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by kauffj 10y ago
I agree! The AMA had a lot of confusion, exacerbated (or arguably caused) by materials that poorly explained LBRY on our end. To address this, we've written up this FAQ answer: https://lbry.io/faq/naming We'v
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by kauffj 10y ago
LBRY ( https://lbry.io ) is designed to do this. On GitHub: https://github.com/lbryio Disclosure: I'm the CEO
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by kauffj 10y ago
The government has shown a tendency to selectively pursue pharmaceutical companies when there is public outrage, most recently with Shkreli and Mylan. Selling the stock isn't done to punish the company, it's a reaction to the fear
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by kauffj 10y ago
One should never blame the victim for sexual assault; victims should be able to dress/act how they please without fear. vs. One should blame the victim for theft; victims bear responsibility for securing their possessions.
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by kauffj 10y ago
LBRY ( http://lbry.io ) uses a blockchain to maintain an index of decentralized content, with a pretty creative naming scheme that allows writing URLs like this: lbry://itsadisater If you have LBRY installed, that link w
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by kauffj 10y ago
> As an extreme example, assume you ran a prediction market that predicted the value of the s&p500 x days from now. Would you expect to make money based on these predictions? The S&P already is a prediction market for the future
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by kauffj 10y ago
They provide a far more accurate insight into the likelihood of events than any other alternative. You can think of it as betting if you like, but it's betting with lots of positive externalities. Consider a business that needs to reas
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by kauffj 10y ago
Augur and Hivemind are the two that get talked about the most. Neither are out.
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by kauffj 10y ago
100% agreed and anyone who expects these types of smart contracts to replace typical contracts is overlooking this. The real void smart contracts fill is the type of contracts that cannot be trusted to be enforced by the current court syste
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by kauffj 10y ago
Really? What's the alternative? Have really smart kids suffer through lessons that are menial to them? I was lucky enough to be in a school that had lots of programs for gifted kids and let them do their own work or work in small group
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by kauffj 10y ago
Interesting. It did seem a bit heavy handed, which made me wonder if something else was going on (and I figured by posting here I'd find out :). For what it's worth, I _can_ get indictment to autocomplete for others (e.g. try &quo
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Google is manipulating search results in favor of Hillary Clinton(siliconangle.com)
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by kauffj 10y ago
In case of unbearable government tyranny, the soldiers are going to kill insurgents that are their own fathers, sons, and brothers?
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by kauffj 10y ago
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything...
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by kauffj 10y ago
A tent, a pair or two of clothing, and meals of rice/beans/vegetables can be provided for less than $2k/year. A life comparable to this, but requiring more work, has been and continues to be lived by hundreds of millions.
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by kauffj 10y ago
My argument is that a 'decent' life is completely relative, which you are basically making for me.
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by kauffj 10y ago
If you were optimizing for happiness only and had no ethical concerns about methods, then yes, a very flat or close to flat distribution is likely optimal. Like you, I believe that there are things more important from the perspective of soc
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by kauffj 10y ago
Tents or other very basic structures exceed or match the quality of shelter that humans lived in for tens of thousands of years. There is no innate need for modern conveniences, other than the innate need to not be so far away from the othe
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by kauffj 10y ago
Yes, generally speaking the flatter the income distribution the greater mean happiness. However, even setting aside moral concerns about methods (which are tremendous), it's not a given we even _want_ to optimize for mean happiness. E.
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by kauffj 10y ago
Exactly. Hence the 'almost', at the beginning of the sentence you quoted. My point is we should acknowledge that the drive for basic income is driven by "people don't feel so great when other people have more significant
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by kauffj 10y ago
Unfortunately, the explanation most consistent with data on happiness/satisfaction is that the primary utility gain from wealth is derived from gains in zero-sum social status. We can tell this even from the language of the post itself
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by kauffj 10y ago
Nothing.
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by kauffj 11y ago
I work with John's son, Jack, on LBRY ( http://lbry.io ). The whole Robison family is full of people with interesting stories: - Jack went to trial as a teenager, facing 60 years (!) in prison for chemistry experiments ( http
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by kauffj 11y ago
The one thing I can never wrap my head around in the banking industry is why this kind of behavior is tolerated by _customers_. Imagine if wherever you work had to settle with the SEC / FTC / ABCXYZ for fraud. Wouldn't this d
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by kauffj 11y ago
I work with John's son, Jack, on LBRY ( http://lbry.io ). The whole Robison family is full of people with interesting stories: - Jack went to trial as a teenager, facing 60 years (!) in prison for chemistry experiments ( http
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by kauffj 11y ago
It's ironic that Keller will get so much shit dumped on him for making the same exact argument that people make against more permissive immigration. Compare: A : Allowing people trapped in unproductive countries to move to US/C
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by kauffj 11y ago
As a citizen of the world, this is a ridiculous idea that I hope never happens. As an entrepreneur, I'm thankful the government continues to create such wonderful market opportunities.
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by kauffj 11y ago
I think the notion that one can own facts will one day be viewed as archaic as the notion that one can own people.
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by kauffj 11y ago
I re-read the part you reference at your suggestion and I don't see how it debunks that adjuncts take these positions willingly. It talks about how schools spend a lot of money on administrators and that adjuncts provide similar or bet
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by kauffj 11y ago
Pyramid schemes involve misleading and/or false promises. Do schools do this to graduate students?

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