zaphod4prez

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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
You think it's arrogant in the extreme to argue that we should boycott a company because of its immoral actions? That seems like a very reasonable, non-intrusive thing to do. Further, you assume that "leave Facebook" and &quo
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
"The likelihood is very high that this is occurring." ...uhhhh, where are you getting that? I mean you've made absolutely massive and bizarre claims here and made no attempt to substantiate them. The likelihood is high that t
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
I have to say that your first statement seems totally ridiculous...do you really think that homo sapiens is homo economicus?? People are not rational optimizers, they're mammals. I'm sure I'm being a bit uncharitable to you
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
What is wrong with Tor?? And Telegram? I don't know much about telegram but am very surprised to hear Tor described as "bad stuff." And my (admittedly amateur) understanding was that Tor Browser Bundle was a perfectly good wa
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
I'm confused about why you're dismissive of this person pointing out a very real and interesting situation...not a unique one, but intergenerational gaps in beliefs/lifestyle/socialization/etc is a pretty fundamenta
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
Hm. I have to say I think this isn't quite right. I guess it is, strictly speaking, true that these concepts are "!=". However, I think that the vast, vast majority of people err on the side of thinking that they're far
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
This is my favorite book ever. However, another commenter mentioned that having studied classical economics a bit is an important precursor to really understanding this book— I agree with that assessment.
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
...aircraft have been weaponized for a longgg time. Kamikaze pilots! That's been the problem, though. They cant be self-guided, you have to lose a human life in order to use them. And that's where rockets came from, the Germans st
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
Sorry, why does living there make it irrelevant? You still just "lost" 100k.
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
By acquiring whatever backs the money and printing money that represents it. In other words, the treasury would buy gold from somewhere else, and create money representing that value. This is how our monetary system worked when it was gold-
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by zaphod4prez 9y ago
I had huge problems with Bear. It repeatedly lost files and text and behaved in several other totally unacceptable ways. Have you ever had this problem with it?