Dennis Hackethal
@dennis-hackethal·Member since June 2024·Ideas
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#3986·Benjamin Davies, 16 days agoBounties should be clear about what currency they are being paid out in.
Valid. As of 7af3c7b, the site uses ‘USD’ throughout.
#3107·Dennis HackethalOP, 3 months agoPreview links of discussions should show the name of the discussion being linked.
See eg https://x.com/agentofapollo/status/1991252721618547023
h/t @benjamin-davies
I implemented this a while back.
X caches link previews, so old previews remain the same. But new previews feature the discussion title, see eg https://www.opengraph.xyz/url/https%3A%2F%2Fveritula.com%2Fdiscussions%2Fcriticisms-of-zcash.
Feature idea: pay people to criticize your idea.
You start a ‘criticism bounty’ of 100 bucks, say, which is prorated among eligible critics after some deadline.
The amount should be arbitrarily customizable (while covering transaction costs). Minimum of $5.
There could then be a page for bounties at /bounties. And a page listing a user’s bounties at /:username/bounties.
When starting a bounty, the user indicates terms such as what kinds of criticism they want. This way, they avoid having to pay people pointing out typos, say.
Anyone can start a bounty on any idea. There can only be one bounty per idea at a time.
To ensure a criticism is worthy of the bounty, the initiator gets a grace period of 24 hours at the end to review pending criticisms. Inaction automatically awards the bounty to all pending criticisms at the end of the grace period.
Feature idea: pay people to criticize an idea.
You start a ‘criticism bounty’ of 100 bucks, say, which is prorated among eligible critics after some deadline.
The amount should be arbitrarily customizable (while covering transaction costs). Minimum of $5.
There could then be a page for bounties at /bounties. And a page listing a user’s bounties at /:username/bounties.
When starting a bounty, the user indicates terms such as what kinds of criticism they want. This way, they avoid having to pay people pointing out typos, say.
Anyone can start a bounty on any idea. There can only be one bounty per idea at a time.
To ensure a criticism is worthy of the bounty, the initiator gets a grace period of 24 hours at the end to review pending criticisms. Inaction automatically awards the bounty to all pending criticisms at the end of the grace period.
Feature idea: pay people to criticize your idea.
You start a ‘criticism bounty’ of ten bucks, say, per pending criticism received by some deadline.
The amount should be arbitrarily customizable (while covering transaction costs). The user also indicates a ceiling for the maximum amount they are willing to spend.
There could then be a page for bounties at /bounties. And a page listing a user’s bounties at /:username/bounties.
When starting a bounty, the user indicates terms such as what kinds of criticism they want. This way, they avoid having to pay people pointing out typos, say.
Anyone can start a bounty on any idea. There can only be one bounty per idea at a time.
To ensure a criticism is worthy of the bounty, the initiator gets a grace period of 24 hours at the end to review pending criticisms. They may even award a bounty to problematic criticisms, at their discretion. Inaction automatically awards the bounty to all pending criticisms at the end of the grace period. If doing so would exceed the ceiling, more recent criticisms do not get the bounty.
Feature idea: pay people to criticize your idea.
You start a ‘criticism bounty’ of 100 bucks, say, which is prorated among eligible critics after some deadline.
The amount should be arbitrarily customizable (while covering transaction costs). Minimum of $5.
There could then be a page for bounties at /bounties. And a page listing a user’s bounties at /:username/bounties.
When starting a bounty, the user indicates terms such as what kinds of criticism they want. This way, they avoid having to pay people pointing out typos, say.
Anyone can start a bounty on any idea. There can only be one bounty per idea at a time.
To ensure a criticism is worthy of the bounty, the initiator gets a grace period of 24 hours at the end to review pending criticisms. Inaction automatically awards the bounty to all pending criticisms at the end of the grace period.
#3912·Dennis HackethalOP, 25 days agoBeen trying a slight modification of bounties in prod for a couple of weeks or so. Working well so far.
@dirk-meulenbelt recently offered to chip in for a bounty I want to run. That got me thinking: multiple people should be able to fund bounties.
This is now a feature, see the ‘Funding’ section of a bounty.
