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by praxeologist 15y ago
I haven't had an eye exam in over a decade but I think that my vision was around 20/20 and I know that my grandfather had better than 20/20. This is probably about right though. I paced off 15 steps until I was about a yard from my monitor
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by praxeologist 15y ago
I'm a lot more negative now than before I posted. Sorry for pointing out the fact that no proof exists that patents encourage innovation. Keep believing fairy tales kids.
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by praxeologist 15y ago
Vote him down but it is true. See: http://blog.mises.org/10217/yet-another-study-finds-patents-... yet somehow people keep repeating this.. He is also right that copyright came out of the desire to censor people. Patents are a relic from
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by praxeologist 15y ago
There's all types of short-run Pocky flavors that won't be at most places in the US, even most Asian groceries. Still, I think that anyone who lives near a Mitsuwa could easily outcompete you without bulk importing and still have a great va
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by praxeologist 15y ago
I wonder how he comes to the conclusion of 9x return. I think that we ought to invest in dragons instead and that they would bring returns in orders of magnitude greater than any space program, plus they live longer. Source: http://blog.mi
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by praxeologist 15y ago
I have no clue if this one article I happened to pull up is accurate or conspiracy wackiness but it says that banks connected to the CIA pull in $10-15 billion in drug money each year. http://omasiali.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/cia%E2%80%99s
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by praxeologist 15y ago
There's always going to be winners and losers, bubbles and busts, but governments playing a role in monetary policy only exacerbates these problems. Recoveries come in spite of intervention in the economy, not as a result of it. See Rothbar
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by praxeologist 15y ago
I don't understand the situation well enough to say if it is a "money grab" or not, but it seems like another good reason to abolish intellectual property.
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by praxeologist 15y ago
"It has been often said that the science is settled on the issue of CO2 and climate. Let me put this claim to rest with a simple one-letter proof that it is false. The letter is s, the one that changes model into models. If the science wer
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by praxeologist 15y ago
Like someone said, you can find people to buy BTC with Dwolla in the #bitcoin-otc channel on freenode. The order book doesn't show much now but you might still find people there willing to buy if you want more cash sooner and more safely th