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by twobits 13y ago
"That's a bunch of needlessly cynical and completely ignorant bullshit. We don't use the army to convince people to use dollars. That's quackery. People use dollars because the value is relatively stable, most goods for
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by twobits 13y ago
How long is your nap?
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"When prices fall, people put off buying things" So I'll never go on vacation, cause next year it will be cheaper. So I won't do the surgery now, cause next year it will be cheaper. etc, etc. This "common knowledge&
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Totally agree. A simple example: print, princ, echo, cout, ... For god's shake =8-/
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"Nobody cares" They care. You can't do anything about it though.
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If you put everything under one name, it helps ridiculing the plausible theories by injecting stupid ones.
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That's my experience too. It came naturally ages ago, when I started reading /.. The explosion of different viewpoints was fascinating.
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" How can voters influence outcomes when regardless of the principles and/or promises of who gets elected they end up getting the same policies?" They can't. The whole thing is a lie, a farce, a theatre. We don't li
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"Hard to believe that these talks are conducted in secret behind closed door" "Hard to believe"? Maybe you should start believing "conspiracy theories" a bit more.
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"quite frankly do not care if I get passed up for a job or something like that because of something I said online" That's because you can still find other jobs. That may not be true for ever.
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"you just have a bunch of racists spouting their vile views" So you are the one that will wisely choose which opinions are "vile", and blacklist them?
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There is a fine line between "brave" and "stupid".
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HN is technical. You yourself put "most controversial" in quotes. Worst case, you are wrong. It's measurable and it's done. Try saying controversial things about politics or social or theological issues, and you can get
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Yes.
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"It is very inexpensive to synthesize the chemicals that make up most drugs" Can I ask a stupid q? How exactly inexpensive is it? Thinking in line of 3d printing, how possible could it be to get the chemicals needed, and the machi
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"why buy my car now when it will be cheaper in bitcoin terms next year?" Because you want to go on vacation this year?
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by twobits 13y ago
The whole permissions thing in android is just smoke screen. A talking point about giving power to users, respecting them, etc.
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Care to give pointers/mindset/whatever helped, for quitting smoking?
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"you don't have a right to post here" But you may not be able to avoid it. If a forum is the popular forum, you either post, or never be heard. You have to post there to get heard. So the "private company" can choos
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I really miss a downvote now =8-/
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a) The best people of your side, may not be the best people to talk to the other side. Think rhetorics and clarity, vs depth, knowledge and insight. b) It can be gamed, especially online, by people being moles. c) There is usually a lot of
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by twobits 13y ago
In popular reddit subs, you can't have an unpopular opinion. Your link submissions and your comments get downvoted to oblivion. It also happens in less popular ones.
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What does it take to enjoy your first ice cream in mars? ..While it floats away, and you jump 25m vertically, to grab it with your lips? :-)
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It's funny, I have also asked that to a lot of people, but I immediately tell them that they will stay young and healthy (but experiences and knowledge will continue accumulating) and that there are enough available pills for anyone wa