oreo81

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by oreo81 9y ago
>For me government is about taking care of the sick, poor and vulnerable as much as taking care of wannabe millionairs. You're free to donate as much of your income to people in need as you want, but you need to stop thinking you sh
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by oreo81 9y ago
>getting very sick or hurt shouldn't cause you to lose your entire livelihood. We've had great mechanism to address this, namely insurance and savings. The underlying principle here is planning ahead, and sacrificing some of t
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by oreo81 9y ago
California is doing well economically? No it's not.
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by oreo81 9y ago
That's why you don't store assets on coinbase...the whole point of crypto is that it allows you to be in exclusive control of your assets. Why is that so hard to understand?
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by oreo81 9y ago
Is that a joke?
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by oreo81 9y ago
You're one of the few that isn't blind.
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by oreo81 9y ago
Which is fine until they decide to freeze your assets.
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by oreo81 9y ago
Wait, an armed robber killed a police officer and only got 18 years?
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by oreo81 9y ago
>Their first instinct shouldn't be to fire first to save their own skin. I agree with this, however, do you realize that the officers were told this was a hostage situation? I think in this case they were thinking about the hostage
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by oreo81 9y ago
So are you saying that people need protection from themselves because they're too stupid to realize that they're being manipulated?
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by oreo81 9y ago
That's your opinion, what makes you the judge of other peoples social contributions?
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by oreo81 9y ago
They are, HN is very liberal. That's why bitcoin catches so much hate around here.
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by oreo81 9y ago
Because you're blindly assuming we'll have a break through in battery technology in the next 100 years. Shrugging off a shortage of lithium as a non issue because we'll just come up with something better is irresponsible.
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by oreo81 9y ago
Yes things are better than they used to be. People living in bad neighborhoods spending time and money on entertainment need to prioritize better.
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by oreo81 9y ago
They're rich in the first place because they've contributed more to society than other people.
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by oreo81 9y ago
In the US "poverty" now includes access to netflix. Poverty has absolutely gotten better in the US over the years.
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by oreo81 9y ago
I see it as the exact opposite.
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by oreo81 9y ago
>By the time this will be a problem in 100 years, we'll have long moved to something else, like graphene or whatever. That is a big assumption, and honestly irresponsible.
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by oreo81 9y ago
That "magic" threshold that fiat operates on is a group of people(fed gov) with guns that force it onto people, and will literally imprison you if you don't. Some people consider this oppressive and would like for it to chan
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by oreo81 9y ago
Bitcoin works on a concept called a block-chain; which is essentially a publicly available ledger of transactions. Since this block-chain is distributed around the world, no central party is in control over the wealth represented by the tr
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by oreo81 9y ago
Intentions do matter though, it's not about the money to some people. Some people understand how revolutionary a decentralized economy would be and want to take part in trying to implement something they believe in. If it's all
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by oreo81 9y ago
Just stop, you have no idea their intentions so don't assume they're gambling.
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by oreo81 9y ago
Why? Do you think google adwords is unfair to companies that don't pay for ads?
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by oreo81 9y ago
To summarize: I and many of my friends have made poor life decisions and It's all my parents fault!
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by oreo81 9y ago
Visa has charge fees of 1.5%-2.5%...
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by oreo81 9y ago
Visa actually has charge fees of 1.5%-2.5%....
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by oreo81 9y ago
So if someone would acquire more wealth than this "limit" you think it's okay to steal it from them? How is theft morally acceptable?
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by oreo81 9y ago
You're just assuming that no one can see trends more effectively than you. The reality is that you have no idea how other people see the world, people could be way ahead of you and you'll never know it.
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by oreo81 9y ago
The whole point is that computers can't use injuries as a data point. This strategy won't work in any sport that can have the injury factor calculated by a computer.
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by oreo81 9y ago
>for all practical purposes, it really isn't. Venezuela would like to have a word.

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