>This is inflation... it isn't "useful", and it makes your dollars go down in value over time. The only real good thing about inflation is that in limited amounts, it encourages spending instead of hoarding.
You just wave this away as if it doesn't matter, while it's the biggest flaw of Bitcoin.
Hoarding? Bitcoins have massive built in deflation. Should they ever start becoming popular, the only sensible thing would be to hoard them because there are so few to cover so much. There is only a possible 21 million bitcoins, after that, no more. The world GDP is $70Trillion, meaning if you instantly substituted bitcoins for the entire world's economies, each bitcoin would have to be worth $3.3Million. Why would you even spend a single bitcoin?
Also, deflation kills economies. It's the/worst/ thing to happen in a recession. It accelerates decline by making loans too expensive. Businesses need loans to buy capital equipment, start new projects, and such, and in deflationary times, you wind up paying back with money that becomes worth more as time goes on, on top of the interest you're paying. Same goes for buying houses and durable goods. People don't spend when they can get "more" by simply not spending, and that's with even "mild" single-digit deflation. Economies grind to a standstill.
Bitcoin's wild built-in deflation would make it completely unusable for capital equipment purchases, real-estate, and durable goods.
This is basic entry-level economics. And this is why Bitcoin is nonsense.
Treat people like adults and they'll act like adults. If they see you acting as if your shit doesn't stink but holding everyone accountable for the tiniest infraction, then you will be gamed.
> has a new plan: to use some of the spectrum currently reserved by the federal government for uses like weather-balloon communications.
BECAUSE NOBODY EVER USES THOSE FREQUENCIES FOR ANYTHING USEFUL RIGHT GUISE?
The amount of stupid in this company just really makes me wonder if I should just start my own scam and get away with it for years while burning up investor money in impossible persuits designed to fail.
It's like The Producers. Heaven forbid they actually do something useful and have to pay back their investors by building a useful network
Treat your employees like the human beings they are and appreciate what they do for you, and pay them accordingly. The golden rule as applied to the workforce.
It's not fucking rocket science.
It's just that "human resources management" these days, at its core, treats employees as overhead and cost centers instead of how a business earns its money.
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.itif.org.
Other sites similarly "standing on principle" in regards to this in a similar way will also be added and I encourage everyone to deep-six in whatever means seems convenient.
It's as if there was nobody making money through advertising before tracking.
Do not line the walls with ordinary egg-crate foam. Whatever you put on the walls should be fire-rated. Yeah, it's more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Egg crate foam has a tendency to burn like gasoline.
...except that Fox News doesn't quote the Onion, but rather like the Onion, they make stuff up out of whole cloth, based on what they expect their viewers to believe.
They even went to court in Florida as an amicus to defend the practice.
I cannot find the right words to say how much this offends me. There are plenty of other places to get carbon that does not mean driving up the cost of food for everyone else, especially in poorer countries, like what has happened with corn/maize.
> not just a tiny subset of people with jobs that simply can't be done without more advanced maths.
A shop owner and toolmaker who makes stamped and bent wireform items I know was asked by some teachers what he considered "basic math"
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Trig. The math teachers were aghast. But it's true. How the fuck do you set the depth of a spotter drill so you don't make the spot circle too big without fucking trig?
>There couldn't be more than a handful of jobs that require as much direct math and physics as working in a precision machine shop
Design a cam or gear without geometry, trig, and algebra, and get back to me.
>My experience contradicts yours. I've tested Windows 8 on a Dell 700m I bought in 2005 with a 1.6 Ghz Pentium M and 1GB RAM. It installs fine and works better than Windows 7 on that machine. XP works better than both, but the extreme example of installing Windows 8 on such old hardware demonstrates it's very versatile.
I'm going to give up here and call you an asshole, because 1GB > 768GB.
This does not contradict me at all.
Good day, sir.
Arguing with wintrolls is less productive than sitting on the can.
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>This is inflation... it isn't "useful", and it makes your dollars go down in value over time. The only real good thing about inflation is that in limited amounts, it encourages spending instead of hoarding.
You just wave this away as if it doesn't matter, while it's the biggest flaw of Bitcoin.
Hoarding? Bitcoins have massive built in deflation. Should they ever start becoming popular, the only sensible thing would be to hoard them because there are so few to cover so much. There is only a possible 21 million bitcoins, after that, no more. The world GDP is $70Trillion, meaning if you instantly substituted bitcoins for the entire world's economies, each bitcoin would have to be worth $3.3Million. Why would you even spend a single bitcoin?
Also, deflation kills economies. It's the /worst/ thing to happen in a recession. It accelerates decline by making loans too expensive. Businesses need loans to buy capital equipment, start new projects, and such, and in deflationary times, you wind up paying back with money that becomes worth more as time goes on, on top of the interest you're paying. Same goes for buying houses and durable goods. People don't spend when they can get "more" by simply not spending, and that's with even "mild" single-digit deflation. Economies grind to a standstill.
Bitcoin's wild built-in deflation would make it completely unusable for capital equipment purchases, real-estate, and durable goods.
This is basic entry-level economics. And this is why Bitcoin is nonsense.
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>Gold, whiskey, shiny rocks or shells... the value is set by those who will honor it. The more that do, the more useful it is.
