Electricity consumption ensures that it cannot be created without cost, thereby preventing anyone from artificially increasing the supply. Those who own a currency prefer this. Those who do not own a currency, and would like to AWARD themselves the currency through some unearned mechanism dislike this feature of bitcoin.
ASIC mining reduced the electric costs of bitcoin mining. We don't know what the future will hold, other than increased transistor density.
The striking of physical coins made from precious metals has a much more reliable history of discouraging runaway inflation.
Europeans of the era traveled to virtually every known corner of the world in search of spices. I think it's only reasonable to think that we can guess how their food tasted. Bland. It tasted bland.
That's the position that I find myself facing. I have a MS in a technical field but in order to advance my career, I'm looking at having to get an MBA that will only open career paths that I don't really want.
I prefer to remain technical but there's a ceiling that's difficult to break through without going that route.
You can't trust the same eyes that made the mistake to catch it.
It's not even a matter of being ethical or scrupulous, it's a limitation of awareness. A developer who coded a logical mistake could be situationally blind to it.
So not only are you homophobic by referring to gay sex in such a negative way, you expect that "most football players" are just as homophobic as yourself. Are you defending them here or condemning?
Most football players, like most American men, are heterosexuals. If they wanted to engage in gay sex, they'd already be doing it.
I see. In for a penny, in for a pound.
More like, speak not of the speck in my eye until you remove the plank from yours.
And this is why what's-his-name is currently employed.
It's why they have to pretend it's about anything other than the truth. The fans don't like to hear black people complaining about racism.
I got a message on social media from a long time friend. We've been friends since elementary school. He's an educated man but somehow, someone got their hooks into him with regards to some new crypto coin offering. He was trying to convince me to go all in on it with him. I'm sure that he believes in this. I hope I'm wrong about it but the whole deal doesn't smell right.
The website he directed me to visit for more information consisted of a hosted blog page that was exceptionally light on details of the crypto, the infrastructure and the people behind it.
Crypto coins seem to be becoming the MLM of the next decade.
Well, what's-his-name the unemployed football player who started this broohaha is no longer kneeling at the start of an NFL football game, is he? That's the point of the boycott.
Colin Kaepernick isn't kneeling but because of the backlash against the backlash against him, so many more are.
Whether the NFL management decides to avoid the appearance of actively supporting deliberate disrespect for the flag by keeping the players in the locker room prior to the anthem, or fires the people who are behaving in a way that tarnishes the brand, same result.
Ah, you mean the way they did before 2009? I wonder if they'd have to give back the government's money.
You are speaking nonsense on behalf of other people. Please stop. You have no clue what people who don't agree with you think.
Hypocrite. You do the same thing by characterizing the kneeling as disrespect of the flag.
The difference is that I'm right. The people who are wetting their panties about players kneeling were as silent as church mice over the various and sundry ways the flag is actually disrespected by the NFL(and countless others). Like how they carry it horizontally, how they incorporate parts of the flag into the uniforms, how it's used in advertisements or how the flag is allowed to touch the ground before, during and after such displays. No, none of that warranted a boycott or fake outrage. It was the black guys complaining.
It is very hard not to tell you how absolutely stupid that question is, and how homophobic you have shown yourself to be.
The question is neither stupid nor homophobic. It's just one that you don't like. I chose that question because I suspect that most football players would find it distasteful in the extreme if they were compelled to take part in it. It's something that I know you'll understand.
Yes. And the morals clauses would apply here.
After the tolerance NFL has shown for rape, murder and domestic violence, they'd never prevail in court if they were to try to sanction kneeling under the theory that it violates any morals clause.
OK. I see you're just going to be contrarian but I'll play along.
No, the point is to stop them from kneeling.
And how exactly is boycotting the NFL going to stop them from kneeling?
The people boycotting the NFL are simply choosing not to support players, teams, league that (in their opinion) dis-respect the flag, and the fallen soldiers the playing of the anthem before a game is meant to honor.
No, they're pretending it's about disrespecting the flag because it's no longer socially acceptable for them to tell the truth about what's bothering them. They don't like that black people are complaining.
These are the same people that are crying "ALL LIVES MATTER"!
And the owners have the explicit right to control the behavior of the players when they wear their uniforms while representing the team on the field of play.
