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A comment on Washington’s signature-writing machines rumble into the digital age.

Re:Washington’s signature-writing machines rumble into the d... by chroem on Saturday April 12, 2014 @06:07PM (#7579384)
This is a red herring if I've ever seen one. Honestly, why should anyone care about how members of government sign documents when we have such dire problems as ballooning inequality or an ongoing push toward totalitarianism?
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Re:Washington’s signature-writing machines rumble into the d... by knodi123 on Saturday April 12, 2014 @07:08PM (#7579534)
"as long as we have big problems, nobody should discuss or work on smaller ones"
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Re:Washington’s signature-writing machines rumble into the d... by Houshalter on Saturday April 12, 2014 @09:44PM (#7579850)
Well opportunity cost is a real thing. If a problem is small enough it may just not be worth worrying about at all.

I upvoted the article because I thought it was interesting, not because I thought the knowledge was useful or important.

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