The only reason for UBI is to pay useless people enough money that they can afford enough drugs to get so stoned that the don't bother going out to commit crimes...
You're a fucking idiot. Not all poor people are crack heads and criminals. Some work their asses off and spend the little money they have on things like food with little left over to "get so stoned that they don't commit crimes." You have an incredibly slanted view of the poor, which is common with people trying to rationalize letting them starve or freeze.
Even "useless" people have to eat. IMO, if you're willing to work to your fullest ability, the only reasonable thing for society to do is to ensure that you get food, shelter, and health care. It's not a "right," it's just the right thing to do.
Nice straw man. The other poster said nothing of the sort.
What he said was, "Fundamentally, there is no difference between... a dictator, and a representative democracy." That's very much "of the sort."
Even if you're a well-dressed, well-fed slave in the Big House, you're still a slave.
Yes, yes, taxation is theft and we're all slaves... Why don't you move to that country that provides everything you need without charging anyone taxes and doesn't require anyone to work "for the Man." That's the only way we'll be "free" of this terrible American oppression.
FireTV wasn't a thing when I got my Chromecast. I bought it on Amazon. I can't defend it against the alternatives; since it meets all my needs I've never looked further. I'm fortunate enough not no need lossless audio; I'm not good enough to tell the difference after I've compressed down to 192kbs.
We have a Bunn that fills a carafe, but it rarely gets used. Most of us prefer the Keurig; we have a dozen or so choices of coffees, teas, cocoa, or apple cider. Preferences differ, but nobody complains that they can't find something they like.
Am I the only/. user that has a coffee maker at work? Investing in a coffee maker isn't a huge company expense, especially if you make your employees pay for the coffee. My employer goes the extra step and pays for my coffee; caffeinating me is a good investment.
Paying 20 cents for a cup of coffee every morning for 40 years = $2,920
Having a company-stocked Keurig? Priceless. Am I the only one with a coffee maker at work? Even before I took this job with the stocked Keurig, we had a coffee maker with an honor-system can for buying coffee.
...you'd pay for a place to go and wait for someone while using the WiFi?
That's what a lot of people go to Starbuck's for. No way do I think $4 is reasonable for a mediocre "Shaken Iced Tea Lemonade", but there's somebody I meet with once a week and it gives us a convenient place to meet and chat. We could do that just as easily at my apartment, but Starbuck's requires a lower level of intimacy and means I don't have to clean for company.
I think I just had an idea for a business.
Sorry, but another Opportunist beat you to it. Starbuck's isn't the only business that banks on providing space to meet.
For a long time, that phrase from James Earl Jones held the record for most $$ paid per word spoken. Probably still does, but I'm not going to check from work.
Who said Saddam had nukes? I remember the "slam dunk" on WMDs. I remember intel that said they had a nuclear weapons program in the 80s. I don't remember anyone claiming proof that Iraq had nukes.
If there are 20 people whose name start with "Pat"...
"Pat" was the example that AC gave, so I used it. There are more ways to complete "Crypto-*" than there are "Pat-*". I didn't think I needed to explain that.
While your face, your fingers, and who you are to the world are indeed all quite personal, I would think that one's genitals are even more personal.
If somebody posts a picture of my genitals online, it's far less likely to be associated with me personally than if somebody posts a picture of my face.
I'm not trying to say that my face is the "most personal aspect of my life," but it's more personal than a picture of my junk. If FB scanned, identified, and labeled my genitals as "gnick's junk," that would be different.
I don't feel like paying digital. Just seems less of value on digital.
For me it has nothing to do with the value of the content or digital/dead tree. I just don't want to pay for something that I'm accustomed to getting for free even if it's a bargain. Not entirely rational, but that's the 'logic' behind my motivation.
Hallelujah. The biggest data consumer on my phone by far is 'Words With Friends'. Fucking Scrabble. Unless they're really inefficient about the way they store game boards, that's all ads. Hundreds of MB/month; a noticeable portion of my data allocation. I assume they're reloading the ads every time they're displayed because I don't see another explanation of why the same dozen ads could be so massive.
It has nothing to do with being neutral on the political spectrum
Ajit Pai made a specific statement trying to tie them together.
Pai made a nonsensical statement trying to tie them together to distract from the topic. That doesn't make net neutrality and freedom of speech the same thing. It makes Pai a distributor of bullshit.
I do, in fact, have a debit card attached to my Bitcoin wallet.
Did the cashier ring you up in Bitcoin? No? You didn't pay the cashier Bitcoin. You spent Bitcoin. You paid the cashier. You did not pay the cashier Bitcoin.
And people just buy it with no other intention than to sell it later to somebody else for higher price.
That doesn't describe my Bitcoin transactions at all. Many things cannot be bought easily with Bitcoin. Other things can only be bought easily with Bitcoin. AlphaBay & Hanza are gone, but those were only two heads of the hydra.
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The only reason for UBI is to pay useless people enough money that they can afford enough drugs to get so stoned that the don't bother going out to commit crimes...
You're a fucking idiot. Not all poor people are crack heads and criminals. Some work their asses off and spend the little money they have on things like food with little left over to "get so stoned that they don't commit crimes." You have an incredibly slanted view of the poor, which is common with people trying to rationalize letting them starve or freeze.