Could the owners mandate that the players engage in gay sex while in uniform? No, of course not. There are limits to the control any employer has and in a case like this, those limits are determined by the contract.
Kneeling is the most respectful posture one can assume.
People take a knee when they speak to their God's.
It's not disrespectful of the flag or the military. It's disruptive because it forces you to think about issues that you'd prefer to ignore. You have to put on the charade that it's disrespectful because you can't speak honestly about why it upsets you.
Why not kneel at other times? "The land of the free" is a lie. If we're not free from the threat of summary execution at the hands of government agents, we're not free at all. Additionally, have you heard the latter stanzas of the Star Spangled Banner? The song glorifies the killing of black people.
No one is stopping them from kneeling. If the NFL puts an end to it (because of dwindling viewers) how is that different than Google firing memo guy? It's private they can do what they please I thought.
No one is directly stopping them from kneeling but the entire point of the boycott is to force the NFL to ban kneeling.
Google firing memo guy was wrong too.
But what's different about this? The NFLPA. The players are member of a union and there is a valid contract in place that governs what the owners can and can't do to the players about kneeling.
Angry Black People: -RIOTING and/or LOOTING- White People: "Can't they protest peacefully?" Black People: -Marching and blocking traffic- White People: "Can't the protest quietly?" Black People: -Kneeling- Clueless White People: "NO! Not like that!"
I think the problem is that black people are daring to complain in public.
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Electricity consumption ensures that it cannot be created without cost, thereby preventing anyone from artificially increasing the supply. Those who own a currency prefer this. Those who do not own a currency, and would like to AWARD themselves the currency through some unearned mechanism dislike this feature of bitcoin.
ASIC mining reduced the electric costs of bitcoin mining. We don't know what the future will hold, other than increased transistor density.
The striking of physical coins made from precious metals has a much more reliable history of discouraging runaway inflation.
LK
That will be the argument to move to a cashless society. Elimination of the underground economy.
LK
left the solar system. There is the very real possibility that some Russian Cosmonauts have ended up there.
LK
I know it's pedantic and nerd-rage-y but I won't use Chrome because the lack of a menu bar is too distracting for me.
LK
"Which parent does little Ammar look more like?"
LK
Europeans of the era traveled to virtually every known corner of the world in search of spices. I think it's only reasonable to think that we can guess how their food tasted. Bland. It tasted bland.
LK
That's the position that I find myself facing. I have a MS in a technical field but in order to advance my career, I'm looking at having to get an MBA that will only open career paths that I don't really want.
I prefer to remain technical but there's a ceiling that's difficult to break through without going that route.
LK
You can't trust the same eyes that made the mistake to catch it.
It's not even a matter of being ethical or scrupulous, it's a limitation of awareness. A developer who coded a logical mistake could be situationally blind to it.
Let someone else do it.
LK
I too remain convinced that nanotech provides the only possibility we have of stopping aging.
There's no other way to physically repair the DNA.
LK
This could take catfishing to a whole new level.
Beware.
LK
I understand why Rusty was so pissed but yeah, his reaction killed kuro5hin.
LK
I'd like to see mint go with TDE as an option.
I won't use KDE4/5 or Gnome but I still use TDE.
When I finally gave up Mandriva, I went with Ubuntu because TDE was an option.
LK
You're welcome.
I found TDE a few years ago when I was bemoaning the streaming pile of excrement that was KDE4.
One of the first things I do when setting up a new Linux desktop is install TDE.
LK
I'm thankful for TDE. Gnome and KDE4 nearly ended my pursuit of a linux desktop.
LK
That's nice. Herd immunity?
"I am Spartacus."
So not only are you homophobic by referring to gay sex in such a negative way, you expect that "most football players" are just as homophobic as yourself. Are you defending them here or condemning?
Most football players, like most American men, are heterosexuals. If they wanted to engage in gay sex, they'd already be doing it.
I see. In for a penny, in for a pound.
More like, speak not of the speck in my eye until you remove the plank from yours.
And this is why what's-his-name is currently employed.
It's why they have to pretend it's about anything other than the truth. The fans don't like to hear black people complaining about racism.
LK
Exactly.
My friend is gung ho on it and I'm running away as fast as I can.
