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by snitko 11y ago
Non conformity is not something you choose as a tool (if you're a thinking adult of course). It's a consequence of your beliefs and reasoning, which you will not give up no matter the benefits.
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by snitko 11y ago
I know it's kind of sad and I honestly wish all the luck to the BitPay guys - it's not an easy situation. However, this is why we've built Mycelium Gear: we don't hold merchant's money at all and anyone who wants to
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by snitko 11y ago
Mycelium.com is looking for a senior frontend developer proficient in Angular.js with 3+ years of experience [REMOTE] Required skills: - Javascript - Angular.js - html - css - git - basic Linux CLI skills - writing unit tests & practici
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by snitko 11y ago
So, I'm from Russia. In Russia, there's a great variety of cheap taxis, great mobile apps with reviews, gps location of taxis and stuff like that. Very good infrastructure. All simply because government doesn't regulate that.
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by snitko 11y ago
And yet people choose to use them and pay them money. But no, we must protect those willing customers from the dangers of doing business freely and having an actuall choice, instead of paying extra to a violent monopoly of taxi drivers who&
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by snitko 11y ago
The problem isn't that Greece cannot repay the debt. The real problem is that the people of Greece were indebted by the politicians whom most of them didn't even vote for. And those who did vote for them, were not fully aware of t
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by snitko 11y ago
That's not an argument. That's a preference to which you'd like to forcefully subject people who disagree with you.
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by snitko 11y ago
There is one difference. When you have a government, it indebts people, who do not necessarily agree or understand the terms and the consequences. You cannot reasonably argue that because 50% voted for that government, 100% should face the
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by snitko 11y ago
Now, let's extend your idea. Everyone can vote with their dollars for what they want to have in their lives! That way, no one is forced to use products or services someone else imposes on them. Now wouldn't that be the fairest sys
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by snitko 11y ago
> Actually where the country controls its currency the effects are totally different and if the ECB could certainly step in for tiny Greece if there was a will. It's the same thing. If you don't have enough money in the bank to
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by snitko 11y ago
Unfortunately, it's neither. The debtors in this case are the people of Greece, yet the ones who got them indebted are politicians, who misled the population into believing that the expenses the government had were sustainable. Even mo
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by snitko 11y ago
5. Encryption as part of the core protocol, always on.
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by snitko 11y ago
I almost never downvote anyone, actually, and I would be happy if that information could be made public somehow. People downvoting you were others and I have absolutely no idea who they are. I don't know how can you "judge" t
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by snitko 11y ago
You fail to understand the insult because you don't value liberty and individualism. When you say "it's their country" it is misleading. It's as much theirs as it is the other's person who lives next to them an
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by snitko 11y ago
It takes one to be in those shoes to see how despicable and humiliating the process of getting a visa is. If you were told you should tell your friends to vote better next time just so they can see you, I'd love to know how that would
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by snitko 11y ago
I do not approve of collectivism, not even in law and order. When you say "laws exist" who are you to decide why they exist? I for one think they exist (in the current, monopolized form) to control the general population while eli
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by snitko 11y ago
I will tell you exactly how the world works. You have poor people in poor countries working crazy hours in slave-like conditions. Then the rich countries and businesses come out and say "oh, but they are better off because at least tha
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by snitko 11y ago
Yes. Many things in the world exist because the majority thinks it's a good idea. Doesn't mean it is. 200 years ago the majority thought slavery was ok. I'm still yet to see anyone who'd convince me why is it that I need
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by snitko 11y ago
It is an absolute disgrace that people are limited in their ability to travel where they want to simply because they happened to be born in a certain place. If you look at that and don't see how this is basically a prison system, you a
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by snitko 11y ago
While that's part of it, the true for no accountability is no feedback mechanism usually present in the market. I can't just unsubscribe from the police department if I'm not satisfied with the quality of services I receive.
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by snitko 12y ago
Why would they suffer? If you are concerned with your safety and trust the government vetting process, you are free to use government-licenced taxi services exclusively.
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by snitko 12y ago
Am I not a part of the society? If I am, why is it that some part of the society, however big, is telling me how to spend my own money if it doesn't actually affect them at all? It is my choice whether to insure myself or not. It is th
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by snitko 12y ago
Notice how you constantly say "I want". What if I, on the other hand, don't want to know those things and am simply concerned with the price, prepared to take a risk here? What right on earth do you have to tell other people
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by snitko 12y ago
I'm sorry, you're not addressing my point. If passengers in Germany didn't think Uber was useful to them, they simply wouldn't use it and Uber wouldn't have any market. But it does have a market because there's
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by snitko 12y ago
This is not an argument against allowing the freedom of choice of how to spend my money and time. If I want more risk, I should absolutely have it. What you're saying is like saying "if you surf and get bitten by a shark, you woul
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by snitko 12y ago
In this seemingly sad story when a big international company comes over and bullies local businesses out of the market people very often forget the other part of the equation. Yes, local businesses may suffer. But at the same time, the big
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by snitko 12y ago
Banks, although regulated up to their necks, still manage to lose millions of dollars of customer's money in hacking attacks.
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by snitko 12y ago
Which doesn't mean it's the right way to go. Bitcoin would've never been possible if a software engineer required a licence to write financial software. And it is a very critical piece of software.
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by snitko 12y ago
Yes, I think people should have a choice. If the market wants insured taxis only, you will see that people only use those taxi-services that prove they have it. If not, then some will be using uninsured services at their own risk. No one ha
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by snitko 12y ago
My, god people. The number of those supporting the useless regulation is so great it astounds me. If you want to regulate something as simple as driving people around, claiming drivers need licences, permissions and passing some sort of exa

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