dekken_

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by dekken_ 2mo ago
it is spam, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907390
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by dekken_ 2mo ago
GDP isn't real champ, try again.
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by dekken_ 2mo ago
All fiat is fiction. I was a bit glib in my other comment, but fundamentally there is only energy interactions, and there is no free energy.
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by dekken_ 2mo ago
we just need to break the second law of thermodynamics, no big deal
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
No you still don't get it, the bar owner can share the information with whoever he likes. The government, does not own the country, it's not "their bar".
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
You don't understand consent, lots of people don't vote. And even if they do, they don't automatically consent to all actions performed in their name.
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
No, the bar owner has a right know who's in his bar. The local or federal government do not have the right, or need to know the whereabouts of the average law abiding citizen. There is no "free" information, all information
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
of course they do, until you're sick and then, you know something's off...
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
We're not smart enough to make our own decisions but we're smart enough to vote for the best people to make decisions for us? Make it make sense.
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
As if parents aren't responsible for the actions of their children
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
this is theft of time
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
sounds like a anti-block list ;)
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
> as the world starts getting more brand-ed and corporate-y... I gravitate toward what I consider authenticate/consistent people which for me at least has seemed to work out as I also try to be that way. > Can you have a linkhut
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by dekken_ 6mo ago
For me, having been on fedi for like 7 years now, there are cool places, and there are not so cool places. I might be more lucky than most in that I barely need to curate my time there, cause I follow cool people, and so I just see what the
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by dekken_ 7mo ago
> AI writes code you mean plagiarism?
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by dekken_ 8mo ago
yer a wizard consti
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by dekken_ 9mo ago
> processes over objects this is correct, waves are a product of pressures, so, are emergent also, the real question is, where does the pressure originate
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by dekken_ 9mo ago
maybe more informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TnFXddv37E
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
> it allowed the UK to control its own migration policy. UK is still in the ECHR, so, not really, not yet
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
You're the one who failed to comprehend my guy. I was never talking about NYC, you assumed.
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
> But, for like the billionth time now: nice, exaggeration, and more misrepresentation, see ya
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
> But it wasn't about how much tax they paid - it was about the idea of being taxed at all. I don't see a difference, fundamentally it comes down to consent of the governed. If 51% of a country votes for something, and it doesn
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
I live in France, which I'm not sure if you paying attention to it (no judgement, why would you), but as a country, they're somewhat financially screwed, so whether or not there are elections, or even if the people have representa
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by dekken_ 10mo ago
My original point was about people having any say in terms of how much tax they pay. And the American revolution was an example in the extreme of what can happen, given it did happen.
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
I have never read anything by him
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
Yes Gregg, I was speaking as a European using the American revolution as an example, not strictly speaking about NYC right now, I hope that's clear
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
I think you're right yes.
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
representation is the will of the people, the approval of persons, so I fail to see the difference
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
now you're just lying, blatantly. My point was about the degree of taxation.
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by dekken_ 11mo ago
You understand surely, that just because people vote, doesn't mean their representatives actually do anything that the people that voted want? come on

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