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1. 10831.▲
   by api 9y ago

   That's called an exit scam, and they're pretty common in the dark market world from what I've heard.
2. 10832.▲
   by api 9y ago

   It's a standard phase in the adoption of any technology. It usually goes: initial interest (run up), hype phase (often accompanied by bubble), hype peak (bubble gets absurd), disillusionment (often accompanied by crash), then gradual r
3. 10833.▲
   by api 9y ago

   You will no longer be able to raise a family in the Atlanta core if you haven't already bought.
4. 10834.▲
   by api 9y ago

   "Trough of disillusionment."
5. 10835.▲
   by api 9y ago

   I'm really interested in cryptocurrencies and excited about their future, but I'm disgusted by their use as a platform for scams. I'm afraid that I support this, and I really wish people in the cryptocurrency community would
6. 10836.▲
   by api 9y ago

   Still Ethernet via USB 2.0, which means it is not actually gigabit.
7. 10837.▲
   by api 9y ago

   It's a false equivalence argument used to discredit all investigative journalism. Any allegation of anything shady is instantly compared to Moon hoax and shape shifting reptile baloney.
8. 10838.▲
   by api 9y ago

   Attacks only get better.
9. 10839.▲
   by api 9y ago

   Trade policy is one of the few areas where I agreed with Trump. I still couldn't vote for him because of his narcissism and his racism, but now that he's president I do hope that he pushes back against China. Our trade policies wi
10. 10840.▲
    by api 9y ago

    A pair of glasses that shape your reality according to the desires of a marketing company. No thanks.
11. 10841.▲
    by api 9y ago

    They are looking for future high earners who will pad the endowment. Inventors are often not the highest earners. Tesla died broke.
12. 10842.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Do the math on global solar flux. There is NO way we will ever make a dent in that with artificial heat.
13. 10843.▲
    by api 9y ago

    ITER reminds me of the Space Shuttle, the Joint Strike Fighter, and (to give a private sector example) Intel Itanium. Large bureaucracies seem prone to fixation on huge omnibus money sponge projects that "everyone can get behind"
14. 10844.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Thanks for clarifying. I hadn't realized that. Might motivate me to learn it!
15. 10845.▲
    by api 9y ago

    I wish, but after 40 years on this planet I've come to the conclusion that certain systemic forms of irrationality are incredibly difficult to "educate out" of the population. I suspect that we fall for these things over and
16. 10846.▲
    by api 9y ago

    C is incredibly mature. C++ is very complex and hairy but is also very mature, and it's quite possible to write clear and elegant code in it if you exercise a little discipline about what features to use (and not to use). Rust is reall
17. 10847.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Is it a perfect predictor of success? If someone knows you have a low IQ they might not even give you a chance to try. In the real world this reasoning applies to things like studies on gender differences and performance in different discip
18. 10848.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Both sides are right about their concerns. The fears are legitimate. Governments can and do use climate change as a pretext to seize additional power, and increasing the price of energy is unquestionably a regressive "tax" that ha
19. 10849.▲
    by api 9y ago

    That isn't the operating dichotomy anymore. Most modern conservatives are collectivists. Nationalism, racial identity movements, and religious traditionalism are all to varying degrees collectivist. Any talk of saving our culture, race
20. 10850.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Treating science like a religion is also anti-science.
21. 10851.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Maybe a big three cloud provider made a purchase? If AWS, Google, or Microsoft Azure starts using AMD that's a big deal. Could also be a big purchase from a big vertically integrated large scale IT operation like Facebook, Twitter, etc
22. 10852.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Dying company files patent suit...
23. 10853.▲
    by api 9y ago

    That's surely valid to some extent but I don't think it goes back far enough. I've seen this trend firmly in place since 9/11 or shortly thereafter and across virtually every segment of society.
24. 10854.▲
    by api 9y ago

    It's part of the same larger pattern. The entire world seems to be moving toward totalitarianism to varying degrees. I have yet to encounter a really good explanation of why this trend is occurring across so many nations and cultures.
25. 10855.▲
    by api 9y ago

    There are dozens of large cities all across America and hundreds of smaller ones.
26. 10856.▲
    by api 9y ago

    While this is definitely a clusterfuck, I also think it's worthwhile to ask why commuting to Manhattan doubles one's salary. Does the same work really have 3X the value when performed across a river? The super-concentration of wea
27. 10857.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Nothing you read in the media can be trusted at all. Everything is grossly wrong or propaganda. This is likely propaganda for the organic food industry. Whole Foods was just bought by Amazon and organic is higher margin, so expect a lot mor
28. 10858.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Monty python solved the Fermi paradox!
29. 10859.▲
    by api 9y ago

    Not in my experience. They just have less higher level services. We have many nodes there with 400+ day uptime and net reliability is excellent.
30. 10860.▲
    by api 9y ago

    I don't disagree but many people have the sense that there are no candidates willing to do anything to remedy any of our real problem. The perception is that the whole system is rigged for the benefit of the financial and political cla