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Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Not being that familiar with WoW, wouldn't it be classed as income more than speculation? These people grinded away at a game and earned "gold", now they want to convert it into a different currency.

Doesn't seem speculative for the people playing the game. Though for a trader it is.

Fail to see the difference between buy/sells on the company platform compared to a third party. Both could be used for speculation.

Comment · 9 years ago
Certainly minimises any anger for the 90m golden parachute given to the person at the helm now bailing out.
Comment · 9 years ago
Lots? Name one ico over $1m that has run off with others money?

Plenty of raisings based on spurious concepts but yet to see one actually go full scam, essentially these people have bs programming jobs for a few years until they admit their product is not desirable to anyone.

Most will fail, but at the very least the world will get some open source software from it.

More than could be said for all the dodgy mining explorers I've invested in.

Comment · 9 years ago
Automatically assume anyone who uses all caps mid sentence hasnt thought through their point and is internet rambling. I stop reading everytime.

Quite sure there's a few of us, if you need to emphasise anything perhaps being more succinct is better than subscribing to this form of communication.

Comment · 9 years ago
Plenty of western countries recently seem to realise that its far cheapear to take in educated immigrants rather than pay the cost of raising and educating a child. It's most certainly a trend.

Not justifying it, simply observing.

Comment · 9 years ago
Virtually a prerequisite for anyone doing long range first person flying legally.
Comment · 9 years ago
No proof whatsoever, but the ceremony and who was involved was most certainly known ahead of time.

Is prudence not prudent in matters such as these?

Comment · 9 years ago
I stand corrected.

Someone is obviously in the wrong here, have doubts whatsapp would ruin their business for a single country.

Comment · 9 years ago
Messages are e2e, was under the impression that calls aren't yet.
Comment · 9 years ago
They've been known to use pocket calculators for ciphers and transmit over radio frequencies digit by digit.
Comment · 9 years ago
"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." - Henry Ford
Comment · 9 years ago
> real money

Posit that most of society doesn't understand how money is created and destroyed. "Real money" is a falsehood as far as most human beings see it.

Cashless has many benefits, watching this phenomenon play out it my home country (quite sure we have more cashless then Sverige), why should typical cash businesses like hairdressers get huge tax benefits from being cash only over the business next door?

Its undeniable that some businesses gain huge advantage from avoiding cards.

If you have a problem with taxation then address that with the powers that be rather than supporting those who sidestep the law at the expense of everyone else.

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Shouldnt all fresh food be of variable market price?

Seems quite evironmentally unfriendly to subside out of season food solely to appease picky customers.

Eating local in-season food should be promoted by market mechanisms.

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