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by jljljl 13y ago
I'm pretty sure if they did this, we would have a bunch of posts on this very forum decrying the trial as a "show trial", where Snowden does not have the ability to speak for himself or present his own defense. Whatever couns
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I'm not sure exactly how its going to play out, but the move to limit bulk collection of phone data, keeping the data in the hands of the phone companies or an independent third party, and requiring a justification and approval from a
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by jljljl 13y ago
This source is a year old, but it doesn't seem like Spotify is really raking in the profits either: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4575506/spotify-doubled-re...
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by jljljl 13y ago
Keep in mind that it was released in 2002, well before the iPhone and multitouch became the dominant form of user interaction. A lot of the swiping, pinching, and rotating gestures can be found in the first scene of the movie. For a long ti
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by jljljl 13y ago
You would almost never want to save dollars, in the sense of putting them under your mattress and forgetting about them. What you would want to do is invest your dollars, either in assets or in a savings/checking account, to get some r
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by jljljl 13y ago
That "Almost all new customers" bit seems to emphasize your point. A lot of these people probably hadn't considered Overstock before they heard they were accepting BTC.
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by jljljl 13y ago
>> Spending bitcoin helps the ecosystem, thereby increasing the value of your other coins in the long run. One person spending Bitcoin has a negligible impact on helping the ecosystem, so the incentive for doing this is pretty small.
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But there has to be a philosophical distinction right? Some way of clearly marking where the state's power ends and individual rights begin. Otherwise libertarianism is just a matter of "I know it when I see it", which means
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Where does a libertarian draw a clear line between defense and non-defense spending? Couldn't food stamps be considered a defense policy if it ensures an able bodied population of potential conscripts? Where is the philosophical line?
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"How to live like a bearded, shirtless man with an axe and a pointy hat for very little."
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So at the worst case scenario, you were paying $8 for a $50 bundle instead of $10 for a $65 bundle. And of course, in either scenario you can still get 4 games for about $1. Is this really worth outrage?
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by jljljl 13y ago
I agree that they are not realistic. And I do not agree that force is the only way to interact between humans. I'm also not trying to twist the problem to justify violence. The coconuts in this scenario are a shared resource. Neither i
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I find this interesting because: by hoarding the coconuts (without necessity in this example), the good climber is causing harm or injury to the poor climber. This injury is considered fair and justified. However, if the poor climber causes
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by jljljl 13y ago
Let's say there are plenty of coconuts available for both of you, but specifically because of his hoarding you are risking hunger or starvation (I.e., you are good enough at climbing trees that you could feed yourself) Is it unfair or
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Context: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-krugman-responds-to-inte...
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Let's expand this to a second scenario: Imagine you are stranded on a desert island with one other person and the only source of food is coconuts for which you must climb trees. You are worse at climbing trees than your fellow cast awa
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by jljljl 13y ago
Krugman's original economic point is not so much that mining is a complete waste, or that it is an environmental disaster (although I think he does believe these things), but rather that mining does nothing to set the upper or lower bo
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by jljljl 13y ago
Can you share a link to the forum post? I think this is a really interesting idea, and I'd like to see what you proposed and bounce some ideas around, as well as see the altcoin community's objections. I wonder if there is another
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by jljljl 13y ago
Can we just sticky this to the top of all posts with question marks so that we don't have to have it reposted every. single. time. ?
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He actually provides a reason for why Tax evasion is theft: Since taxes are the dues for living in a society which provides public goods such as roads, infrastructure, education, etc., refusing to pay taxes is stealing the usage of those go
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by jljljl 13y ago
I'm sure this has already been described somewhere, but if I install SteamOS, do they provide a compatibility layer so that I can play games without Linux support? Or will I need to dual boot Windows?
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>>> He screwed it up To say that Pandit, who became CEO in December 2007, somehow screwed up Citibank, reflects a misunderstanding of the history of the crisis. The CDO and MBS markets had been in place for a decade, and were alrea
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by jljljl 13y ago
First, including the $165M from the sale of a hedge fund in his CEO compensation is misleading. He received this for a completely different reason than his tenure as CEO. Second, if you are going to include Pandit's full compensation,
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by jljljl 13y ago
I'm not going to argue about how much Vikram Pandit should be paid, but its worth noting that the 2011 bonus and beyond came after: 1) Pandit was paid a $1 salary for 2009 and 2010 2) Pandit not receiving a bonus for nearly 4 years [1]
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There is a secondary life insurance market, which is close :P
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>> I think Paul is referring to the hyperbolae in the title and its implications. If that is so, then it doesn't come across that way. I'm not sure what the perception is towards the ND oil boom workers, but to get a sense o
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by jljljl 13y ago
Lazy people make up "some portion" of the haves as well, which is why attempting to attribute "laziness" as a defining attribute of a socioeconomic group is "bullshit, narrow, entitled".
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by jljljl 13y ago
Off topic, but: >>Bitcoin skeptics don’t see the proof-of-work from mining as a good reason for there to significant value in the currency. Do Bitcoin proponents see this as a good reason for the currency to have significant value? Wh
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They addressed this here http://blog.soylent.me/post/66807143901/this-morning-vices-b... >> We would also like to emphasize the fact that Soylent 1.0, the product for which we have accepted over $1.5M in pre
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by jljljl 13y ago
Sure, but that's what upvoting is supposed to determine, not the headline renaming conventions.

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