Stacker News Live #58: Dystopian Chip Implants

Join Car and Keyan to discuss Stacker News top posts, Car & Keyan's favorite posts of the week, and top stackers.

We discuss:

1. With a few core devs stepping down, it's worth celebrating new Bitcoin Core contributions however small. @ekzyis made their first Bitcoin Core PR, changing a line to interpolate a value rather than hard coding it. It's since been merged!
   • https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27232
   • My first bitcoin PR
2. @DarthCoin Translation Guide
   • SN Discussion
3. Homes are treated like unconditional risk free investments likely because governments promote and support them as such. But might prioritizing the investment nature of housing conflict with their use as, well, housing? Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment was a Colossal, Society-Shattering Mistake makes this case.
   • SN Discussion
4. Roulette is a ubiquitous game many of us have never bothered to learn. @BubeniCZECH schools SN on the basics of roulette and the Martigale system in #1 The Magic of Roulette - Martigale. They've subsequently followed on with 4 other installments.
   • #2 The Magic of Roullete - Bonds Bet
   • #3 The Magic of Roulette - Superior
   • #4 The magic of Roulette - Sylvia's Choice
   • #5 The Magic of Roulette - ATM
   • SN Discussion
5. Most of use now know Silicon Valley Bank has been taken over by the FDIC following a bank run. @felix provides a short explainer in ELI5 – What's happened to Silicon Valley Bank? ☠️.
   • SN Discussion

Car's pick:

• Bitcoin at SXSW
  SN Discussion
• Apple will popularize chip implants. Here is how.
  SN Discussion

and why it's chaos right now in Austin for SXSW. For the week of March 12th, 2023.

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