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> I would think anyone below the center line vertically (so anarchists to free market libertarians) would support what you call “cancel culture” since is a powerful form of direct …

> A promotion and a raise? The horror. This is not an argument in good faith. I'm referring to the consequences of attacking a person's character publicly. We have yet to see what …

> This isn't a court of law, there is no "burden of proof." That's exactly the problem with news publications like this; they are extrajudicial. They throw away the right to due pr…

Protection mechanisms do not need to be "layer 1" (on-chain) solutions, though. There are many possible forms these could take. For example, a multisig wallet gives you very secure…

> Crypto currency is designed from the ground up with the goal of eliminating all such centralized power and protection mechanisms. Anything that goes wrong is your fault and you h…

> While I disagree about banning this research ... For context to other readers, I had the following phrasing at the end of my comment: "This research is extremely damaging and sho…

Every day over 100,000 humans die due to age-related disease. The lack of research in aging and life extension is one of the biggest resource misallocation of our times, and it is …

You will need to define 'deflationary'. Are you assuming the price of bitcoin (in real goods) will always go up? Why? That would imply an enormous market failure. The supply of bit…

> The difference is that PoW is permissionless and PoS is permissioned system. This is a big statement without an argument to back it up. > PoS is simply worse from every angle and…

There are escrow services for blockchain transactions; the difference to digital fiat is that you are not forced to use a middleman.

Why do you believe a global PoS currency will be controlled by US actors? The US has a 10--20% share of global GDP. Regardless, history has proven that the most legitimate branch o…

No, presumption of innocence is first and foremost a moral principle. Our legal systems are reflections of our collective morals.

> The other problem is much more fundamental. How do we create crypto that maintains stability without having to resort to typical "stable coin" strategies like holding other curre…

There are many organisms that appear to be able to live for exceedingly long times (and perhaps indefinitely). Disregarding unicellular organisms, there are, for example, species o…

To add to the siblings' comments, it is also likely that a lack of privacy leads to groupthink. Groupthink may propagate misinformation, as people become afraid to speak up against…

> I don’t think that’s a good model, as people who want more offspring will out-reproduce those who don’t, but that’s an argument for another time. This argument assumes the offspr…

Emacs can run as an elisp interpreter, check out the '--script' switch. This makes it possible to run org-export without starting an emacs session.