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by alexb_ 4y ago
I've heard the suggestion that copyright could be extended after 5 years by paying a dollar to renew, after 6 years by paying 2 dollars, 7 years by paying 4, 8 with 8, etc. If your copyright is so immensly valuable that it's worth
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by alexb_ 4y ago
"Make a way you can use money without being tracked by everybody illegal" is not a good thing
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But how DO you monetize that tech?
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As great as it would be to never have to see the opinion of a 14 year old again >Under HB 896, social media sites would also be forced to verify a user’s age with a photo ID Throw the bill in the garbage.
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Or they realize that letting Tor users makes spam explode.
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The fact that the US Government does not have an actual ID card is absurd. A lot of problems - especially voting related ones! - can be solved by having an actual method of identification (not SSN). We're the only country where this is
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by alexb_ 4y ago
Magnus lost to Hans playing the white pieces, something that hasn't happened in years. The next time they played, Magnus played 1 move and then instantly resigned and dropped out of the tournament. On Twitter, he posted a clip saying &
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by alexb_ 4y ago
Why should people be set to a different competitive standard? Both are chess tournaments played for money with the expectation that everyone is playing fairly.
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If Hans cheated once in an event for money, he should be banned from competing in chess. It's absolutely astounding to me that he has admitted to cheating multiple times and yet he's still playing in tournaments.
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by alexb_ 4y ago
>Why is it that the current model for GMO aims to increase resistance to pesticides instead of simply growing the yield? What? TONS of GMO foods are made for things other than pesticides. Nutritional content, size, yield, taste - in fact
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by alexb_ 4y ago
Monsanto is great, because you can immediately know that someone is just regurgitating points when they mention the company. Monsanto hasn't existed for years. And patents run out. Being concerned about patents is a very weak argument
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by alexb_ 4y ago
I clicked on this link, and it immediately gave me a pop up about how the site was running a bitcoin miner. Then overlayed a video about some random cryptocurrency. Maybe having a site that randomly picks an instance that can do whatever i
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by alexb_ 4y ago
Pipe down, or they'll nerf the bot again and ruin it for all of us.
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That is not ChatGPT.
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"in the style of a fast-talkin' wise guy from a 1940's gangster movie" is hilarious - I'm going to steal this and try other things to see what it gets me
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>In a memo to staff, Jassy suggested even sacred cows, such as the online store, could be hit in the coming months. Already, a hiring freeze is in place across the entire company. By far the most shocking thing in this article. Amazon&#x
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https://archive.ph/tY0bD
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This is an absolutely fantastic post.
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I remember someone on /r/chess actually evaluated every single starting position in Fischer Chess. This was the most balanced position: https://preview.redd.it/4o4kfv2kfcw91.png Bishop, Rook, Knight, King, Knight,
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by alexb_ 4y ago
> If someone puts a big stash of dollar bills under their mattress, that does not interfere with real wealth being created. Yes it does! When cash is hoarded instead of invested, it stops it being used for transactions that increase valu
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by alexb_ 4y ago
I'm not going to act as if the current American system is perfect, hell I'm not trying to argue any of that - I'm just explaining why a small amount of inflation is healthy.
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Zero inflation means that a risk-free way to hold on to all of your value forever is by just holding it. Inflation incentivizes people to buy/invest as opposed to just holding onto money. Holding onto money is bad because every dollar
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by alexb_ 4y ago
When exactly did I say that all government is bad? I personally think it's great the government restricts the right of people to commit murder.
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All laws make you less free. Laws exist to restrict freedoms in order to create a better society - what a better society means is the part where political differences come up. Most people can agree on laws existing to prevent harm unto othe
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by alexb_ 4y ago
I actually did the math wrong. Assuming 8 hours of sleep, you have 350,400 waking minutes every year. So $2 a minute becomes "worth the time" if you make 700 grand a year.
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>Regarding 1.1, we continue to find that your app or metadata includes content some users may find upsetting, offensive, or otherwise objectionable. Specifically, Pepe the Frog. This is hilarious. Apple's ability to remove apps beca
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by alexb_ 4y ago
If 1 minute is equivalent to 2 dollars, and you work an average 40 hour work week, that would imply you make $240 an hour . Not representative of nearly all Americans.
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This is a fantastic post - I'm 100% going to start using the term "Casino-Chip Society" whenever I talk about "cashless" society. There is another reason that cashless society is awful that was not talked about in t
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This isn't even really a "terrible internet provider" problem - this stuff is getting way way more common across all of America.
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I highly doubt this bullshit is going to stop at one brand. Tesla paved the way for car companies to be more interested in screwing you over and trying to milk money out of everything while dazzling with "technology" instead of cr

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