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by snarf21 5y ago
Because crypto isn't usable and never will be. It isn't built to handle processing charges of $0.30 plus 3% on a $10 transaction and that it what it is competing with. Instead it is simply speculation and gambling and pump & d
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by snarf21 5y ago
I frankly really hate how these buzzwords get through around. It isn't guaranteed and it isn't a program. We'll all go farther if we just be honest about what it is. You can't get any real learnings when you know it is g
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree we seem to have lost empathy. I think the thing the pseudonymous internet provides is lack of consequences for incivility. People will say far more hateful things in a FB post than they would to another human two feet away who can y
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by snarf21 5y ago
That might be true now, but very soon you won't be able to buy a SIM without AML/KYC laws kicking in. We will be living in a complete surveillance state in our lifetimes.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Free speech is freedom from the government not allowing citizens to publicly speak dissenting opinions. I'm not guaranteed the right to be on the front page of the NYTimes. We already legally restrict some speech: you can't yell
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by snarf21 5y ago
It is hard to get the general public to care about privacy when they post pictures of every meal and share every thought and emotion they have with no filter.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Would you be making the same statement if covid hadn't happened? I think companies realized that net net, JIT is more profitable and they'll worry about the outliers when/if they happen.
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think it is still important to Angels. Angels want to invest in people/teams that are "like" them. They are more likely to trust other country club types that they assume have the same background and social circles they do.
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by snarf21 5y ago
There are several things: * The corruption in the unions gets a lot of press, now and historically. * There are lots of stories where union workers can't be fired so they just sleep at their desk. * We don't have good worker prote
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by snarf21 5y ago
Sure but so what. It is a question of how sustainable. Cutting 2x4s from pine trees still use a lot of non-sustainable energy sources. Saws burn gas and so do the trucks of the people who cut them down, so do the trucks that hall the logs
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree with you and it is usually down-voted. We humans are way too selfish of a species to live sustainably with 9 billion. We really just need fewer people for sustainability. This is why I don't understand the plan to go to Mars. W
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by snarf21 5y ago
My assumption is that some rural Marylanders want to live in a red state without having to move.
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This is such garbage. Literally, no good can come from this.
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is a "no such thing as bad publicity" political tact. If the case doesn't go forward because, you know, the actual 1st amendment, then the next response will be how he is being cancelled by the liberal media. This is mos
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by snarf21 5y ago
Yeah, this is an evolutionary adaptation. Even long ago the world had too many stimulus and we develop patters of how to handle different types of situations. This is talked about extensively in the book, "Thinking, fast and slow&quo
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by snarf21 5y ago
Isn't this really just a Google > Alphabet kind of change? I assume there will be a new umbrella that FB, IG and WApp will just be things inside as well as pushing things like Oculus at more of a separate concern.
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If I remember correctly, this was in the context of Chevy Chase with the point being that Chevy never figured it out and has been an a$$ ever since.
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by snarf21 5y ago
That's great for him but it kinda defeats the point of the blockchain being censorship resistant. And there have been tons of these like the DAO rollback. If a handful of people can just change the rules anytime they want, what's
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by snarf21 5y ago
Yeah, and the midwest will be next. Agriculture at scale has really destroyed our aquafiers.
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No, you would also need to slice by top net worth percentage inside of each age group. You need to compare the percentage of people in each percentile because average/median are going to obscure the disparity. I'd bet that half th
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by snarf21 5y ago
I was assuming they would be even higher. However, look at the economic damage being done by things like the opioid epidemic or the lives lost from these lies inside Boeing. We spend hundreds of billions on boondoggles, it doesn't seem
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by snarf21 5y ago
We really need a funded and functioning SEC and FTC. They have failed us in the 21st century. However, breaking things up won't be a panacea. It worked in the past but even spinning out Instagram won't open up much space for an In
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by snarf21 5y ago
It could be a factor for sure. I don't think campaign finance reform will ever happen but whistle blower could. I've given up hope on the altruistic billionaire to do things the government is reluctant to.
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I think the other approach is to have more corporate whistle blower programs with teeth and upside. In a case like this, lots of people knew everything wasn't on the up and up. But it is hard to get someone to understand something when
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by snarf21 5y ago
Yeah, everyone wants dollar stores but forgets that they only exist because of exploiting foreign labor. If we made the same garbage here, it would cost a lot lot more. And eventually, this will be done via automation and the jobs will disa
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by snarf21 5y ago
And literally protected by the 1st amendment.
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You are right and the problem is that it is so cheap and extremely profitable for these businesses at scale. In my opinion, the only way out is to start taxing all digital ad revenue. All these services are specifically constructed to creat
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree that they are lots of bad things about our excessive consumerism. Given human nature, I don't expect that to change at scale without a world event. There is one positive to the deliveries that is often overlooked. The energy us
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by snarf21 5y ago
That is an interesting way to describe it and makes a lot of sense. One thing that I see discussed a lot is a question of value. Engineers message each other across the day lots of times and it causes the same multitasking issues and break
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Except in the biggest of cities, Walmarts tend to be outside the downtown and poorer areas that need this service. Those areas do have walkable post offices. Some people don't understand how expensive it is to be poor. In lots of this

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