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841.
by spoonjim 5y ago
A lot of people went from $10 to $12 or $22 to $26.
842.
by spoonjim 5y ago
The value of the long rich history is just in how much people respect it. There are 20 year old brands more prestigious than hundred year old brands... no reason a one-year-old brand can't be worth more still. And I don't see why
843.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Does being rich make people go crazy? And think that nothing can happen to them? I wouldn't even type this kind of thing into a private Google Doc, let alone send a mass email.
844.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Why do people pay lots money for a regular shirt that has a particular logo on it? I don’t know either but I know that if you can make it happen you get rich.
845.
by spoonjim 5y ago
You mean their management wants to be paid in FIAT? gasp LOLOL
846.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Right now in America there is a strong correlation between IQ and income and strong inverse correlation between income and fertility.
847.
by spoonjim 5y ago
If I can’t service the vehicle then don’t try to sell it to me, just lease it to me. I’d happily lease a non-serviceable vehicle as long as it had an all inclusive service contract for the lease duration.
848.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Cf. Sacklers.
849.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Scientific American became another lame Twitter account quite some time ago: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/modern-mathematic... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-term-
850.
by spoonjim 5y ago
The furries can and do write Winnie the Pooh stories today. Nobody will stop them because those stories didn't have any sizable income potential to begin with. They live on furry web sites that don't catch the attention of IP lawy
851.
by spoonjim 5y ago
There is already a great Winnie the Pooh prequel just out.
852.
by spoonjim 5y ago
I think overall there's a big opportunity in bringing non-computer interfaces to digital experiences. I just interact with a screen too fucking much. I don't I love having a Google Home where I can say "Play the Beatles'
853.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Japan is sui generis - if you don't really want to become "of Japan" I can't see a good reason to go there for more than a short sabbatical.
854.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Yes but the knowledge of how it was created affects how I see it. If it’s just denoising etc it feels different than if I know it’s painted in some other data.
855.
by spoonjim 5y ago
That might be good for myself, or if I’m honest even my wife, but my daughter looks perfect to me and I only want to see her in reality.
856.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Yikes, the guy has reached the pinnacle of success and then had his fall from grace by age 35. Wonder what the rest of his life will be like.
857.
by spoonjim 5y ago
But it’s also just weird. That’s not my daughter’s skin in the photo, it’s 1000 other people’s skin blended together and textured in.
858.
by spoonjim 5y ago
For many people, $1200 is functionally equivalent to $12 billion. Alternative solutions are good.
859.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Nothing. But if you needed water to stay alive and it was $1,000 a bottle you may have no way of getting it. If you needed water to say alive and it was 100 credits a bottle you would at least have the option of getting the water or selling
860.
by spoonjim 5y ago
LOL. Can’t figure it out = religious object, because religion can contain arbitrary nonsense.
861.
by spoonjim 5y ago
I get a lot of value from personal data that has been stored for decades. I recently went to buy a book on Amazon and Amazon told me I had bought this book 10+ years ago. Sure enough I looked on my shelves and found it.
862.
by spoonjim 5y ago
None of this makes any sense unless the international system of law confers some legitimacy on blockchain assets. When a VC sends a wire transfer to a company after signing a set of financing documents, he knows that state, federal, and int
863.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Yes but those are small deals. Most people will not buy a car or a house this way, although that is changing slowly.
864.
by spoonjim 5y ago
If a large deal ($25,000+), this is only the case with the largest tech companies (most customers would order $25k of Apple products online but not buy new expense management software without a call).
865.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Size and power? One cubic foot of air generates 3.6 microwatt hours. This clock is a lot more efficient than an Arduino! Also, temperature controlled environments might not have a 6 degree day to night cycle.
866.
by spoonjim 5y ago
I don’t think it’s so complicated. It’s more that everyone in a sales oriented profession knows that phone calls are where deals get done. Almost impossible to close a deal over email.
867.
by spoonjim 5y ago
Yes but what was your life like when you smoked heroin for the first time? Were you economically comfortable, employed, married, had kids, had a strong social network, had strong ties to institutions in your community?
868.
by spoonjim 5y ago
When she begged to be homeschooled, what were her reasons? Were they more about wanting academic acceleration or having problems with the social environment at school?
869.
by spoonjim 5y ago
It is. But it’s equally distributed.
870.
by spoonjim 5y ago
What about an emergency credits system? In an emergency, the government issues 100 credits to every person, each equal to $x. Prices for essentials are shifted to credits for the duration of the emergency (but remain floating) and shopkeepe

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