RubenvanE

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   by RubenvanE 6y ago

   You're right, but technically tu quogue is a type of ad hominem attack. So OP used an ad hominem tu quoque fallacy to discredit the author. Even though this might not be the strongest argument from a purely logic point of view, it can
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   by RubenvanE 6y ago

   I got the same 403 message. Luckily outline.com was able to fetch the article: https://outline.com/yecexc
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   by RubenvanE 6y ago

   While I agree that the fee might be high, the comparison between the two is is a false equivalency.[1] A transaction fee is something completely different from an interest fee. The first is a one time fee while the other is continues over t
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   by RubenvanE 6y ago

   Your analogy with the energy market is quite good, the only thing I would address is that coal plants aren’t more energy efficient than gas plants (roughly 40% and 50%, respectively). The reason coal plants provide the base load is that the
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   by RubenvanE 7y ago

   A better way to find the 2020 equivalent of $5.00 would be to look at the change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the past century. The CPI changed from 9.9 in 1913 to 255.7 in 2019. So $5.00 dollars in 1913 is equal to about $130.00 in 2
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   by RubenvanE 7y ago

   Awesome product! I was quite surprised at how good it summarized Dutch articles as well. Are you planning to launch an API anytime soon?
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   by RubenvanE 7y ago

   I think you meant to reply to this post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22166846 . :)