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indoordinosaur

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    Comment #16261235

    This is why I'm not entirely opposed to the Trump infrastructure philosophy of encouraging states and local governments to pay their own way. It also encourages more private invest…

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    Comment #16261203

    Basically, our transit system is welfare for employees made redundant in other sectors.

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    Comment #16261178

    I would argue that because healthcare is so regulated its more of a public sector thing. Also, an enormous amount of money going into the healthcare sector comes from public source…

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    Comment #16261135

    Realize that these projects often take up to a decade. $730 million is a lot of wasted money and probably how much an entire line costs in some countries.

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    Comment #16258360

    In the original article linked it talks about how people found a flaw in the cryptographic hash function. When it was pointed out to the founder he basically said "Yeah we knew it …

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    Comment #16257450

    The fact that it is using balanced Ternary makes it seem like the science project of young/inexperienced developers. If you're building a cryptocurrency put away your hubris and us…

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    Comment #15740783

    The world's best subway by many measures is the MTR in Hong Kong. Not only is it entirely privately run but it turns a profit which they then take to build more lines. The MTR Corp…