guard-of-terra
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Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
If you lie about people long enough eventually you'll notice that they hate you.
Comment · 9 years ago
> violent series of pogroms
> undertaken by the Czarist government
This is a very serious claim right here. Any concrete data on "Czarist government" undertaking pogroms?
The whole discourse right here reeks of 60's university left's "commies good, czars bad". This is when commies could murder the same number of people, off-war, on their not the most busy day, as the "Czarist government" during the whole early XX century.
Comment · 9 years ago
Olympics was about bringing the world together.
I would say it fails today, because now most troubled countries don't care about sport. But anyway, permanent location for Olympics will defeat that idea for good and will turn Olympics into a completely worthless consumerism fest.
Maybe just make them cheaper?
Comment · 9 years ago
There exist some SF set in Strong Heaven, but it's mostly written in Russian :)
Comment · 9 years ago
Men are twice as stronger on certain operations - for example, grip by hand.
That's a lot of biological basis, which nevertheless is much less relevant today.
Comment · 9 years ago
How is it any different compared to software wallet?
Comment · 9 years ago
Your private keys have limited attack surface, especially if they're in cold storage.
However, your banking account has unlimited attack surface. It's on some remote information system that you do not control and never will. As I already said, I'm not a big believer in "legal recourse", it's as well to be used to take money from you as to return them back.
Comment · 9 years ago
Someone steals the control of your banking account, they take everything and there's no way of getting those money back.
Credit cards are peculiar in this regard.
Comment · 9 years ago
Law is code until well connected people need a bailout.
Comment · 9 years ago
In a centralized system, sometimes people can help you get your money back, but it is also possible that they'll help taking money away from you.
"Spirit of contract" is usually taking money from less well-connected and awarding it to more well-connected. Have zero faith in it in XXI century.