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91.
by epx 5y ago
Among birds, males are the XX ones (actually ZZ, they call it ZW system to stress this difference). Didn't even like biology at school but I admit to be curious what male birds think/feel about this.
92.
by epx 5y ago
Remembers the Terrafoam of Mannah short story. Hope it is not a sign…
93.
by epx 5y ago
UML acronym means “programmers are just typist monkeys and should be paid peanuts”.
94.
by epx 6y ago
The “store of wealth” is a rationalization of the fact that greedy miners have taken over and fossilized the B development.
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by epx 6y ago
I liked Lolita because it was written from the point of view of the perpetrator. Can’t remember many other examples - “The Scarf” from Robert Bloch is one. I have doubts it would be published nowadays, too.
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by epx 6y ago
In a gold rush, sell shoves?
97.
by epx 6y ago
Bitcoin happens to be a handy money sink. Governments did nothing to deter the real estate bubble because it helped/helps to sink excess liquidity. (It is long debated that inflation rates are bogus because they don’t take the price in
98.
by epx 6y ago
Bitcoin skeptic is the new politically incorrect
99.
by epx 6y ago
Why should $1B transfers be easy and free? And how many of these has anyone here made in the course of their lives? :)
100.
by epx 6y ago
I don't care. And many things could have happened between 1.1 and 52 (stolen wallets et al.). One could argue that whoever bought and held has been remunerated for the risk.
101.
by epx 6y ago
'Hate' is a strong word. Fact is, there are people out there with lots of money that needs to be 'parked' somewhere. Enough has been said about real estate boom caused by empty houses being bought by Chinese while the lo
102.
by epx 6y ago
I kind of regret not buying when it was worth US$ 2 (actually it was not easy to buy with money, back then). Whatever happened after US$ 1000 is out of my preoccupations. I had the chance to participate on a Ponzi scheme once, in 1993. I de
103.
by epx 6y ago
I used to believe. Bought when it was US$ 1k, sold at 1.1k when I ceased to believe, and have no regrets whatsoever. Perhaps I am missing something ("the market is always right"?), one day we will know. If Bitcoin diverts surplus
104.
by epx 6y ago
Better just to stick to military force that is useful for many other problems.
105.
by epx 6y ago
I avoid the subject since a friend insisted on taking about Bitcoin with me during the funeral of HIS mother.
106.
by epx 6y ago
Not exactly a pure Black problem, being dragged down by family money problems is very common in poor and lower middle class. At least in my culture (Brazil). Family freeloaders are more difficult to spot because things are generally hard, s
107.
by epx 6y ago
They fscked themselves, they would be as they are even if they were the single country of the planet. Unfortunately they are not, and Brazil and Colombia have received millions of Venezuelan refugees.
108.
by epx 6y ago
We will have built a Dyson sphere to mine Bitcoin until then.
109.
by epx 6y ago
This is one of the few positives about Bitcoin - if people choose to sink money into it, effectively redistributing weatlh to people that bought these useless hashes when they were sold at $100, real estate, gold and other useful things we
110.
by epx 6y ago
My SUV pollutes less than a dog, simply because I run it once a week or less. The dog, as a horse, must breathe, eat and poop 24x7. Animals generate CO2 too. And methane. To be short, saying that Bitcoin has the right of polluting while doi
111.
by epx 6y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right. And there are different levels of being wrong.
112.
by epx 6y ago
Wrong. It it fell 50%, many industrial uses of gold would resume. I'd have 4 gold fountain pens instead of 2.
113.
by epx 6y ago
Yeah, with 7tps
114.
by epx 6y ago
Because it is perceived to be full of cash and everyone now wants a piece of the action
115.
by epx 6y ago
I like FPs because they are the easiest on my wrist, they don’t go to the landfill as often, and I like to use different colors (have a bunch of inks and have even mixed them myself to achieve the “perfect” aquamarine). Also, the physical p
116.
by epx 6y ago
Pilot Varsity disposable FP are great too. Have converted many friends to FP by gifting them Varsities.
117.
by epx 6y ago
Will the company operate in the red instead of in the black as well?
118.
by epx 6y ago
I don't like BTC but if Nigeria prohibits cryptocurrencies, this is +1 for them, not -1
119.
by epx 6y ago
This will cost me some HN points (that could be a digital currency itself) but http://viuvasdobitcho.blogspot.com/2014/01/bitchocoin-launch...
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by epx 6y ago
+1, lots of things have been manufactured with gold in the past and would go back to gold if it got any cheaper.

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