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Comment · 3 years ago
I don't want to descend into boomer-bashing, however it is worth acknowledging that the S-team and most senior managers are boomers who bought cheap property that is big enough and close enough to work to raise families. The only chance a lot of young Amazonians have to raise a family is by remote working outside the city. It is quite easy for the S-team and empty nesters to mandate an office return when they are the least impacted by it. Even if the older employees relocated out of the city, they still got to ride the property boom. In contrast this decision forces young people to live (and presumably buy) where property prices have appreciated the fastest.
Comment · 4 years ago
The site looks great and will come back again. I would like to see more powerful chart features in future: log scale, long-term data, and moving averages. Best of luck.
Comment · 4 years ago
You have failed to acknowledge or address any of the points I brought to your attention. I didn't think I would change your mind anyhow
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
You make a large assumption that people don't want a permanent log. If the system works then you do want it to be permanent. The only reason why you propose forgetting the transactions of the current system is that it is distorted by politicians. Politicians cannot distorted crypto markets in the same way they can with the USD, therefore is no need to ever forget crypto transactions
Comment · 5 years ago
I see your point in theory but in practice:

- poor people have less money to repay interest on the debt after buying necessities at an inflated price

- interest rates rise following inflation which will increase debt repayment costs and likely offset any benefits gained from debt being inflated away

- it is very rare for 'people' to actually issue loans, I imagine 99.99% of loans are issued by banks

Comment · 5 years ago
I am not who you are asking but I want to chime in: the problem is not missing regulation, the problem is the rich decide on regulation and this regulation helps keep them rich.

Specific examples: UK capital gains tax is lower than income taxes. This means if you are born in to a wealthy family and given a £1MM index fund, you will pay less yearly tax on your capital gains while chilling at home all day than someone with a £50K job working hard and contributing to society

Comment · 5 years ago
No way are there 1.5bn windows users. More like 1bn legacy machines that are padding the numbers
Comment · 5 years ago
The Bible
Comment · 5 years ago
Who said it's different?
Comment · 5 years ago
I am personally very grateful Brian Armstrong gave me the chance to help him get rich by buying his shares at an inflated price
Comment · 6 years ago
Just give me some monkeys, darts and a dart board
Comment · 6 years ago
An internet connection
Comment · 6 years ago
No one really knows and it can't be proven one way or the other, so this isn't worth debating
Comment · 6 years ago
Surely everyone knows this by now

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