LK
I got a message on social media from a long time friend. We've been friends since elementary school. He's an educated man but somehow, someone got their hooks into him with regards to some new crypto coin offering. He was trying to convince me to go all in on it with him. I'm sure that he believes in this. I hope I'm wrong about it but the whole deal doesn't smell right.
The website he directed me to visit for more information consisted of a hosted blog page that was exceptionally light on details of the crypto, the infrastructure and the people behind it.
Crypto coins seem to be becoming the MLM of the next decade.
LK
Well, what's-his-name the unemployed football player who started this broohaha is no longer kneeling at the start of an NFL football game, is he? That's the point of the boycott.
Colin Kaepernick isn't kneeling but because of the backlash against the backlash against him, so many more are.
Whether the NFL management decides to avoid the appearance of actively supporting deliberate disrespect for the flag by keeping the players in the locker room prior to the anthem, or fires the people who are behaving in a way that tarnishes the brand, same result.
Ah, you mean the way they did before 2009? I wonder if they'd have to give back the government's money.
You are speaking nonsense on behalf of other people. Please stop. You have no clue what people who don't agree with you think.
Hypocrite. You do the same thing by characterizing the kneeling as disrespect of the flag.
The difference is that I'm right. The people who are wetting their panties about players kneeling were as silent as church mice over the various and sundry ways the flag is actually disrespected by the NFL(and countless others). Like how they carry it horizontally, how they incorporate parts of the flag into the uniforms, how it's used in advertisements or how the flag is allowed to touch the ground before, during and after such displays. No, none of that warranted a boycott or fake outrage. It was the black guys complaining.
It is very hard not to tell you how absolutely stupid that question is, and how homophobic you have shown yourself to be.
The question is neither stupid nor homophobic. It's just one that you don't like. I chose that question because I suspect that most football players would find it distasteful in the extreme if they were compelled to take part in it. It's something that I know you'll understand.
Yes. And the morals clauses would apply here.
After the tolerance NFL has shown for rape, murder and domestic violence, they'd never prevail in court if they were to try to sanction kneeling under the theory that it violates any morals clause.
LK
I think I'd prefer SkyNet.
LK
Seriously, that guy was awful.
LK
OK. I see you're just going to be contrarian but I'll play along.
No, the point is to stop them from kneeling.
And how exactly is boycotting the NFL going to stop them from kneeling?
The people boycotting the NFL are simply choosing not to support players, teams, league that (in their opinion) dis-respect the flag, and the fallen soldiers the playing of the anthem before a game is meant to honor.
No, they're pretending it's about disrespecting the flag because it's no longer socially acceptable for them to tell the truth about what's bothering them. They don't like that black people are complaining.
These are the same people that are crying "ALL LIVES MATTER"!
And the owners have the explicit right to control the behavior of the players when they wear their uniforms while representing the team on the field of play.
Could the owners mandate that the players engage in gay sex while in uniform? No, of course not. There are limits to the control any employer has and in a case like this, those limits are determined by the contract.
LK
Kneeling is the most respectful posture one can assume.
People take a knee when they speak to their God's.
It's not disrespectful of the flag or the military. It's disruptive because it forces you to think about issues that you'd prefer to ignore. You have to put on the charade that it's disrespectful because you can't speak honestly about why it upsets you.
Why not kneel at other times? "The land of the free" is a lie. If we're not free from the threat of summary execution at the hands of government agents, we're not free at all. Additionally, have you heard the latter stanzas of the Star Spangled Banner? The song glorifies the killing of black people.
LK
No one is stopping them from kneeling. If the NFL puts an end to it (because of dwindling viewers) how is that different than Google firing memo guy? It's private they can do what they please I thought.
No one is directly stopping them from kneeling but the entire point of the boycott is to force the NFL to ban kneeling.
Google firing memo guy was wrong too.
But what's different about this? The NFLPA. The players are member of a union and there is a valid contract in place that governs what the owners can and can't do to the players about kneeling.
LK
I don't believe that the riots were the problem.
Angry Black People: -RIOTING and/or LOOTING-
White People: "Can't they protest peacefully?"
Black People: -Marching and blocking traffic-
White People: "Can't the protest quietly?"
Black People: -Kneeling-
Clueless White People: "NO! Not like that!"
I think the problem is that black people are daring to complain in public.
LK
That's pure gold. It's times like this that I wish I could comment and moderate.
LK