kbhn
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
Mainly those that believe in concepts such as 'borders' and 'sovereignty'
You might personally feel that those residents welcomed foreign troops with open arms, but it's not a narrative that Russian forces crossed Ukraine's border to annex territory that didn't belong to it.
Every declaration you made in this sentence is incorrect.
Commentary from someone who only visits Texas in the summer is bound to be one-dimensional.
> To me this spells the end of Oracle's supremacy in anything other than selling smaller and smaller volumes of mainframes.
True because average regional temperature has always been a solid predictor of company success, which is why companies like 3M, Cirrus Logic, Dell, Indeed, National Instruments, and Silicon Labs all collapsed after establishing their headquarters in Austin due to talented employees leaving en masse for the beauty of other regions /s
This is a fantasy put forth by Bitcoin enthusiasts that's not supported by the facts. The average cost of a bitcoin transaction is currently ~$7.5USD[1]; nobody in the unbanked world is spending the cost of 1-2 Nokias to make day-to-day purchases.
> Another example is how it is providing a way for people in hyper-inflationary economies like Venezuela to store value.
This isn't true. Zelle's ability to store actual USD make it the preferred means for storing digital currency safely in Venezuela right now[2]:
"Ecoanalítica, a local consulting firm, estimates that 17% of transactions at retail establishments in Caracas go through [Zelle] and that other Venezuelan cities are seeing similar usage levels. The actual figure may be larger, considering the data do not include smaller shops."
Accusing others of being ill informed or dishonest while yourself pushing forth maximalist narratives that aren't grounded in reality is a bit rich.
[1] https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_f.... [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/features/2020-11-11/zelle...
I too would like to erode confidence in our public servants.
Because Bitcoin wasn't originally designed for speculating on cryptocurrencies.
What do you mean it's not clever? Sure, they applied a known weakness of non-constant data rate encoded messages to drone monitoring, but that's never been done before. What have you done that's so impressive that gives you the confidence to scoff at the accomplishment of the talented engineers and developers who created something brand new?
You implicitly implied him.
> There are many different professions that are legal in their country of operation that the US will redirect international flights to US controlled locations to arrest you.
Which ones? Please provide sources of researchers who have had their flights redirected with the sole purpose of arresting the individuals.
> It seems like you can't accept that the US is a threat to some people's and nations sovereignty.
It seems like you struggle with providing facts and evidence as opposed to conjecture and hypotheticals.