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by toolz 4y ago
and who is going to track those ships? The sanctioning country doesn't have the jurisdiction and likely doesn't have the resources to logistically stop it. The countries benefiting from the trade (both sanctioned and allied nation
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It was illegal to protect jews from being enslaved and murdered not too long ago. Evading the law is exactly why it's important and it is the ethically superior position to support tools that enable people to bypass unethical laws.
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It hasn't stopped them or anyone else, people have been using bitcoin to bypass censorship for years.
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if you sanction Iran, limiting their fruit sellers, you have to have means to track the trades in order to enforce those sanctions - lightening network is effectively untraceable at the moment (and tools built on top of bitcoin can make tra
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by toolz 4y ago
for one, the base currency in question is uncensorable. e.g. I for one find it detestable that fruits and nuts sellers in Iran suffer immensely because of US sanctions. The idea that innocent citizens are being made to suffer for their gove
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I wish these creators with other social media presence would use their platforms to move their audience to something besides youtube (they can even keep their youtube presence). Content creators are the only ones with the power to build up
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Sure, but "news" should inform people, not be a random screencap and a title that gives you zero indication that the facts are real. I don't think hacker news would do very well if it just posted screencaps and made bold clai
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by toolz 4y ago
While I'm generally inclined to agree with downvotes because you don't really explain your reasoning - this is a post on an openly biased subreddit (anti-work) and it doesn't source any of the information given. It's qui
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by toolz 4y ago
and the source for this is a link to an anti-work subreddit whose post content is a screencap and a title that doesn't source the $50MM ad budget? How is this making the front page? I'm not claiming any of this is incorrect, but I
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by toolz 4y ago
Simple is not always easy. I think it's important that we find easier ways to help alleviate this obesity epidemic.
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Agreed, it does sound that way, but it's amazing how many anecdotes there are of people who eat exclusively 1 type of food and thrive on it. I don't think modern intuition about nutrition is likely to stand the test of time.
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> what I mean by "meaningful" here Then what do you mean by meaningful here? I can't think of anything people would consider more meaningful than ability to produce/provide in relation to educations purpose in todays
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> real profits of the company, either through dividends or buybacks. The majority of my profits in the stock market have been through asset appreciation. Just take S&P500, a very widely invested in fund - the average dividend yield i
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> Catch up refers to being at or around a historical moving average. Is it that complicated to understand? This is the statement, and while it's needlessly condescending I don't find it dismissive at all, it rebuts the point ra
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by toolz 4y ago
I'm arguing no one is being dismissive. You seem to be stating that someone has been dismissive as a matter of fact, rather than opinion, no? I agree it's hard to say what that means, but that is an entirely different argument and
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crypto isn't unregulated by any stretch of the imagination. If you steal someones crypto that's illegal just as if you stole someones hot new kids toy that is in a relatively unregulated market. If we're using ponzi scheme de
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It's not a binary "either you go into exact details with your entire answer or you're not thinking it through" - it seems intuitive that _many_ people have thought this through and spend their entire careers doing so. Th
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No, that's not what I've said at all and no crypto adjacent company makes the top 10 list for most penalized companies. I'm not sure how far down the list I'd have to go, but it's probably very far.
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exactly, it's absurd that literal fruits and nuts sellers (one of Irans top 5 exports) are being penalized for political reasons the same as anything related to war efforts (like oil exports). Sanctions are often more palatable than wa
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by toolz 4y ago
Because normal people will click on crypto scams. They're scared of what they don't understand - are you aware of how many billions of dollars of fines every single major bank pays routinely? Probably not, because that's bori
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by toolz 4y ago
No, binance has a separate platform (that is quite different than their original platform in terms of services/products offered) for US users that is very much not independent from US influence. e.g. binance trades XMR (monero) while
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by toolz 4y ago
lol, my score went up two points just changing to a different webcam, also can confirm this works completely offline guess I know which webcam I'm using from now on! xD
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> The term backing has a very precise meaning. It definitely doesn't, at least not the way you're suggesting - you can find article after article talking about oil backed USD. Further, you can find plenty of definitions for th
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by toolz 4y ago
I understand your position, but saying something is "backed by nothing" is much different than saying something is "intrinsically useless and lacks commitment for conversion". Both bitcoin and USD (as an example of tradi
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by toolz 4y ago
> By the way, bitcoin is also "fiat", in the sense that it isn't backed by anything (this is what "fiat" means). That's not what fiat means in any sense. It has latin origins for "let it be done"
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Of course, that's why it's muddy on how you should compare the energy costs. Bitcoins energy costs are 99.9% related to protecting the asset, they are not related to the functionality of the system. Likewise financial systems hav
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I mean that fiat is always issues by a central authority. To be a trusted/stable central authority you need power, which is usually represented by military strength (either your own or the strength of your allies). You do not get stabl
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It's not fair to just say [financial institutions power consumption] vs bitcoin as financial institutions do not protect their assets. Governments with militaries protect the fiat assets and the power consumption of a military strengt
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by toolz 4y ago
I think people very generally miss the very important subtlety that words never hurt people. It's the intention behind the words that hurt and you don't need words to communicate intent. So banning/censoring words really doe
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eminent domain is used in this way, and I don't really agree with the rule, but there is an argument to be made for my land being taken over because it serves some other purpose better than it serves me.

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