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tradersam
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Comment #16300311
Nor .io domains.
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Comment #16236704
> And bigger purchases (>$100) are planned so they can be actually paid for. Totally, like when you blow a tire on the freeway? Or get into medical trouble, without sufficient insu…
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Comment #15991892
Looks like another Bitcoin v. Bitcoin Cash argument thread getting started again. I'm getting really tired of this.
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Comment #15991734
> producing video games that make people stupid Why are you such a pessimist? Not all video games make people stupid. In fact, some strategy / simulation games actually require a f…
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Comment #15973974
Elon Musk lives here, in Southern California, where the population is incredibly sprawled. Public transportation is almost useless here. Buses run late and are somewhat dangerous, …
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Comment #15943340
Problem is, the only trains here in Southern California go in the L.A. → San Diego direction. I would love if the 91 had a railway running in parallel, but unfortunately that doesn…
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Comment #15929057
That's incorrect. RAID is a system build on top of hard drives for redundancy. Redundancy (for this use of the word) is simply duplication across multiple hard-drives, which doesn'…
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Comment #15929026
I don't agree — that's why things like redundancy are commonplace. :D
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Comment #15928975
Alternatively: "Hard-drives let you permanently keep your stuff, for life"
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Comment #15822783
What about that doesn’t make sense to you? Almost all species do that — humans included. Literally: Some families in New York City have been in the same burrough since their ancest…
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Comment #15822759
Nah — I like it the way it is.
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Comment #15819312
Y'know, after a decade on Internet forums, I've found saying "I know I'm going to get downvoted, but—" usually leads to downvotes, while simply stating your position gets judged on…
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Comment #15792902
Jesus F. Christ, you’re right. Just shows where humanity’s overall priorities are, funny enough.
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Comment #15792788
Sorry if I sounded harsh, I actually appreciate your correction, but was trying to mainly say what you said in the second half of your statement.
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Comment #15792747
I completely agree with you — you're preaching to the choir, bud. But " conspiracy theorists " will make an excuse to discredit them, regardless.
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Comment #15792741
The first string of comments says they haven't announced yet (besides on reddit) and nothing on their site claims anything to that affect either. Also, if the Fed barred any Bitcoi…
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Comment #15792652
If the banks cut off access to the funds (e.g.: GDAX can no longer accept USD deposits/withdraws, or possibly even the funds in their own accounts) they basically can't be consider…
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Comment #15792618
I assumed that but really didn't care. Language is cool like that — when you know how rules apply and are interpreted, you can break them at will.
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Comment #15792603
> No, that's not what OP is saying at all. Read his posts. He's under the impression that exchanges take out bank loans to pay dollars to their customers, which is false. Although …
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Comment #15792343
> You are misinformed. The people who provide the dollars to this market are the customers of the exchanges. It seems like you are not familiar with how a currency exchange works. …
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Comment #15792292
I had a large argument about this on r/conspiracy with someone recently. They were claiming since the CIA uses AWS to the tune of ~$900 million a year, the CIA has a direct line to…
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Comment #15784653
"Everyone else". Lol. 24HR Transactions: * BTC — 328,580 [1] * BCH — 20,255 [2] [1]: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ [2]: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin%20cash/
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Comment #15783950
Well, good job at assuming incorrectly. You wouldn't know by my comment that I've been in the space since '11, or that I've contributed to the codebase (however slightly). Nope, yo…
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Comment #15783915
Ver rode the Cash band-wagon to help his position of control over the ecosystem, as did many others. Hundreds of millions of value was created — and a lot instantly lost — in a day…