Even "useless" people have to eat. IMO, if you're willing to work to your fullest ability, the only reasonable thing for society to do is to ensure that you get food, shelter, and health care. It's not a "right," it's just the right thing to do.
Nice straw man. The other poster said nothing of the sort.
What he said was, "Fundamentally, there is no difference between... a dictator, and a representative democracy." That's very much "of the sort."
Even if you're a well-dressed, well-fed slave in the Big House, you're still a slave.
Yes, yes, taxation is theft and we're all slaves... Why don't you move to that country that provides everything you need without charging anyone taxes and doesn't require anyone to work "for the Man." That's the only way we'll be "free" of this terrible American oppression.
FireTV wasn't a thing when I got my Chromecast. I bought it on Amazon. I can't defend it against the alternatives; since it meets all my needs I've never looked further. I'm fortunate enough not no need lossless audio; I'm not good enough to tell the difference after I've compressed down to 192kbs.
it is like a FireTV stick, but you use your phone as a remote with the chromecast thing...?
Yes. When paired with Plex, it's a good way to watch downloaded video.
Kicked in? More like built for a skeleton key. Of course, the key and all copies will be labeled "Law Enforcement Use Only."
We have a Bunn that fills a carafe, but it rarely gets used. Most of us prefer the Keurig; we have a dozen or so choices of coffees, teas, cocoa, or apple cider. Preferences differ, but nobody complains that they can't find something they like.
Am I the only /. user that has a coffee maker at work? Investing in a coffee maker isn't a huge company expense, especially if you make your employees pay for the coffee. My employer goes the extra step and pays for my coffee; caffeinating me is a good investment.
Paying 20 cents for a cup of coffee every morning for 40 years = $2,920
Having a company-stocked Keurig? Priceless. Am I the only one with a coffee maker at work? Even before I took this job with the stocked Keurig, we had a coffee maker with an honor-system can for buying coffee.
...you'd pay for a place to go and wait for someone while using the WiFi?
That's what a lot of people go to Starbuck's for. No way do I think $4 is reasonable for a mediocre "Shaken Iced Tea Lemonade", but there's somebody I meet with once a week and it gives us a convenient place to meet and chat. We could do that just as easily at my apartment, but Starbuck's requires a lower level of intimacy and means I don't have to clean for company.
I think I just had an idea for a business.
Sorry, but another Opportunist beat you to it. Starbuck's isn't the only business that banks on providing space to meet.
For a long time, that phrase from James Earl Jones held the record for most $$ paid per word spoken. Probably still does, but I'm not going to check from work.
...nukes that Saddam was proven to have?
Who said Saddam had nukes? I remember the "slam dunk" on WMDs. I remember intel that said they had a nuclear weapons program in the 80s. I don't remember anyone claiming proof that Iraq had nukes.
I'll never pay for anything advertiser-supported.
Newspapers? Magazines? Movies with previews? A ride on a bus with a logo on the side?
You underestimate the dedication of repo men.
If there are 20 people whose name start with "Pat"...
"Pat" was the example that AC gave, so I used it. There are more ways to complete "Crypto-*" than there are "Pat-*". I didn't think I needed to explain that.
While your face, your fingers, and who you are to the world are indeed all quite personal, I would think that one's genitals are even more personal.
If somebody posts a picture of my genitals online, it's far less likely to be associated with me personally than if somebody posts a picture of my face.
I'm not trying to say that my face is the "most personal aspect of my life," but it's more personal than a picture of my junk. If FB scanned, identified, and labeled my genitals as "gnick's junk," that would be different.
Sometimes words literally change meaning. Keeping up is literally the hardest thing to do.
If there are 20 people at the party whose names all start with 'Pat', that seems reasonable.
I don't feel like paying digital. Just seems less of value on digital.
For me it has nothing to do with the value of the content or digital/dead tree. I just don't want to pay for something that I'm accustomed to getting for free even if it's a bargain. Not entirely rational, but that's the 'logic' behind my motivation.
There should be a data limit PER AD too.
Hallelujah. The biggest data consumer on my phone by far is 'Words With Friends'. Fucking Scrabble. Unless they're really inefficient about the way they store game boards, that's all ads. Hundreds of MB/month; a noticeable portion of my data allocation. I assume they're reloading the ads every time they're displayed because I don't see another explanation of why the same dozen ads could be so massive.
It has nothing to do with being neutral on the political spectrum
Ajit Pai made a specific statement trying to tie them together.
Pai made a nonsensical statement trying to tie them together to distract from the topic. That doesn't make net neutrality and freedom of speech the same thing. It makes Pai a distributor of bullshit.
I do, in fact, have a debit card attached to my Bitcoin wallet.
Did the cashier ring you up in Bitcoin? No? You didn't pay the cashier Bitcoin. You spent Bitcoin. You paid the cashier. You did not pay the cashier Bitcoin.
Winamp really whips the llama's ass. I'll be using it until it stops doing its job.
Most people that buy now will not even recover their investment.
I think you're right, but people have been saying the same thing for a long time now and have been mistaken.
And people just buy it with no other intention than to sell it later to somebody else for higher price.
That doesn't describe my Bitcoin transactions at all. Many things cannot be bought easily with Bitcoin. Other things can only be bought easily with Bitcoin. AlphaBay & Hanza are gone, but those were only two heads of the hydra.
I've never had anyone turn me down when I offered to pay them in Bitcoin. Not. One. Person.
Have you tried it with cashiers?