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by alexb_ 4y ago
Telling someone they can't use your service is not anti-competitive.
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by alexb_ 4y ago
Top 10 videos are so often just complete crap. Every once in a while you will get a decent production, and even rarer you get one of those that isn't also an ad for something (looking at you, MrWhoseTheBoss). https://www.you
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by alexb_ 4y ago
>Given the existence of "Subscriptions" page I don't really understand the problem. Do you really want to consume regularly from the sources you didn't explicitly "verify" yourself i.e. subscribed to? Of cou
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by alexb_ 4y ago
I've recently heard about this YouTube account named Roel Van De Paar. If you've looked up any error message on YouTube recently, you've probably run into him. Because of the "no dislikes" change, he's everywhe
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by alexb_ 4y ago
"Just get 20% returns easily" LOL! The fact that you would not only think that type of return is consistent and "easy", but literally think that you should go into debt betting on that, is laughable. If it was guaranteed
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>You telling me people don't care about democracy? Or privacy? Or the environment? Nope, they don't. Thinking that people will magically start caring about any of these things is wishful thinking.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>It puts control into the hands of people, can help prevent corruption, and gets rid of bloated banks that are a drain on our society. And how, exactly, is this practically better? Nobody gives a shit about ideologies.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
What practical advantage gives it that merit? What function, within the bounds of legality, does it actually do better than centralized systems?
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Of course! The technology which is not exclusive to bitcoin is what makes bitcoin so valuable. The ability to have a decentralized store of information that requires a hash of the previous information to verify because we may live in a worl
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by alexb_ 5y ago
"Cracking down on Airbnb"... you say this as if Airbnb is a horrible thing or something LOL
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>Most people use youtube by following links from aggregators such as reddit or here. Huh? This is blatantly false. Link aggregators are not as large as you think. People go on youtube.com and watch the videos there, or check out their su
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Someone noticing they are being scammed means that it's over anyways. What I'm saying is that, as the scam is happening, you are going to get at least 1 "legit" looking transaction where the cash is already in the scamme
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Almost impressed at the cleverness of this all! Especially since, if it's done right, all parties see "business as usual" - and even if they DO suspect a scam, nobody has any incentive past a moral one to say anything.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Yes, even in the US. But of course, given enough influence, you can make absolutely anything non-inclusive. And social pressure will make everyone have to accept it.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
DEI is a great system as long as you assume that everyone participates, everyone is completely free of biases, and people actually want it to happen. So you know, it doesn't fucking work.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
You think I'm playing any side? Of what argument exactly? I'm just telling people how the world is working. I don't really care what you think of me in particular lmao
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by alexb_ 5y ago
I'm not saying that is how it should be. I'm saying that's how it is. You earn no sympathy from the audience by only using logic and reason - in order to make change in the world, you must additionally use fallacies, diversio
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by alexb_ 5y ago
This article is great at explaining many differences between good and bad faith communication, but repeatedly asserts that bad communication = wars, violence, etc while providing no proof or argument to support that claim. In reality, we ar
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by alexb_ 5y ago
The biggest thing is that if you are calling to complain, then you will IMMEDIATELY be discredited. They don't have any reason to keep you happy, so complaints mean absolutely nothing. You cannot come with complaints - you must come wi
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Can we stop pretending like being fashionably ill is a new problem plaguing our youth? This is a phenomenon that has happened before in history - Tuberculosis was seen as crazy fashionable during the romantic period, and could be part of th
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by alexb_ 5y ago
What is it with crypto people and thinking deflation is a good thing?
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by alexb_ 5y ago
You cannot just throw technology at a human problem and expect it to be solved. Scams will always exist as long as there is someone to be scammed. No amount of technology can "solve" this problem.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
A lot of people in this thread are missing the main problem that people have. Yes, cash can be inconvenient, but by eliminating cash entirely you are putting 100% of all wealth into the power of banks. Those without a bank account will be l
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by alexb_ 5y ago
You can be more productive while also having more time for things that aren't work. The two are not mutually exclusive.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Lasted less than 10 minutes, but was definitely noticed.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
I'm not going to explain to you why discriminating on things not relevant to job performance is bad. The fact that we have horseshoe'd our selves back to this conversation is honestly appalling.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>We rightfully discriminate during hiring based on whether or not someone chose to attend university, whether or not someone chooses to espouse racist views, whether or not someone chooses to use or avoid certain technologies, whether or
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by alexb_ 5y ago
This video may be worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0aohBfUTc Side note: I don't really agree with a lot of his other videos. Yet I am sharing this one, because I believe it's worthwhile and am not
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>unless there's some kind of enforcement of the "property" rights it suggests. That's the entire point of a blockchain. It's valuable because other people agree that it is. Of course, the actual JPEG can be copie
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Why is Einstein being quoted as if he knows anything about war, or politics, or the human nature to fight for what one believes is right?

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