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It's more like a marathon, sure you're in a race but people don't really care about your position in it unless you're near the front. Completing it on its own gives a feeling of ac…

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You should consider adding DNS checks prior to WHOIS. Whois is unreliable and you can be quickly blocked, doing a quick SOA DNS request can help reduce your WHOIS queries when the …

I don't think a banks email being there indicates they use the service, more likely a customer of theirs uses TeleMessage and as a result the comms between that bank customer and t…

"Wealth inequality, while high, is still roughly where it was in 2007" This is not whats represented in the source you cited? In the graph titled "Top 10% and Bottom 50% Wealth Sha…

The voting system (FPTP) in the US results in a two party system which isn't representative of a good democratic system imo. Considering all of the different political divides I do…

To say the British monarchy "owns" Canada and Australia is comical

Nooo don't double leverage, hedge your bet by betting you won't get out of debt :)

He was a human man! /s

The idea is that people will be more interested in saving with a low interest rate with the chance to win more than having the higher interest rate. In Ireland the state runs this …

I think the Taylor Swift example is more awkward - to have an award named after you and then given to you and never given to anyone else!

At the top of the homepage there's a menu bar with categories, if you scroll all the way to try right of that there's a "new to you" option. Try it out :)

You need to read the basic outline of WW2.

Hong Kong handover is not recent and I don't see how you can claim it has "gone badly for local residents".

HSBC has had money laundering scandals with amounts in excess of 1b$

I disagree, the problem is clearly on Zendesks end.

I held mainly dollars on the exchange at the time. I see your point regarding the crypto holders on the exchange though.

Your post reminds me of the song Rät by Penelope Scott

I think a cap on bet sizes is reasonable but typically platforms outright ban pros. A bookie can only go out of business to pros if they are terrible at setting the odds

You're presenting a false dichotomy. Cars are a form of transport which has obvious benefits. Even unhealthy foods are food which is y'know the thing people consume to live. What a…

AFAIK there are generally basic restrictions on being able to engage in options trading and I don't think the platforms are trying to encourage you to make more options trades in t…

The article is from 2014 and BTC doesn't even use SHA-1 anyway.

I disagree, a lot of the interviews are quite humanizing and entertaining to watch (entertainment has value) and plenty of them being up early musical influences and encounters whi…

I don't see how this could be interpreted as denying public access to DNS registration data? It's literally just asking that whois not be used as a mechanism for CAs to validate ow…