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metroidfan832

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    Comment #15461071

    >everyone will have to actively choose a side rather than the 'no' side getting all the non-active default votes No, this just shifts the do-nothings from 'no' to 'yes', as they wi…

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    Comment #15240915

    Slippery slope is a valid argument. However, it can be used fallaciously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

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    Comment #15117371

    No, they have neither. This is just a script to purchase an amount of bitcoin. It has to be run manually for each purchase. It is easier I think to just login to the exchange every…

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    Comment #15041291

    No, the difficulty can be adjusted at fork time so it doesn't matter. Literally anyone can fork.

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    Comment #15008910

    Unstoppable transaction is not a benefit.

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    Comment #14800086

    That is a disadvantage. You can shoot yourself in the foot with real money.

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    Comment #14800084

    That is not an advantage though.

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    Comment #14799839

    The price is lower and market less deep so it is easier to get rich by buying now.

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    Comment #14789443

    One Bitcoin is over $2000. How could someone dump everything into Bitcoin and lose the whole shebang?

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    Comment #14724164

    several ? Really ? Please link me other languages that compile to EVM bytecode.

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    Comment #14668746

    A very relevant rebuttal from page 91/92: >Because you get really nice feedback. When you write a graphics algorithm, it draws a picture for you. While data can be re- warding in i…

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    Comment #14369831

    You can use `also` instead of `let` to remove the last `it` line.

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    Comment #13372375

    Appelbaum's relationship with Tor is well documented. I'm not sure why this post is downvoted so much. Social attacks against privacy enhancing OSS tools such as Tor, Tox, and Bitc…