thekingofspain

Apologies in advance for not adding anything to the discussion, but I believe you mean "I would much rather", because "I'd much rather" != "I had much rather".

Based on my experience being in Germany recently, it's worse or about the same as Canada/US.

Can you expand on this more? I'm looking to learn about finance, but it all seems so... overly complicated. It's hard to digest information when the simple stuff is hidden behind tons of terminology. I will definitely look more into Matt Levine. Any other recommendations for how to learn more about finance in general?

I mean, it's only one example, but Lord of the Rings?

I don't have anything to say, other than I really enjoyed your reply and think the debugging analogy is great!

> The spouses who believed they were in a monogamous marriage deserve a divorce and the chance to be with someone honest who cares about them.

I agree, but that's not for us to act upon.

The thing about rape is that the intent and the act are very much intertwined with the victim's feelings of it. If the victim does not appreciate whatever is going on, the onus is on the perpetrator to realize that and stop. Failure to do so is "the act" and the intent is.. well, the state of mind where you do not choose to find out/acquiesce to the other person's desires.

However, if the "victim" says there was no rape, and has never said so, then the whole premise, including both the intent and the act, is unseated.

Disclaimer: I am no lawyer, and do not know much about this specific case. These are just my intuitions about rape laws. I also believe that if the laws, in fact, are much different from these ideas in spirit, they are SORELY off-base.

However, that would only become a problem after centralization, correct? Otherwise, it would require a concerted effort by most/all miners to take the same approach, rather than competing for staying power etc.

A quick google informs me that punishment != negative reinforcement.

No, you're thinking of pokemon :)

Please don't do this unless you have a hands-free system!

Um, whatever key you used instead of 'u' in 'fucked' made almost your entire message italicized.

It appears to me like a portmanteau of hoist and yank.

Those phases exactly mirror the phases listed in the article.