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Re:Bitcoin Bubble Makes Dot-Com Look Rational on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:12PM (#15804517)
Never have seen this so well explained. Alternatively, fiat can be printed. So there is a case for something that is limited, transportable etc. You can always sell your bitcoin to pay the taxes. Is just that the limited comodity would have the tendency to sell for more if the fiat is being printed
Re:The Billionaires’ Loophole on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @04:35PM (#11248886)
"But, if we had a government that was better funded, it could probably fix its own monuments" Yeah, right!
Re:How Ignoring Inactive Time Skews Analytics Data on Monday January 25, 2016 @04:27PM (#10970070)
Is there a reason why javascript can't track if the page is on the front or in the back?
Re:Black box trading: why they all blow up on Monday December 21, 2015 @02:44PM (#10772973)
This justifies Nassim Taleb's Black Swam.
Re:The new tax havens on Sunday August 21, 2011 @10:12AM (#2909214)
That's what happen when you tie yourself to a company whose business is to tax away income from a movable source. Economics is about learning the rules of the game, not changing it. If it could be changed, than the economists would look for what can't be changed. And then optimize for that.

As if it is good thing the company moving to a no tax country. From the point of view of the company's clients, it actually would, since it would mean that its products have the potential to be the cheapest of the market.

Re:Khan Academy: the bad on Sunday April 10, 2011 @08:58PM (#2430882)
This is a filtering/sorting problem. There is a lot of people and companies working on this. It is good having something to be filtered/sorted
Re:What skills do self-taught programmers commonly lack? on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @02:11AM (#2409910)
Interesting how people here took the question in such a negative tone. This list is actually useful for a novice self-taught programmer, like humbledrone said. As a self-taught lots of times I felt like I was missing something when I read programming stuff. Of course I didn't stay still I just went learn what I was missing. A list like that could have come pretty handy than. (ok I could look at some CS courses syllabus too)
Re:Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:01AM (#2348658)
Most probably missing so far, as to this is probably in Khan's roadmap or any determined volunteer.