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by javert 6y ago
That isn't the case, but believe what you want.
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by javert 6y ago
This ignores the positive arguments for bitcoin. Bitcoin is objective, hard, honest money. Many view that as a very good thing, myself included. Governments steal inordinate amounts of energy from the populace with their money printing. The
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by javert 6y ago
I don't really understand the question. The fundamental right is the right to not have force initiated against you. All other rights are derivative. For instance, the right to have property, freedom of speech, freedom of movement, etc.
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by javert 6y ago
Negative rights, i.e. rights that protect you from the initiation of force by others, i.e. rights that don't create a new obligation for someone else, i.e. what freedom or liberty actually is. I get that labor organizers don't wan
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by javert 6y ago
In the past, the US gave unions a bunch of special "rights" that violate the rights of others. It would take a decisive kneecapping to go back to parity. Unions (and corporations, for that matter!) should have the same rights as a
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by javert 6y ago
This seems like a snide, evasive response. I prefer honest and direct.
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by javert 6y ago
> We can only hope for a diplomatic resolution That makes it seem like you want China to take Taiwan uncontested. I hope for either no conflict at all, or for Taiwan's allies to help defend it.
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by javert 6y ago
The US medical system is so bad that it doesn't make much sense to live in the US anymore.
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by javert 6y ago
> deposit it into a smart contract that then issues you a loan in eg stable coins (DAI, USDT), with your crypto locked as collateral. Makes sense in theory, but are people actually doing this? Can you point us to more info about it?
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by javert 6y ago
So you don't want to live with us, and you don't want to let us live separately.
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by javert 6y ago
I think this is a covert shill for bitcoin. Those arguments have been directly debunked over and over, including (in part) in the article we are commenting on. Are you trying to make people think all the arguments against bitcoin are weak?
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by javert 6y ago
Investment money pours into real estate because the financial system is broken. Hopefully bitcoin will help fix that.
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by javert 6y ago
That's a false dichotomy. I think bitcoin is genuinely hated, just like a lot of people and technology are hated. It doesn't necessarily come from an analysis of bitcoin, whether rational or irrational. And it doesn't necessa
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by javert 6y ago
> If Bitcoin diverts surplus money from real estate for a while, and fellow software developers/cypherpunks sell it one day before the bubble bursts, therefore taking money from boomers and FOMOs, I am happy enough. Interesting admi
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by javert 6y ago
Absolutely right. I'd certainly pay for this service. Imagine domain names actually being secure, like bitcoin is secure. I've posted this idea here before and also got shat on and downvoted to oblivion.
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by javert 6y ago
If you think this is a bubble, you should think that this is the very beginning, not the peak.
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by javert 6y ago
He probably had enough, after all the nastiness coming from DC. For instance, being paraded in front of Congress committees so each member can get a little sound bite shitting on him. Truly, we didn't deserve Bezos. Maybe he's rea
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by javert 6y ago
I go to Walmart or the grocery store if I need stuff from Amazon that may be counterfeit. Batteries, for example. Amazon is throwing away money.
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by javert 6y ago
Nobody really knows the answer to this. If we know reading simple stuff works, but reading scientific papers a child can't possibly understand only might be OK, then why would you do the latter?
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by javert 6y ago
It's safe to have a fire on a windy day in the forest, as long as you're careful and don't let it burn too hot...
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by javert 6y ago
This is the kind of idea that killed the American medical system. It's a bad idea to create insurance monopolies. Unless you are a corrupt regulator, corrupt insurance company exec, or corrupt officer in the industry being targeted. Th
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by javert 6y ago
I didn't say that. Can you read what I actually said, and consider it? I've been in academia. Have you?
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by javert 6y ago
That's a preposterous overreaction to what I said. No, I'm not claiming that---but you're doing a good job of making it look that way!!! It would be nice for you to respond thoughtfully and rationally to what I said instead o
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by javert 6y ago
If someone really did have a revolutionary theory of physics, they would almost certainly be excluded by your criteria. Tesla would never survive in modern academia or get tenure.
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by javert 6y ago
Wait, just to be sure---you're saying you do eat rotting food and dirt?
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by javert 6y ago
Title needs to be changed. Someone might trade just based on seeing the title.
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by javert 6y ago
> such a normally open-minded community (hackers) What community are you referring to? I'd like to go there.
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by javert 6y ago
> Anyone - rich or poor - can access up to hundreds of millions of dollars instantly to execute any profitable transaction, no human review or approval necessary What does this mean? If I'm poor (or rich), why not borrow hundreds of
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by javert 6y ago
> I think increasing regulation and the use of blacklists and 'coin tainting' erode whatever use bitcoin has though, as there will be no fungibility. This has already happened. Bitcoin is a permissioned blockchain, now. It may
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by javert 6y ago
> People are too busy asking why instead of how What does that mean? Asking why what instead of how what?

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