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A lot to like about DERO: * Smart Contracts * Homomorphic Encryption (not just obfuscation) for Privacy, Fungibility * Σ-Mining (anyone mining on the DERO network can earn rewards …

"that's how it works" - compelling argument. I never thought about it like that ;). I wouldn't say I'm against socialized "x"; I'm against government socialized "x". You, I, and ch…

I’m not sure all types of money have this characteristic, but debt-based money in a fractional reserve banking system certainly seems to. The banks are perpetually insolvent becaus…

People (demos) and power (kratos) tend to not go well together, which is why the US was founded as a democratic Republic with strictly limited power. Many of the founders viewed th…

> You might lose your job though. That's what I was trying to get at. I didn't mean to make it sound like you'd go to jail.

Interesting, I thought you had to be a special type of corporation for that. My language is a bit strong then.

Yeah, the only thing I've used it for thus far is hashing passwords e.g. https://github.com/riverrun/argon2_elixir

Who is supposed to benefit from this? I'm confused.

Facebook gives away Free Basics "internet". Although I'm not sure I'd call that internet...

This is my biggest qualm with building a company aimed to sell (either to public markets or another company). You are binding yourself to pursue as much profit as possible through …

Was probably going to happen eventually since Lyft and Uber offer a better product, but it's interesting that the big ride sharing companies aren't profitable yet either.

> The world is a better place with lots of smaller companies. I would tend to agree. What's troubling to me is central banks pouring money into the big tech companies. How are smal…

I was wondering the same thing.. Maybe the developer was able to remotely flip a switch after the app went through approval to change its behavior and app review didn't catch it? W…

Another thing to consider is the size of Denmark compared to the US. It's a much smaller political unit which tends to translate into more responsive politicians. Danes have about …

I wish I could vote every day and have it count. Thankfully this is the case for many goods and services that are provided on the market. If I don't like the product I am getting o…

Government is an inherently immoral/unethical institution because it does not abide by the same rules that private citizens are expected to abide by. Many think government is a nec…