80% of people will spend/lose money right away. The reason people have no money, is because of the power of their habits and their lack of imagination and discipline. Money is merely s measurement tool that reflects…
See Terab: Terabyte blocks in Bitcoin Cash. We will reach visa scale, sooner than you think. Then we will reach global scale at 7M tx/second. Watch us
> I have precious little hope for the future of projects that inspire this type of zealotry Good, then get lost and leave us alone in our cesspool of "zealotry". Bitcoin is a system of capitalism (vuluntary…
Here are my red flags: - required to be geo/physically present It sends the message that they would rather you be less effective and productive and visually visible. It also sends the message they do not care about your…
Do you mean the "contraband" or "illegal drug" business biggest problem? Because last time I checked the alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, psychoactive, and pain killer industry is measured in the 100's of billions and many…
>My counter is that people might like the concept of anonymity, and they may even hate their bank, but they like a functioning society and (relatively) stable financial markets a lot more. In fact, we’re usually willing…
>Stop working and watch your company fall apart, it doesn't really matter and is perhaps the intended function of competitive capitalism. What do you mean by "competitive capitalism"? I'm not aware of such a theory or…
First of all... being a "Freelancer" is about acting like a business, and conducting yourself efficiently to earn profit. If you are whining about 1 of your customers (clients, whatever you wish to call them), then you…
This reads like an Onion article or an SNL skit.
Just pay in Bitcoin (Cash) and call it a day? Transacrion costs are less than 1c USD for any amount and near instant. For my gigs, I only accept BCH as it's safer than holding paper or digital entries that can be taken…
I'm pretty sure from recent research that black neighborhoods are under policed relative to white neighborhoods from some recent work I did. We looked at a lot of research and came to conclusion that the "racial…
Higher health costs matter insofar as the gov't steals at gunpoint your income (via taxation) and redistributes it. Remove coerced theft (taxes) then the healthcare cost argument is not a problem. In fact, it will be a…
There's that word "exploitation". Another way to phrase it is "utilization". Some people like chocolate, some like vanilla flavored ice cream instead. The fact remains that: - More people have stable/larger incomes on…
It is divisive to point out that the hype behind crypto currencies has to do with empowering the poor? My apologies for bringing up facts when parent brought a personal attack.
No. You are out of touch. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/01/1... The fact is that 20% of the world's poorest has a smartphone and is in many cases more valuable than running water or sanitation.…
>Now tell me, what institution is going to make a holder of cryptocurrency 'whole' again if something goes wrong with their wallet or the block-chain itself? There will be crypto lending banks and multi-sig custodial…
Tell that to citizens of Greece when the banks took 20% of everyone's life savings a few years ago. Tell that to the 3B people in the world who live on less than $2/day and banks will not deal with them. You make claims…
My theory is that HN people feel they "missed the bus" which causes cognitive dissonance because "we're techies and edgy startups af". Combine the feeling of missing out on 10,000% financial gains and you have a case…
The differences in personality in more egalitarian societies is due to biological and psycho-social reasons. When women are less constrained, then they follow their passions (ie: biological instincts and passions to…
The world does not revolve around US law. Where I live, you just have to surpass your probationary period to qualify. My apologies for being biased by sharing a story of how my friends lost 100k's, next time I guess I…
Lookup "apollo moon takeoff" on youtube. Watch it a couple of times, I strongly encourage this.
I know many cases where small employers were left paying 100k's after taking on a woman for a position, and just a few months later 'she got pregnant'. - employer had to fork over 12 months of pay - employer had to…
I think they meant to say no visual interface. If something cannot be interfaced with, then it is non existant
Who is John Galt?
OP is clearly going through a hard time in their life right now. Could have literally answered with their reply to almost any question. Examples: "Vanilla ice cream is good" - "Reminds me of cancer" "Let's go watch 50…
80% of people will spend/lose money right away. The reason people have no money, is because of the power of their habits and their lack of imagination and discipline. Money is merely s measurement tool that reflects…
See Terab: Terabyte blocks in Bitcoin Cash. We will reach visa scale, sooner than you think. Then we will reach global scale at 7M tx/second. Watch us
> I have precious little hope for the future of projects that inspire this type of zealotry Good, then get lost and leave us alone in our cesspool of "zealotry". Bitcoin is a system of capitalism (vuluntary…
Here are my red flags: - required to be geo/physically present It sends the message that they would rather you be less effective and productive and visually visible. It also sends the message they do not care about your…
Do you mean the "contraband" or "illegal drug" business biggest problem? Because last time I checked the alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, psychoactive, and pain killer industry is measured in the 100's of billions and many…
>My counter is that people might like the concept of anonymity, and they may even hate their bank, but they like a functioning society and (relatively) stable financial markets a lot more. In fact, we’re usually willing…
>Stop working and watch your company fall apart, it doesn't really matter and is perhaps the intended function of competitive capitalism. What do you mean by "competitive capitalism"? I'm not aware of such a theory or…
First of all... being a "Freelancer" is about acting like a business, and conducting yourself efficiently to earn profit. If you are whining about 1 of your customers (clients, whatever you wish to call them), then you…
This reads like an Onion article or an SNL skit.
Just pay in Bitcoin (Cash) and call it a day? Transacrion costs are less than 1c USD for any amount and near instant. For my gigs, I only accept BCH as it's safer than holding paper or digital entries that can be taken…
I'm pretty sure from recent research that black neighborhoods are under policed relative to white neighborhoods from some recent work I did. We looked at a lot of research and came to conclusion that the "racial…
Higher health costs matter insofar as the gov't steals at gunpoint your income (via taxation) and redistributes it. Remove coerced theft (taxes) then the healthcare cost argument is not a problem. In fact, it will be a…
There's that word "exploitation". Another way to phrase it is "utilization". Some people like chocolate, some like vanilla flavored ice cream instead. The fact remains that: - More people have stable/larger incomes on…
It is divisive to point out that the hype behind crypto currencies has to do with empowering the poor? My apologies for bringing up facts when parent brought a personal attack.
No. You are out of touch. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/01/1... The fact is that 20% of the world's poorest has a smartphone and is in many cases more valuable than running water or sanitation.…
>Now tell me, what institution is going to make a holder of cryptocurrency 'whole' again if something goes wrong with their wallet or the block-chain itself? There will be crypto lending banks and multi-sig custodial…
Tell that to citizens of Greece when the banks took 20% of everyone's life savings a few years ago. Tell that to the 3B people in the world who live on less than $2/day and banks will not deal with them. You make claims…
My theory is that HN people feel they "missed the bus" which causes cognitive dissonance because "we're techies and edgy startups af". Combine the feeling of missing out on 10,000% financial gains and you have a case…
The differences in personality in more egalitarian societies is due to biological and psycho-social reasons. When women are less constrained, then they follow their passions (ie: biological instincts and passions to…
The world does not revolve around US law. Where I live, you just have to surpass your probationary period to qualify. My apologies for being biased by sharing a story of how my friends lost 100k's, next time I guess I…
Lookup "apollo moon takeoff" on youtube. Watch it a couple of times, I strongly encourage this.
I know many cases where small employers were left paying 100k's after taking on a woman for a position, and just a few months later 'she got pregnant'. - employer had to fork over 12 months of pay - employer had to…
I think they meant to say no visual interface. If something cannot be interfaced with, then it is non existant
Who is John Galt?
OP is clearly going through a hard time in their life right now. Could have literally answered with their reply to almost any question. Examples: "Vanilla ice cream is good" - "Reminds me of cancer" "Let's go watch 50…