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The EU [0], the USA [1], The Lima Group [2], and the IACHR [3] have all denounced the Venezuelan election as fraudulent among others. The Electoral Integrity Project at Harvard lis…

A related concept in microeconomics: The Giffen Good [0] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffen_good

A little off-topic but if you want to give silent cinema a go try Abel Gance's Napoleon. It is a 5 hour epic and incredible technical achievement. Some of the tricks in its bag (li…

Takeovers cost time and money to execute (lawyers, consultants, bank fees) beyond just the purchases price. If the deal does not go through it is a loss for the acquirer, hence bre…

I wonder if a crash would be good for Bitcoin's price. I think it is a bubble but it seems like an asset that would gain traction in times of fear/uncertainty in the fiat economy.

Can't speak for OP but Tumblr has a pretty big SJW subculture; screenshots from more esoteric or radical discussions get some ridicule on reddit and elsewhere. Check (the equally t…

I have a feeling jobs on craigslist will say "paid in props" now rather than "paid in exposure".

fwiw I did this and it worked for me. It can take more than two weeks and if you login the process is interrupted. A good bet is to ask your friends when your messages appear as "f…

NO it is not. Inflation does not mean growing money supply. It means money supply growing faster than the real economy that transacts on that money. Bitcoin money supply may be gro…

> There really are many more units, with the option of increasing the divisibility past eight decimal places in the future. You are still missing the point. It is not divisibility …

The Tribeca film Festival happens in NY :)

> Debt is primarily a political obligation This is question begging to say the least. Political obligation [0] is "the moral duty to obey the law". Debt is money owed to someone [1…

How do you explain free banking then? Banks issued their own notes (fiat debt instruments) to gold depositors. This was not a good system in the end, which is how central banking a…

Could someone explain why this would dilute voting power? Voting power of an investor = votes held by investor / total votes While the dividend will slash the economic ownership of…

Most central banks in the world do a lot of open market operations to keep the economy in check. It is how they affect inflation, interest and exchange rates. Most cryptos are stil…

Does anyone know if this company has any relation to Coin (recently sold to Fitbit)? I ask because they use literally the same actor in their video (and the style is identical to b…

In 1953 Germany had half its WWI debt erased to rebuild the country and curtail violent attitudes. Also, Greece did not dig themselves in this hole alone. Its a little telling that…

Some commenters are afraid this kid was pushed way too hard and did not have time to learn proper social skills, play sports, get a holistic education in the humanities. This all m…

Could Google simply say to creators: "if you sign this you won't get any revenue sharing from red users but you'll still get your quota from free users." Gives them a financial inc…

Getting employers to accept online bachelors is a lot harder than masters. Most jobs have bachelors requirements and an online degree will likely get flagged. But for a masters it …

I was a longtime user of evernote but recently gave up. The webclipping tool was phenomenal but the notetaking interface was so and so (their desktop app was also poorly built whic…

I'll add that I intensely dislike his answer but felt compelled to link it due to its honesty and debate inspiring nature. But here goes: I think it is question begging to call CS …