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by zajd 10y ago
Well let me be the first to invite bitcoiners to rejoin us back in reality where the internet isn't. If the entire argument of the bitcoin community is "providing an alternative to fiat currency" and they can't, what&#x2
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As the essay posted so clearly demonstrates.
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I find it amusing that you consider the internet "on your own" like there isn't a gigantic investment being made into that infrastructure that even enables bitcoin in the first place. Do people who are in to Bitcoin think int
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Because one of the espoused values of Bitcoin is the ease of transferring it across international borders.
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This article doesn't have any real discussion of Banks itself, only the services that currently exist around it.
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Interesting article. But none of the problems described are actually with fiat currency. I see criticisms of the Fed, Banks, Credit Card Companies, Credit Unions. All the problems were due to issues with exchanges and intermediaries and wit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life hth
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Yeah the problem comes when you have cities like Boulder which are very close to natural wonders and are actively pursuing policies to deal with homelessness in the local community instead of throwing their hands up with statements like thi
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Maybe they aren't because we refuse to fund them adequately? If Americans keep electing Democrats and Republicans who make it a point to ensure those agencies remain unfunded... it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy at that poin
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San Fransisco does have a great deal of personal freedoms, has low crime and is clean compared to tons of cities across the states. Beyond that, I don't know that San Fransisco would be the ideal model because they aren't really w
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Yeah I mean if you think the quality of life is higher anywhere in Texas than San Francisco obviously I'm not going to convince you of much. edit. yeehaw, downvotes
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It wasn't as big 7 years ago. I don't get what's so hard about this to understand? The statistic grew from ~25% to 33%. This is noteworthy.
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Why do you think "well it's worse other places" is some sort of defense for our callous handling of our social safety nets? All while every other industrialized nation shows a better way (see: Healthcare)
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You'd be absolutely shocked at how little a vast majority of Americans are in interested in paying taxes to improve their communities from the smallest to the largest. I don't really get it because I've lived here my whole li
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And? How does that dispute what's put forth in the article? "The percentage has spiked by almost 10 points since 2007 — in 2014"
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So?
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http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html
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It's way harder to fake hours that need to be billed to someone, I assume anyone who's double dipping on jobs isn't actually trying to do 40 hours at both, they are trying to get paid to do 40 hours at both ;)
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> Vast majority don't like the idea of taxes being raised on them no matter who they are. I don't know, people in my town regularly vote for tax increases and vote for politicians who want to raise taxes. Seems like a political
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What is the cost of sending mail? What are you sending? Who are you sending it to? The only thing email simplifies is how it gets there
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How is this any different from "Vote for me and taxes go down!!"? At least we'd have a different choice.
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What evidence do you have that SO is in decline?
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Another luxury sports car that would be absurd to use as a taxi outside of the novelty. A Lexus LS would be more apt if you want to keep the Toyota thing going.
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Are you really comparing a Model S to a Camry? Does that seem fair to you?
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The amount of marketing designed to just confuse people about what's good for them. Organic, non-gmo, gluten-free, all natural, it's like a temple for upper middle class white people to reject 50 years of food science.
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The funny part is the best dietary advice is just "eat a good variety of things and don't eat too much". Going in to Whole Foods makes me want to blow my brains out.
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Is there anything Apple could announce they are making where you wouldn't post this quote? Private prisons? Spaceships? Artifical asteroid colonies?
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Building a car is a little different than a phone, from pretty much any perspective.
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Do you feel the same way about all social sciences? Does "materialism" only mean valuing material things to you or do you respect the Philosophical definition? Honestly it's a lot of handwaving to excuse ignorance (what not k
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Based on what the dictionary says? The idea that gender and sex mean two different things isn't contentious amongst the people who study the phenomenon academically.

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