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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by lr4444lr on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:56AM (#22298067)
Wow, never thought I'd hear such a good defense of short-selling, but you're right.
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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by eru on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:42AM (#22306749)
Thanks for the compliment. It's pretty much the orthodox standard argument, so no stroke of genius from me.

Orthodox economics is severely underrated.

Oh, and bitcoin got a decent short-selling facility with the futures trading a while back.

(No clue why you are getting downvoted.)

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