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by jljljl 13y ago
Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/538&#x2F ;
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I think a related story about the evolutionary link between jaw muscles and brain size was recently posted somewhere on HN. This article seems like a logical extension of that trend. http://www.nature.com/news/2004&#x2F
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Rhinehart himself states my concerns with his project: “I am no biologist though,” he admits, “and can’t isolate the placebo effect in a sample size of one.” Which is why I am glad to hear the following: Rhinehart plans to raise money on
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Of course there isn't. No one is saying there is.
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Where does the author say geeks should stay out of politics? I'm not seeing "place-ism" in the article the same way you are. The author appears to be disputing the arrogance and isolationism often attributed to Silicon Valley by pointing ou
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Switching currencies and devaluing causes a lot of pain and hardship, especially since capital quickly flees the country to avoid the devaluation. This usually necessitates capital controls, and leads to a lot of short term chaos. Greece wo
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It's not just about inflating away debt, it's also about being more competitive vs. other European nations, like Germany. A reasonable devaluing of the Greek currency would have allowed more jobs and opportunities to shift towards Greece, r
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This is one structural similarity, although metal backed currencies were often restamped or debased in order to increase/decrease the amount of money flowing through the economy. The main structural difference between bitcoin and metal back
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This definition is not the definition of fiat money http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat%20money "money (as paper currency) not convertible into coin or specie of equivalent value Since Bitcoin is not intrinsically valuable (it'