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by boon 13y ago
"Furthermore, it has been proven that ALL pure systems are imperfect." I'm really curious where and when this 100% free market system existed that was proven unworkable. Because from my understanding of history, we've on
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by boon 13y ago
You're talking to someone whose political ideals already get me called "racist" and "slave driver". Oddly enough, I do not support racism nor slavery (quite the opposite). And I know the history — why do you think I
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by boon 13y ago
It just seems that the people that are rational are marginalized in any other system. One might go as far to say that's just as unfair.
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by boon 13y ago
Can we not think of a way to refine the system of "idiots voting" without being accused of the false dichotomy of wanting to go back to a monarchy?
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by boon 13y ago
It's a good thing we're really good at electing people that do a good job of watching out for our well-being! Do you think we'll always have an "imperfectly educated" populace? Do you consider yourself part of that
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by boon 13y ago
That only works so long. Eventually the actors in the economy figure out how to route around the damage being done.
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by boon 13y ago
Recalculate that in Satoshis :)
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by boon 13y ago
Deregulation didn't cause the false ratings.
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by boon 13y ago
"I don't know if this is an American thing or not, but to a Dutch person this remark is rather revolting. In The Netherlands, if you pay for your home it is your right to live there, regardless of how you finance it. Home owners a
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by boon 13y ago
Most of the owners of rental property I know are usually very happy with, and encouraging of, the renters of their units. One of the issues with renting is that you DO end up paying for the owners property taxes, not directly, but it is fac
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by boon 13y ago
Here's how she responded to that, "I try giving him the benefit of the doubt and make some quip about his being a friendly sort" To be fair, we don't know exactly what she said, but I can imagine a few ways that she coul
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by boon 13y ago
Bingo, bingo, bingo.
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by boon 13y ago
Not that I have a problem with your premise, I'm just curious what criteria you used to determine a)?
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by boon 13y ago
Please explain what the "right thing" here is.
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by boon 13y ago
This is because I don't know anything about reading the tea leaves in a market graph like this... but does the (somewhat) significant dip near the top (where it bounced twice to $1200+) make this different from what the author is tryin
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by boon 13y ago
I think what bothered me most about Stross' rant was his general thought of, "this crypto libertarian currency is purely politically motivated — we shouldn't use it because it's evil!" As if our current monetary sys
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by boon 13y ago
So over time people figure out how to verify these things. Coinbase was easy: they are backed by Union Square Ventures. I generally trust anything that is funded by them. Don't act like the only way this can be "fixed" is by
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by boon 13y ago
Does anyone know of how to secure against this type of thing (other than tape)?
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by boon 13y ago
"inequality" == envy
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by boon 13y ago
Yes.
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by boon 13y ago
There are also algorithms that convert the raw data from the sensor into a compressed stream. That would downgrade the quality of the camera. Though, that does make me wonder if our meat software does something similar.
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by boon 13y ago
This piece was clearly not written out fear from misunderstanding the technicals of Bitcoin, which is forgivable to some degree. It was written out of fear of something uncontrollable and different.
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by boon 13y ago
Does anyone know if 23andMe would be restricted from disclosing your info under HIPAA?
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by boon 13y ago
I don't understand this. "1" BTC is an arbitrary amount as well. Perhaps in the long run, mBTC or uBTC will be the perspective we hold of Bitcoin. From some of what I've read, that was sort of the point of the high divis
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by boon 13y ago
Just curious why you "hoped" it was real?
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by boon 13y ago
"drastically" — ugh.
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by boon 13y ago
Gotta jump in here and agree with the other sub-commenters — it's generally very responsive. I mean, it has its once-in-a-while hiccups just like every other service out there, but overall, very very happy with it.
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by boon 13y ago
If Peter Thiel calls you, it might make sense to at least hear him out. Slamming doors is rarely a good approach to life. And school will always be there to go back to.
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by boon 13y ago
My interpretation of the article was that they identify prior to attacking. I suppose they could use a "spray and pray" attack on anyone using Tor, but that would be easily detected.
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by boon 13y ago
link: https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html

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