Exactly the same thing as if you order something from a different country and the exchange rate between the two currencies changes. It pretty much always will change in that window, and the vendor just has to make the decision that they are willing to accept the volatility in the value of the currency. Granted, that's asking a lot, as Bitcoin has been known to be very volatile, but it's fundamentally no different to what's already happening.
But, the kind of people who ask that question will probably also be the kind of person who can see why researching slugs is useful. There's a lot of people who will switch off their brains the instant they hear a word they don't understand, which are usually the kind of people who'll think less of you for researching slugs.
Why the laughing? People expect commodity x to trade for $y in a years time, so they price it at $y-(lust a little) now, so it stays relatively stable through the small fluctuations. Can you explain your view of how it works?
...and then gets back to where it started in under a month. Sure the swings are bigger in an unregulated market, but the underlying stability seems to be there.
That's a failing of the bureaucracy rather than of the technology. Part of the reason for the success during WWII was the willingness to abandon bureaucracy to be able to do what needed to be done. Without the immediate needs of a war to worry about the red-tape grows unchecked, so it reaches ridiculous proportions.
Also, if more than half of the officers are given grades of "above average" or better, then the rating scale is messed up, not whatever technology they used to implement it.
We give doctors a lot more trust than car mechanics, and we expect them to act professionally. If a doctor thinks that I'd be better off taking a drug, I'll probably take her advice and medicate myself. If she feels like she needs more information that I've given and googles it, then I think that's still a good thing.
Going back to your analogy: if the mechanic googles me and sees that I am a fan of F&F, so he replaces my oil with a higher performance blend, that would also be a good thing.
I'm glad to see so many comments like this for this story. I was expecting a lot of anti-establishment "fuck the police" sentiment, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the rights of privacy that everyone expects for themselves also apply to policemen. I don't like seeing police getting away with shooting innocent people because they don't like the colour of their skin, but this is too much of an overreaction.
We can't keep the world completely safe, but we do try to not go around fucking up the world. We've studied GMO quite a lot, and everything we have says that they're safe. Sure, in 50 years it might be discovered that there is something about them that is really bad, but that's not really a convincing enough argument to keep them locked up. A lot of issues will only be found when they are deployed wide-scale, and when we find them we'll work out what to do about them.
This is the perfect example of why people need to pay attention to what they're writing. The first one just makes her look stupid, but the second one changes the whole outlook. Pay attention people, put your punctuation where it's supposed to be.
If you're less than a millimetre away from the research base you're trying to reach, leaving your ship would seem to be the appropriate course of action.
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I've been reading through the comments and finding that both uses of the acronym are appropriate for most of the occurrences.
There are stupid people on both sides. Let's not let them steer the debate.
Exactly the same thing as if you order something from a different country and the exchange rate between the two currencies changes. It pretty much always will change in that window, and the vendor just has to make the decision that they are willing to accept the volatility in the value of the currency. Granted, that's asking a lot, as Bitcoin has been known to be very volatile, but it's fundamentally no different to what's already happening.
Surely the authorities think he falls into category #2. Also you used the incorrect "your", it should have been "you're".
The one person wasn't "potentially doomed" at the start either. He was just crossing a set of empty railroad tracks.
Yes, yes it is: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+meltdown
The US is too far in debt for this to make any difference.
Sure they can. It's been happening for millennia. Have you been living under a rock?
Pretty much, yeah. In much the same fashion as a surgical error during a conventional surgery can often prove fatal.
But, the kind of people who ask that question will probably also be the kind of person who can see why researching slugs is useful. There's a lot of people who will switch off their brains the instant they hear a word they don't understand, which are usually the kind of people who'll think less of you for researching slugs.
Why the laughing? People expect commodity x to trade for $y in a years time, so they price it at $y-(lust a little) now, so it stays relatively stable through the small fluctuations. Can you explain your view of how it works?
...and then gets back to where it started in under a month. Sure the swings are bigger in an unregulated market, but the underlying stability seems to be there.
Ah. Thanks,
What does "WAG" stand for? The only thing I can find is "wives and girlfriends" which doesn't seem to make much sense in context.
That's a failing of the bureaucracy rather than of the technology. Part of the reason for the success during WWII was the willingness to abandon bureaucracy to be able to do what needed to be done. Without the immediate needs of a war to worry about the red-tape grows unchecked, so it reaches ridiculous proportions.
Also, if more than half of the officers are given grades of "above average" or better, then the rating scale is messed up, not whatever technology they used to implement it.
We give doctors a lot more trust than car mechanics, and we expect them to act professionally. If a doctor thinks that I'd be better off taking a drug, I'll probably take her advice and medicate myself. If she feels like she needs more information that I've given and googles it, then I think that's still a good thing.
Going back to your analogy: if the mechanic googles me and sees that I am a fan of F&F, so he replaces my oil with a higher performance blend, that would also be a good thing.
I'm glad to see so many comments like this for this story. I was expecting a lot of anti-establishment "fuck the police" sentiment, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the rights of privacy that everyone expects for themselves also apply to policemen. I don't like seeing police getting away with shooting innocent people because they don't like the colour of their skin, but this is too much of an overreaction.
Most of the users who'd want a windows client will be using it on their phones anyway.
I happen to remember when we had to compile it (it was called Phoenix back then).
It also wasn't widespread back then...
I think you either need a WHOOSH, or you may need to read more than the first line.
I think I've missed something. I thought that was how it worked, how does it work?
We can't keep the world completely safe, but we do try to not go around fucking up the world. We've studied GMO quite a lot, and everything we have says that they're safe. Sure, in 50 years it might be discovered that there is something about them that is really bad, but that's not really a convincing enough argument to keep them locked up. A lot of issues will only be found when they are deployed wide-scale, and when we find them we'll work out what to do about them.
Every can of corn now comes with a degree in bioengineering? That's going to push your prices up a little.
This is the perfect example of why people need to pay attention to what they're writing. The first one just makes her look stupid, but the second one changes the whole outlook. Pay attention people, put your punctuation where it's supposed to be.
If you're less than a millimetre away from the research base you're trying to reach, leaving your ship would seem to be the appropriate course of action.