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Comment Re: What is anyone going to do? (Score 1) 104

That means you never tried and believe the bullshit your liberal parents told you about violence. The fact is, you punch the biggest kid in the room and people will notice. Bullies are bullies because they are particularly powerless, people that have true power don't need to announce or use it.

Comment Re: Who cares. (Score 1) 111

Copyright law typically trumps contract law, especially if the copyright isnâ(TM)t yours. The problem is that all copyright holders have to agree to sue, in the case of Linux this makes it effectively public domain, especially since IBM purchased the Unix source code from Novell a long time ago AND would need to be both the plaintiff and the defendant.

If you want to sue someone over Linux, start with any of the many Android vendors, but since Linus himself has refused to defend the kernel, the legal point is pretty much moot. Linux and most GPL code is public domain, exactly as Richard Stallman would have it, get over it.

Comment Re: Really? (Score 4, Informative) 145

Interesting, where did you learn such history as England and the US were amongst the first nations to start abolishing slavery. Slavery is still legal in large swathes of Africa and the Middle East (Islam outright requires slavery) as well as China and North Korea. Belgium had slaves in the 1960s (Belgian Congo), the French Revolution reinstated slavery also up to the 20th century, Germany up to the end of WW2 employed slaves and East Germany and the Soviets even longer, Dutch didnâ(TM)t do much better nor did the Spanish.

Comment Re: Higher G-Force Turns With No Meatbag In Cockpi (Score 1) 83

It is relatively simple, the primary problem is that war is not quite as simple. If all you needed to do was keep a certain zone clear, then that could be done with 80s tech, most of what happens in war needs to be decided on by humans. It is what makes the US Army so lethally precise, whereas âsimplerâ(TM) armies simply kill everything, friend and foe.

Comment Re: Wow. (Score 0) 159

You know your statistic still implies a minority of mostly young adults are living in an apartment (which generally implies a city). Therefore the majority of people do not rent and the minority that does rent does not rent apartments, but likely a combination of land and houses. Combine other statistics like poverty and there is not even a great overlap of so-called poverty (for most of history and even the world you would still be top 10% with your minimum wage) and lack of home ownership.

The majority of people I know find rent temporary, regardless of their income levels. Around here houses are cheap as they are in most of the country, the only thing that drives people in certain neighborhoods is the government (taxes). Take away property taxes and convert school taxes to vouchers and you get egalitarian property ownership, egalitarian private schools etc.

Comment Re: Fees (Score 1) 17

I find Bitcoin very easy to use, for most small transactions you donâ(TM)t have much of a fee, it is definitely less than 3%+25c for Visa transactions. You put it in your wallet, you transfer in and out, settlements happen in seconds most of the time. You donâ(TM)t ever need to âproveâ(TM) who you are with unnecessary details such as addresses, you do MFA on your end where it is trusted.

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