pennaMan

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by pennaMan 5y ago
The old class based way of doing things was a slap in the face for anyone expecting a "reactive functional ui library" and it put me off react until they did the proper hooks implementation.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
how is "Today at x pm" an absolute timestamp?
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Can you expand on that?
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>80% of people couldn't distinguish I.V. cocaine from I.V. caffeine in some study I am unable to locate at the moment That is complete bullshit.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Searching "Barcelona" I get the wikipedia for Barcelona city on position 2.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Yes, for energy production . GPUs do not have a CO2 byproduct.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
You are correct. I suggest you look up the paper Stasohi Nakamoto published about a proposed solution for a mechanism of enforcement :)
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by pennaMan 5y ago
If you really want to mock novel technology, at least show some basic understanding first. It's "something something decentralized proof of trust" ;)
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Are you argumenting in good faith that somehow I said that violent crimes should be solved by mathematics? I said that the legal system works not because of it's complexities or how authoritative the costumes of law enforcement or judg
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by pennaMan 5y ago
What is the virtue that I am signaling? Is the ability to have objective opinions outside of the socio-cultural mythology a virtue? To give another perspective on my "the current legal system exclusively works via the use of force&quot
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by pennaMan 5y ago
What virtue am I signalling? Are objective observations about how the world and society functions considered some kind of virtue now? I was responding to the argument that "courts" and "fellow citizens" make the legal sy
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>It’s the whole complex web of laws and regulations that created these policies that make them real, and the people (your fellow citizens) who have collectively decided to run society by these rules. Don't forget the whole violent k
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>This is presented as an ownership record for the media, often with no legal basis Ah yes, the mystical "legal basis" meaning that a nation state can use violence and kidnapping to enforce ownership in whatever way it sees fit
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>sex with my girlfriend only gets my heart rate into the mid 90s Either you're an elite athlete with a low resting heart rate or your girlfriends heart rate gets signifincally higher than yours :)
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by pennaMan 5y ago
What is the point of fiat money other than greed? And we are talking about currencies and the utility of said currencies. About the governing structures and operating costs of those currencies. Looking at USD, a well accepted traditional cu
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by pennaMan 5y ago
What is a real currency? Is USD real? If so, why? The mining of the USD is oil extraction, especially in war-torn or human rights abusing countries. Why aren't we talking how the US economy is based on extracting and selling and specul
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by pennaMan 5y ago
We would then first need to define what "real reason" means
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>With a technology that is extremely damaging to the entire planet for no reason You mean energy production? Do you apply the same standards to threads about personal vehicles? Or for that matter, energy consuming/producing technolo
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by pennaMan 5y ago
And surely people enjoyed a meal before mastering use of fire, so what good is technology anyway?
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>except bitcoin and tether Tether is a smart contract itself
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Tribalism is a huge factor in the popularity of course. It's interesting, growing up, I had friends with a hobby for supporting particular footbal teams in my city. And of course rival team supporters couldn't really be friends, t
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by pennaMan 5y ago
When FIFA permits cybernetic implants for players I'll be interested in the marker the competition will yeild.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Organizing an event of such scale leads to corrupt goverments having a lot of spending to embezzle funds out of. Yes, it is important for some goverments. But not for the reasons you aspire it to be.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>payment systems You mean monopolisitc central payment systems like visa and mastercard that can push to deny service to a legal business like onlyfans on random religious grounds? >any online game Last time I checked the economy of w
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Why is deciding what nation has the best ball kickers relevant to anything at all let alone be an exercise of power to hold said competition?
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by pennaMan 5y ago
Crypto is all about decentralized proof of trust yet somehow this eludes people who should know better. Please show me how you solve decentralized proof of trust (double spend) with postgres. Indeed, crime did have a need for anonymous proo
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>From a technical point of view, sufficient progress has been made The ancient greeks used to think that they have reached the pinnacle of human progress and that there is no use for further developments because of how comfy life has got
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by pennaMan 5y ago
That s like arguing that because things like scrum masters are a thing in the software world then the whole software industry is valuless bullshit
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by pennaMan 5y ago
The community doing things around the ethereum / smart contracts world are certainly on the building things side of things yet they are met with the same cynical skepticism around these parts.
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by pennaMan 5y ago
>The world is a much better place without enforcement of "ownership". Then you will have no problem if I move in with you, kick you out of the house you own then charge rent on your house?

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