FloatingVertex

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   by FloatingVertex 8y ago

   If the cost to enter the market is very high a monoply can portect itself simply by there being implicit knowldege that a competitor entering the market will result in the monopoly lowering their prices temorairly. With a high cost to enter
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   by FloatingVertex 8y ago

   Historrically inteligence has been a trait that had to be balanced with other factors in natural selection, traits such as having lower energy consumption, lower reaction time were important in the past in a way they simply aren't toda
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   by FloatingVertex 8y ago

   An arms race like that would be a help for privacy, there is no way of filtering out enough bots without a relatively high false positive rate.
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   by FloatingVertex 8y ago

   Petrol is very safe for the energy density it has due to the relatively slow rate at which outside oxygen gets fed into the flame causing a burn rather than explosion. TNT is far less energy dense (1/5 iirc) but because it contains oxy