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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
This is the main reason Litecoin exists. Strange that they decided not to use it...
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> I can't imagine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_State_Area I searched and found no way to disable it at the time. I don't re-do that
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
It feels like Google has a team dedicated to finding new and idiotic ways to make Android more annoying. The most recent annoyance I experienced was the "Welcome to [State]" announcement every time you're using Google Maps na
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
There's an economist from Tsinghua University named Patrick Chovanec who used to do an amazing job of documenting China's explosive growth and the many ways in which it might have been artificially inflated (easy credit, shadow ba
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> I am terrified about giving smartphones to my kids. I am terrified by the fact that so many other people don't think twice about handing their toddler a smart device. Every time we go to dinner, there's a table nearby with a
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
The US is an oligarchy, which makes your willingness to defend corporations that trample on your civil rights even more unsettling.
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> If you want more free conversation, you can and should go elsewhere. Just like people who don't want Trump to be their president should move to Canada, right? Run from the problem instead of trying to fix it... always a good choic
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Now if only you had some way to show how many people are shadow-banned or have their posts automatically buried. People seem to think this place is better than Facebook, Reddit or all the other vote-based, algorithm-driven discussion forums
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
I found magazines to be a good way of slowly building your attention span back up from basically nothing. The articles are usually short enough that you don't get bored and start reaching for your phone, but they're long enough to
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Yeah I knew it was time to get out when my neighbor's dog started telling me about this hot new ICO.
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
It's still a step in the right direction because it will let people calculate the true cost of loot box items, which will help expose the absurdity of the pricing model. A good recent example is Battlefront 2, where it would cost $2,10
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
The token is called "Tether" and it's run by the Bitfinex exchange. It's supposed to be backed by US dollars, but they've refused to release any third-party audits to support that statement and it says this on their
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Facebook is going to tell us if Facebook is bad for us? Neat, next we should ask Comcast if Net Neutrality is good for us. Oh wait...
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
We live in an oligarchy, the will of the voters hasn't been relevant for a long time: > Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts o
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
I think most people have the same thought as you: They don't see how an agreement with their own insurer could stop them from suing someone else (or their insurer), but that's how Limited Tort works. You sign away your right to su
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
In car insurance it means you give up your right to sue for pain and suffering unless you suffer serious injuries. The PA definition of a serious injury is "a personal injury resulting in death, serious impairment of body function or p
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Couldn't agree more. I called State Farm last month just to get a quote on a potential car purchase. Instead, I ended up canceling my current policy on the spot because the agent tried to push Limited Tort as if it was just an easy way
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Whether the accusations are true or not, I wouldn't hold a single dollar in Tether after reading this on their website: > “There is no contractual right or other right or legal claim against us to redeem or exchange your tethers for
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> The tech industry is fundamentally unserious about how it recruits, hires, and retains candidates. About which I have a lot more to say than could fit in a tweet, but, a good thing to know. Would love to read more about that. I'd
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> What did people in my situation do before Facebook? I dunno, maybe pick up the phone and have an actual conversation? > My parents, like most baby boomers I suspect, weren’t going out in the evenings to see friends in person. What t
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> microfarms for trendy produce might not be so bad. Yup: https://modernfarmer.com/2016/10/jm-fortier/
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> where even the vilest, most hateful and antisocial behavior should be tolerated. I'm confused, I see stories complaining about Twitter's heavy-handed censorship all the time, whether it's banning accounts or simply remov
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
If you were familiar the severity of the opioid crisis in many working class areas you wouldn't be surprised by the testing or the results.
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
So you're saying they pocket the difference rather than using reduced overhead to maintain competitive prices? Interesting hypothesis... I was under the impression that many farmers operate on thin margins these days.
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Yup, kinda like how the Speed Limit on the highway is 65 so nobody ever goes faster than that. Oh wait...
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Haha yeah, low-skilled workers don't deserve to have food or shelter or any sense of purpose in life... am I right or am I right? Guys???
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Do the illegal immigrants take those jobs because they pay so little, or do those jobs pay so little because there has always been a steady supply of illegal immigrants desperate to fill them at below-market prices? If your business model r
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
> Probably none. Most illegal immigrants don’t work manufacturing. You say that as if the jobs taken by illegals exist in some alternate universe where simple economic principles don't apply. If an illegal immigrant's job is va
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
Good, now if only they would do the same for male models who use illegal performance enhancing drugs to achieve their physiques. According to many male fitness models, anyone who earns money based on their body is almost guaranteed to be us
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by gthtjtkt 9y ago
It's a good rule of thumb that comments necessitating a new throwaway account aren't worth making.

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