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by wsatb 5y ago
Isn't the idea here that it's subtle and easy to hide, not that it's a secret?
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by wsatb 5y ago
If you don't think Tether, which has been the source of free giveaways by exchanges for years, has inflated cryptocurrency prices, I don't know what to tell you. There may have been many people that agreed to pay the inflated pric
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by wsatb 5y ago
The problem is it is only advantageous to hold BTC for those that can assume that risk. It's not being "conservative", they have no choice. If you're living paycheck-to-paycheck and the price collapses while you're
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by wsatb 5y ago
> Eroding trust by overtly controlling information sets the scene for propaganda to take deeper root. Your choice is to either put the propaganda in front of more eyes or have the current believers doubling down, and you choose the few?
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by wsatb 5y ago
What type of power do they really have? If you don't like their policies, don't use their services, it's that simple. The only power is in their user base. YouTube is not some necessary utility, neither is Facebook, Twitter,
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by wsatb 5y ago
> FB is the digital equivalent of a city - lots of people in close proximity, and some stand on the street corner on a soap box and try to get you to listen. It has all the people issues a city does, just bigger. Just way bigger. I see
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by wsatb 5y ago
I don't think we really disagree, I think we just live in very different places. My point was that renting has benefits in some places, whereas you implied it does not.
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by wsatb 5y ago
I prefer to rent, and am not rich. I live in a large metro area in the US where rent is not insanely high, though. As someone who is single, it comes with a lot more freedom and less to worry about. Probably not the best long-term, but it&#
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by wsatb 5y ago
Make it into a tea. I've consumed mushrooms as a tea and raw and definitely enjoy the tea much more. Tastes better, the recipe I've had uses honey, and is much easier on the stomach (if you easily get nauseous, this is the way to
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by wsatb 5y ago
This, and not just the US, the West in general. Everyone concerned about the long term consequences of these closures needs to look no further than our leadership mostly ignoring it and thinking we were somehow immune. Heck, even after taki
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by wsatb 5y ago
The prices of these coins can and does get manipulated all the time . Real people will get burned, badly. You can't even depend on these exchanges to actually handle high trading volume when there are price crashes. It's honestly
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by wsatb 5y ago
The linked guide mentions this. The fact remains: there is no evidence, currently, to suggest increased suicide, and specifically in regards to "lockdowns". You could argue it's the coming months, and "recovery", th
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by wsatb 5y ago
This has been a big talking point on HN since all this started, but the data we have so far shows that suicide rates did not increase. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psy...
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by wsatb 6y ago
I'd like to believe this actually true, but I don't think so. Otherwise we would be able to have actually healthy debate about it. I think the reality is there is a very vocal group that wants state run healthcare and the other si
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by wsatb 6y ago
I think in general people only care about what is going to impact them directly. If they already have healthcare, they assume those that don't are doing something wrong or simply just don't care. I have mine, you're on your o
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by wsatb 6y ago
Parler was never a "free speech" platform. This was always a lie, they heavily moderated their content. I've always felt like Parler was just a lazy attempt to make some cash by pulling some users away from Twitter claiming t
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by wsatb 6y ago
Is there actual evidence that it wouldn't work, or we're making an assumption? That is what makes it work in those places but to say it could never work in North America because of that I think is crazy. I think it would connect m
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by wsatb 6y ago
If you create an "anything goes" application, you better go into it knowing the main cloud providers probably are not going to keep you around if you do not adhere to their policy. If their infrastructure is well engineered, this
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by wsatb 6y ago
I have many complaints about DoorDash, mainly that the platform has degraded a lot as they've grown (customer service used to be top notch), and that their tipping policy was not clear for years. But I've used it for 5-6 years, an
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by wsatb 6y ago
I tried Stencil a couple of years back in order to move away from vanilla web components which can get pretty complicated fast with any level complexity. Unfortunately, I found the build tools messy and far too opinionated, so had to abando
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by wsatb 6y ago
No, I should have never commented in the first place, but I guess what I meant to say is the media keeps making Portland out to be some sort of BLM free-for-all. Your NY Post article is a great example of propaganda: "Black Lives Matte
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by wsatb 6y ago
> This is just your world-view being shaped by your “news” sources. Maybe get off of social media for a while or only follow people who do not talk about politics/current events. This is a good way to escape reality, but not much mo
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by wsatb 6y ago
They likely will lose lots of money if they solve the problem, so they're not likely to do much about it unless forced to.
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by wsatb 6y ago
Their shipping is also quite fast. At the beginning of the stay-at-home orders when Amazon was really struggling, I had couple of things delivered next day for free. It likely has to do with where you're at, but I was surprised because
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by wsatb 6y ago
That seems like a pretty large hurdle, compared to today where it seems they're just creating as many accounts as they want. There isn't a single political tweet without a bunch of bot garbage as replies. I assume any name with 8
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by wsatb 6y ago
Possibly unrelated, as this is a bit of a stretch in giving credit, but Twitter has a huge problem with people posting content as if its their own. I've seen multiple things go viral on some random's Twitter account and they hav
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by wsatb 6y ago
My response was to a comment on America's response, so yes, it was American-centric. That said, the lack in response also applies to Europe. The longer we waited, the harder it was to contain and the longer lock downs would need to hap
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by wsatb 6y ago
It wasn't three weeks of forcing businesses to close. It was three months of doing almost nothing to stop the spread, and decades of being socially unprepared for a crisis such as this.
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by wsatb 6y ago
The answer is the same reason you build anything: there was a need for it, especially in the early 2010's for the language.
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by wsatb 6y ago
I get a lot what you're saying regarding the police. I think there's a lot that needs to change, and the mental health of our police needs to be included. Not only are they probably working insane hours, in lots of stress, but it&

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