jberm123

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by jberm123 6y ago
This sounds like bs to me. I've been in the space for years too, I've encountered many pro-XRP folk. Every single one either didn't know anything about it and bought because they wanted to get rich quick, or was aware the net
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by jberm123 6y ago
You actually think someone who bought XRP at any point in the past unaware of this did reasonable diligence?
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by jberm123 6y ago
>by deceiving unsophisticated members of the public I don't think they've deceived anyone. It takes <2 minutes of research to figure out that it's a network of financial institutions approved by Ripple controlling their
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by jberm123 6y ago
I think I phrased my comment wrong. I didn't mean to imply that what you actually see on the screen and how content is presented to you are unimportant. I meant aesthetically pleasing elements (like nice colors and brilliant animations
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by jberm123 6y ago
Agreed. I think content plays a much more significant role than aesthetics in what makes a site "great". I mean, look at the site we're on now. HN's aesthetics are clearly outdated and "unsleek" by all modern c
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by jberm123 6y ago
Sounds nice in theory, but deferring to the government for this is how to fuel the lobbyist industry and end up with regulatory capture. Anyone can host a website, market their product, ship with FedEx/UPS. Preach people do that instea
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by jberm123 6y ago
OP assumed the rest of the world will become less dependent on foreign goods, which would therefore hurt China. I pointed out China is hedged to come out on top in that scenario, not that China would necessarily push for that scenario.
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by jberm123 6y ago
If China becomes less dependent on exports to the US, they could dump US treasuries, which could potentially destroy the US economy & the dollar. They have the US by the balls.
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by jberm123 7y ago
This sounds contradictory to me: If Amazon wants to run a delivery network it should [be an even larger monopoly] ... Federal antitrust action against monopolies and monopsonies would be helpful too.
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by jberm123 7y ago
Assuming this is as easy as you make it out to be, don't you think it would be relatively easy to host this scam business' site offshore/anonymously and scam people outside the jurisdiction of the US courts?
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by jberm123 7y ago
When I buy a product from a brick and mortar store, there is NO risk to not receiving the product. When I buy a product online, this is ALWAYS a risk, no matter what. Your solution uses my tax dollars to make online businesses more competit
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by jberm123 7y ago
I don't think you are either. But it's a risk you're taking buying a product from a fledgling internet-based startup. Shall we make it easier to start an internet-based business over a brick and mortar shop with laws that ben
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by jberm123 7y ago
Did I say I support scamming?
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by jberm123 7y ago
>what's to stop the same employees and founders from following that method ad infinitum? Informed consumers
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by jberm123 7y ago
Reminds me of the recent Patrick Byrne CEO of Overstock resigning after making comments he's involved with the deep state (which also crushed Overstock's stock price): https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/22&#x2F