johndevor

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by johndevor 5y ago
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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by johndevor 5y ago
> It's arguably THE MOST stable thing in a functioning society above pure barter. Fiat currencies crash all the time. I believe the latest to collapse was Lebanon's currency.
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by johndevor 5y ago
Wait until you hear about fiat currencies.
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by johndevor 5y ago
> it’s just biological. According to the ACE study, your early childhood environment has a dramatic effect on your life outcome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_childhood_experiences#...
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by johndevor 5y ago
What is a rebel then?
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by johndevor 5y ago
Isn't a rebel somebody who takes controversial or unpopular stands?
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by johndevor 5y ago
Edit: I don't have direct evidence of saving lives (e.g. somebody bribed a guard with bitcoin in order to escape execution), but it's not hard to argue that these resistance organizations do save lives. * https://www.co
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by johndevor 5y ago
> In a few years Bitcoin mining will kill way more people than the number of political dissidents How are you counting the number of political dissidents saved?
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by johndevor 5y ago
The problem is "practical value" is subjective.
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by johndevor 5y ago
It's not "necessary" - it just is.
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by johndevor 5y ago
Imagine you're Turkish, Venezuelan, Argentinian, etc. BTC might be your best bet. Now guess which 1st world countries are next. Edit: as I think Naval said, crypto is insurance against politicians.
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by johndevor 5y ago
This is not a small group of dogs, but a prolonged war between two species.
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by johndevor 5y ago
Decentralization of some sort?
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by johndevor 5y ago
> you will find vaccines inhibit viral spread Is this true? Countries like Singapore and Israel are seeing huge spikes in cases despite having some of the highest vax rates. My suspicion is that vaccines have the downside of suppressing
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by johndevor 5y ago
I think that's the point Jordan Peterson has been making for a while, referencing increased serotonin released in lobsters who win fights against other lobsters, and a lowering in the ones who lose.
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by johndevor 5y ago
> Your unvaccinated fist is right in my face. Then get vaccinated and your risk goes down to a regular flu season.
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by johndevor 5y ago
Who pays for pals anyway.
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by johndevor 5y ago
> if they can't sell the building because no one wants to buy it, doesn't that mean that the market value is $0? I think it's based on comparable buildings and what they sold for recently.
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by johndevor 6y ago
Exactly. Why is there no car shortage? Because politicians can't limit car production.
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by johndevor 6y ago
It's Kafka-esque
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by johndevor 6y ago
I mean a lot of people will probably have to sell assets to buy a Tesla anyway.
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by johndevor 6y ago
The lightning network will naturally grow as a result of this.
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by johndevor 6y ago
Curious to know if any work on PoS is being done for Bitcoin.
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by johndevor 6y ago
This has probably more to do with the Morman church in Utah than the GOP.
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by johndevor 6y ago
How is that different from reddit? /r/politics does that regularly
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by johndevor 6y ago
https://www.starlink.com/ https://www.cnet.com/news/best-vpn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing
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by johndevor 6y ago
How is work on proof of stake going?
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by johndevor 6y ago
Game Theory. Let's say the US bans crypto, well then Russia will embrace it. Also, drugs are illegal... and it hasn't stopped drugs from trading hands... drugs even manage to make their way into prisons.
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by johndevor 6y ago
No. I'm saying that leftwing violence is distributed. Rightwing is centralized. The radical left is smart. There's no head antifa leader. Doesn't mean antifa is any less dangerous, I might argue more dangerous because there&#
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by johndevor 6y ago
> clear ties to inciting violent riots https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1347302588434284544 Twitter selectively enforces their rules, largely targeting conservatives.

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