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by seppin 8y ago
Because one bad thing erases the second. Nice false choice, you can be against western imperialism (which doesn't exist anymore) and Chinese economic exploitation and loan enslavement (which is just getting started)
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by seppin 8y ago
Best case scenario is that they convince people to treat their thing with value in their sandbox to reduce fees and improve performance for a specific business case (B-2-B payments for example). Or in the case of JPM Coin, they back it with
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by seppin 8y ago
Nope you can't, unless you can convince everyone else that "thing" is just as good, and can be exchanged for USD at any time, which it can't.
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by seppin 8y ago
None, but it's blockchain so it gets a thread on HN
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by seppin 8y ago
They aren't issuing loans with JPM Coins, because those coins would have to either be transferred into USD by the loanee or accepted as currency by the school, home seller, etc. Which won't happen.
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by seppin 8y ago
Exactly, how much does the EPA cost enforcing clean air and water standards?
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by seppin 8y ago
Central Banks are independent from politics for a reason.
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by seppin 8y ago
> The context we we're talking about was specifically taken in terms of intelligence. Or "potential". If you want to make the argument that intelligence potential is affected by your ethnicity, you are free to do so, thoug
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by seppin 8y ago
they most certainly do not, because they are more concerned with their own survival.
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by seppin 8y ago
The whole point about refugees is you don't know what they will become, especially children.
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by seppin 8y ago
> At this price you're paying for recognisability and affluence signalling. Give it a rest, Apple makes great hardware with great software. That's why people buy it, nothing to do with being cool.
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by seppin 8y ago
I tried to love them, ears would hurt after a few hours of wear. Airpods are so comfortable I forget they are in.
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by seppin 8y ago
> If you're on a streak of calls, you can charge one AirPod at a time to stay connected. Does this work? Nice tip, thanks
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by seppin 8y ago
lol nowhere that's the point
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by seppin 8y ago
> Also, presuming you're also not a fan of Trump, would you then advocate for all tourism to the USA to cease? It has fallen off a cliff under Trump
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by seppin 8y ago
You do know that "American" is shorthand for citizen of the USA in everywhere else in the world, right?
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by seppin 8y ago
In more ways than one, yes.
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by seppin 8y ago
We trust our friends and family, our tribe. Something shared on Facebook by an uncle is more trusted than a maliciously researched article on the New York Times.
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by seppin 8y ago
It was the local gov that let them off, it was them that hired the group. Being an American national doesn't mean you work for the US Gov.
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by seppin 8y ago
If the US Gov was dumb enough to hire them, then they would act in the same way.
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by seppin 8y ago
Well, what does he have to lose?
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by seppin 8y ago
InternetofShit is starting to kill people..
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by seppin 8y ago
damn.
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by seppin 8y ago
> and another to be spied on by people you regard as friends. and with life or death consequences. Are people really comparing the KGB to Facebook and PRISM?
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by seppin 8y ago
In the country with the highest value per user to advertisers, yes i'd say this is a huge deal.
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by seppin 8y ago
extensions. also it was faster a while back, now it's about the same.
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by seppin 8y ago
Back then, it was way less. Today, Google and Facebook surveil you.
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by seppin 8y ago
Stick your head out your car window at lunch time in Mountain View :)
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by seppin 8y ago
Yeah but stereotypes
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by seppin 8y ago
And a country can be leading in both statistics

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