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by paavokoya 10y ago
And yet, Comcast still illegally throttles torrent traffic..
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by paavokoya 10y ago
In regards to "factory honey": I've read a few blogs stating how the combs are pre-fabbed from plastic and something about hive scents and comb wall thickness being thrown off.. But I imagine that's something bees can ad
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by paavokoya 10y ago
The thing about chromecast is the need of a local wi-fi connection. Which I don't have. It's a shame bluetooth isn't more capable in this department.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Although I've been waiting for wireless screen-sharing between TV and PC for a long time, that sounds much more difficult than a simple HDMI cable to my laptop. It's actually one of the reasons I continue to buy laptops.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
I might be pushing an already over-touted product, but the Flow Hive seems to simplify much of the harvesting. I understand some purists are against the notion of "factory honey" but I imagine these style of hives will dominate t
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>You're playing fast and loose with a lot of concepts here I mean, we're talking about global social constructs.. Of course you have to generalize a bit
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by paavokoya 10y ago
NPR is almost as bad as CNN and such, but it's marketed towards intellectuals through linguistics. I noticed whenever they speak on a topic I'm deeply familiar with, they use overly-complicated wordage to get the point across whi
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Reminds me of irl communities where artists and entrepreneurs start local, homegrown businesses (think portland hipster) and then giant corps come in, tear down the old housing, throw up 5-story Ikea condos on every block (along with the wh
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by paavokoya 10y ago
The irony that this guy's extremist view of our current situation is the sort of attitude that leads to authoritarian environments of black and white.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Scapegoats are a hell of a drug
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Yeah, but quality marketing is almost always an isolated story/plot that has nothing to do with any products sold and they throw a logo and name on at the end. Most of these "quality" commercials could swap out products and
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Media 101: Always tell people what they want to hear
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Can confirm, have drunken ethanol before.. the after effects are devastating
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by paavokoya 10y ago
This reminds me of when Mt. Gox was hacked and it was later found out that US Homeland Security officers (who were undercover) stole coins and laundered them through another exchange. Seems like someone in the CFTC wanted some coins for th
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by paavokoya 10y ago
> where the more profitably-abusive an act is, the bigger a fine you'll get for doing it Hahahah... You should do stand-up for Goldman Sachs
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Why is this on front page? Story is 11 days old.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
> New value is created every day by thousands of different sources Value/resources are also lost and/or used up. Inflation is only necessary for an expanding human population.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
> It took more than 1000 years (from Babylon to Archaic Greece) for us to go from writing with only consonants to using vowels for the first time Yeah and it took "us" 60 years from discovering flight to landing a rocket on th
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by paavokoya 10y ago
> you have governments who are determined to avoid a panic at all costs, but the process of panics & financial crises is what sweeps short-term-oriented people out of the market Exactly, which turns these "short term bubbles an
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by paavokoya 10y ago
No, shiny metal has a (mostly guaranteed inflation rate/cannot be printed carelessly) finite supply. Paper (now mostly digital) currency does not.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
I imagine the refugee crisis wouldn't exist. People with computers rarely go outside.. (but seriously they would be able to work remotely much like the Indian tech sector)
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Exaptation is a product of exaptation.. smirks
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>What was unthinkable or even heretical 20-30 years ago is now routine You can see this with the subsequent breakdown of social structure and monetary philosophy. The masses are reaching harmonization through their own voices rather tha
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by paavokoya 10y ago
You're correct. Many have a hard time grasping that currency is not always a governmental endorsed bank note.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>instead of just fixing the inherent flaws with the protocol What are the "inherent flaws"? Seems like the bitcoin blockchain has done its job better than any other blockchain for longer. Also, it's open source.. You can
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by paavokoya 10y ago
Check out my new Chrome Extension that removes any mention of "popular new chrome extension" across all websites !
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>it's the driver behind an entire new product category Yeah.. the "consumer as product" category
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>requiring real names and such If facebook and google have any say, then America will too.
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by paavokoya 10y ago
You could say that the interactivity/3D of VR was an enhancement to the TV.. and therefore not a new medium
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by paavokoya 10y ago
>seems to be nothing more than a weird ritualistic focus on a particular numeric value of a fiat currency That is what gives fiat value though.. If people lose faith or focus, much like a religion, the currency crashes and hyper-inflates

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