anarchop

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by anarchop 6y ago
By downvoting their comments obviously. That will surely convince them.
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by anarchop 6y ago
Of course one would hope this platform single handedly leads to major advancements on industrialisation, permanently eradicating child labour and slavery in all industries. One would also hope that simply not buying chocolate sourced from f
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by anarchop 6y ago
Simple: friction cost. Going through a sign up and payments process is simply too much of an investment of time for the value equivalent to a 1c payment. It’s like asking: “why don’t people drive to stores to buy 1c single pack toothpicks i
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by anarchop 6y ago
Diesel particulate pollution is the primary problem. London black cabs are diesel. There is a good case for banning diesel in metro and even suburban areas over time and requiring at least hybrid. Electric busses actually make more sense th
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by anarchop 6y ago
Most people are scared of losing their jobs for saying / thinking / doing / being accused of doing the wrong thing by the vocal minority of social justice warriors. This is totally obvious if you’re not part part of the minor
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by anarchop 6y ago
Payments are not the problem of concern for central bankers: negative interest rates are. Legacy physical cash based fractional reserved banking is inherently not able to support aggressive negative interest rates as depositors can simply w
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by anarchop 6y ago
Until recently blacklivesmatter.com about section touted that the movement “(we) are trained marxists”. Sorry but you’re not racist if you not a marxist. This is straight up Bolshevist tactics. More companies should take an assertive stance
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by anarchop 6y ago
Reminds me of this scene: https://youtu.be/l4UFQWKjy_I
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by anarchop 6y ago
You are obviously completely wrong. But on the other hand...
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by anarchop 6y ago
https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/07/hydro-treatment-study DETROIT – Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-relate
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by anarchop 6y ago
Is it a surveillance tool for cash payments? Yes: “ Xu Yuan, associate professor at Peking University’s national development research institute, told broadcaster CCTV that because cash transactions were offline and transaction data from exi
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by anarchop 6y ago
I think this describes developing economies generally. Basic housing and food is what people need work for.
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by anarchop 6y ago
The bleak reality is that living standards need to fall in developing economies to reduce global carbon emissions, at least with current technologies. Otherwise, increased living standards in developing economies will replace the developed
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by anarchop 7y ago
“Too much borrowing” “too little spending” versus productive investment is the problem with Keynesian economics caused over supply / under pricing of money. Keynes said debt doesn’t matter because it’s someone else’s asset and it self-
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by anarchop 7y ago
The analogy fails as one can’t simply “start” their own country, as one can start their own company. Further, a corporation isn’t a democratic institution which openly invites discord. There is a word for when one does this however: insubor
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by anarchop 7y ago
Sorry, where is the “pseudoscience” from Damore?
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by anarchop 7y ago
Deisel freight trains are huge poluters with regard to particulate matter (PM). This actually causes cancer as opposed to CO2. Reducing PM without impacting fuel efficiency significantly is possible but requires investment. https:/&#x
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by anarchop 7y ago
They need to make money still. So the pitch now seems to be: hire us to clarify the confusion for you. The pitch was previously: hire us to ensure you don’t get disintermediated. I see this article as capitulation. And about time.
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by anarchop 7y ago
Centralisation is much simpler than decentralisation. Decentralisation therefore only has value if it’s able to overcome problems posed by centralisation, e.g. censorship of finicial transactions. Therefore, blockchain’s only viable app is
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by anarchop 8y ago
How patriarchal.
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by anarchop 8y ago
I think that this should prompt scrutiny in fields that are highly dependent upon statistical analysis, such as climate change. However, this very suggestion is intolerable to many and in a way equivalent to blasphemy against the church sci