reefoctopus

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by reefoctopus 8y ago
It's dscrimination by definition if you're throwing out resumes based on the color of someone's skin and what is between their legs. You can argue all you want that it isn't illegal, but that doesn't make it any les
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by reefoctopus 8y ago
Is there significantly more crime in developed nations where prisons focus on actual rehabilitation as opposed to punishment (so you don’t feel like a sucker)?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Buy a reverse osmosis system that you don’t have to install. They have them at Bulk Reef Supply for $100. Get one with a built in tds meter. It’s worth it. They come with every adapter you might need. I started using mine for drinking water
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
What is being omitted in this case that invalidates the story?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Do you have a source for that Bobby Fischer anecdote? I’ve read several biographies, and I’ve never heard it mentioned that he had trouble memorizing openings. There were, however, quite a few stories that suggest he had perfect recall.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
I don’t see a problem with that as long as everyone takes the same test. An individual’s skills are not bound by the race and gender to which they belong.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
I was offered a salary. They waited until the day I started to explain that I would be paid an hourly wage based on a 50 hour week with time and a half for the overtime. I would have to clock out for lunch. I walked straight out of there an
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Sheriffs literally get to keep the money left over from the prison food budget in Alabama. https://thinkprogress.org/in-alabama-prisons-the-less-sherif...
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
They claim there is a bug in production that was not present on testing servers, and they are having trouble tracking it down.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Pretend alice bought bitcoin for $10. Alice sells to bob when it reaches $1,000. The price is currently $13,500. Alice gained $990. Who lost $990?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Why do you think it would have any effect? It’s still a comparatively tiny market.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda threatens the foundation of American democracy.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
“A Fast and Scalable Payment Network with Bitcoin Duplex Micropayment Channels” https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/716b955c130e6c703fac336ea17b...
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
What do the people who understand blockchains but not monetary theory get so wrong?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Care to share some of your insights, or did you post solely to tell everyone how smart you are?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
The energy is used to secure the network. The marginal cost per transaction is 0. Scaling solutions will improve the energy used per transaction.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
You could say the same thing about Goldman Sachs.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Isn't ripple centralized?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
I can change my cellphone provider, but there is only one ISP in my area. Competition doesn’t bring down prices when there is none.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Korean exchanges are 0 fee.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Wordpress is used by more than 1/4 of all websites. Is that dead?
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Feel free to provide examples of the double standard.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
> the main change from one year to the next was intensively planting more and more acres of corn and soy, churning up the soil and using ever more chemical fertilizers and herbicides to try and turn a profit.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/166237...
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
I'm penalized about 15% of my revenue every month due to invalid traffic. 99% of the traffic is organic, and google doesnt give me any idea where this invalid traffic is coming from.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
They are never entirely passive, and revenue can drop precipitously very quickly.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
You can't sue them due to arbitration clauses.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
I have trouble coding while people are looking at me. It is distracting and prevents me from getting in the zone. Unless I can wheel my desk into a private office it still sounds terrible.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
Bitcoin cash has an adjustable block size up to 8MB. Segwit2X is the upcoming fork with 2MB blocks on legacy bitcoin.
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by reefoctopus 9y ago
It is not, but you might want to dollar cost average in.

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