I'm pretty sure if I send Drew a bottle of Maker's Mark, he'll give me a couple of months of TrueFark in return.
Bitcoins? Not so much.
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Here's a free clue.
Treat people like adults and they'll act like adults. If they see you acting as if your shit doesn't stink but holding everyone accountable for the tiniest infraction, then you will be gamed.
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> has a new plan: to use some of the spectrum currently reserved by the federal government for uses like weather-balloon communications.
BECAUSE NOBODY EVER USES THOSE FREQUENCIES FOR ANYTHING USEFUL RIGHT GUISE?
The amount of stupid in this company just really makes me wonder if I should just start my own scam and get away with it for years while burning up investor money in impossible persuits designed to fail.
It's like The Producers. Heaven forbid they actually do something useful and have to pay back their investors by building a useful network
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Best incentive of all:
Treat your employees like the human beings they are and appreciate what they do for you, and pay them accordingly. The golden rule as applied to the workforce.
It's not fucking rocket science.
It's just that "human resources management" these days, at its core, treats employees as overhead and cost centers instead of how a business earns its money.
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And this is me adding them to my hosts file:
0.0.0.0 [tab] www.itif.org [enter]
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.itif.org.
Other sites similarly "standing on principle" in regards to this in a similar way will also be added and I encourage everyone to deep-six in whatever means seems convenient.
It's as if there was nobody making money through advertising before tracking.
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And because you didn't make cash and turn it into a going concern. It will dry up and go away just as soon as you lose interest.
And this is bad, how?
YOUR high horse, get off it.
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Most places use 7 to 10 second.
I've never heard of 5 second delay until now.
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... because Shepard Smith, in his apology, said they inserted a 5 second delay, which is what it's there for.
Someone not hitting the switcher fast enough was bound to happen sooner or later, given Fox's practices.
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This is the actual solution right here.
Most construction handbooks will recommend a double wall between the sections of a duplex, for example.
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Gee, there must be a reason why 18.18 chains is 1.818 furlongs...
*snert*
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The genius that is The Onion is that they write stories that are outrageous but utterly believable at some level.
I often call it "the journal of shit that hasn't happened yet, but will"
http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/
Read. Be sad.
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>More like 365,76 metres.
More like 18 chains and 18.2 links
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ps: 1 chain = 100 links = 4 rods
Do not line the walls with ordinary egg-crate foam. Whatever you put on the walls should be fire-rated. Yeah, it's more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Egg crate foam has a tendency to burn like gasoline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire
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...except that Fox News doesn't quote the Onion, but rather like the Onion, they make stuff up out of whole cloth, based on what they expect their viewers to believe.
They even went to court in Florida as an amicus to defend the practice.
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Oh look. Reductio ad absurdum et Strawman fallacy all in one post.
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>There's no shortage [reuters.com] of sugar in the world, so its not like you are taking food out of people's mouth.
But it could create one. Like it did with corn.
Not addressed to you:
Oh, and btw mods, "overrated" and "flamebait" are not "I disagree"
Thanks.
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... or another form of power is a sin.
I cannot find the right words to say how much this offends me. There are plenty of other places to get carbon that does not mean driving up the cost of food for everyone else, especially in poorer countries, like what has happened with corn/maize.
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My list was never intended to be all inclusive.
> not just a tiny subset of people with jobs that simply can't be done without more advanced maths.
A shop owner and toolmaker who makes stamped and bent wireform items I know was asked by some teachers what he considered "basic math"
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Trig. The math teachers were aghast. But it's true. How the fuck do you set the depth of a spotter drill so you don't make the spot circle too big without fucking trig?
>There couldn't be more than a handful of jobs that require as much direct math and physics as working in a precision machine shop
Design a cam or gear without geometry, trig, and algebra, and get back to me.
Have a nice day.
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You are of course, correct.
Obviously the crew chief who told me to calculate it that way was wrong. As he was wrong on other things, too.
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>The very fact that you might oppose the .xxx TLD is proof you are one such scum.
I oppose the monetization of the TLD space by ICANT, especially with the "anyone with $185,000 can create their own TLD" stupidity.
>I am scum
Whatever.
>like a lot of the underclass
It's good to know you judge people and look down on them.
I'll bet you would have stoned the whore in John 8:7
Also
>anonymous coward
The name fits you well.
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Porn sites operators, and any thinking person with a brain, really, is against the ghettoization that the .xxx domain brings with it.
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... I have no idea how they are going to beat Bing. Bing is the ne-plus-ultra of porn search. It's amazing.
Honest.
Go to video and turn off the kiddie filter and search what your little black heart desires.
Google for work.
Bing for porn.
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>My experience contradicts yours. I've tested Windows 8 on a Dell 700m I bought in 2005 with a 1.6 Ghz Pentium M and 1GB RAM. It installs fine and works better than Windows 7 on that machine. XP works better than both, but the extreme example of installing Windows 8 on such old hardware demonstrates it's very versatile.
I'm going to give up here and call you an asshole, because 1GB > 768GB.
This does not contradict me at all.
Good day, sir.
Arguing with wintrolls is less productive than sitting on the can.
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This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/167/memo-to-the-people-of-the-future?act=3
What happened to Einstein's brain after he died.
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