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by glerk 6y ago
> since the latter wasn't end to end encrypted in the first place I’m pretty sure keybase is end-to-end encrypted, at least that’s what they are claiming. What makes you think it isn’t?
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by glerk 6y ago
Forks of Bitcoin have already happened multiple times. Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV also claim to be the original Bitcoin, but the mainstream view is that the chain with the highest hashpower, highest trading volume and highest price is the
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by glerk 6y ago
There is already an app called "Caffeine" that serves the same purpose.
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by glerk 6y ago
I’m always amazed by these negative knee-jerk reactions whenever cryptocurrencies are discussed here. What pleasure do you get from berating other people for their hobby? It’s like commenting in a thread about an emacs plugin just to shit o
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by glerk 6y ago
Have you tried melatonin? I had something similar to this and taking melatonin 1h before my desired bedtime has changed my life.
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by glerk 6y ago
This wouldn't work without a way to compel people to be paid in government currency and accept it as a form of payment. One of the inherent values of the sovereign currency is that you have to use it to pay taxes with. Without taxes, t
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by glerk 6y ago
France experimented with a wealth tax for a few years until they decided to scrap it after they realized it resulted in _lost_ tax revenue [1]. Morality aside, every billionaire probably has the resources to retain a few lawyers and tax acc
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by glerk 6y ago
When we grow up as a species, we should move entirely to artificial space habitats and let the Earth be a natural reserve.
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by glerk 6y ago
Second for gandi - I had very good experience with them, although prices are a bit higher than namecheap or porkbun.
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by glerk 6y ago
The most famous one is “La disparition” (translated to “A void“) by Georges Perec.
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by glerk 6y ago
Politically motivated organizations.
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by glerk 6y ago
Cheating in a solo game is not as bad as cheating in a competitive game where you are misrepresenting your abilities to other players.
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by glerk 6y ago
Buy gold.
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by glerk 6y ago
> But entering into a downward cycle of negativity about aging isn’t going to do you, and those few still around willing to put up with you, any favors as you get older Irrelevant. > If there is more to it than body+brain, and choosin
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by glerk 6y ago
Thanks. Any philosophy trying to make “old age” into something positive is a cop-out. There is nothing positive about seeing your mind and body slowly decay.
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by glerk 6y ago
Coming to the US, I was surprised I need a prescription from a US doctor ($100+ shakedown) to get glasses or contact lenses. This is what happens when you let special interest groups write the law.
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by glerk 6y ago
Is that how the law works?Apple is not a monopoly because you can choose Android. This is an awesome loophole. Visa is not a monopoly because there is also MasterCard. At&t is not a monopoly because you can choose Comcast.
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by glerk 6y ago
Seeing this had a strong uncanny valley like effect on me. Like my brain can't help but imagine a sentient agent writing the text and suddenly becoming psychotic.
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by glerk 6y ago
Poe's Law strikes again. It is scary to see how swiftly Microsoft acted here, it seems like malicious actors could easily weaponize this.
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by glerk 6y ago
> > However, the same amount of goods and services will be produced in this economy > It has often been shown that giving money to the poor generates more trade and consumption. Goods and services need to be produced before they
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by glerk 6y ago
> Those plumbers etc will be paid bonus money Yes, nominally they will be paid more money. However, the same amount of goods and services will be produced in this economy, so an increase in the money supply will In reality be worthless.
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by glerk 6y ago
But money does not create wealth. Money is just a tool of trade and a measure of the value of goods and services produced in an economy. Airdropping money will not transform this world into a utopia where everyone is wealthy and can live wi
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by glerk 6y ago
You can disable the notification badge: https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/help/articles/201355156-Guide-t...
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by glerk 6y ago
Small bug: on Brave browser, the "fill" tool is not covering 100% of the pixels https://i.imgur.com/Ej6owmI.png
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by glerk 6y ago
> Sure it sucks when mistakes are made, but fearing saying the wrong thing in an emotionally raw time around racial issues, isn’t even close to what really has counted as “mob justice” in American history. This argument boils down to wha
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by glerk 7y ago
The pandemic might disappear in a few weeks. It will take far longer to fix the economic debacle.
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by glerk 7y ago
You are aware the US is not the only country affected by this right?
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by glerk 7y ago
A quick search on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ITyifcYy8
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by glerk 7y ago
Traditional media publications like Time magazine are direct competitors of YouTube. Their strategy here is to push this narrative that content platforms should act like active content editors/curators and be held to the same standar
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by glerk 7y ago
I doubt that's what they want at least in the short term. The economic effects would be disastrous.

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