freejulian

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by freejulian 8y ago
Second layer solutions would like to speak to Ethereum about bloatware.
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by freejulian 8y ago
Oh really? Specifically, which one? Give me a link. Keep in mind the latest inflation reading today was 3.33%y/y. This is also an optimistic reading -- if you use the exact same calculation the fed used back in the 80s inflation wo
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by freejulian 8y ago
Please, enlighten me. Show me a risk free asset that pays above the rate of inflation (don't forget to consider any taxes you might owe on interest and dividends!).
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by freejulian 8y ago
Most coins are shit coins with armies of people trying to pump and dump.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Obama...that was the president who authorized the FBI to infiltrate the Occupy Wallstreet movement and paint the protesters as rapists and weirdos, right? Democrats who think highly of him are no better than Republicans who think highly of
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by freejulian 9y ago
Wow you’re trapped in a bubble. The valley is the most close minded place I’ve ever lived. Live in NYC for a bit, it’s the polar opposite.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Opinions contrary to the hackernews bubble are met with the same intolerance.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Counter-counter point: the valley is filled with over inflated egos and developers whose sole business model is stealing people’s private data to sell ads. They tend to think tech wouldn’t exist without them when in reality their only cont
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by freejulian 9y ago
Good. The Chinese government subsidizes and protects many industries within their economy. Additionally, workers in the United State have been forced to race to the bottom with China. I, for one, am happy to see some protectionism.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Who did? The Russian government? Russian citizens? How did they organize these protests? Where’s the evidence? Also, this is a completely different claim, separate from the “Russia interferes with our election” claim.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Your timeline is a list of accusations. You’ve provided no evidence to support your claim of Russian’s interfering with the election. More importanly: why should I care about Russians interfering with elections when we let corporations do t
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by freejulian 9y ago
Really? Cool! I’m sure you won’t have any troubles pointing me to some evidence then! Let’s see it... Also, I’m not alone in this, notable journalists such as Glenn Greenwald are also asking for evidence.
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by freejulian 9y ago
There was no “Russian meddling” in the election. Stop parroting nonsense without evidence. Hillary did cheat though. Her campaign directly collaborated with correct the record - last time I checked coordinating with a super pac was illegal
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by freejulian 9y ago
Here comes the scapegoating.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Bitcoin is about money and it’s properties. It has nothing to do with income verification, loan standards, or rating falsification.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Fun fact: Warren Buffet owned a large stake in Moody's (largely responsible for fraudulent ratings). Additionally, much of Warren's wealth was built on an "insurance float". Had the stock market not recovered (only poss
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by freejulian 9y ago
> strikes me as the existing system on steroids. I don't understand this at all. Can you explain? The monetary system we have today enables politicians to tax us without our consent -- they have the ability to print money. In the p
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by freejulian 9y ago
> Free K-12 doesn't count as universal education? No. K-12 doesn't qualify you for a job in the "modern economy." The sad thing is it's not even about the education: companies only look for the degree.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Bitcoin is the real occupy wallstreet movement. Anyone not happy with the outcome of the financial crisis should be looking to leave a monetary system which has enabled our corrupt institutions to thrive.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Maybe he should have built his own platform then instead without accepting payment from the “idea guys” to build it for them.
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by freejulian 9y ago
There's nothing wrong with being against laws that weaken labor's bargaining power. Productivity and wages decoupled a long time ago. It's about time the working class started fighting back. It's obvious corporations
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by freejulian 9y ago
Looks to me like it fluctuates around a specific level... which is pretty much what I said: periods of inflation and deflation.
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by freejulian 9y ago
Oh look, the guy who doesn’t understand how bonds work is still here! Let’s all listen to his uninformed opinion! I’ve been buying bitcoin since 2014 since I did understand what the fed was doing. I did pretty alright.
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by freejulian 9y ago
I don’t think anyone claimed the value of a dollar was constant. Even on the gold standard there were periods of inflation and deflation. The average value over time was stable though.
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by freejulian 9y ago
You’re assuming there’s a coupon. I explicitly said these were zero coupon. In this case the price at 9 year 11 month is higher than 750$, dumbass. The entire point of QE is to increase the bond price, thereby reducing the yield. You don
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by freejulian 9y ago
Why do you think they aren’t?
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by freejulian 9y ago
What? I said the initial price of the bond was roughly 750$ which represented a 6% yield. 900 comes from QE. If the fed wants a 10 year interest rate of 1%, they would buy bonds on the market until the price rose from 750$ to 900$. And th
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by freejulian 9y ago
Suppose there is a new issue zero-coupon 10 year bond with par value of $1000. The price for that bond is roughly $750 which gives me a 6%/yr return at maturity. I buy it, and the fed comes around 1 month later and decides they want t
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by freejulian 9y ago
I understand how proof of work functions, thanks. The person I was replying to claimed $1000 was an absurd amount for a bitcoin. I was merely pointing that 1 btc is an arbitrary amount of satoshis. Anyways, my point stands: how do you expe
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by freejulian 9y ago
Pretty common for me to get downvotes for making a statement that goes against the hackernews groupthink. Then their comment throttle kicks in and I can’t post for a few hours and the groupthink can continue without interruption.

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