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by pmiller2 6y ago
I understand why there needs to be a limited amount of any currency unit. It's because currency is for conducting transactions involving resources which are also limited. What I don't understand is why you think scarcity implies
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Nothing more than a fringe hobby.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What is difficult to understand about "the board of governors is directly accountable to Congress?"
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Right, but, apparently editing Wikipedia and improving OSM aren't things you approve of someone receiving UBI doing. I'm guessing there are other things people would be enabled to do by UBI that you wouldn't approve of as we
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by pmiller2 6y ago
So, basically, you just don't like what you think people would do with their time, if given the chance because they're not chained to a job? Sorry if this sounds overly confrontational, but I couldn't think of a more civil w
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by pmiller2 6y ago
You are arguing a minor, irrelevant, and largely incorrect point of semantics. > Who owns the Federal Reserve? > The Federal Reserve System is not "owned" by anyone. The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 by the Federal Res
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by pmiller2 6y ago
> ...a life of vanity, where they help no one more than themselves. This is what most people do anyway . So, what's the problem?
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Then, what does "Wealth inequality and social unrest in America is DIRECTLY related to corrupt and/or incompetent (you choose) Fed policies," mean?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Well, considering how the comment literally says "Wealth inequality and social unrest in America is DIRECTLY related to corrupt and/or incompetent (you choose) Fed policies," you'll forgive me for disagreeing.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Potato, potatoe. Who do you think controls "the Fed?" Cui bono ? Your comment would also imply that before there was such a thing as a Federal Reserve, income and wealth inequality didn't exist. This is false.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
So what if it's scarce? Why should I be transacting using a record of someone's solution to a useless math problem to begin with? You haven't answered my question at all. As for it "not depreciating," I claim that
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Computers (other than smart phones) aren't really fashion accessories, though. They're tools. Just like you don't see people upgrading their vacuum cleaner every year, I'm sure most people won't be upgrading their
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What are these "fundamentals" you speak of? Why should I pay anything at all for a record of the fact that someone, sometime in the past solved a useless math problem?
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Well, that makes a lot of sense, because the chicken pox virus is in the herpesvirus family.
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Helicopter parenting aside, those kids are probably better off for it, too.
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Did you notice that Guido was one of the authors of the pattern matching PEP?
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Study: More evidence health care cost-sharing doesn't work(axios.com)
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by pmiller2 6y ago
This incident, as well as the earlier Frito Lay sweepstakes that was also hacked by Caltech students, was famously referenced in the movie Real Genius : https://filmschoolrejects.com/5-brilliant-things-you-should-...
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by pmiller2 6y ago
It's more like no politician wants to be seen as "soft on crime," and this carries over to "soft on criminals." Doing anything to help people in prison once they get out is politically risky in a lot of places. J
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Discussed earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26031110
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They already did! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits#Plot
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Reminds me of every company I've ever worked for.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I get that. But, you can still reach a lot of people for $1100. Dallas has a population of ~1.3M, and Manhattan has a population of ~1.6M. And, I expect that copies of the WSJ bought in Manhattan might filter out to the other 4 boroughs.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
How exactly would you conduct a nutrition study to the "necessary level of rigor needed to draw a definitive conclusion?" The most interesting studies are the ones that follow people long term, and you can't exactly force pe
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by pmiller2 6y ago
TIL it costs less to take out a 1/4 page ad in the WSJ than I would have thought. But, as to this man's complaint, I agree. Internet speeds in general are just too slow. I think the problem stems from two things: 1. ISPs, partic
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by pmiller2 6y ago
No, the "food pyramid" is different. It's an absolute lie based on no research whatsoever. See https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rebuilding-the-fo...
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No soap, radio.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Whoops. s/examples/algorithms/
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Not true. https://www.spacejam.com/ Has been up and unmodified since 1996.
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Third base!

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