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True enough - but carrying and exchanging large amounts of cash is rather unsafe. Not so with Bitcoin :).

You accept the risk you could die every time you step outside -- not because you think you're too smart to get shot or hit by a bus or whatever, but because the risk is so low and …

Neither of these are true. 'These people' don't want to let any particular party regulate their use of money, for better or worse. By using bitcoin, you implicitly accept the risks…

“Inter-universal Geometer" - This seems to refer to the Geometers from Neal Stephenson's Anathem[0], or is at least inspired by the same concept. "Inter-universal" probably refers …

That made me laugh, thanks XD.

Sounds sort of like something I've been working on - Hyphaelia[0]. Users publish both respect and trust ratings for other users, and just respect ratings for content. This allows m…

You might be interested in something I've been working on - hyphaelia[0]. Users publish both respect and trust ratings for other users, and just respect ratings for content. This a…

> the only way to correct that is to hire a greater share of them This is affirmative action, which has the following problem: How do it eventually end? This is especially true whe…

How is this good? Isn't it a clear case of unfair gender discrimination? I get that people want to correct a perceived injustice, but isn't overcompensating just as bad?

I'd like one please :).

Here's something I wrote a little while ago - an xkcd-style passgen script in ruby. Usage is just `./passgen.rb [number of words]`. Default word count is 5. https://github.com/kuro…

Is there a law for mentioning Zike's law? (kinda serious)