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by geggam 9y ago
The question I have is if the govt is truly printing our currency who is the govt borrowing money from. If the govt was truly making more money then it would simply balance the books by making enough money. When you start talking about the
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by geggam 9y ago
Can we quit having wars on things ? Everything we have a war against gets worse.
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by geggam 9y ago
Im not sure that many people voted for any of the individuals. Hillary represented the establishment. The last two presidents were a huge and dramatic shift away from status quo. I think people are voting for the least likely to be a part o
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by geggam 9y ago
When you have no market and no chance of the market growing that is a fundamental problem. Go visit a small town. If you arent making money this year the next 5 years arent likely to change.
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by geggam 9y ago
Evidently thinking someone should have a valid business model and a profit gets you downvotes... who knew ?
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by geggam 9y ago
Maybe the bigger news is this... Twelve miles north of Roxobel in Woodland, population 729, Sharon Ramsey closed the DeJireh Grill because, she says, she couldn’t get bank financing. At first, she says, the restaurant “was turning a profit
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by geggam 9y ago
gangs in wealthy areas are called politicians
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by geggam 9y ago
When I go to Mexico its mostly cash dealings. The cashiers work much faster than the credit card machines and people act a bit put off if you pull out a credit card. It is interesting to see the difference from the US to Mexico.
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by geggam 9y ago
Once it hits the economic repressed areas, where the majority of folks don't have debit cards or bank accounts this will run into an issue. There is a very large and growing set of folks in this nation who use cash and barter only.
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by geggam 9y ago
Made me chuckle to think of writing systemd in rust
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by geggam 9y ago
As a follow up here check the solvency of the FDIC... .250k per account and the highest number of accounts it insured that it can cover was 1.5% according to what I can find The other 98.5% are out of luck... great guarantee
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by geggam 9y ago
Couple reasons why direct democracy is terrible and your concept of people being able to care for themselves to the point they should influence society as a whole is also terrible. “Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but
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by geggam 9y ago
You would do well to do more research than a simple google dictionary lookup. But you likely wont put the work or the effort into understanding the difference nor would you understand the inherent dangers of democracy I believe this grand e
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by geggam 9y ago
Democracy != Republic They aren't even close to the same Republic : Rule of Law Democracy : Rule ( tyranny) of majority
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by geggam 9y ago
When you give a bank your money you become an unsecured creditor to the bank. It really isnt your money at that point. Talk to the folks in Cyprus who had 10% taken off the top
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by geggam 9y ago
On a single income or double income ? I can see double incomes getting ahead of the cost of living.
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by geggam 9y ago
In the city... 10k + a month in rent alone... 25 minutes out 5-6k a month in rent alone Keep in mind 25 minutes out can easily turn into 1 hour or more.
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by geggam 9y ago
Until you have kids
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by geggam 9y ago
I have read several stories of people being approached and many have said they felt uncomfortable and didnt do it. Does that not imply there was no power imbalance as the weak or inexperienced were not coerced ? Do you have a story of someo
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by geggam 9y ago
Its not an argument. Its an observation of the existing monetary system. When you borrow on your future earnings you are essentially putting yourself in indentured servitude to the banks.... and this is your choice. No one forces you to do
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by geggam 9y ago
Slavery is illegal. Letting people enslave themselves however is not. An indentured servant or indentured laborer is an employee (indenturee) within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract (indenture) to work fo
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by geggam 9y ago
If you represent yourself pro se you are also an officer of the court.
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by geggam 9y ago
Seems obvious to me there is a mechanistic explanation our perception is incapable of realizing. We can see the results so there is hope.
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by geggam 9y ago
...but why do I need this ? Work gives me a Mac which I have a Linux VM inside of to get work done. Personally I have Linux / BSD laptops and BSD servers. Why do I need windows at all ?
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by geggam 9y ago
Running voltage from one side of the heart muscle to the other is bad... very bad. You can die from >100 milliamps this way with no drugs in the system. Not real sure who thinks tazing is non lethal... its less lethal advertised as non l
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by geggam 9y ago
This and the fact docker in AWS creates several layers of NAT
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by geggam 9y ago
Once you go full cynic you start thinking govts are created to protect the wealthy and wars are instigated to generate more wealth. Then they call you a conspiracy nut so society ostracizes you and ignores your observations
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by geggam 9y ago
Yet with constant and proactive pushes to increase women in tech and men in nursing it doesn't happen. Ever think maybe men generally dont want to be a nurse and women generally dont want to be a nerd ?
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by geggam 9y ago
See there is an underlying issue here that seems to be neglected. When you transform your work into a mathematical equation and then tell people they cant solve the equation without giving you money... well... Your business model is fundame
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by geggam 9y ago
Guess my perspective of scale is different. Its just an observation of having worked on systems at scale and I dont see the microservices / containers used. I am curious if anyone else has. The more I am around containers and the netwo

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