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Are we still linking to this snake oil salesman?

You mean the first version of Symfony (Symfony 1, which was monolithic like Rails), and not the current Symfony (Symfony 2/3) which has nothing to do with the old one other than the name.

Another example is Symfony2, which is completely decoupled (not just loosely coupled). Oh but php programmers are bad, am I right HN?

Uh, so how do I point out that the guy is a fraud? Did you read the whole sentence?

"(the point is that people have confirmation bias even when things are 'easier' to prove)"

The Universe is expanding, and some parts will never interact with other parts, because not even light could make the trip. One could say they are now in separate universes. So that's one limit I can think of.

Intelligence maybe, but sentience? We haven't made any progress in that. We don't even know if science will ever be able to figure that out. See: the hard problem of consciousness.

Arrest them? They were in freaking Pakistan. Why would you arrest them? You guys are going crazy. Don't be surprised when you travel and realize the world hates you.

> Still, all is not yet lost. Despite everything that has happened, in the past few weeks more members of the community have started picking things up from where I am putting them down. Where making an alternative to Core was once seen as renegade, there are now two more forks vying for attention (Bitcoin Classic and Bitcoin Unlimited). So far they’ve hit the same problems as XT but it’s possible a fresh set of faces could find a way to make progress.

> the single-most important issue of our society

I thought that was global warming?

The foundation is just a bunch of suits, whose only function is to educate other suits (eg: law makers). No one controls Bitcoin.

Core is not Bitcoin, it's just one of many clients that follow the Bitcoin protocol. There is no such thing as an "official" client or anything else in Bitcoin.

The foundation has no say whatsoever in the project.

The block reward only halves, it doesn't "go away". Unless you are talking about when it can't halve anymore because of the 8 decimals limit, which we could just remove, just like Satoshi wanted (same situation as with block size limit).

What do you mean? :(

"Waking up: A guide to spirituality without religion" by neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris. Don't be so quick to dismiss it please, give it a try. It's not mysticism.

Plants can't "prefer", they are not conscious beings.

But removing the need for big pharmacological laboratories definitely makes it better. No more ridiculous prices, no more hidden corporate interests, etc. Just you and your plant, like nature "wanted" it to be.

> Some tried giving Arab countries democracy and it turned out they never really wanted it and most of the dictators were much better alternative

Is that what they teach in American schools? Let's see how you cope with this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat

Any suggestions?

Doesn't seem like a failure for the people at the top.

What do you like about Stellar? It's not decentralized at all. Being premined is just the icing on the cake.

Stellar is 100% centralized. In fact, its owners took it down at some point to change some rules.

Yeah who cares about saving humanity from extinction. Let's just stay here with out families and our 4x4's until we drown. Real heroes.

No, it's the correct way. Maybe I didn't describe it properly (not a native speaker). There is a reason why many shoulder press seats are slightly inclined backwards.

Check out this obvious DEA astroturfer:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/30ydu0/cbs_federal...

And why is that good?

- Stop drinking, replace it with weed if necessary.

- Run or lift weights, or both. But be careful with your back (keep it straight) and shoulders (lift the weight in front/above your head, not directly above. Same for pullups) when lifting, and your knees when running (land with your metatarsus first, not your heel).

- Sleep and eat well.