I notice that when I amend a criticism I have made, I’m not able to see what I am criticising. It would be good if the edit screen showed the comment I am disagreeing with similar to how it does when I first go to write a criticism.
When I revise a criticism, I can’t see what it criticises. The edit screen should show the parent idea, similar to when I write a new criticism.
#2717·Dennis HackethalOP revised 3 months agoFeature to collapse all criticized ideas of a discussion? Useful for todo lists.
Archiving covers this.
#3978·Zelalem MekonnenOP revised 16 days agoThe sentiment of the sentence stands. Even with uncomputable functions, one shouldn't waste time in trying to solve them.
Then I suggest revising #3968 so that it still captures the sentiment without containing factual falsehoods.
#3975·Dennis HackethalOP, 16 days agoShould not autopair behind a word character.
Steps to reproduce:
- Type 'foo'.
- With the cursor behind the second 'o', hit single quote:
'.- The text now reads
foo''but should only readfoo'.After a non-word character (eg linebreak, period, colon, semicolon etc) though, it should still autopair.
Fixed as of bbcefa8.
Should not autopair behind a word character.
Steps to reproduce:
- Type 'foo'.
- With the cursor behind the second 'o', hit single quote:
'. - The text now reads
foo''but should only readfoo'.
After a non-word character (eg linebreak, period, colon, semicolon etc) though, it should still autopair.
Undo/redo stack should preserve cursor position.
Steps to reproduce:
- Start with empty textarea.
- Type '('.
- Cursor is now inside '(|)'.
- Hit undo.
- Hit redo.
- Cursor is now behind '()|' but should be inside like in step 3.
Issue tracker for the autopairing + typethrough package at https://github.com/dchacke/autopair.js
#3968·Zelalem MekonnenOP, 17 days agoBy definition, there is nothing in the unknowable, since it can't be known. One can rationally and with confidence move on and not even entertain anything that claims to be 'beyond human understanding.'
By definition, there is nothing in the unknowable, since it can't be known.
This isn’t true. There are unknowable things. Look up uncomputable functions, see eg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_function#Uncomputable_functions_and_unsolvable_problems
- https://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/2s2wgy/what_is_an_uncomputable_function/.
So there are things that computers like our brains can never access – there are fundamental, natural limitations.
In this context, I think of mysticism as restricting criticism and preventing error correction, ie creating a man-made barrier for reason. That’s different.
#3960·Benjamin DaviesOP, 18 days agoMoney is worth more today than in the future. We would all rather have $1,000 today than $1,000 in a year's time.
But how much more valuable is money now vs a year from now? Would you take $1000 now or $1100 a year from now?
Deciding what rate of return is acceptable to you is important for determining the rough degree of effort that will be required and what kinds of investments are worth pursuing. Someone trying to make 4%+ per year on their money has a much simpler task than someone trying to make 18%+.
Your answer will depend on what you are trying to achieve and what opportunities and knowledge you possess. Most prominent value investors want a minimum 10% return per year (often they are dealing with larger sums of money, which can make it harder to make higher returns).
This desired rate is what is used as the 'discount rate' when making a 'discounted cashflow' valuation of an asset.
My discount rate is 15%, as my goal is to make 15%+ per year in perpetuity.
…often they are dealing with larger sums of money, which can make it harder to make higher returns…
Why is it harder to make higher returns for larger sums?
Dennis Hackethal updated discussion ‘Finance and Investing’.
The ‘About’ section changed as follows:
A discussion about making money in financial markets.
A discussion about making money in financial markets. Nothing in this discussion should be taken as financial advice.
There’s still an issue on ideas#show. When an idea has nothing but a code block, there’s too much of a margin at the bottom, between the block and the border of the highlight.
When an idea has nothing but a code block, there’s too much of a margin at the bottom, between the block and the border of the highlight.
#3953·Dennis HackethalOP, 20 days agoThere’s still an issue on ideas#show. When an idea has nothing but a code block, there’s too much of a margin at the bottom, between the block and the border of the highlight.
This issue didn’t only occur on ideas#show.
#3953·Dennis HackethalOP, 20 days agoThere’s still an issue on ideas#show. When an idea has nothing but a code block, there’s too much of a margin at the bottom, between the block and the border of the highlight.
Fixed as of a44c6c0.