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And preferably from insurance companies too.

> We need money that has actual value that can't be manipulated. That is why the gold standard worked. At the same time that is why those in power ended the gold standard. No, the …

"Well we can now only inhabit 2% of the planet after the ice caps melted and flooded the rest, and it rains acid every day, and we haven't seen the sun in a decade, but for awhile,…

Your point presumes that the spread of the globalized market is a boon to the countries it touches. Like, fair dues, now people in remote island nations can buy televisions and sma…

> I’ve responded to some of your other comments with corrections. You’ve been stating falsehoods as facts throughout this thread. If you really believe that we could “take all of B…

They often repackage a shit ton of open source software developed by volunteers, all of which is running on Internet standards originally developed by the Department of Defense for…

I dunno man, you tell me. We're perpetually running out of money every time we're talking about doing things like helping people not die or freeze to death, yet miraculously we alw…

Oh it absolutely serves a purpose, it's a shared value that speeds the exchange of goods and services. However as the monetary system exists now, is mainly as a tool of oppression …

> American assets can be repossessed abroad if a judgement is served - look at what happened to Argentina in NY. Yeah, that happened to Argentina, who is not America. I'm saying if…

> If you have a mortgage or a car loan or a credit card, you’re part of that number. And you certainly owe real money to real lenders. Yes and on an individual scale like that, it …

And we've been doing it for as long as I've been alive. I'm certainly never going to make enough to pay it down, and nobody else in my generation is. So like... who's paying it and…

> This is factually wrong. We've been miraculously efficient since 18th century. Being more efficient than the 1700's is an astonishingly low bar.

And public sector money props them up each year when they pay little if any taxes, and we also fund their research endeavors because corporations are notoriously shitty at that sor…

Who the fuck do we owe, the Martians? How long before we just accept that money is made up and free ourselves of this make believe game? Just give people what they need to survive …

This is just wrong. Apple disallows apps that duplicate existing functionality, i.e. browsers. You can write whatever wack headless browser you want, and there are tons of framewor…

This is an incredible jump. By this logic, literally any format or given protocol can be called into question if it isn't 100% transferable between all platforms. That basically re…

You don't know my mother. :P

Anti-trust law is entirely irrelevant despite how often it gets brought up in this discussion. Entering into the restrictions of an iPhone is 100% voluntary. You do not currently h…

> Instead, automation looks always fun and clever, until your growth-hack goes wrong. "We found we can increase the number of people subbing for the newsletter by skipping double o…

I actually have a Mac too, but I also have Bootcamp configured because Mac doesn't do everything I need. I'm just like, what do I need to do right now, and what's the most reliable…

That's still nothing close to a monopoly.

That would be the meaning of "alternatives," yes.

A quick Google says iOS' market share is 14%. I don't understand this position at all. Google is by far and away the market leader. Their ecosystem is free and you can do just abou…

A nonexhaustive list of FaceTime alternatives: Skype, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Spike, ICQ, Tox, Viber, WhatsAp…

I dunno if I'd qualify a military dictatorship as Fascist though, since the typical hallmark of a Fascist government is the singular leader who enthralls the public. Which I guess …