The argument went about a mile over your head. Just because a home 3D printer isn't a Star Trek replicator doesn't mean it isn't useful, just like a regular printer is useful despite the fact that it can only print in a limited number of small formats.
Dude, you are literally arguing that there is no such thing as technological development, and that new methods of manufacture are literally worthless.
Think about that for literally five minutes.
Just because 3D printing isn't Star Trek replicators doesn't mean it isn't an advancement. It most certainly won't come to NOTHING, as it has already found a niche, and will probably find more in the future.
Uhh, nanotech was 90's, not 80's, and it is, in fact, amazing. We didn't have the computing power for good VR until recently. Brick and mortar stores have declined greatly. I do a large percentage of my shopping online.
You sound like a broken, bitter old man. What is wrong with you?
Roads should be privately owned and the owners can set speed limits if they want.
People keep lots of hazardous stuff around, including chemical waste, today. Blanket prohibitions mean they are secretive about it. I would much rather they kept it on their front lawn where I could see it and tell them about how dangerous it is than for it to sit in his shed, leaking through the floor and contaminating the water table.
You have to give warning before you shoot at people coming on your land, and the fact is that 99+% of people are far more considerate than that.
You should be able to sell any drug you want. Heroin used to be sold in every corner drug store, and to children. Not that big of a deal.
Funny how statists have to create crazy edge cases to justify stealing the freedoms of others even as their system of horrors is grinding their bones for its bread. Can a cop murder you and get away with it? Can the government decide how much money it will take out of your paycheck? Can they decide if you will be allowed to board a plane? Etc, etc.
You sure are busy cataloging the things that 3D printing can't do, while ignoring the rate at which your list is shrinking.
There is a company that is now sintering firearms, and they work beautifully. Wouldn't be surprised to see fabshops popping up in shopping centers in the next few decades. Might even get some home models if we can get the price of high powered lasers down.
So you are saying that NO new technology will rise up alongside 3d printing?
That's pretty clairvoyant of you if so.
We may not have paperless offices, but lots of documents are created that aren't printed, or are only printed a few times when prior to computers, they might have required dozens of copies. Just because some predictions don't make it across the finish line doesn't mean the technology they are talking about is of no value, as you seem to imply.
Please, tell us more about how Keynesian models predict stagflation and how they think hyperinflation=hyper economic growth.
The only reason your idiot school still exists is because it gives politicians cover to do what they want to do (print more spend more buy more votes play pretend kick the can). It should have been placed on the ash heap of history at the end of the 70's AT THE LATEST.
Pump and dump schemes exist within markets. Markets themselves aren't pump and dump schemes. Just because there is a Highway to Hell doesn't mean we shouldn't use roads.
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The argument went about a mile over your head. Just because a home 3D printer isn't a Star Trek replicator doesn't mean it isn't useful, just like a regular printer is useful despite the fact that it can only print in a limited number of small formats.
I'm pretty sure that you can't get a shiny finish on steel or other metals mixed with plastic if the plastic doesn't vaporize away.
It's called laser sintering, and it has been around for a while. They make guns for commercial sale with that technique FFS.
Dude, you are literally arguing that there is no such thing as technological development, and that new methods of manufacture are literally worthless.
Think about that for literally five minutes.
Just because 3D printing isn't Star Trek replicators doesn't mean it isn't an advancement. It most certainly won't come to NOTHING, as it has already found a niche, and will probably find more in the future.
So we reduce the impact of the state by perhaps 3/4ths? Sounds pretty good to me.
Who needs to print glass when you can print high res e-ink that can simulate glass?
Uhh, nanotech was 90's, not 80's, and it is, in fact, amazing. We didn't have the computing power for good VR until recently. Brick and mortar stores have declined greatly. I do a large percentage of my shopping online.
You sound like a broken, bitter old man. What is wrong with you?
Nudism never hurt anyone.
Roads should be privately owned and the owners can set speed limits if they want.
People keep lots of hazardous stuff around, including chemical waste, today. Blanket prohibitions mean they are secretive about it. I would much rather they kept it on their front lawn where I could see it and tell them about how dangerous it is than for it to sit in his shed, leaking through the floor and contaminating the water table.
You have to give warning before you shoot at people coming on your land, and the fact is that 99+% of people are far more considerate than that.
You should be able to sell any drug you want. Heroin used to be sold in every corner drug store, and to children. Not that big of a deal.
Funny how statists have to create crazy edge cases to justify stealing the freedoms of others even as their system of horrors is grinding their bones for its bread. Can a cop murder you and get away with it? Can the government decide how much money it will take out of your paycheck? Can they decide if you will be allowed to board a plane? Etc, etc.
Ships used to be made of wood. Now they are made of metal and concrete.
What kind of crazy person would build a ship out of stuff that doesn't float!?
Printing guns used to be laughable, until it happened. Now they sinter high quality ones with no problem. Just as good as those made by other methods.
The local fabshop is printing a lot of stuff, and orders once a year to keep costs low.
I'd like to print a 20'x80' banner at home. Welp, guess these "home printers" are just a bunch of vaporware.
...and then hit with a laser to burn off the plastic and melt the other materials together.
You sure are busy cataloging the things that 3D printing can't do, while ignoring the rate at which your list is shrinking.
There is a company that is now sintering firearms, and they work beautifully. Wouldn't be surprised to see fabshops popping up in shopping centers in the next few decades. Might even get some home models if we can get the price of high powered lasers down.
So you are saying that NO new technology will rise up alongside 3d printing?
That's pretty clairvoyant of you if so.
We may not have paperless offices, but lots of documents are created that aren't printed, or are only printed a few times when prior to computers, they might have required dozens of copies. Just because some predictions don't make it across the finish line doesn't mean the technology they are talking about is of no value, as you seem to imply.
This is in 2040. Bitcoin will have either won or disappeared long before then.
You can short currencies. Are you really this ignorant?
So you are saying you aren't sure about what you are saying at all, and that you would rather just be safe with the herd? Gotcha.
How about 15.68 trillion?
Less "Goldman Sachs and Capital One" and more "Ye Olde Bakery and Printte Shoppe".
Don't compare tiny 4 year old systems to planet-spanning systems that are hundreds of years old.
Yup, that's why we don't have physical cash. That would be, like, totally retarded and junk.
"I performed a 51% attack on bitcoin and all I got was this stupid t-shirt"
Did I miss something? When did the price crash back to $5?
Please, tell us more about how Keynesian models predict stagflation and how they think hyperinflation=hyper economic growth.
The only reason your idiot school still exists is because it gives politicians cover to do what they want to do (print more spend more buy more votes play pretend kick the can). It should have been placed on the ash heap of history at the end of the 70's AT THE LATEST.
The 49% notice what is happening and fork Bitcoin.
It happened before (different circumstances). It wasn't a big deal.
If you know that, why haven't you bet the farm shorting bitcoin?
Oh, you're saying you DON'T know that, but are just talking out of your ass like the bottom half of an oracle?
Pump and dump schemes exist within markets. Markets themselves aren't pump and dump schemes. Just because there is a Highway to Hell doesn't mean we shouldn't use roads.
Economics absolutely is NOT a science. Science doesn't have schools of thought that persist for decades (especially after being proven false).
Economics and science have a common ancestor in PHILOSOPHY.