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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by 3D30497420 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @08:37AM (#40727684)
> (but not onions... thats a lesson too)

That was too enticing to not look up. Wow, the story behind that is something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

Edit: There's a Planet Money with more on this story (which I've not listened to): https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/10/14/448718171/epis...

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ethbr1 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @11:23AM (#40729142)
The fascinating bit to me was that they axed the whole onion futures market vs just adding guardrails against predatory trading.

Then again... this was the 1950s and paper contracts, so US market intervention or not was more stark.

And also Eisenhower was likely more concerned about whether the USSR was going to nuke the US and if China was going to try to invade Taiwan for a third time.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by zer00eyz on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @08:43AM (#40727736)
I put on history guy (YouTube) when im doing busy work. Thats where I picked up the fun fact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuiREF2e-Ps
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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @03:47PM (#40731765)
Why would you only protect onions from market manipulation?
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