kenpomeroy

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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
> free market You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
Fossil fuel companies receive subsidies as well, what's your point?
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
I said Tesla was perhaps "a" solution, not "the" solution. What alternative solutions do you propose?
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
Even still, you're assuming the government has the ability to address climate change if given the chance. But, there would need to be global consensus and enforcement or government intervention could actually make the problem worse (e.
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
If the government were mandating people behave a certain way, that would be an entirely different discussion. We're talking about a service that people can choose to use or not use. If they want to use it, they have to comply with the
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
They quite literally are being judged by a jury of their peers... that is kind of my whole point.
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by kenpomeroy 7y ago
I struggle to see how anything you described could be categorized as "Orwellian"... Why are we concerned about "problem users" being left with no options? Just act like a normal human and you won't be a problem use
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
I did read the actual legislation.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
1. Sign lease for apartment in VT. 2. Lease deposit + new computer products = "qualified remote worker expenses". 3. Receive grant funds. 4. Resell computer products and never move to VT. 5. Put apartment on AirBNB. 6. Profit.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
Some jobs generate less value for businesses than the arbitrary amount you deem to be a "livable wage." That's economics.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
Because economics
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
> I can think of one.... not being used at all! You seem to be missing my entire point. There is nothing bad about consuming clean, renewable energy.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
You assume that a substantial portion of bitcoins are being mined in populated areas where the energy would otherwise be used for what you deem "better" purposes. How do you reach this conclusion? The article does not make any eff
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
If there's nothing inherently bad about energy consumption, why do you think it is an "issue" for 0.5% of the world's consumption to be used for mining bitcoin? What if 100% of bitcoin mining is powered by renewables?
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
Not sure why this is relevant unless you think 100% of bitcoin mining takes place in the US.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
There's nothing inherently bad about energy consumption. The raw amount of energy consumed is a useless metric without determining how much of this energy is derived from clean/renewable sources.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
You can't wait for retail investors to be slaughtered?
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
> It's well-known that deflationary currencies do not work. This is laughable. Your definition of "work" includes a presumption that we all want the government to control and manipulate the economy without regard for the i
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
For cryptocurrency fans, it is quite obvious that such a system would not be desirable or beneficial at all. The entire purpose of cryptocurrency is to remove governmental control of money.
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by kenpomeroy 8y ago
Inflation hurts the poor far more than the rich. Rich people invest their money rather than simply holding cash and losing value through inflation. Poor people have no choice but to keep their money in cash. Also, wage increases are often m
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
Not saying I disagree, because I think the bar association is a cartel and everyone should be "allowed" to practice law. However, the reason the CA bar is "notoriously hard" is precisely because they allow anyone to si
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
If I had a bitcoin for every time I facepalmed while I read this...
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
Of course Bitcoin's value is a function of its popularity - it is a network. Networks become more valuable (and more useful) the more popular they are.
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
It doesn't sound like you really understand how Bitcoin works. If Bitcoin were to become widely adopted and supplant traditional financial institutions, the environmental impact would be enormously net positive. Sure, it takes energy t
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
Why don't you just find a new job if you aren't happy with your company's employment conditions? Why resort to blanket government intervention instead of just addressing your concerns on an individual level?
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
You can't be serious... you are literally responding to someone who told you they use bitcoin more than credit card, and yet you still maintain that "No one legitimately uses Bitcoin as a form of currency." You think all of u
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
People who save money for their families are "greedy hoarders"? I imagine in your eyes, then, people who want to take other people's money are somehow virtuous and charitable?
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by kenpomeroy 9y ago
> “It would have been virtually impossible for this to have occurred without climate change.” > “This isn’t just an environmental issue. The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s greatest economic assets. It’s responsible for bring