Re:Could Bitcoin ease the pain of Africa's migrant workforce?
by vacri on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @06:04AM
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I haven't once seen Betteridge's Law be 'useful'. It's an academic quirk, and there are enough exceptions that 'law' is a misnomer. I can't recall a single time when someone has mentioned it and it's actually added to the conversation.
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Re:Could Bitcoin ease the pain of Africa's migrant workforce?
by davidgerard on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @06:58AM
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Almost every time someone asks a question in a headline, it's because it's BS and they don't think they could get away with making the statement directly.
It's a more specific way of stating that an article is clearly space-filling BS. As this one is.
Re:Could Bitcoin ease the pain of Africa's migrant workforce?
by vacri on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @07:39AM
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So, you're saying that stating Betteridge's Law is a way of making an empty, contentless comment that doesn't look like an empty, contentless comment? We can do without either. If you think something is nonsense, say so, and give a reason. Don't just make a useless comment.