atomic_cowprod

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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
> ...complete absence of logic and unseriousness. > ...Are all men rapists too? K.
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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
The 80's Mac were also two other things that made them less desirable for home users: they were seen as very slow (compared to "contemporary" home computers of the time - "instant-on" Apple IIs, Commodore 64s, and D
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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
Dude. You lose your wallet, you make a few phone calls or walk into a bank and get a new card. You lose very little more than some time. Losing your crypto key means you lose your crypto. Those are not at all the same thing.
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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
Sure. The vast majority of those stories being the freezing of proceeds from criminal activity or funds that are part of a legal dispute and for which there is a high probability that the holder of those funds will attempt to illegally hide
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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
Only if they're on the receiving end. You need to remember that businesses also buy things, and often by credit card. Chargebacks exist in the real world because long, long ago people recognized that electronic payment systems are fert
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by atomic_cowprod 2mo ago
Way to not read the comment. Or at least understand it. Nobody uses wire transfer for "everyday shopping".
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by atomic_cowprod 3mo ago
It's illegal to do a lot of things that didn't actually happen.
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by atomic_cowprod 3mo ago
That is by design and is a good thing to everyone except cartels and communist governments.
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by atomic_cowprod 1y ago
Sure. But you know it won't.
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by atomic_cowprod 1y ago
Up until recently, fares for the LRT system in my city were enforced by a random check by transit police, typically by having an officer board trains and check riders' tickets at random times during random days and handing out fines to
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by atomic_cowprod 1y ago
Diesel locomotives are already hybrids (pretty much all diesels built since the mid-20th century are diesel-electric). I imagine that a generator large enough to charge up a locomotive would add too much extra weight to the design, however
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by atomic_cowprod 1y ago
Theo: I'm not sure if you still read this echo, but I've been trying to call you about my pre-order, but it looks like your BBS is still down. If you can get back to me, send me netmail. I'm at 1:342/76 for Fido and 11:4