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> Ultimately, the concept of "actual value" can be defined as one of two things: money Even when "money" refers to hyperinflated Zimbabwean dollars? No, it's clear those had no val…

> Economists have long accepted that individuals and society have vary different short term costs and bennifits for the same activity. That makes no sense whatsoever. Individuals a…

This new stuff from Apple is disgusting. Everything is connected, everything goes online. Spotlight, HomeKit, HealthKit etc will all send information on you to Google, Apple, adver…

> In other words for things like mass murder Oh, right. Like a country's "leader" sending hundreds of thousands or millions of people to kill or be killed in a war? - That kind of …

I guess those targeted would be the ones not selling vulnerabilities to the government?

Where would someone e-mail you?

Google isn't competing.

> In other words, it takes sustained long term effort and thinking to promote innovation. No, it only takes getting out of the way and letting innovators innovate. Our 60%+ taxes a…

> I have been looking now for a while for a rigorous treatment of how to deal with monopoly-related problems http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp there are two, and only two, …

So Credit Suisse has enabled some people to avoid paying protection money to the US government, which is now extracting protection money from Credit Suisse. Madness.

> But none of its coverage AFAIK has made a compelling argument for why ordinary consumers would generally choose it over cards People will gladly choose the most painless viable o…

> Can you suggest how the ad is deceptive and/or manipulative? Good thing he didn't accuse you of deception or manipulation. The "90 to 99%" of all ads out there in the world may w…

> I've found little correlation between how harshly someone rates themselves and their true ability Are you sure you're actually measuring their true ability by asking them about s…

You've already cleared the biggest hurdles by far . You've got a viable idea, you've implemented it, and you've caused customers to start rolling in at an increasing pace. I can't …

> It's a sad fact he with the biggest cheque book wins, especially when it comes to reform. That's how political power works. Its primary use is to benefit at other people's expens…

> Why aren't you replying to any of them if you're acting as the voice of reason here? Exactly because the fraudulent bans are actually a widespread phenomenon, but that goes again…

So it's alright for Matt and some others to spread misinformation, but it's not alright to call them out on it? Here's a thread full of people saying they got mysteriously banned w…

Matt Cutts has always been Google's little PR-whore. Back in the days, you'd always see him spring into action whenever Google was talked about in a negative light. Any doubts abou…

Do you want to understand exactly how a car works, or do you just want to go places?

"Welcome to France, entrepreneurs! It's a wonderful place to do business in, what with the lax regulation and light bureaucracy and all. Oh, and far be it from our economy to be dr…

He does make good points about the legalese. Quite worrisome.

You can rest assured that all governments monitor their citizens to the best of their abilities.

> Hence the US is entitled to listen to everything non-US people say, read everything non-US people write, search data not stored on US soil, monitor non-US financial transactions,…

> I flagged this and hope others do too. Yeah, we shouldn't pay attention to politicians breaking their promises! It's not like what politicians do has any effect on our lives!

>> we should not have rulers > Explain "should not"? It’s a violation of our rights, for starters. Second, it doesn’t benefit society at large. A ruler’s rule only benefits himself…