FellowTraveler

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by FellowTraveler 9y ago
They should publicly post all of these "Russian propaganda" items in a single place, so we can all see them.
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by FellowTraveler 9y ago
TERM LIMITS
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
Everyone knows Seth Rich was the leaker.
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
> once it is perceived as more than just a nuisance by some major government it will be shut down in a heartbeat Actually, the unique feature that makes Bitcoin special is specifically its censorship-resistance. That's why people va
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
Even if there is no other life in the Universe, the Universe would still have to be the size that it is, for life on Earth to even exist at all.
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
What is the Tor .onion address for hacker news? That's what I'm interested in, I'll add it to my bookmarks and use it by default. I don't see why we want to involve exit nodes at all.
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by FellowTraveler 10y ago
The title appears to be exaggerated. According to the article, Overstock is performing all the transactions in their own private system, with hashes periodically posted to the actual Bitcoin blockchain for transparency purposes, and regular
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Mass surveillance is only historically ever used for one purpose: to crush dissent.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Any sufficiently advanced civilization will have encrypted communications, and thus their broadcasts will appear to be noise.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
This isn't true. A business can receive Bitcoin and convert it all to gold daily. They can sell some of this gold for cash to pay their expenses. They can also start a separate company, say, an investment company, to take the gold and
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Cops are going to shoot these people.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
I recommend Bitcoin.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Corn is subsidized. It's not that "eating healthy" is "more expensive" necessarily in real terms. A big factor is the fact that our government uses the threat of violence to extract money from people, and then uses
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Most of the time, when your CC merchant account is processing cards, they ARE debit cards, but they are being processed through the VISA or Mastercard system, and to the merchant, the distinction is irrelevant.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
WTF you were using Paypal???
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
The current cost to send a Bitcoin transaction is about 35 cents. In contrast, if you have a credit card merchant account (if you can even get one...) you will pay 3-7% in fees, plus often a 10% rolling reserve. This isn't counting the
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Because their whole field has become centered around a government monopoly over the issuance of money, rather than on human choices in a free market. Since Bitcoin is violence-resistant, economists (and the bureaucratic institutions that em
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New Open-Transactions videos
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
I think you misunderstand what government actually is. Government is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. I have a right to use force in self-defense. Therefore I have the right to hire a bodyguard to use f
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
I have a right to use force in self-defense. Therefore I have the right to hire a bodyguard to use force in my defense. (In fact it is the same right - delegated.) Therefore we have the right to elect a sheriff to use force in our defense.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
It's NOT just porn they're blocking. "Extremist" sites, too.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Why assume the economic problems in Bangladesh are caused by lack of social welfare, versus being caused by a lack of protection of property rights and economic freedom?
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
> The question is not whether to redistribute income, but how much and by which mechanism. The question is not whether to redistribute income, but whether it is acceptable to force people to do so through threat of violence.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Just because society is supposed to do something, does not mean that government is supposed to do that thing. Likely the problem you are so quick to put government in charge of, wouldn't be a problem in the first place if we had a free
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
We already know: there's no good reason whatsoever for the app to have access to this kind of information.
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Fair enough if you are gay. However, having been in relationships with various women, I can say my experience has been quite different. There is constant pressure against risk-taking and business-starting, in favor of "finding a normal
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Don't you think it becomes a lot more difficult to make your fortune, once you are tied down in a relationship? Suddenly the concern becomes about stability instead of success? Would you want your own son getting married before he had
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
Which maxims, specifically, did you think were sexist?
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by FellowTraveler 13y ago
"Why would you want to hide your identity unless you are writing something crappy" Yeah like if you are Mexican and you made a comment online about drug cartels, and then you were disemboweled and strung up from a bridge as a warn

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