usednoise4sale

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by usednoise4sale 8mo ago
I believe that is a widely misunderstood conception of the origin of money. Gold has generally not been used as currency. The sovereign right to dictate the value of a coin struck in a metal is called "seigniorage", and exists for
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by usednoise4sale 9mo ago
I don't disagree with your overall point, but I would point out that "happen to share 0.0001% more DNA than any other human" is probably not the best mental model of how to quantify this sort of relationship. Due to combinato
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by usednoise4sale 2y ago
I agree the hipster comparison is interesting. No one really wanted to be called a hipster either, but you knew who they were. I know I quit identifying as one some time in the late 00s, before the backlash really went mainstream.
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by usednoise4sale 2y ago
Well, it was recent, so I'm currently in the 'feedback and validation' stage. I've reached out to experts for feedback, but these things do take time. If you have a genuine interest, and especially if you could provide f
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by usednoise4sale 2y ago
I know no one will believe this but I'm reasonably sure I proved P!=NP earlier this week. It was very similar to a previous unsolved problem in a "haha, history repeats itself" sort of way. This comment might have a lot more
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by usednoise4sale 2y ago
Our world in data pushes a clear agenda, and it isn't really to be trusted. Consider: https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past From this article: "Researchers also collected data about hunter-gathere