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by aric 13y ago
Also, I have no idea why I'm being downvoted. We're both essentially stating the same things.
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by aric 13y ago
FellowTraveler, I love your work throughout the years, btw. Yeah, as I noted, bitcoin is no less rational or irrational than gold for what it is (or rather for what it's becoming). The whole "intrinsic value" debate is a moot
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by aric 13y ago
> Bitcoin is a fiduciary currency > Fiduciary currencies—in contrast with commodity-based currencies (such as gold coins or bank notes redeemable in gold)—have no intrinsic value, and derive their value in exchange either from gove
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by aric 13y ago
People who don't understand the importance of storing their own bitcoins spread across plenty of cold addresses -- generated from fresh, never-connected boxes and enough entropy -- are begging for loss. Given the attitude people have w
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by aric 13y ago
This is state-controlled economics (corporatism) at its usual finest.
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by aric 13y ago
Money laundering is, indeed, as deluded of a new age crime as are most other nonviolent actions made into crimes under a heavily corporatist or domineering system. It's as deserving of punishment as is the harvest and trade of plants;
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by aric 13y ago
Operating a medium of trade for profit that others use consensually shouldn't be illegal. The act of people trading value consensually also shouldn't be illegal. The parent post is likely affirming both of these positions.
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by aric 13y ago
That link filters it to the frameworks tested on EC2/Amazon, not showing Go and such. Main (i7) tests: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r7
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by aric 13y ago
They both use force. Putting heavily toxic, hard-to-remove substances into tap water -- as additives rather than as "necessary" treatments -- is, I would hope, an action considered aggressive and highly unethical to many people. C
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by aric 13y ago
Chlorine has a clear justifiable use and is easy to remove. Hence, filtration is very popular and recommended to remove chlorine and other contaminants. Water treatment serves to bring a base level of safety. That which does not kill one q
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by aric 13y ago
That's a snide dismissive. I encourage you to not be condescending to others for making statements against your preconceived notions. You may support ingesting fluoride for yourself, for whatever reason. I'd also encourage you to
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by aric 13y ago
I appreciate your comment. You caught my conventional language and prodded me. I should be more careful. Toxicity is a factor of everything in medical science involving substances. ...in life rather. Medicine of all various forms is vast,
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by aric 13y ago
The difference is that said municipalities mandate that this toxic substance be added to people's water. With soda, people have more direct awareness and choice. With communal water, many people remain trusting and assuming. Meanwhil
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by aric 13y ago
Even if it were true that China cages more people relatively, that would be a laughably low standard to flaunt.
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by aric 13y ago
I'm curious why you think acknowledging the US's ills is equivalent to overlooking the countless ills of many other extremely violent nations and despots. The difference between us, perhaps, is that I care about and acknowledge al
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by aric 13y ago
How did "we" come to this? You're asking the largest military wielder and prison population and the only nation to have used nuclear weapons on real people, people going about their contained lives wanting to wake up to see a
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by aric 13y ago
No. If you actually care about what someone else thinks, you shouldn't make statements for him or her. For instance, at the very least, you could've instead asked, "Are you proposing that the state should wither away? Do y
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by aric 13y ago
A person's desire to not want to fund extreme violence of states and to not want funding obtained by the threat of violence are two ethical positions that are wholly separate from whether said person wishes to promote social welfar
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by aric 13y ago
Classical liberals/libertarians, voluntaryists, minarchists, and anarchists don't ultimately want underground markets. It's actually closer to a living nightmare to them. People who want 'real' liberation want fre
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by aric 13y ago
I was mistaken too. I didn't realize the person was referring to the OP/author of the article.
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by aric 13y ago
Privilege? People of "privilege" are often in the class doing the destroying . Our opinions may be diametrically opposite. The only people "squandering" anything are the ones who enjoy parts of liberation, and agree wit
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by aric 13y ago
Indeed. My issue of great concern is that many people are unable to admit nor even understand the nature and negatives of their own actions and beliefs when their morality is forcefully imposed on others. This is not to say there aren'
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by aric 13y ago
I'm not sure if you're mistaken about who I'm referring to. My reply was in continued reference to the poster who called the mere act of posting about SR 2.0 "inappropriate." > pfraze: "This strikes me as e
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by aric 13y ago
Oppression is subjective. It's presumptuous to claim that "not every law is oppressive." What might be unnoticeable to many people could become oppressive to you. Ultimately, the subjective ethics and conscience of an individ
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by aric 13y ago
Ageism is never good. However, it perhaps helps to explain his or her mentality. Conflating law with ethics is probably more likely in younger people given the dynamics of authority, or so it seems to me. There's obviously no shortage
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by aric 13y ago
Where oppression exists, resistance should exist.
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by aric 13y ago
Yes. That's among many reasons why bitcoin is nice.
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Conscientious objections aren't silly. He's risking further abuse. It takes guts, just as you say. It takes guts specifically because he's unwilling to gracefully comply. "Monkey-wrenching" usually appears silly to
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by aric 13y ago
I'm skeptical about everything . However, I try not to downvote that which sounds pseudo-scientific even when it contradicts deep preconceptions. I try to remain open, intrigued, and investigative. Fewer things in life have several
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by aric 13y ago
You're being downvoted and yet your comment is worthy and even a "hack" so to speak. That's sad and typical. On behalf of people who care and are fascinated, thank you. Oil pulling works and remineralizes tooth enamel. I

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