Kinnard

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by Kinnard 11y ago
That's the thing, they don't loan the money, they create it, banks haven't functioned the way they're popularly imagined to function for centuries. And it's so sad that this false image is the moral basis for banks
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by Kinnard 11y ago
Not when it's only issued by a monopoly.
843.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Building it would be a very strong learning experience, I'd be surprised if you didn't know it after that.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
All sorts of learning could be gamified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification_of_learning Maybe you should build it.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
Why is parse shutting down?
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How Technology Has Made Me a Better Mom(mashable.com)
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The US Infrastructure Crisis Is Here. Flint Was the Beginning(slate.com)
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by Kinnard 11y ago
"The name refers to the metaphor of students as containers into which which educators must put knowledge. This reinforces a lack of critical thinking and knowledge ownership in students, which in turn reinforces oppression, as well as
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Banking Model of Education(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by Kinnard 11y ago|1 comments
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by Kinnard 11y ago
Hmmm, sounds like it was riding on government funding and not on the profit motive that doesn't speak to any technical encumbrances . . . I'd bet on the profit motive.
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What if you never had to worry about rent, food? Y-combinator Basic Income(money.cnn.com)
2 points by Kinnard 11y ago|1 comments
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by Kinnard 11y ago
Straightforward solution that buys time until consensus on tougher scalability/sustainability solutions are arrived at.
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Sweden to Deport 80,000 Asylum Seekers(washingtonpost.com)
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by Kinnard 11y ago
Really? This century like within the succeeding hundred years or that century like the 20th Century? I'd be curious to learn more.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
We will make it to Mars within the Century.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
I think we'll see human activity in space increase by an order of magnitude over the next decade. Multiple nations are entering into the space race and have plans for manned missions as well as space stations. Multiple private corporat
857.
by Kinnard 11y ago
I don't think we can have the conversation about basic income without having the conversation about currency. Right now the government has basic(or really much more than basic) income . . . it can create the money it needs to do what i
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by Kinnard 11y ago
In learning all we do to optimize computer architecture, hardware, and software. I'm wondering more and more what we could get out of the optimization of the use of our own minds and brains.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
This becomes problematic when its inconsistent with an institutions messaging. Michigan is billed as a great educational institution—it's too large to make a broad statement— but it's not. It attracts thousands of students looking
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How recent layoffs at technology startups proved a blessing for younger startups(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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South Africa’s startups turning out to be silver lining in struggling economy(qz.com)
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Homejoy Cofounder Forgets Failure, Starts New Cleaning Startup(forbes.com)
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863.
by Kinnard 11y ago
What about all those air conditioned buildings with all those eating, breathing, commuting human beings everywhere? Bitcoin looks pretty competitive to me against that.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
That's still unclear from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10975187 I'd guess yes but perhaps Kevin can ring in.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
You don't have to be incorporated to apply and be selected. But you do have to be incorporated to accept the deal and the money.
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by Kinnard 11y ago
There are two different application dates listed here: https://apply.ycombinator.com/ (Mar 24) and here: http://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ (Mar 27) Please just pick the latter. Also, if it starts in Ju
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by Kinnard 11y ago
I think this changes the market dynamics for startups. All of the wannabe accelerator out their are going to have to double, or in some cases up by an order of magnitude, their deals. It might dramatically incentivize people who were on the
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How China's Plans to Launch Its Own Currency Might Affect Bitcoin(cryptocoinsnews.com)
3 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
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by Kinnard 11y ago
I wonder how this stands up against E. O. Wilson's work on sociobiology.
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Bitcoin Needs (Gasp) Formal Governance(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments

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