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moistrobot

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    Comment #31934025

    if that's your goal, then we should be investing in nuclear energy and putting more pressure on countries like China and India

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    Comment #31398994

    Not really, it's secured by Proof of Violence/Imprisonment in partnership with the country's government. And the government spends a lot more energy doing that than bitcoin does

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    Comment #30528801

    HN people feel the most normal to me of any online group. All other social media sites feel extremely progressive with no room for nuance.

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    Comment #30528666

    Splitting your customer base on a political decision is an interesting business choice. I won't be doing business with Namecheap in the future

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    Comment #30260579

    What misinformation has he spread? All I see is an expert in a field, who I can't tell if they are right or not, disagreeing with other experts in the same field, who I also can't …

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    Comment #30249684

    Now i'm just imagining flight crew yeeting unmasked people off of planes in mid-air

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    Comment #29892796

    *with COVID average number of co-morbidities: 4.5 what really killed them?

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    Comment #29783135

    > On a philosophical level, I think the flawed premise you’re presenting here is that inflation is a problem that needs to be solved. Inflation is unpopular because it’s effectivel…

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    Comment #29423504

    if it's the same shot as the originals, which is my understanding, then it's reasonable to assume a similar expiry

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    Comment #29422899

    I wish I could. If I knew how, I would be implementing this as fast as humanly possible. The first person to fix this problem will make $1 billion, easy

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    Comment #29420957

    > Even within crypto/defi, it's still people making the decisions. People wrote the algorithms. The only advantage I see there is that, in theory, you should be able to see what ru…

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    Comment #29420783

    I think that's a totally valid opinion. The advantage to people is that they can more flexible. The disadvantage to people is that they can be more irrational.

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    Comment #29419992

    Totally agree, as long as the reasons the banks have are valid. The problem is that that decision is made by people. Standards of conduct are not universal. What if political affil…

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    Comment #29419594

    I'm glad it went well for you :) All of those guarantees are under threat of legal punishment enforced through court systems. All of those guarantees are given to you based on good…

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    Comment #29418136

    Code doesn't actively resist your attempts to improve it. Our broken institutions are fighting to protect their kingdom

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    Comment #29254646

    maybe i'm alone here, but the lack of formatting made this difficult to read

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    Comment #28922756

    Good, now let's do this for everything

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    Comment #28711626

    This argument doesn't hold if he's already had covid. you don't put your seatbelt on after the car crash

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    Comment #28525788

    If zero-covid doesn't work, then necessary immunization levels can't be reached. It's endemic. Everyone will get it at one point or another. It's now just a risk management questio…

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    Comment #28485380

    Because obesity will kill them. That's the message that's not being said in a COVID context. Healthy at every size is one of the biggest health lies in America

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    Comment #28484878

    > The number of comments here that fall back on some sort of a slippery slope argument, based in a worry about government overreach, is really disheartening. If COVID has proven an…

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    Comment #28482681

    that's what some people are saying yes. other possibly reasons include obesity, smoking habits, alcoholism, vaccine mandates on hospital staff, poor budgeting and planning by the h…

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    Comment #28482582

    There's no way to split geographically, and it won't be clean.

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    Comment #28480886

    We aren't ever going back to normal at this point. Once government gets power, it doesn't give it back. We're pushing closer to 2 Americas, one with freedom and one with vaccine ma…

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    Comment #28480844

    We're getting closer to two Americas. Policies like these will only exacerbate the transition. Expect to mass over non-compliance from conservative states and businesses