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by throwaway20875 5y ago
Can you share any data points on the rise of domestic white supremacist terrorism? I'm genuinely interested in what kind of threat this poses.
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by throwaway20875 5y ago
This is cope. We've had numerous examples of third world style infrastructure failures (Flint water, Texas power outages) within the US that will likely continue. We have under invested in infrastructure for decades, while China has d
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Yes, I understood and agree with your point. I'm adding that it's a distraction from a far more serious discussion and revealing in itself of deeper issues.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>My bet is that the green argument will be the first attempt to neuter BTC. Seeing a lot of seemingly inorganic noise on this. At the same time in the US, we are running a power grid like a country that inherited it from its imperialist
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
No you are not, and the Gates foundation has absolutely not done anything to address the actions of central banks or the the United States' weaponization of the current financial system. Giving out malaria nets in Africa has nothing t
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
What are you saying? That we should take the mission statement of the Gates foundation at face value and as something that represents the motivations behind everything he does and says?
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
What you're suggesting is a fork, which would not be Bitcoin at that point.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Moreover for the vast majority of people on earth would still have basically zero money relative to the emerging bitcoin oligarchs. It would be a grossly unequal society, where there would need to be some non-math-based approach to gett
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Exactly this. Bitcoin is the result of the gross power imbalances present in society. It's ironic that those on the heavier end of the scale, like Gates, are attacking Bitcoin with the cudgel of environmental policy. Rather than fix
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Banning anything that's already widespread implies making a part of the population into criminals. With that comes the costs of enforcement and of government's authority (which is finite). Consider too that crypto is, often, a r
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>If you're so concerned about the root cause of power generation, go focus on solving that problem. So ignore the root cause altogether, lol. And when we've banned crypto mining and accrued even worse social costs as a result,
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>This paper is just saying there are reasonably estimable costs. That's all! Wrong. You make numerous comments in this thread asserting that the sole focus on this paper is quantifying externalities of crypto mining when that'
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Imagine saying "who cares Cystic Fibrosis kills x people, heart disease is worse!" You're completely missing the point here: we have finite time and resources to deal with problems. We must dedicate these finite time and
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Would you expect a paper on COVID mortality also discuss heart disease and ALS? Of course not. Power consumption and power production are simply directly related. Your clumsy attempt at an analogy here really misses the mark. The root
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>a boom in use that threatens to undo all of our progress and then some Then we're back to policing people's energy use. There will be little ROI in going down this path, and a huge opportunity cost. This is all not to mention
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
The article is undermined by its arbitrary focus on crypto. The premise is that crypto mining drives consumption for power, and power production results in "health and climate damage". Are we going to police consumers of power n
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Talent invested in the crypto space pales in comparison to what we waste in finance. Our greatest minds are more likely to be arbitraging pork belly futures (PrIcE dIsCoVeRy!) than working on crypto.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Hyper competitive market forces in the west have created the wrong incentives for everyone, especially institutions. When there is a demand to weaponize or politicize science then we naturally get stuff like this.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
I worked in fintech in NYC for a bit. The technology driving most critical financial infrastructure in the US is astoundingly antiquated. It is only sustained through the sheer amount of bodies and ingenuity thrown at it.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
I think other Western nations are better comparisons for a number of reasons. I don't think discussing China's approach is a productive conversation. >The reason for the large number of deaths in the US is not that Americans h
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Don't worry, people already know who you are, and you'll get what you deserve no matter how much you try to hide it. That's going to be yikes from me, dog. Thank you for driving home my point, though. I don't think
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
I agree with you. But COVID is not unique: people have been dying unnecessary deaths in this country for a long time, and have accelerated in recent years. Go read up on deaths of despair. Look at the rise in healthcare costs, or how unhe
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>If what you have to say isn't worth your reputation Because I believe the current trajectory of society will place more than just my reputation at risk for expressing my thoughts. Make of that what you will.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Yes, you're right - in order to take more effective action we need to plaster a running death count to the TV screen 24/7 for every American media consumer to view. Time Warner/Comcast/Viacom/Fox know what's b
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
I use only a throwaway account. I'd rather stay anonymous, especially when I cannot delete my posts.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
The death tracker that was glued to the shot of some cable news programs 24/7 in the US is an example of fear porn. The model used by modern media is indefensible. It's the same with social media. Unprincipled and willing to do
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
Excellently written and spot on. Unfortunately, I think we'll have to suffer far more before more folks realize what's needed to change trajectory.
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Both sides are guilty to some degree, but, and this is the crucial point, not to the SAME degree. Yep, those other guys are way more polite as they destroy the future of my country for their own short term gain! If only they could rule
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
The line of thinking behind this comment is exactly why we're experiencing rapid decline - zero ability to consider the root causes behind issues and how to address them at a fundamental level. "Hit back at the banks" is the
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by throwaway20875 6y ago
>Yet more evidence to be used in the eventual US anti-trust case demonstrating a pattern of anti-competitive behavior Little chance. Bezos has purchased his way into the class of decision makers in this country through acquisitions of m

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