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There is a dead comment here that I think raises an interesting question (even if perhaps not in the most appropriate way). When dealing with electronic goods, where do we draw the…

Should be pretty easy to do in C# as well. private int _a; public int a { get { _a++; return _a;}}

People are going to goof at a certain rate. We need to design systems to withstand at least some rate of goofing. We wouldn't get rid of seat belts and just tell people to not goof…

>Unless you can tell at a glance that a firearm is not in a ready-to-fire state Chance you are actually able to say that vs. chance you made a mistake in reasoning that conclusion?…

> In what world is this ethical? How many people would be willing to let someone else do their job for them when the cost is adding a little extra bias, something that isn't even a…

Should I be ashamed of how quickly I considered this solution? It would be quite wasteful, but oh so lazy.

Why are we so certain it does? It has certain properties that give it some value. Maybe that value is much much less than the current price and maybe there will be competition that…

>They can either accept the fees that are available or not. Couldn't the same be said of a brick and mortar store? They either accept the offers they are given or they don't. That …

>If something is a rule then the majority decided it should be that way. Few systems are direct democracies. Isn't it more likely the people decided the rule maker should be who th…

I was more just thinking about how political actions/will/impacts can be simulated as a second resource in an economy much like how we simulate money. Think simulation/exploration/…

>They're not "lowering their fee". So a miner will never reduce the cost to include a transaction into their block, even when they aren't getting enough to fill up the block? >They…

And economics can easily account for that. Instead of saying the cost needed to product some number of blocks changes over time by 0, you instead say it changes over time by f(t). …

When energy becomes cheaper, miners can do more mining, leading to an increase in blocks. Given that people are only willing to pay so much for a transaction to complete, there is …

I wonder, if you count agents in a market economy as having not just money to spend making rational purchases, but also political power as a sort of alternate currency (represented…

Then allow me to fill in the gaps. >What masses of historical evidence? This is a question in response to the GPs post that: >>masses of historical evidence >The ones that show tha…

We seem to be making distinctions based on some concept of free will. What happens if we view ill people as having no free will? Is it really any more wrong to deny the alcoholic h…

I find the best way to explain it is to apply the concepts to something other than classical wealth. Do it to something like relationships, and people insist that for anything that…

What masses of historical evidence? The ones that show that being a male has long been a major disadvantage in a legal system? Yes, going back into the past being a minority was ev…

Oh, I thought it was something depending upon getting a certain rep and I hadn't hit it yet. Thanks.

Grandparent has been deleted and I can't see it, so I'm not sure what their post was, so I'm aiming this response in more at the terms being used and their underlying meaning. >Whe…

>The same problem exists with children. I feel like the problem is worse with children due to them having a developing brain, where the impacts of medication can have impacts into …

>You can’t keep them around and feed them fake intel on drug deals so they waste their time. Any relevant case law on this? Lying to the police isn't allowed, but lying to some new…

>how much morality versus how much immorality Morality and legality are both very subjective, either to the person or to the legal system.

When a lawyer tells someone to not talk to the cops, are they doing anything wrong? Because the lawyer is basically asking 'what can I do to stop a lawful interrogation'. Does this…

>choosing to avoid adding people to your team who have expressed opinions that make the workplace hostile to other employees But are you adding other people making other statements…