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Comment · 4 years ago
I started getting emails from Amazon recruiters about every 3 days for the past few months, and I have no idea what caused me to pop up on their radar.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is it really a “win” if no one else is playing?
Comment · 4 years ago
What makes it groupthink rather than simply being in agreement about something?
Comment · 4 years ago
It’s ironic that people are trying to censor you for this.
Comment · 5 years ago
Paper money is not actually made of paper.
Comment · 5 years ago
That's probably why they used the word correlated, and suggested how a causal relationship could be established.
Comment · 5 years ago
They do.
Comment · 5 years ago
How would removing Windows accomplish this? Throwing your own stuff away after paying for it doesn’t make sense, they already have your money.
Comment · 5 years ago
> "Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. If you want to work here, close."

Ugh, no. This is terrible advice.

Comment · 5 years ago
What else would people negotiate for?
Comment · 5 years ago
Who did it?
Comment · 5 years ago
Say you have 5 bags with 5 apples in each. How many apples do you have? 5 x 5 = 25.

If you have 5 empty bags, 5 x 0 = 0.

Comment · 5 years ago
Why is it good that no more can be printed though? The value of all total goods in existence is not fixed, so why a currency where you don’t know how much you’ll able to buy with it in the future?
Comment · 5 years ago
I don’t see any use cases for it except tax avoidance or illicit transactions, neither of which I have any need for. Why use it for anything else when I have no way to know that it will be worth anything tomorrow? I realize the same could be said for paper money but I have less confidence in Bitcoin.

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