Czarnian

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by Czarnian 15y ago
Importing isn't the problem, exporting is. A seastead will necessarily pay a steep premium on imported goods, even basic ones. The cost of shipping is mitigated by goods going both ways. When you are shipping to a zero-export entity such
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by Czarnian 15y ago
If nothing else of value exists on the seastead, there will be a bunch of rich folks with families in rich countries willing to give the invaders lots of money for the promise of their safe return. Pirates are not picky about how they get t
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by Czarnian 15y ago
Where exactly would one put a space port on a seastead? The minimum safe distance for a launch at Kennedy is something like 2 miles. And launching anything into space from a floating platform . . . let's just say that the basic laws of th
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by Czarnian 15y ago
Off the top of my head, I'd say the internet which you are ironically posting this on. The electric lines that are powering your computer. The sewer pipes that carry your waste away from your living space. The streetlamps you travel unde
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by Czarnian 15y ago
In other words, Blackwater got there first. Maybe they'll leave some scraps we can salvage after the mercenaries bleed them dry.
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by Czarnian 15y ago
You're confusing incorporating with operating. Corporations are incorporated out of places like Bermuda, but they operate on the "mainlands" (US, Europe, Asia, India, etc.) Their physical presence in the country they incorporate in is usu
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by Czarnian 15y ago
Unfortunately, your argument falls apart immediately. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" -- United St
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by Czarnian 15y ago
When someone asks Harlan Ellison where he gets his ideas, he tells them he uses a service in Schenectady. He gives them $30/month and they send him a six pack of ideas every week. Ideas are easy and cheap. So cheap that they are functiona
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by Czarnian 15y ago
If you have a right to my app, then I have a right to your paycheck. Since you obviously don't value the effort that I put into creating my thing, then you must not value the effort that you put into doing your thing.
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by Czarnian 15y ago
I think what's getting lost here is that it's your app. You can do whatever you like with it. Sell it, give it away, flush it down the toilet, smash it with a hammer and burn all your notes. As the people who arranged some bits into a no