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by 99_00 6y ago
It's because women are better at school.
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by 99_00 6y ago
To make the old school scams believable you need to wrap it in some high tech story that people believe but don't understand.
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by 99_00 6y ago
You're not making a point or advancing an argument. You're just describing what you think are the reasons for Bitcoin's creation and interest.
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by 99_00 6y ago
Everything created by people was created for a reason. Having a reason for existing doesn't mean anything.
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by 99_00 6y ago
>The entire world of finance is built upon there being an infinitely increasing supply of people who want to buy in. It's not. It's built on increasing productivity.
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by 99_00 6y ago
Goods could have passed through many intermediaries before they reached China.
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by 99_00 6y ago
I'm shifting to brick and mortar or online retailers that I feel vet their sellers like Costco.
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by 99_00 6y ago
Bitcoin and dollars are not comparable. The US government forces you to use dollars under threat of violence. To exist as a legal entity in society you must use dollars, to pay fees, taxes, etc. And if you depend on the government, you must
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by 99_00 6y ago
It's not new. History is full of these schemes. Eventually everyone who wants bitcoin has bought it, and there are no more bids.
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by 99_00 6y ago
I love hearing about historical trade networks. I don't think they get a high enough profile. 1653 North America: >The two travellers learned of the great trade fairs in the Mandan villages along the upper Missouri River. People fro
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by 99_00 6y ago
Every product I order from Amazon from a Chinese brand has an offer for a free 'gift' for leaving a good review.
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by 99_00 6y ago
>Malthusianism itself is wrong It's not about being right or wrong. It's about making good decisions. Malthusianism is a bad model. It takes two variables, population and resources and extrapolates. This is bad because the worl
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by 99_00 6y ago
All the leverage US had over SA was just thrown out the window.
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by 99_00 6y ago
And what is Biden saying about how the Chinese leader should act based on history, expectations, and cultural norms?
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by 99_00 6y ago
How Bitcoin levels of speculation desirable for a currency? If my national currency was going up like bitcoin spending would decrease a lot. Why you'd you buy a car today when you can buy it in a month and spend 20% less? The economy w
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by 99_00 6y ago
How is bitcoin an improvement on money? Why is a standard on a physical or digital asset desirable, especially when the asset is rare. Wouldn't this unnecessarily restrict monetary policy?
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by 99_00 6y ago
Sounds really cool. I hope this project continues after bitcoin crashes. My fear is that the bitcoin crash will make people irrationally skeptical of any new electronic money/payment system that isn't coming from the establishment
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by 99_00 6y ago
Worst case it fails as a product but succeeds in increasing knowledge to help move us away from throwaway electronics culture.
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by 99_00 6y ago
>if that's something that happens for a simple hose But it didn't happen...
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by 99_00 6y ago
Is the article saying anything is 'right' or 'wrong'?
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by 99_00 6y ago
Pierre Trudeau, Justin Trudeau (18), and Alexandre Trudeau (16) had a vacation in China 1 year after the Tiananmen Square Massacre https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/16/trudeaus-in-ti...
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by 99_00 6y ago
This needs followup from the press and clarification.
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by 99_00 6y ago
>And as you can see, he's saying that as POTUS, he must speak out against it because he is POTUS; that the US has different cultural norms than China and that we don't condone these things. But what is he saying about China&#x2
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by 99_00 6y ago
"Culturally there are different norms that each country and their leaders are expected to follow." On the face of it, this is shocking, disturbing, and disgusting. But I'm not prepared to pass judgment. Did he simply misspeak
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by 99_00 6y ago
What's Biden's position on this issue?
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by 99_00 6y ago
On the wiktenauer.com I seem scattered references to 'vaulting'. Is that a horsemanship skill?
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WHO Said What About Wuhan?(wsj.com)
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by 99_00 6y ago
Are they lacking technical skills or social/tribal knowledge or both?
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by 99_00 6y ago
Is your personal definition the common one?
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by 99_00 6y ago
From wikipedia: Nationalism is an idea and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people),[1] especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty (self-governance) over its

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