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interesting. i am a big Frasier fan and my friends kept telling me that i should watch Cheers. i have tries a few times, but it did never stick. maybe i will give Cheers another shot:)

Quitting Twitter 5 years ago

"When I use reddit or Hacker News, I find that it’s trivial to get thousands of karma and a handful of awards"

You have to be kidding! It takes me months to earn a few points that I flush down the toilet the next day with some insensitive comment.

crypto is money. money can be invested, i.e. crypto can be invested. one does not invest in crypto. you are looking from the fiat=the_only_money prospective, which is limited. there are many types of money - fiat, crypto, gold. you can move between them, but those are not strictly investments in a sense of cash flow generation.

re intrinsic value - i think that intrinsic value is a fiction. there is always a market value. i don't know what the hell "intrinsic" value is and how useful can it be.

I know exactly the type of guys you are talking about. They write tools for traders, a mix of Excel, VB, .Net, you name it. They are not obsessed with architectural beauty, patterns and frameworks. They just write what users ask them (and they do not tell traders what traders need - the response will be swift and insulting). The traders take these tools and generate profit. And they do not give a shit about test coverage or not sound architecture principles. If software generates profit, then it works.

And what will be the basis for the payment processors to censor the content? Their revolutionary conscience? Shall we have Left payment processors and Right payment processors? Each with its own definition of "hate" and "misinformation"? Does anybody see how retarded things became? This is the direct attack on free speech, and people are cheering?!

If people do not like Twitter or FB policies, they are free to quit. I have quit Twitter and FB for exactly this reason - I do not like their policies of censoring the posts. This is that simple. If you see a turd on the ground - you don't have to step into it and then complain about the smell. Many censored entities do not have even Telegram account, where there is zero censorship where people could follow them. This means they do not care so much about reaching out to readers. They would rather complain but cling to Twitter.

Twitter and FB did a HUGE favor to Republicans and personally to Trump. Hadn't they blocked the story, would we see 1159 comments here? Instead of "oh, not that again!.." story, that would have died two days later, we have fireworks that will last until election and will have significant impact. Many of who were mildly leaning towards Biden will reconsider.

"but there is something magical about finding the simplest solution that gets the job done"

if only software were written that way...

I have no idea what your point it, but you may want to add one more example. Let's say I am a Trump supporter and the opinion is that I am a scum and should die before the election, then it may be ethically correct not keep myself in their presence.

The New Siberians 6 years ago

I am originally from Moscow and I always had great respect for Siberia and its people. I just watched "Happy People" series referenced below. Amazing!

"Ditch Moscow" - "Moscow" it is not a geography:) There are plenty of people in Moscow (and the rest of the country) just like you. And I am sure you have shitheads is Siberia too. I wish we could drain the swamp, wherever it is.

The New Siberians 6 years ago

Right, it is something like "people of America" vs "Americans". Interesting observation.