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by eric_cc 5y ago
> Most people do not use Twitter at all. Read-only is still using it. > It's not a "speech" platform for the masses as no actual speech happens by the masses themselves. The masses are willingly choosing to use the app
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by eric_cc 5y ago
Breaking out the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" for daylight savings time? I think this is a very dramatic hypothesis you've presented here. If an individual or family is inconvenienced by this, adapt! Places that already do not cha
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> Is it hard to determine the difference between The National Enquirer and Nature? Try Fox News vs New York Times. > It's ultimately nuanced, but it's not rocket science. The challenge is not really with institutions, there
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by eric_cc 5y ago
Cool but who determines trust scores?
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> excluding literal disinformation Who decides what is literal disinformation?
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> If the search engine returns lies it's completely failed. How does a search engine know what is true?
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> So why shouldn't DDG have the right to choose what search results to display? They do have the right to participate in censorship. I don’t see anybody suggesting otherwise. Now we know that they can no longer be trusted to serve u
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by eric_cc 5y ago
While you’re waffling > If you were a search engine provider and knew that viral, fake stories How does the search engine company know whether something is true or not?
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by eric_cc 5y ago
dude just stop. Idiots on the left. Idiots on the right. Stop being a tool.. because honestly, only a brainwashed tool would truly believe the problem only exists with The OTHER group.
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by eric_cc 5y ago
This is bullshit. Most American news (left and right) is Entertainment and in that sense it IS actually quite fake. And that's to say nothing of the times MSM is outright lying. Trump calling out the fake news as fake was probably one
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> Not accepting cash is a method of discrimination Then you should fight the good fight of making cash great again! :P
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> lockouts Source?
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Source?
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Conveniently ignoring lightning payments.
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> Without monetary policy You are the enemy.
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> just pass the necessary laws to fix the amount of money at the current level Go ahead and pass the law. I'll wait. It'll never happen. But let's say for the sake of argument it did. Another law could come along to change
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by eric_cc 5y ago
There seems to be a lot of a unhealthy bitter jealousy on HN toward cryptocurrency. And I believe you've nailed the reason why.
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> this huge portion goes straight from REGULAR MAIL to using a convoluted highly technical EMAIL
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> The problem is the utopia you are envisioning only happens if the whole world is moulded into either one government or no government at all. Now you're thinking! And you're starting to see why crypto is a much bigger deal tha
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> actual currency What is actual currency and why does it have value? And do you feel "actual currency" is perfect as-is with no room for any improvement?
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by eric_cc 5y ago
As long as we have fiat, bitcoin WILL always increase in value. Because bitcoin supply is capped and fiat will continue to lose buying power year after year. At this stage, there is no incentive to hold fiat and huge incentive to hold as mu
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by eric_cc 5y ago
I opened with: > Let’s assume BTC replaces fiat (USD) If BTC replaces fiat, I don't believe it would increase in buying power at a rapid rate. I think it would gradually increase in buying power over time only because the total supp
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by eric_cc 5y ago
I like the spirit of what you're saying here. It touches on why I think crypto/decentralized systems could have a domino effect that disrupts how people organize and govern. You like space and would be able to "vote" for
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> It’s very telling that you’re ignoring half of my questions in every response. I've enjoyed this thread but I can only provide it so much time and effort. Hopefully, you will find other sources to help answer your questions. >
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by eric_cc 5y ago
The further we transition to crypto, the more people will have the option to be paid in crypto for their jobs. In this way, nobody will be "left without crypto". People with life savings in fiat that refuse to transition will be t
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> Why is there so much marketing and messaging around “Don’t be left behind”, similar to how you phrased it earlier? I can answer for myself. I speculate that a transition from fiat to crypto is inevitable unless a black swan event occur
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by eric_cc 5y ago
> What you describe would require basically the entire economy to somehow abandon its fiat currency and switch to crypto - - - I think if this scenario is supposed to be taken remotely seriously, you have to explain how that scenario is
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by eric_cc 5y ago
Great point. How would you represent/express space exploration value?
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How sad would it be if Americans consumed less? Mindless consumption is the whole point of living!
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by eric_cc 5y ago
Let’s assume BTC replaces fiat (USD). One way that it changes what you’ve described is that you wouldn’t be forced to gamble on equities or other assets to stay afloat. You’d have the option to simply hang on to your currency until another

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