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by lolc 3y ago
Urdu uses the original digit writing direction. Numbers are written little-endian in Arabic, and when Latin adopted the Arabic digits the direction of the digits was kept which made the numbers big-endian in Latin. The users of Latin script
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by lolc 3y ago
Hamas doesn't exist in a vacuum where you can just remove it and then it's gone. You have to offer a life that's better than Hamas.
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by lolc 3y ago
Sure it doesn't explain that. Would be nice if things were that easy wouldn't it?
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by lolc 3y ago
I agree in a disillusioned way. The police should be able to better handle people with mental issues. Which is why it's good when there's a spotlight on it.
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by lolc 3y ago
If we're going to be reductive, at least include the other main roadblock to a solution which is the current government of Israel.
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by lolc 3y ago
The article says that fish are getting smaller due to the warming climate. I'd read about overfishing causing fish to mature faster, and being smaller. But maybe it's different species?
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by lolc 3y ago
It's a good example exactly because it demomstrates how people will disagree about easy rules. All while they somehow remain unable to acknowledge this. That's the actual point to me.
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by lolc 3y ago
It's tech as in technology. You want to argue with long-dead Greek or what? Post about it on X!
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by lolc 3y ago
Well thanks for answering! I still can't see the "value proposition". It feels weird when Bitcoin's properties are posed as sort of a natural law. Like when people compare it to the rareness of gold. Even though it'
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by lolc 3y ago
I hate the thought of being restricted to that slow speed. But my look at the throughput!
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by lolc 3y ago
My questions are not rhethorical in the sense that I do wonder what makes people think Bitcoin represents something useful. At the same time I have a hard time accepting that people could see use in the inherent waste of energy. And it irk
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by lolc 3y ago
I remember watching a video of people on a boat waiting for the fireworks of a satellite overhead.
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by lolc 3y ago
Oh I ignored them because the 23mpix dwarf everything else.
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by lolc 3y ago
I still don't understand your choice of words. It feels like you jumped into epistemology at the deep end and don't know how to swim in it. One article that pops up frequently around here is "Reality has a surprising amount
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by lolc 3y ago
I'm sure I want it. Unfortunately my house is too close to the center of my backyard. My neighbours are too close too. Any stray parts would cut into the proceeds of ticket sales to the bunker at the center where you can watch live str
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by lolc 3y ago
I for one would like to see the satellites modified with a heat shield so they could punch through and hit a designated deorbit zone. I would even offer my backyard, but I fear it's too small. Wouldn't that be the ultimate tourist
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by lolc 3y ago
> arbitrarily correcting old measures. Why do you say the correction is arbitrary? Are there papers arguing for corrections in the other direction?
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by lolc 3y ago
I don't like the comparison to gold, because gold just sits there. It's a stable element. Bitcoin needs a variable amount of watts for upkeep. Who is paying for those watts and why? If we're talking about the value of a curre
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by lolc 3y ago
If we take USB4 80 Gbps as a guideline: That's 80 mbit per millisecond. Apple says their goggles have 23 mpixels. So if we multiply by 24 bits for color, transmission has a lower bound of 7 ms per frame. So I agree now that the delay
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by lolc 3y ago
> and only one counter example is needed. From where I stand, you'd need to show it's systematic. One single instance is not enough for me. Because your claims are general, as if they applied to many casinos.
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by lolc 3y ago
Clearly it leads to lower premiums (or higher profits) because many claims are abandoned.
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by lolc 3y ago
I think this is where search engine ads would work. The keyword is Anthem. The message is "File Anthem claims through us. Get paid in no more than 60 days or we waive your $10 fee."
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by lolc 3y ago
Fishing is not the phrase I'd used. Insisting on, maybe.
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by lolc 3y ago
Sure as long as people believe in Bitcoin it will keep existing. Like other currencies. I can see the inertia argument. Why switch when it works. I still don't see the store of value argument when Bitcoin requires such exorbitant amoun
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by lolc 3y ago
Few milliseconds is way off. Over fiber I get sub-milli ping to the datacenters in the same city.
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by lolc 3y ago
Bitcoin doesn't fall in the category of goods though. It's a service. If it stops operating, any "coins" it had allocated are just bits in the wind. Now you may say you should be free to spend money on the horrendous ene
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by lolc 3y ago
Yea if I'm lucky, a lawyer takes me on contingency. That still leaves me with sunk time.
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by lolc 3y ago
Somehow I live in a different reality where my actions have consequences and I think about them. In that reality, free markets are just a tool. To be used when appropriate.
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by lolc 3y ago
One thing I don't get about the "store of value" belief in Bitcoin is: why specifically this chain? It has only network effects going for it. Mindshare is a fickle thing.
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by lolc 3y ago
The vague threat is legal bills.

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