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I thought we weren't supposed to make generalizations here. Gasp, shock, horror! Also, are you really taking the correlation route in the pseudo-intellectual argument for why there…

As others have mentioned, it is a narrow definition. The idea is that the only fluctuations occur due to uncontrollable factors (weather) which, in all fairness, do impact carbon-b…

And the problem isn't politics. It is someone posting the crap that spews out of their mouth. I have seen just as many "Jesus H-Dawg Christ... do they actually believe that?" posts…

A big problem is that a lot of this is driven less by people who have a genuine need for encrypted communication and more by people who want one on principle. And the latter tend t…

On a completely unrelated note: While I do feel that political discussion is a necessity for any site that claims to be about cutting edge technology and ideas, there are also time…

And with the world we live in: Understanding that someone is always watching IS a good thing to teach. Teach your kids that anything they do online can have repercussions. And if t…

Again, the strawman is that parents will watch every five seconds all day long. Yes, some will, but they already have Again, if anything, this gives MORE leeway. My sister pings he…

That isn't what was said at all. What we have is a future president (ugh...) who has repeatedly shown himself to change his mind at the drop of a hat, be easily engaged and enraged…

> don't kids have a right to not let their parents know? Quite frankly: no. As a kid, you aren't mature enough or developed enough to be trusted to make reasonable decisions. That …

The structure of my post could probably use some work. The first paragraph is background on Hotz to give context. The second was what he did at comma and why it was pseudo-open sou…

It is an incredibly vague rule that probably just means "If this offends someone we want to do business with, we'll nuke it" But it is no secret that US conservatives are a lot mor…

It is also worth noting that there is a difference between discussing white nationalism itself and discussing the impact of it and if it needs to be curtailed. For example, let's l…

While possibly too political to discuss on HN, Hotz is a Brand. His claim to fame was rooting an iPhone and later showing the world why we can't have nice things (showing that Othe…

So I assume this means that yc is now concerned over alienating a certain political party/faction that tends to have a lot of money but not a lot of support among college grads. An…

If you buy anything that isn't doje coin or whatever, you are effectively converting to fiat, buying something, and obligated to pay capital gains. As for how to avoid The Man: Tak…

Solves problems that don't exist: Letting people split the fee on tickets so that one person doesn't have to buy everyone's ticket. Check Acts as though providing the same service …

The secret is to hate the environment and just use the plastic/paper that is already there. For me: When I am doing my weekly food shopping, I just use plastic. When I am grabbing …

And by the final saturation point the value should be known well enough (and the other infrastructure aspects I mentioned will be in place) that lost coins will be a negligible con…

These days: not reasonably (more on that later). The computations are the kinds that traditional computers just don't do great on (intentionally, in both directions). In the past: …

While not an expert (and actually something of a critic): I think the idea is that new bitcoins will be mined at a rate that will outstrip those lost. A LOT of the early coins were…

At that point: Theoretically nothing. At that point the currency is stable and its value adjusts to very small degrees (if any) and it is no different than dave and busters money. …

It is. Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it is handled as a capital gains tax. So you buy some bitcoin, it fluctuates wildly over the course of a week, and you convert bac…

Already done and has been for a while. Here is a quick wiki article on the subject/an example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,_sealed,_transportable,_... Plenty more can be fou…

Again, I don't want to be rude, but have you been in a relationship? Recovering from a foot in the mouth can be a lot harder than hoping you actually have a back-up somewhere. Also…