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by ferdo 13y ago
That trick worked even during the Inquisition. The State never changes tactics.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> If you're fine with criminalizing the sale of contaminated meat I'm fine with criminalizing any form of fraud. Selling contaminated meat as good meat is fraud. If someone sold aspirin with heroin in it but didn't label i
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by ferdo 13y ago
> the definition of what "criminals" means is independent of the value judgement of the correctness of the state's laws. Do you have proof which is not from a State-backed agency on this assertion?
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Lysander Spooner is not a mainstream American political philosopher Immaterial. He's been an large influence on American political life[1], alive and dead. > I'm also going to...duck, and run away. I always appreciate this
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by ferdo 13y ago
> criminals, by definition, commit crimes -- violations of criminal law. This is only true if one takes the State's part in these discussions. The State can claim that certain forms of agriculture are illegal but that doesn't m
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Do you want to live in a world where buying a simple OTC sleep pill at Walgreen's exposes you to the risk of ingesting heroin or some other decidedly narcotic substance? I'd prefer to live in a world where I could choose to u
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by ferdo 13y ago
> if you are at liberty to do it, it's not criminal, and if it's a crime, you are not at liberty to do it. I perceive it elsewise. If someone abuses their liberty to commit fraud or violence, then they're a criminal. Crimi
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by ferdo 13y ago
No, it's thinking based in classic American political philosophy[1], not a worn-out internet meme. [1] "Vices Are Not Crimes" by Lysander Spooner http://www.lysanderspooner.org/VicesAreNotCrimes.htm
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by ferdo 13y ago
> the liberty of selling contaminated meat That's not liberty. That's criminal behavior that stems from criminal thinking. If government has any legitimate function at all, it's to prevent injustice from criminals and oth
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by ferdo 13y ago
In the 1930's, people traded the liberty of growing hemp for the security of keeping stoned black jazz musicians from raping their daughters (that was one of the reasons put forth by Harry Anslinger[1] in the era). We see how that trad
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by ferdo 13y ago
> That is what laws inherently are, rules that limit an individuals ability for the greater good of society. Not to be unkind, but this is a simplistic view of law and realpolitiks. As an example, can you honestly say that arresting hun
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by ferdo 13y ago
> governments are ultimately the overseers that permit networking infrastructure comprising the internet to be built...society depends on accountability There are two conflicting thoughts here. If we're not entitled to the same anon
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by ferdo 13y ago
That may be true for money issued by a central authority. Bitcoin appears to upset a few apple carts as far as conventional wisdom goes.
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Sometimes old technology is the best option(lpar.ath0.com)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
In its short life, Bitcoin has outperformed every other asset on the market and is holding its value. It's up almost 10x from where it was this time last year.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Those difficulties aren't Bitcoin's problems. Those are political problems that we have to confront or circumvent. Bitcoin has just a few tasks and it does them very well so far.
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"Creativity is a product of curiosity, which is a product of privacy." Snowden(youtube.com)
5 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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"Due to the Government Shutdown, this site is not being updated."(nsa.gov)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
It's up from here. Odd.
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by ferdo 13y ago
nsa.gov is still up, so they do have some priorities.
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by ferdo 13y ago
I want to know who ever trusted Microsoft to begin with?
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by ferdo 13y ago
This will die a quick death just for its deceptive name. It should be called Ad Designer.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Agreed. The blockchain itself is an intellectual breakthrough, at least in application.
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by ferdo 13y ago
When reporters are getting busted at prestigious American universities for just being there, the other side of the story is plain to see.
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Domestic Security Alliance Council(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
My question is why was Yale hiding and protecting the president of the Brazilian Supreme Court?
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by ferdo 13y ago
> we do not have functional equivalents for... a Transportation Security Administration. So we'd have to get groped by the government before we can get on the net? I'm only half kidding but I wonder if the admiral isn't.
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by ferdo 13y ago
This is pretty great. Nice idea and good, simple execution.
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Big Brother potentially exists right now in our PCs, compliments of Intel's vPro(tgdaily.com)
8 points by ferdo 13y ago|5 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
> what exactly are we decentralizing? In another generation or two, people will have the ability to design and print their own circuit boards. Technology itself is becoming decentralized which will have the longterm effect of decentraliz

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