abcampbell

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Comment · 10 years ago
Some smart chaps over there...
Comment · 10 years ago
Seems like the kind of questions Twitter was designed for no? Has anyone asked?
Comment · 10 years ago
Why doesn't someone just ask him why he's giving the money.

He's participating the democratic process, would be interested to hear his rationale rather than a bunch of speculations about what he may or may not believe.

Comment · 10 years ago
am saying it's an open question now.

so people can, and will, and should, ask

this also calls into question the general practice of "forfeit right X to get benefit Y" that appears common

In cases where "benefit Y" is actually "right Y", then it raises the question of whether these agreements are valid.

I don't know if that's actually happening, but probabilistically would not be surprised if it were - just given the legal complexity involved in these documents.

Comment · 10 years ago
Domo is not the issue here.

The issue is the huge can of worms this (could) open up if every shareholder realizes access to financial information is a #right and not a #privilege

At least as far as I understand the law, which is (admittedly) limited.

Comment · 10 years ago
Love the vision behind Tesla, but man does this 'autopilot' thing strike me as overconfident.

Why not call it Cruise Control 2.0?

Comment · 10 years ago
I'd say the bar for writing it off as simply an ambitious phrase is a bit different when you know that particular form of "user error" is literally lethal.
Comment · 10 years ago
"Consider this: If a Toyota driver had standard cruise control set for 70 miles per hour on the highway and failed to take over and reduce speed for a 25 mph turn, would we blame the cruise control for the resulting crash? Relinquishing full control to Autopilot is no different."

That's why Toyota calls is cruise control and not autopilot

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yup, it's just a good product
Comment · 10 years ago
This is interesting, but I don't understand why the existence of CB coin would necessarily lead to traditional bank accounts losing their status as means of exchange.

Money is whatever other people will accept as money.

CBcoin accounts could be more stable form of money (though as many emerging markets show, it's not like central banks are always risk-free), but that doesn't mean it would crowd out all other forms. On the contrary, just seems like a return to fractional-reserve gold standard, where instead of gold, people use CBcoins...

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