote: post #202
anyfoo wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

English class in Germany told me to pronounce it the "k-ah-t" way because they were primarily teaching British English, but I think a lot of exposure to US Media brings people to pronounce it "k-eh-t" (and maybe overdoing it in trying to do so). That's another thing I distinctively remember from English class in Germany, being taught the British pronunciation that, at that young age, was much less familiar to me than…

Definitely overdoing it! :) I’m a native (non-American) English speaker and the American pronunciation, to me, doesn’t sound like keht at all. (German was technically my first language, although English became my main language at an early age, so I’m quite used to German accents, so it’s definitely not caused by the native accents imho) I once (when I was ~15 or so) had an argument with a kid who simply would not bel…

The English books seemed to teach the correct thing, however, using the correct IPA and giving the correct hints. Just like with "I've got [something]".

It's also definitely not the case that the "a" in American English "cat" is pronounced like "a" usually is in German. In that case, the "a" sounds much closer to a German "e" then a German "a". The IPA for AE "cat" is kæt, not kat (where in some parts of Britain it actually is kat).

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by brailsafe »

dkersten wrote: post #200
brailsafe wrote: post #199

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It's a tricky balance to strike. I used to think that you should just work if it's available to you, but now I'm much more inclined to work so you can afford to not work in the near-term rather than only at the hypothetical end. If you can afford to be laid off or quit and just willingly chill and do whatever for a while, that's a good option to take.

Absolutely. I’m painfully aware that I didn’t offer any solution either, because it is a balance that everyone must find for themselves. The main thing I was trying to get across is that sacrificing now for a reward in the possibly distant (relatively speaking) future is too risky for me since I don’t know what the future holds (and given how many people I know who have died young makes me reluctant to take for grant…

The sentiment is certainly shared.

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by VSerge »

aresant wrote: post #7

"I’m currently looking for work in a staff or senior staff engineering or data scientist role. If you’ve got interesting technical analysis or optimization problems, please reach out to me and let’s talk." That is probably the best CV I've ever read by accident. You should broaden your job hunt criteria to technical content marketing - seriously! Very rare to possess the skill to tell a story in an entertaining, appr…

I share your sentiment. This seems to be a great engineer, storyteller, and a person able to make a complex technical story accessible to a layperson with only minimal dumbing down (except if I'm too ignorant to perceive the magnitude of the possible dumbing down, in which case, oh well).

In any case, dear author, thanks for the write up, it makes for great reading, and I hope you receive offers for endeavors that give you as much intellectual stimulation as it is useful to society at large, and a large enough paycheck.

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by metaweta »

Expeditus419 wrote: post #177
metaweta wrote: post #9

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Hahaha, thanks!

I saw this post and initially skipped it because I know how crypto threads go on HN. Then saw on LinkedIn it was from you. Can confirm, this gent is a great engineer and is actually a nice guy.

Thanks!

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Post by dkersten »

anyfoo wrote: post #204
dkersten wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely overdoing it! :) I’m a native (non-American) English speaker and the American pronunciation, to me, doesn’t sound like keht at all. (German was technically my first language, although English became my main language at an early age, so I’m quite used to German accents, so it’s definitely not caused by the native accents imho) I once (when I was ~15 or so) had an argument with a kid who simply would not bel…

The English books seemed to teach the correct thing, however, using the correct IPA and giving the correct hints. Just like with "I've got [something]". It's also definitely not the case that the "a" in American English "cat" is pronounced like "a" usually is in German. In that case, the "a" sounds much closer to a German "e" then a German "a". The IPA for AE "cat" is kæt, not kat (where in some parts of Britain it a…

Thanks, that was interesting :)
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