anononaut

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by anononaut 3y ago
Obviously, but if we're talking about scales like 50%, it's probably more efficient to roll the dice.
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by anononaut 3y ago
I think this is a strong argument for the need for something like Applets, Flash, and Silverlight to be an open standard. I appreciate the argument you make, but I think the simple counter argument is the ability for the framework to be mod
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by anononaut 3y ago
Not money, fiat currency. Something without intrinsic value adding nothing of value and resulting ultimately in the ability to control and monitor its usage for inevitably nefarious purposes. It always has been.
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by anononaut 3y ago
Bootlicker mentality. Your inability to fathom the way others spend their currency shouldn't result in your support for arbitrary restrictions.
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by anononaut 3y ago
Any other opinion is support of nanny state oppression.
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by anononaut 3y ago
Why indeed
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by anononaut 3y ago
Complexity and quality can be completely orthogonal. When they aren't, complexity and quality of code are proportional, which is a smell. Readability is often cited in lists of what makes good code, and rightfully so, but it isn't
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by anononaut 3y ago
I agree with you to some degree, but it needs to be said that _good_ code is very expressive. It should reveal the developer's intent clearly. "Doing a thing" is fine for amateurs or a quick script, but for large enterprise a
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by anononaut 3y ago
Interesting call out. I wonder what the parallels are.
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by anononaut 3y ago
This still makes my blood boil. I've seen people dance around the word master now.
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by anononaut 3y ago
Enjoy your Plato's cave then.
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by anononaut 3y ago
A serfdom supported by taxation (theft) isn't exactly the definition of equality. We should be aiming for individual liberty. Equality is a false god.
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by anononaut 3y ago
That's exactly right!
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by anononaut 3y ago
Who do you trust to put twenty billion dollars "somewhere else?"
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by anononaut 3y ago
The Babylon Bee easily nabbed the torch from The Onion in the last few years. Surprisingly more edgy, too.
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by anononaut 3y ago
They're notably distinct in that you can simply exit their system and choose not to participate. Calling them banks is apt, I suppose, but calling them central banks takes gravitas away from the most heinous, utterly unethical institut
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by anononaut 3y ago
Wrong thread.
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by anononaut 3y ago
I needed to hear this. A dose of reality is good medicine.
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by anononaut 3y ago
I don't disagree in the shortest term, but remember it can easily be inflated (deliberately) into oblivion such that carrying a valuable amount is impossible. The logical extension of this sentiment is a gold backed currency. While we&
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by anononaut 3y ago
I've seen this brought up time and time again on fitness forums. I strongly contest the assertion that cheap food is unhealthy food. Beans, rice, veggies, unprocessed protein can be bought in bulk for very cheap and are massively more
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by anononaut 3y ago
The principle difference is that CBDC is programmable rather than just digital. We aren't expressing concerns over a digital currency, but rather the degree to which a nefarious govt will have control over it.
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by anononaut 3y ago
Suppose it's determined that the moral option is to lie to you or omit a differing viewpoint? Given what we've seen from tech moderator types, they have no issue branding their political adversaries as ontologically evil and would
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by anononaut 3y ago
It needs to be made open source to have its Stable Diffusion halcyon days.
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by anononaut 3y ago
There are only keynesians here.
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by anononaut 3y ago
It's always the banks. Always has been, always will be.
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by anononaut 3y ago
It doesn't work so well with controversial subjects, even here. Instead, only the more popular ideas, often the same, get pushed to the top. In retrospect, I view this more negatively than not.
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by anononaut 3y ago
You will never find a more self-loathing bunch, in fact! However, there are several recurring threads, some older than Reddit, dedicated to self improvement and escaping neetdom. There are also threads openly embracing it.
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by anononaut 3y ago
I beg to differ. There are genuine, profound, even Socratic conversations which freely happen on various threads that essentially can not occur elsewhere on the clearnet. No idea is invalid, no topic taboo, and each thread and each post mus
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by anononaut 3y ago
It's a deliberate gatekeeping mechanism. 4chan isn't a monolith, either. Some communities are tucked well enough away that it isn't _as_ needed. Furthermore, it isn't hate of "others" so much as it's a hat
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by anononaut 3y ago
Their manipulation of votes and what was allowed to be on /all is pretty well documented. After a certain point, the_donald and several other right-of-center subs were disallowed entirely to appear on the meta lists.

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