justinalanbass

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by justinalanbass 8y ago
This paper might argue that the risk/reward ratio is lower than other similarly risky investments, which would substantiate the article's argument that landlords are greedy and generally bad. But good point, the abstraction of ris
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by justinalanbass 8y ago
Actually... According to the research source landlords do charge more due to increased risk: "Because landlords operating in poor communities face more risks, they hedge their position by raising rents on all tenants." https:&#x2
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
I have attempted to duplicate this index fund manually by purchasing the top 25 cryptocurrencies (market-cap weighted) over the past year or so. I'll say that it was hardly worth the enormous work involved, and these index funds cannot
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
Every day we live for those things and face a small chance that some powerful government or entity will capture and torture us or our loved ones indefinitely, for scientific reasons, or perhaps for no reason at all. Escaping life is one sol
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
Diversity of thought, novelty. In the same way it never gets old to watch a child experience "I am your father!" for the first time, I'm sure humans of the future will enjoy entertaining humans of the past.
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
I'm curious what other arguments you have, personally. I'm not sure you've expressed it fully yet.
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
You could do both: organ donation is compatible with brain preservation. Perhaps some are motivated by narcissism, but I'd like to think my fellow cryonicists are motivated by hope, and a belief that the future will be a warm and welco
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
I can't speak for everyone, but my interest in Cryonics stems from a love of life, not a fear of death. Preservation will not solve grief, death, or displacement in time. Nor does it necessitate immortality - I want to die, eventually,
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
Being an avid cryonicist, I have attempted to express these myths to a wide variety of people. The very few and open-minded folks that will move past utter dismissal usually have a deep and visceral illogical fear of death - or a deep and v
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by justinalanbass 9y ago
In theory, RandoCoin will necessarily develop a black market based on traits other than the random generation in the long-run. If random generation were used, anyone could theoretically wait some period of time to buy at a low price, and wa
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by justinalanbass 10y ago
The Green 500 is more than a concern for global warming. It is also a measure of scalability due to heat dissipation and power supply concerns. The difficulty of achieving a human-brain sized supercomputer will be more about energy efficien