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by erebus_rex 7y ago
The EU [0], the USA [1], The Lima Group [2], and the IACHR [3] have all denounced the Venezuelan election as fraudulent among others. The Electoral Integrity Project at Harvard lists 46 countries total that have issued denunciations and giv
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
A related concept in microeconomics: The Giffen Good [0] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffen_good
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
A little off-topic but if you want to give silent cinema a go try Abel Gance's Napoleon. It is a 5 hour epic and incredible technical achievement. Some of the tricks in its bag (like the 3 screen finale) haven't ever been attempte
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
Takeovers cost time and money to execute (lawyers, consultants, bank fees) beyond just the purchases price. If the deal does not go through it is a loss for the acquirer, hence breakup fees. If the chance of takeover failure is low the acqu
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
I wonder if a crash would be good for Bitcoin's price. I think it is a bubble but it seems like an asset that would gain traction in times of fear/uncertainty in the fiat economy.
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
Can't speak for OP but Tumblr has a pretty big SJW subculture; screenshots from more esoteric or radical discussions get some ridicule on reddit and elsewhere. Check (the equally toxic) subreddit tumblrinaction for a sample of this typ
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
I have a feeling jobs on craigslist will say "paid in props" now rather than "paid in exposure".
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Policy Desiderata in Machine Superintelligence, Nick Bostrom [pdf](nickbostrom.com)
1 points by erebus_rex 9y ago|0 comments
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
fwiw I did this and it worked for me. It can take more than two weeks and if you login the process is interrupted. A good bet is to ask your friends when your messages appear as "facebook user". After that my login didn't wor
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
NO it is not. Inflation does not mean growing money supply. It means money supply growing faster than the real economy that transacts on that money. Bitcoin money supply may be growing but not fast enough to accomodate the demand. So it is
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
> There really are many more units, with the option of increasing the divisibility past eight decimal places in the future. You are still missing the point. It is not divisibility that makes bitcoin unsuitable as a spending currency, it
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
The Tribeca film Festival happens in NY :)
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
> Debt is primarily a political obligation This is question begging to say the least. Political obligation [0] is "the moral duty to obey the law". Debt is money owed to someone [1]. Is that a political obligation? Yes, if the
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by erebus_rex 9y ago
How do you explain free banking then? Banks issued their own notes (fiat debt instruments) to gold depositors. This was not a good system in the end, which is how central banking and the national note as the only legal currency arose. But i
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by erebus_rex 10y ago
Could someone explain why this would dilute voting power? Voting power of an investor = votes held by investor / total votes While the dividend will slash the economic ownership of my class A stock, that stock still has the same voting
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by erebus_rex 10y ago
Most central banks in the world do a lot of open market operations to keep the economy in check. It is how they affect inflation, interest and exchange rates. Most cryptos are still commodity currency; the commodity is computation. Because
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by erebus_rex 10y ago
Does anyone know if this company has any relation to Coin (recently sold to Fitbit)? I ask because they use literally the same actor in their video (and the style is identical to boot) [0]. Did a quick google search to see if maybe they had
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A language designed to be understandable by intelligent extraterrestrial life(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by erebus_rex 10y ago|1 comments
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
In 1953 Germany had half its WWI debt erased to rebuild the country and curtail violent attitudes. Also, Greece did not dig themselves in this hole alone. Its a little telling that so many EU members kept lending to them despite ample signs
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
Some commenters are afraid this kid was pushed way too hard and did not have time to learn proper social skills, play sports, get a holistic education in the humanities. This all might be true but the article makes it very clear how precoci
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
Could Google simply say to creators: "if you sign this you won't get any revenue sharing from red users but you'll still get your quota from free users." Gives them a financial incentive to sign up but allows them to opt
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
Getting employers to accept online bachelors is a lot harder than masters. Most jobs have bachelors requirements and an online degree will likely get flagged. But for a masters it can work as an added bonus.
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
I was a longtime user of evernote but recently gave up. The webclipping tool was phenomenal but the notetaking interface was so and so (their desktop app was also poorly built which made things worse). After awhile, onenote took care of my
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Making Water More Liquid(bloomberg.com)
1 points by erebus_rex 11y ago|0 comments
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
I'll add that I intensely dislike his answer but felt compelled to link it due to its honesty and debate inspiring nature. But here goes: I think it is question begging to call CS a new liberal art without qualifying why (many people g
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Why Do Computer Science Majors Dislike Business Majors(quora.com)
1 points by erebus_rex 11y ago|3 comments
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
Because they make their takedown process incredibly longwinded and kafkaesque. Not only did Destin promptly file his claim, but many of his fans repeatedly contacted facebook and Bauer about it. The fact that it took so long for either to e
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by erebus_rex 11y ago
The inherent role of finance is NOT to hide risk. Its role is to connect people who have one type of asset they no longer want with someone who does. In that way bankers are just like lawyers and accountants. You pay someone to do things yo