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If Bitcoin is such a good solution, why do they have to mislead with news about banks that aren’t banks?

Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?

I think many people in the West don’t realize the Arab and Moslim contribution to the slave trade. Especially considering the sympathy these groups receive from Progressive political groups in the United States.

The Wikipedia article about the Clodilda says:

> After the Civil War, the people had asked the U.S. government to repatriate them, but they were refused.

Yes. And I fully agree that without the demand there would not have been the supply. I’m not trying to start a “butwhatabout” here.

> members of the neighboring Dahomian tribe captured him and took him to the coast. There, he and about 120 others were sold into slavery and crammed onto the Clotilda, the last slave ship to reach the continental United States.

Even repeating a sentence about this that appeared in the original article gets downvoted and reported. Why is this such a sensitive thing to talk about?

Not to detract one bit from the evil horror of Americans who purchased him and brought him to the US but what of the neighboring tribe who captured and sold him? (As is described in this article, and was news to me.) That’s a story I’ve never heard told.

One technique I use is my phones have an area code from another state that I never get calls from. (South Dakota). If I get a call from this area code I know it’s spam.

I wouldn’t expect the poor to hoard $10B

Why don’t they think even further ahead and build a robot that cuts your hair?

I like the skrillex

But this law is all about calories. And counting calories works. If you’re unable to count calories then of course you need some remedial help. But pretending that it’s about “eating the right foods” is lying to yourself.

And especially don’t listen to anyone who is overweight. They are like crabs in a bucket and will try to pull you back in.

Exactly. I am a strict calorie counter and I am not overweight. (155# 5’10” 55 year old man). Sometimes I have hostess cupcakes for breakfast. (330 calories). Sometimes I have a Big Mac for lunch (550 calories). It’s hilarious when fat people talk about ‘whole foods’ and ‘mindful eating’. It’s calories.

Sean was just Ok.

Or Jackdaws! (Here’s the thing....)

No they're not. An innocent person can't succumb to an ICO the way anyone can get Cancer.

This is just a very old story: "A fool and his money."

Exactly! These countries may start blocking Amazon and Cloudfront domains. Amazon needs to put its foot down.

Why should we in the United States coerce (or sneak into) countries whose Governments don't want us there? Are these folks really "idealists" who think that access to tools like "Signal" will usher in a new spring! (See how well that worked in Egypt and Syria?)

Let these Nations enjoy their sovereign right to protect their borders--even their digital ones--as they see fit.

Because to YCombinator fans Microsoft is always bad, and nobody should ever be able to own intellectual property.

Microsoft didn’t imprison anyone. The U.S. government did.

Ha!

Neither buyer nor seller is protected with Crypto Currencies.