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So what happened? Why aren't we in a world of abundant energy?

> already good enough Are they? I was under the impression they required some sort of subsidy and/or restrictions on natural gas production to be competitive.

> management... all come from eng for a few levels until you start hitting VP roles. And then where do they come from? Ivy league MBAs or IB? No shade at those guys, just curious. …

Someone in the thread said "it's the same in finance vs crypto now". I wonder how tapering and rate hikes will affect this relationship. I have dabbled in weird edge-case-crypto te…

Would you do a guy a favor and lay some links or at least breadcrumbs such that I might start learning my history? I'm picking up programming at a relatively advanced age (31) and …

Were the records of payment a method to keep track of who might be using it?

you're doing something neat with your Us but I, unfortunately, came of age after lots of the cool times were over. All the hackers got jobs in industry and it feels like if I poke …

Can you suggest some news sources?

You can't post something like this and not post the video.

Waterwheel, then, no?

Is it even really relevant anymore?

depends. It could ripple into the legacy financial system. If that happens, we could see some really onerous regulations that prevent innovation.

Can you direct me somewhere to learn more about Gatling's ethos?

Yeah, this article itself reeks of bias.

How does one go about finding investors in the first place? A couple buddies who weren't into tech are putting together a product and haven't even considered outside funding becaus…

why? I'm newish to programming so this is over my head.

>been proven wrong time and again Has it been proven? I'm not a malthusian at all and that argument drives me up the wall. However the best answer I can come up with is "capitalism…

I kind of agree with this, but I've thought about it and it typically leads to an ugly sort of huxleyan society where most people wind up on drugs that are being provided by the go…

I was speaking with a close friend about how Kyle's mom drove him HOURS with a WEAPON OF WAR across STATE LINES to go HUNTING for protestors. It was made clear that there was no ro…

>wish to talk more Always, but alas, I'm already behind on keeping up with people I know irl. I do have some debate left in me on those points* but you can probably imagine it, you…

>...maybe even share a news article where this happened. Lol, you've got me dead to rights. That's exactly what I was going to do. I'm glad you made this call because my toxicity e…

Isn't there some chance someone will manufacture laptops that people can have 100% confidence don't contain hardware-level backdoors?

>because the silent majority are cowards I think part of it is because the language that those ideas are built on is intentionally very slippery. If you aren't extremely careful wi…

I'm extremely confident I would lose my job if I expressed any of these out loud or on a social account connected with my name. I think that speaks to some level of contrarianism. …

- Contemporary feminism hurts most women and encourages relationship-sabotaging behavior. - The narrative that the US and other Western nations' participation in white supremacy an…