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"Switch to a field that involves many people dying if you write a bug" doesn't sound like the less stressful alternative to me.

It usually takes about a month between the time I order something from the US and the time I have it in-hand. Last holiday season was about 2 months.

Never tried a return because I'd have to pay through the nose on shipping.

It's like Go, but quicker.

Won’t this be easy to defeat? Run the output through a translation model. English to whatever language, then back to English.

I think a distinction should be made between abusing position & relationships to spin a narrative vs abusing position and relationships to silence individuals.

Both are slimy and abusive but the latter is a violation of constitutional rights.

This is even worse. You’re boned when Google bans your account and refuses to tell you why.

> without the cryptocurrency or blockchain

If only we had a way to solve this problem using a solution other than the technology that already solves this problem.

International trade dependency is one of the biggest deterrents to war and often helps countries become allies.

Musk’s specialty is selling vaporware and big promises.

Satoshi released working software without prior announcements and did hardly anything to promote it.

I don’t know how anyone really thinks Elon could be Satoshi.

Every MMO in existence has external markets for RMT. There are stories of players in elite WoW guilds making 5-6 figures for helping noobs clear content.

Some people don’t mind spending $2000 to build an endgame character that’s only worth $1000 by the time they’re done with it.

We don’t call automotive hobbyists “marks” if they pay a mechanic to tune their car and devalue its resale price. Professionals/careerists exist in every hobby industry.

Thanks for sharing the SN thread.

Funny how these “tainted” coins are no longer tainted as soon as the US gov gets their hands on them. Anyone else holding the same coins would have their assets seized and get taken in for questioning.

Abuse of state power is like an adult bullying children to steal their lunch money. One-sided and totally despicable.

Pretty interesting.

Somaliland and Liberland are interesting stories as well. Kind of the opposite of what you’re looking for.