I would say it worked until the world changed in such a way that old systems were entirely dismantled. But even in previous eras that system of wealth preservation only worked when it worked. If the invading army was…
That is a good question. And I'm sure it's because the reality isn't much like what we perceive from TV and movies. And cartels and crime organizations are far from omnipotent. They don't have infinite resources. And if…
Well the wikipedia synopsis is pretty kind in that regard.
You can't fix people.
>I'm convinced that since citizens don't know their rights, that the government doesn't think we care about them, and uses that against us when we try defending them. It's the idea of... If you don't use them, you lose…
"Hey kid, how does it feel to want?" If they want it that bad, let them go mow lawns or shovel driveways or whatever. You know, like kids have often had to do when there was something they wanted, no matter how silly it…
Way more people use Steam than Epic Launcher. The oldest Steam accounts are 15 years old now, people have been using it for a long time when it was largely the only game in town. People may use another company's…
You might be surprised what people consider love, and how all sorts of other beliefs get intertwined with it. IE you have strong sacred long held beliefs that your female children are not independent, are your property.…
Oh I dunno, fascination with a device ahead of it's time is always there, even if it lived a good life. And some people like history, or specific parts of history.
Depends on if you care more about the benefits of getting at your enemies than the consequences of legitimizing criminal behavior and/or the inevitable "friendly fire" incidents.
There's a million ways to be. One of them is good for some group of people.
If you're on modern treatments life expectancy is near that of a non-HIV person. The biggest problem is modern medicines aren't available to everyone across the world. So it's still a much more serious problem in…
>We have email, which is basically instant, free and worldwide. Why can't we have the same for payments? Only time will tell if such a major shift can happen. Ever had a free email account compromised? Good luck. Not to…
Obviously he's referring to the current value compared to the high last year. You know where the current price of bitcoin is over 75% less than it was last year... Any time something loses 75% of it's value (and still…
That's really up to each individual to decide for themselves. There's not an objective answer to the question.
I'm quite sure Boeing is not going to ignore this because Lion Air is a crummy airline...
People keep thinking AMD's 7nm is this amazing thing, like everyone is talking about the same thing when it comes to CPU's and nm. When in reality nm has just been marketing fluff for a decade now, just like response…
Not to mention but high status flyers make up like 80% of the airline's revenue. Everyone else who flies once in a while, once every couple of years, who's trying to get the cheapest economy class ticket possible really…
>This is completely absurd. How many current great relationships would have never existed under such a rule? How many great relationships/working relationships wouldn't be ruined because of that rule? How many people…
No, we're talking about how dredging up an exception to the rule where things worked out for two people is not a a very good argument that it's actually fine most of the time and bosses won't victimize subordinates…
If something rarely happens, it's just another way to say that it happens. So I'm not sure why you're arguing like the above poster is saying it never happens. Not to mention even in the case you're posting it's…
No. I think they're referring to Tesla (and its struggles) seeing that it's a car company and cars classically run on cylinders, but since Tesla's are electric, no cylinders. You know since Elon Musk is a founding…
I don't think I had an opinion beforehand or anything. I mean I was always down with the idea. But I think the problem is that it's such a long process to get from point A to B, and then the market for putting things…
So you're under the belief that you have hundreds of thousands of dollars obtained in some scheme and there's a court order to pay it back. And you're under the belief that if you hide those assets and tell the court to…
With something like this, brown recluses in California. Where a lot of people believe it, because it's a "known fact". Well local media is populated by a lot of those people. They're probably not knowingly lying or…
I would say it worked until the world changed in such a way that old systems were entirely dismantled. But even in previous eras that system of wealth preservation only worked when it worked. If the invading army was…
That is a good question. And I'm sure it's because the reality isn't much like what we perceive from TV and movies. And cartels and crime organizations are far from omnipotent. They don't have infinite resources. And if…
Well the wikipedia synopsis is pretty kind in that regard.
You can't fix people.
>I'm convinced that since citizens don't know their rights, that the government doesn't think we care about them, and uses that against us when we try defending them. It's the idea of... If you don't use them, you lose…
"Hey kid, how does it feel to want?" If they want it that bad, let them go mow lawns or shovel driveways or whatever. You know, like kids have often had to do when there was something they wanted, no matter how silly it…
Way more people use Steam than Epic Launcher. The oldest Steam accounts are 15 years old now, people have been using it for a long time when it was largely the only game in town. People may use another company's…
You might be surprised what people consider love, and how all sorts of other beliefs get intertwined with it. IE you have strong sacred long held beliefs that your female children are not independent, are your property.…
Oh I dunno, fascination with a device ahead of it's time is always there, even if it lived a good life. And some people like history, or specific parts of history.
Depends on if you care more about the benefits of getting at your enemies than the consequences of legitimizing criminal behavior and/or the inevitable "friendly fire" incidents.
There's a million ways to be. One of them is good for some group of people.
If you're on modern treatments life expectancy is near that of a non-HIV person. The biggest problem is modern medicines aren't available to everyone across the world. So it's still a much more serious problem in…
>We have email, which is basically instant, free and worldwide. Why can't we have the same for payments? Only time will tell if such a major shift can happen. Ever had a free email account compromised? Good luck. Not to…
Obviously he's referring to the current value compared to the high last year. You know where the current price of bitcoin is over 75% less than it was last year... Any time something loses 75% of it's value (and still…
That's really up to each individual to decide for themselves. There's not an objective answer to the question.
I'm quite sure Boeing is not going to ignore this because Lion Air is a crummy airline...
People keep thinking AMD's 7nm is this amazing thing, like everyone is talking about the same thing when it comes to CPU's and nm. When in reality nm has just been marketing fluff for a decade now, just like response…
Not to mention but high status flyers make up like 80% of the airline's revenue. Everyone else who flies once in a while, once every couple of years, who's trying to get the cheapest economy class ticket possible really…
>This is completely absurd. How many current great relationships would have never existed under such a rule? How many great relationships/working relationships wouldn't be ruined because of that rule? How many people…
No, we're talking about how dredging up an exception to the rule where things worked out for two people is not a a very good argument that it's actually fine most of the time and bosses won't victimize subordinates…
If something rarely happens, it's just another way to say that it happens. So I'm not sure why you're arguing like the above poster is saying it never happens. Not to mention even in the case you're posting it's…
No. I think they're referring to Tesla (and its struggles) seeing that it's a car company and cars classically run on cylinders, but since Tesla's are electric, no cylinders. You know since Elon Musk is a founding…
I don't think I had an opinion beforehand or anything. I mean I was always down with the idea. But I think the problem is that it's such a long process to get from point A to B, and then the market for putting things…
So you're under the belief that you have hundreds of thousands of dollars obtained in some scheme and there's a court order to pay it back. And you're under the belief that if you hide those assets and tell the court to…
With something like this, brown recluses in California. Where a lot of people believe it, because it's a "known fact". Well local media is populated by a lot of those people. They're probably not knowingly lying or…