brndnmtthws

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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I think a lot of people in the US still have a strong sense of patriotism/nationalism. Nationalism is a trick dictators/tyrants/corrupt govs have used for decades to control people.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
The senate has an excellent track record for protecting the corporate elite, not the broad constituency.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
There are only 100 seats in the US senate. How can 'we' participate in that? There are somewhere around 330 million people in the US, represented by just 100 people, who mostly act in their own self interest. How can one person pr
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I checked my calendar and it would appear the current year is 2018.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
You may be confused about the use of the term "free" in this context. It isn't about giving stuff away for $0 in compensation, it's about freedom in the sense of liberty and freedom to modify software you own. RMS is pos
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's a shame that companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and others who have benefited so much from the work of organizations like the FSF don't pony up. These companies are notably absent from the current list of patrons[1]. [1]
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Do what brings you joy in every day.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I suggest you read the white paper if you're interested: https://raiblocks.net/media/RaiBlocks_Whitepaper__English.pd...
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
A good book to read for anyone interested in economics is called "The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy", by Mervyn King, who was head of the Bank of England for about 10 years and during the fin
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Your opinion is irrelevant. The market has the last word, and the market has already decided Bitcoin is the most valuable and useful. You can verify this by looking at hash rate, market cap, and distribution (amongst other things). You may
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Not necessarily. There are also some coins which use methods of securing the network which don't require incentives (ex: RaiBlocks).
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Unfortunately I think that's where we're headed. They will copy the tech, call it "crypto", and now they're in the cool kids club. Bitcoin, however, will remain king because it's the first (Lindy effect) and it
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
How does this compare to something like Jekyll? Is the only difference that this is written in Python and Jekyll is Ruby?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It is indeed true; the winners always earn the privilege of defining morality and rewriting history to their liking.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Edit: *what's to stop
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Something tells me this battle isn't over. What's stop stop Trump from issuing another executive order that reinstates the tariffs? That's what he's been doing in a battle with the supreme courts on his Muslim ban for th
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Excuse me for not confirming your biases. I will, however, continue to think freely as I choose. I don't care much for echo chambers. If that does not work for you, please do ban me.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Resources are scarce, and until we live in Star Trek where we can magically replicate anything, there will be no free lunches.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's not easy but it can be done. The US is a nation of immigrants. Unless you're native American, you either emigrated here or descended from someone who did. It turns out hard things are hard. There's no free lunch or get r
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Skills aren't handed out, you acquire them by learning which is something you can only do for yourself.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Anyone can. You and your preconceived notions are the only barriers.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
If they felt that way they'd just contribute to Bitcoin.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Convenient timing to pump this coin. Seems like Stripe is getting their ducks in a row so they can cash in on their altcoin.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Has anyone else noticed that there is no documentation about withdrawing funds? It looks like you can only buy and hold within the app. Seems a bit pointless unless you're strictly interested in day trading and don't actually care
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Spot on. There's nothing quite like going to a very different place you've never been, though. I'm not sure how else to get that feeling without actually doing it.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I'm partly in agreement with you, but my point of view is that the 'good guys', so to speak, are working at Google, Apple, Facebook, etc, and are incentivized to protect their customers rather than assist the government (exce
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Any person or organization which contributes, aids, or abets in spying on individuals for political reasons is entirely corrupt in my opinion. Aside from some research that the NSA has contributed to huma
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's mostly anecdotes and personal experience. I think that data on salaries, etc, is mostly public too, so you can probably see for yourself that they aren't competitive with SV or Wall St.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I've worked directly with people in the IC, and I have friends who've worked (or currently work) at various government agencies.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Fortunately these government agencies are mostly corrupt, dysfunctional, and unable to recruit talent, so we probably don't have much to worry about.

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