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Because this is an article about The Times.

Do Americans not see how comments like this are a major part of the problem?

So what?

You people are deranged beyond help.

You mean that insanely shitty tool that powers HN search? No thanks.

Cool man thanks for letting us know.

Why?

Physical distancing.

Dude there's a global pandemic. From the bottom of my heart, fuck you.

This isn't even a review, it's just a description of the book. It says nothing about the quality of the writing or arguments except one fragment of one sentence in the very last pa…

From giving aide during a crisis? Never?

That what the higher premiums are for, genius man.

"I think it's too conservative to carry enough cash to handle a thing that is literally right now happening" Truly sir you are a genius of the highest order.

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> with the obvious implication that you're calling the person stupid because they're American and hold some view you view as stereotypically American Actually I'm accusing them of …

Have you ever considered that you have terminal America Brain and that your particular economic theories haven't exactly proven robust or even helpful for the past century?

Absolutely, without question, yes.

How about in practical terms?

This assumes that every bitcoin ever mined stays in circulation. We know this isn't true. We know that millions of dollars of bitcoin have gone missing, never to be recovered. And …

Bitcoin is fundamentally not a cash alternative. Which means definitionally the alternative to holding onto $100 BTC is NOT holding onto $100 cash. In fact cash is intentionally in…

I don't care about the time, but I'm utterly horrified at the waste of resources.

Can't we all just agree that Maybe/Optional types are actually a great idea that generalizes all of this at minimal cost?

Yup I'm utterly fed up with AirBnb and won't consider using them again.