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by sentenza 13y ago
A currency that on average increases its value over time means creating an income flow without any risk. So all other investment options have to be that much more attractive to offset their attached risk. There will always be some investmen
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by sentenza 13y ago
This is a golden opportunity to see cultural differences in the Western World. I remember distinctly that, at the height of the first Gulf War, a large communal childrens party that I (then a child) wanted to go to was cancelled, because it
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by sentenza 13y ago
Oh man, I started reading about this 20 minutes ago, and now already have a mental image of the landing platform that I'll install on the roof of my house. They probably didn't say anything about when this will come to rural Germa
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What is the punishment for helping somebody to hold a person captive in their basement? The sentence should be that times sixhundred (how many wrongful convictions she caused, number might rise yet).
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It is not my experience that there is a strong connection between whether or not a PhD student is "brilliant" and his staying in or leaving academia. The most important factors for your future academic career are intelligence, men
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by sentenza 13y ago
This is all nice and well, but here on the ground, the NSA scandal has really bad consequences for tech companies. Do you know what it is like to live in a jurisdiction where you are actually liable for what happens to the data of your user
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by sentenza 13y ago
But infuriatingly, the NSA scandal is causing technical trouble with my (our?) actual primary source of income, but is practically banned from HN. If the NSA is "too political" for HN, then Bitcoin is "too get rich quick with
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by sentenza 13y ago
I find it funny that the comment police seems to think the NSA scandal is over, when it is in fact very much alive and kicking over here in Europe. Mainstream press is reporting and new things come to light every day. On top of that, the sc
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by sentenza 13y ago
No, you have it wrong. Early detection _generates_ them money, since they can mark up your insurance fees. Whoever reads this, be careful before having your DNA tested. In some countries (as, for instance my native Germany) you have the leg
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No. With current economic circumstances, many have the choice to work there or to not work at all. In construction jobs you have steadily-changing tasks and work in fresh air/the sun. It might be more physically straining, but it is ce
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by sentenza 13y ago
However, the null hypothesis here should be clearly: The NSA is SN. Crypto knowledge? Check. Ability to hide identity? Check. Cultural expertise? Check. Everything else that could possibly be needed? Check!
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by sentenza 13y ago
In principle, it is good to go where the community is. Let's just hope they don't get slowed down too much by the questions police.
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by sentenza 13y ago
But it is not that black and white, is it? While it is quite clear that Bitcoin has "value" as long as people are willing to trade it (i.e., indefinitely), there is still no reason to assume that it will ever stop having these ext
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by sentenza 13y ago
No. All significant 'real world' currencies are tied to the economy of a nation-state or nation-state-like entity. Bitcoin et al are free-floating in that regard. To see how this makes a difference, consider what would happen if o
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by sentenza 13y ago
When the whole bitcoin craziness started, I decided to go with Pascal's Wager and participate in a small way. (Note that I'm very sceptical on the whole cryptocurrency thing.) My assumption was that, if bitcoin doesn't blow u
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by sentenza 13y ago
Or if one of those people that hold massive amounts of bitcoins decides to sell 10% of their holdings, thus accidentally flooding the market. There is no need for the crypto to be broken to have a crash.
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by sentenza 13y ago
Also, as far as I know, there is no reason to assume that Bitcoin will ever stop being extremely volatile. Due to the in-built deflation of the currency, the main incentive is to hold the coins until some value is reached and then sell them
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I don't know about the US, but professional swipe-card fraud is something that the average European will typically have read about in their local newspaper by now. It is extremely common.
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Aging will affect France less than most other EU countries, since it has relatively high birthrates. In particular, Germany and Italy have horribly low birthrates and should be affected much more by this. Since internal trade and capital fl
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This was the reason I stopped reading it. You have to remember that "over here" in Europe it was very clear how weak the case for going to war was even before the attack had started. I wonder if Colin Powell knew that he was throw
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by sentenza 13y ago
About time. The standing of the UK with the rest of Europe has been damaged further by this. IMO, the long term damage from the spying scandal will be much worse for the UK than for the US.
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by sentenza 13y ago
Dude, you made the right choice. Just because things have been heading up for many Bitcoin users doesn't mean it's not speculation. Bitcoin will always have large value fluctuations since it is, unlike "real world" curre
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In the Litvinenko case it was probably used as a signature, since there are very few entities on this planet that can actually obtain a sufficient amount of the isotope. The assumption is that the assassin wanted everybody to know who gave
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by sentenza 13y ago
It was established at the Nürnberg trials that "just following orders" is not an excuse. In the German army, you are not punished for disobeying orders that violate human dignity and you have the legal _obligation_ to disobey any
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A thought that I am somewhat scared of is this: What does the non-techie person do when their job disappears as a result of an entire industry collapsing? The collapse of an industry used to take decades but now can happen within a five-yea
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And yet I find that his work is not the thing I need most of the time. And even when I want some Bach, I mostly resort to the excellent "jazzy" interpretations of Jaques Loussier[1]. Gangnam Style is brilliant. You can watch it do
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Same can be said for West Germany. The horror stories are overwhelmingly from the former East Germany and Berlin. I'm not trying to defend what is going on "over there", but you have to realize that Germany is, in many respec
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Actually, for me personally, there are some parts of American culture that scare me because they are so similar to things that were once found in mine. A personal favorite is this: Do you trust the police or fear them? In cozy central Europ
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by sentenza 13y ago
When I read the headline, my first thought was: "Well, _I_ alread switched over some time ago." Then after reading your comment, I remembered that my complete switchover was triggered by the default version switch in my primary ma
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by sentenza 13y ago
Wow. 11%. That's abysmal. I would have expected that from some of those places here in Europe where female workplace participation in general is low. But in the US? That is surprising.

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