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Has anyone read Infinite Jest? The whole book feels like Chekhovs gun but it is fun to read! (I haven't finished it)

No idea, but he does for some reason promote ZCash instead of Monero, and won't even speak of Monero, which is certainly odd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx9GH6L7VwI This one has connected with me recently on that more tribal level!

I was just thinking about this I think you're right. Such small differences in phrasing can have a big difference. I think a great response would be "That sucks, do you THINK if yo…

You realise GTA V is the most profitable piece of media, ever?

Okay, pretty annoying comment by him!

What the hell - what country? You need to move ASAP.

So porn is good for the world and bitcoin bad? Maybe think about that for a second. https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ Edit: Downvoted by porn addicts. Lol.

I wonder if the DOJ will try to indict the man behind Signal for similar reasons.

I really don't think these types of restrictions will succeed in western countries when you have people like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey heavily involved. If crypto only had the unde…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi7V_RoUW3k

I have to agree it does feel more like a forum. I wonder how HN achieves this.

HN to start monthly thread: Who's single?

Those three things are not hard to do or unenjoyable. You feel better for doing all those things and want to keep doing them as a result usually. I love to lift heavy weights and s…

Pavlovian effect is pretty strong. Same goes for fitness - put on your working out clothes (have some specified) and you'll want to work out, partially because you will feel stupid…

While it's true about the schools, I don't agree with you on your other points. It seems like PG is cognizant of change around and within him. It wasn't by pure luck that he starte…

I'm guessing you didn't buy any stocks around april last year? :(

The context is clearly cryptocurrency here, not cryptography :).

Unlucky I guess. I would hazard a guess you find crypto overall to be useless. https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/why-master...

Perhaps you should compare the usefulness of bitcoin versus Facebook when you consider the energy usage of both, intentional or otherwise.

I assumed by him saying youtube was 'useful' by serving content and saying bitcoins merely exist, he was implying bitcoins do no useful work at all - simply not true.

It seems like you believe bitcoin has absolutely no use at all. Why would you think that?

The article itself is Whataboutism.

(not OP) Thanks for you book suggestion, would you say it's a bit dated now? I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kq1MIfTWCE&list=PLt_s8-zoCd... It seemed like a decent i…