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shobith

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    Comment #26228050

    Peak dystopia is close.

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    Comment #25062896

    It took ~10 years for flexible screens using OLEDs to be mass producible. 10 years seems to be the norm as of now for things produced under research conditions to enter mass produc…

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    Comment #23909472

    I guess you can make a case for the neo-luddites

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    Comment #23593341

    It seems to be available in browser, see script.js it's not minified.

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    Comment #23148584

    - The haters have not changed their mind despite their hatred being addressed, they've moved on to other reasons. - Bitcoin continues to improve. On a serious note, that's a good s…

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    Comment #23148355

    > It's not about good or bad. ok > Bitcoin is bad because... ??

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    Comment #23148106

    I don't like Bananas. Instead of just not buying them at the grocery store and not eating them, I'll post a negative comment whenever someone mentions Bananas. Bananas are bad for …

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    Comment #23147735

    What does tether have to do with bitcoin's block reward halving? I couldn't see any references to it here: http://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

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    Comment #23147523

    But what about Hillary's emails!

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    Comment #23147498

    "tether bad, so bitcoin bad!"

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    Comment #22110095

    Where do you work?? :D

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    Comment #22103480

    Was it an on-site interview? I’m curious how he was able to convince you to install the env.

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    Comment #21406035

    Capitalism is amoral Edit: This wasn't posted as a judgement, it's just an observation of a trend.

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    Comment #21406033

    People always prioritize the remembering self over the experiencing self :). Like someone else pointed out, you can strike a balance between the two.

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    Comment #20842994

    "It's so ... black!" said Ford Prefect, "you can hardly make out its shape ... light just seems to fall into it!"

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    Comment #20415947

    This. I have first hand experience in this phenomenon multiple times. Complexity helps this effect too.

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    Comment #19940392

    This is great! The Expanse has a similar theme around the EAILD, they have the protomolecule instead.

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    Comment #19709449

    I wonder at what point would it make sense to start exposing a part of your "software development pipeline" to the external world and then hiring people after they've proven themse…

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    Comment #19709262

    Serious question to the author: Can we know how many hires you've made that you're happy about? what is your interviewing process like?

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    Comment #19506014

    For the purposes of fraud prevention, payment processors can be viewed as an escrow service (along with other things, of course). This can still be programmed on top of bitcoin, so…

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    Comment #19022157

    My hypothesis around this was younger (or curious people) would just "get" the UI and the older people won't be on the app or not be as active.

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    Comment #18972129

    In any case, I'm not one to judge a programming system by its artwork. I hope people don't get discouraged by it and not try it out, It's a phenomenal system for translating though…

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    Comment #18971842

    For someone who's familiar with the "IDE" shown in the artwork, I was able to quickly parse the different components and it conveyed a vague sense of excitement :).

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    Comment #18250386

    Kurzgesagt had a nice video on plastics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7IzU2VJIQ it is a scary situation!

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    Comment #18161932

    > I don't think you can explain this by simply categorizing people I was not trying to categorize people, but I was trying to abstractly point out how this might happen, but I used…