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by smokeyj 10y ago
Take TheDAO for example. The operating agreement and equity distribution is codified on the ethereum blockchain. "Who leads the company" is a global set of public key holders that can direct the contract in real time. Now, this is
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I have no idea what you're talking about..
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Finance. The world doesn't need the SEC and SOX and the rest of their unnecessary services. Human organization doesn't begin when you qualify for Reg D therefore everything related to financial instruments is about to be codified
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How terrible. Others want access to the same opportunities we have.
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Agreed. Ideally a diary with a strong lock.
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And violent depictions are violent. I wouldn't recommend Kill Bill to a child because the gore isn't real.
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> One of the scientists who was paid by the sugar industry was D. Mark Hegsted, who went on to become the head of nutrition at the United States Department of Agriculture, where in 1977 he helped draft the forerunner to the federal gover
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Today Zuck censors for America, tomorrow it's the royal saudi family. This isn't a reasonable compromise. Reasonable is having the offended disconnect their internet and resign from society so they can live in their curated bubble
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Yet we make no distinction between theatrical nudity and actual nudity.
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> but my experience has been that the majority of people I've spoken with simply do not care to understand the impact that one candidate being elected over another may have on their lives Here's the impact. If you vote for my t
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But what does the attack get you? Sure you could mine empty blocks and double spend, but that would hardly be worth the investment. Besides, if payment processors detect the hashing rate doubling overnight they can simply require more confi
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News companies have tools to help schedule advertisements in ways that don't make the advertiser look bad (airing a segment on oil spills then don't advertise BP). While advertisers don't explicitly ask media companies not to
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Isn't cryptography a controlled export?
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> and aren't particularly sympathetic to the "b...but I'm technically correct!" stance. That stance is called the rule of law and being technically correct matters. That's the whole point of that court thing. ht
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> Though the FAA released its final rules for drone operations in June, deliveries still aren't allowed. However, Alphabet has reportedly been testing them in the US anyway, skirting the regulations via a NASA waiver You see, all Am
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Something about Zuck just seems inauthentic and robotic. Maybe the style of writing makes it sound like a sponsored PR piece, or maybe it's the incessant corporate speak. I suspect the reality is Zuck is a strong CEO and weak innovator
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Not exactly sure the point you're making, but I really enjoy Paul Grahams essay on the topic of identity. http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html > Most people reading this will already be fairly tolerant. But there
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> If you are a member of a disadvantaged group Short, fat, scrawny, aging, young, poor, immigrant, religious, atheist, nose-picker. Maybe identifying as a card carrying member of a "disadvantaged" group isn't the healthies
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I use this window snapper for Mac. Very polished and costs a dollar in the app store: http://magnet.crowdcafe.com/
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> Google could decide to suddenly stop displaying links to the webpages of companies in your country This is the crux of your argument. Google already pulled out of China because of prohibitive regulation which makes my point exactly .
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What's your point. That space exploration is in principle a good investment? That investing in lowing the cost of living is a bad investment? You're a little sparse on details.
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Whoa dude. Take a breath and maybe explain your argument in a little more detail? If Google is allowed to display whatever they want they can obliterate your local economy? Details please..
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We live in a world full of many pressing issues. My google results page is not one of them. What I'd like to know is - how did these regulators prioritize their backlog in such a way that this is the current priority - and everything
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Let's fight the prospect of genocide with an authoritarian fascist regime that seeks to control your speech with a secretive dragnet surveillance apparatuses. People crack me up sometimes..
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I think the inevitable future will be more integrated than just walking past a storefront. Think virtual poke-prizes with your happy meal. Training gyms at coffee-shops. Battle night at your pizza shop. Plus the inevitable market for items
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> That's the value school has When you say value, are you talking about the economic type? Because Susie here is probably better off focusing on her music career than learning long division. I don't see how you can analyze valu
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You're describing a bodyguard that might kill you if there's a higher bidder. And your solution is to give the bodyguard more power. Dude. I just want you to consider that your relationship with said bodyguard is abusive and preve
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So lobbying is the equivalent of murder.. but the party accepting the bribe.. that was entrusted to protect you from murderers.. should not go to prison? Frankly, in this picture you've painted, I'm not sure what the point of th
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Why are economists being polled? Is it because economics is such a dismal science it requires populism to claim the moral high ground? Does this mean I can officially be smug to those pesky UBI supporters?
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I'd be more interested in quantifying productivity and seeing if there's a systematic discrepancy between productivity and gender. Either the market is accurately pricing talent or there's a delta to be exploited. I think if

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