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by dgzl 8y ago
... What about energy? A system where we buy energy credits for our home, and we can trade energy credits for services. Acceptable at all major energy providers.
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by dgzl 8y ago
I don't quite understand your last paragraph there...
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by dgzl 8y ago
> and I presume a smaller market (most people consume culinary herbs as part of their diet, not everybody consumes weed) On the contrary, I know plenty of people who consume large amounts of concentrates and don't use much herbs and
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by dgzl 8y ago
An outlet has to not only be premium but it would also have to be alluring for me to even think about giving them money.
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by dgzl 8y ago
If we can throw voluntary in there...
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by dgzl 8y ago
And if it's a local product, then I'd do it for free. Why don't people just have a 'friends' page made up of free local advertising? This could be a) voluntary for the user and b) generate traffic to partner sites.
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by dgzl 8y ago
> Advertising doesn't have to be intrusive or based on surveillance of users. I disagree, actually. The point of advertising is to sell, and advanced selling requires manipulation. I don't believe advertisers will resist this t
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by dgzl 8y ago
Not at all bad, if they can deliver something quality. I'll give this a look.
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by dgzl 8y ago
> Unless you're mining monero What about a system where I give you temporary benefit from my mining rig? Let's assume having a mining rig is very easy and everyone does it.
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by dgzl 8y ago
> Retailers and growers say they’ve been stunted by complex regulations, high taxes I can't say I'm surprised. As someone who grew up on the Oregon border of California on i5, locals here complain about California's influe
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by dgzl 8y ago
> If there was any other revenue stream, Facebook would’ve used it. I like to think that Facebook has too much of a desire to make money to employ less lucrative models of revenue. Maybe that's a point we should talk about. Is there
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by dgzl 8y ago
The point of advertisements is to occupy your brain-space with their product, so that you think about them the next time you're trying to buy xyz. I don't know what kind of money they give to websites, but the goal is the replace
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Ask HN: What kind of revenue alternatives to advertising can websites employ?
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by dgzl 8y ago
How do you discuss politics and other modern needs with close-minded older people who haven't been paying attention to the world for the last 50 years? Climate change, technology, modern civil rights, etc.
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by dgzl 8y ago
Unfortunately not, my grandparents are very naive rural southern Christian types. Not to say that there is anything inherently wrong with any of that (there isn't), but to say that they're not highly biased and closed minded is un
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by dgzl 8y ago
Definitely, and I think this is the last level so I'll try to make a better conclusion. > It seems like you have shifted your argument from small government to small federal government. Do you also suggest the size of the state gove
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by dgzl 8y ago
The United States literally kicked off the transformation to the new world. We started as slaves to the crown, overthrew that tyrannical presence, and then created the most liberating government framework to date. Then we slipped back into
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by dgzl 8y ago
I appreciate you writing this and I want to give you a worthy response. > Except that if that small group of people has less actual power, protesting to them can only produce less of an effect. And that they have less power means they wi
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by dgzl 8y ago
> Governments in most places are chosen by vote - that is where you get your choice. Do you really consider (D) and (R) to be a choice? Would you like Coke or Pepsi?
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by dgzl 8y ago
Using terms like 'big' and 'small' when referring to governments doesn't necessarily have to mean just financially or regulatory. In more serious terms, it can be used to mean tyrannical, such as becoming 'bigg
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by dgzl 8y ago
I feel like going to the south pole is part of the overall goal. Also this particular flavor of accomplishment has never been done before, and I imagine they're less concerned about time, thus being less concerned about crossing the ex
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by dgzl 8y ago
As an Android user, I'm kind of shocked that the iPhone doesn't do this, and I'll say that the banner UI is decently better. Though I'm not going to lie, I still think we can do better, and I wouldn't doubt that App
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by dgzl 8y ago
I suppose you're right, but how many stories are the direct result of corrupt government? Not this one it seems. I'll try to keep the comments more relevant.
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by dgzl 8y ago
On the contrary, I think it makes accountability more valuable. If citizens had a beef, and protesting was as easy as finding the handful of people who are in charge, then people would be more inclined. However when the government is so big
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by dgzl 8y ago
But three different masters of the same song is three different pieces of work, right? A remix is different work, right?
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by dgzl 8y ago
I don't see how that's different than what I said? The only difference is that there's now a middle man. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the middle man can't make copies of the work and rent them out, right? They'
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by dgzl 8y ago
I don't see anywhere that they're assuming that.
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by dgzl 8y ago
A smaller government means easier to keep authorities accountable. The bigger the government, the more bureaucracy, more difficult to control as a tool and easier to conceal corruption. A small government breeds free citizens. A big governm
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by dgzl 8y ago
What about if the artist changes the music, like Yeezy did on TLOP. Would you pay again for a new version of the music? What about in the future, when we add new dimensions to our music, that requires additional remastering? Our current mus
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by dgzl 8y ago
The artist isn't making that money, the rights holder is. Who knows how many hands see that money before the artist does.

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