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by shit_parade 12y ago
Isn't this exactly what twitter is for?
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by shit_parade 12y ago
plastic bag and tin foil worked for me.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Why anyone would trust any statement made by the American government without providing any supporting evidence is beyond me.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Of related interest is the Op-Ed in the NY Times by ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/opinion/pardon-bush-and-th... It's saddening to read such a two-faced
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by shit_parade 12y ago
a steam valve to relieve pressure keeps the great death machine running smoothly.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
This is an over simplification as some States pay more in taxes then they get in return via various federal pay outs.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
>It seems the EU is stacking the deck against small companies and instead favoring larger organizations that can afford full-time accountants. Or favoring large companies that then sell VAT services to the individual. This is a common ef
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Why don't you just charge more? Let them have their welfare state, just make sure they are ones paying for it.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
mock ZH all you like but they were early to push Ebola, they were early on HFT improprieties, they were early on the Gold fix etc etc.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Which they could of accomplished with a password reset via email.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
When the ECB introduces such things as negative interest rates then yes, sometimes large amounts of capital does essentially sit and do nothing but be savings (in a healthy real-market economy this would naturally reduce interest rates), la
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by shit_parade 12y ago
>There is no simple solution, How do you know, perhaps jail time for executives would work. The problem is there is no simple implementation and to expect a corrupt government to police a corrupt bank is laughable, these people are often
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Banks are complicated shell structures for sure, just look into BIS, a 'central bank' for central banks. However the federal chair is appointed by the white house.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
why would you even bother repeating what the police claim or thought?
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by shit_parade 12y ago
>The presidency itself is not a top-down institution, as many people in the public believe, headed by a president who gives orders and causes the bureaucracy to click its heels and salute. What a bizarre world when an academic will say s
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Nixon took the US off the gold standard, fiat currency controlled by central banks is the real new experiment.
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Sadly your use of the word government is so sickeningly far from the meaning of a constitutional republic, I weep that yes such things do undermine the government (IE the people of the united states of america and not a small military cabal
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by shit_parade 12y ago
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the
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by shit_parade 12y ago
"And I don't go visit other people's apartments at random -- I could but I don't." LOL
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by shit_parade 12y ago
>> " For me the default of "the data doesn't exist" seems more natural to me than trusting everyone to not abuse it." I disagree, the data exists, this is fundamental, we are not going towards data impoverishm
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by shit_parade 12y ago
this guy sounds like an apologist.
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by shit_parade 13y ago
why anyone believed the government could sell a product is beyond me. It's as if all the tech professionals have a blind faith untested by reality.
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by shit_parade 13y ago
hard to know if the 'cost is too high' or not since regulation makes it impossible for companies to compete. Know what cost is too high? State enforced monopolies.
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by shit_parade 13y ago
http://bitcoin.sipa.be/ http://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
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by shit_parade 13y ago
>Couldn't I fairly easily replace "military" with "profession"? No, no you could not, least of why being improper grammar.
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by shit_parade 13y ago
The suspect was a white male. The male gaze. Protip: the male in the story became the robot. And critiques of language usage is the first step to oppression.
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by shit_parade 13y ago
>For one, the SmartMeter system is entirely voluntary, and can be taken out at any time. Lol, this is often how compelled compliance works, you begin with voluntary adoption. This is promising tech but not believing any and all data will
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by shit_parade 13y ago
Silk road did what, 10 million btc over two years?