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by eric_cc 4y ago
> disputing the idea that there is such a thing as "HN groupthink". There 100% is HN groupthink. Any doubts about it should have been erased by observing HN’s position on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> How do you moderate at this scale without bots and contractors? How about: you don’t. It’s not up to twitter moderation to determine what is fact in real-time.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
I would not compare euthanasia and abortion. Euthanasia is a choice you make governing your own life. Abortion is a choice you make governing another being’s life. As for suicide and guns - I’ve never heard this one before. There are plenty
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by eric_cc 4y ago
I understand regarding the jet account. Here are the sources I was using for my comment: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603587970832793600 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/160318
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> Are you sure Elon will continue to agree with you on who/what to censor in the future? I am 100% sure that I WON’T agree and that Twitter is inherently flawed pre-Elon and post-Elon. The only point I was making is that within the
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by eric_cc 4y ago
Elon ran for political office? Rules for them but not for me.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
So if I was hired to post your real-time location and disparage your reputation daily, it would be okay? As long as I have the proper job title?
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by eric_cc 4y ago
That idea failed. Such teams will always be corrupt. Trust and Safety teams might as well be named what they are: Ideological Control teams.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> It's interesting that many are debating the value of this 'rule', when this action is blatant abuse of his powers to silence his critics. I think it’s you that’s missing the point here. It’s only abuse of power if th
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> nytimes Point proven.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> people like Musk and SBF What a ridiculous take. It’s also very telling of where you get your information. Orange Man Bad has transitioned to Elon Bad.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
It’s a common occurrence. No luck needed.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
This is a very dishonest or ignorant response. Good luck sending somebody shells or gold to make a payment. And good luck with shell inflation. And good luck with every store needing to be able to test that gold is real, store it in vaults,
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by eric_cc 4y ago
What technology is better at being money than bitcoin? Paper dollar?
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by eric_cc 4y ago
What is corrupt about bitcoin, exactly?
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by eric_cc 4y ago
You’re confusing things. Centralized exchanges like FTX are acting as asset custodians in the same way as a bank, or a stock broker. FTX is not a cryptocurrency. Crypto users that espouse freedom from government are usually talking about be
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> I find you not only misinformed but possibly intentionally trying to mislead people. This. Brand new account spreading blatant lies.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> Nothing fundamental has changed about blockchains that could ever prevent this from happening DeFi
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by eric_cc 4y ago
As others have pointed out, this is completely wrong in literally every way possible. > Nobody actually has any custody of anything in crypto. This is insanely wrong and it’s unreal things like this are being said in 2022. DeFi Example:
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> There are very few truly innocent victims here. Are you suggesting FTX customers deserved this?
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> On a third hand, the loved one of a politician was severely injured because of someone who believes the incorrect speech of influential figures and I desperately do not want further injury or violence to occur spurned by incorrect spee
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by eric_cc 4y ago
This is just not true. The host serves data to a client which can do what it wants with it. The client can interpret the data from the website however it wants regardless of the intention of the website. A website, for example, can use tags
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by eric_cc 4y ago
It sounds like your chief concerns are around transacting on and storing all your money on a layer 1. It would be very similar to walking around with your life savings in cash in a briefcase. But just like cash has banks, custodians, and se
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by eric_cc 4y ago
Cost of pizza is an example of buying power of bitcoin which is not the same as its monetary policy. I can not argue that the buying power has been volatile thus far. I do suspect it will trend toward stability on a decades timeline.
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by eric_cc 4y ago
What is unpredictable or unreliable about the monetary policy of bitcoin? In 2028, how many new US dollars will enter circulation? How many bitcoin?
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by eric_cc 4y ago
Yes! Give more money to the government! Letting the government steal more money to spend on their agenda is always a fantastic idea!
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> IMO Moving from Bitcoin to e.g. Ethereum is akin to banning ICE engines and moving to EVs You have a lot to learn then because your analogy is weak. PoW vs PoS debate is one of decentralization, power, democratization and control. As f
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> a reasonably good explanation of why, at least in my opinion, crypto is still completely non-viable as a real medium of exchange). The key is that there is a process for reconciliation. It IS NOT ENOUGH to simply have a ledger - you al
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by eric_cc 4y ago
> Money laundering is evil. I don’t even know how to respond to this sort of caveman “it evil” thinking but.. > funding of rogue nation states Rogue according to you? > straight-out tax evasion Avoiding the violent theft of your ha
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It certainly is an ideal if not a legally protected right. Before slaves were free, they could still say “freedom is a human right”.

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