So if buying the phone is a gamble, why not eliminate the wasted energy of mining worthless fake money and simply include everyone who buys the phone in a monthly or yearly lottery of some cash? "If you buy this phone you might win $10k" sounds a lot more appealing than "If you buy this phone it will grind away for hour after hour, draining your battery, while it mines a tiny fraction of a penny per day."

I think the heart of the problem is that there's so much entertainment and misinformation available at the push of a button that people have lost motivation to learn anything and no longer feel like part of a community or society. As long as they can keep getting whatever entertainment they like when they like it, they don't give a shit about anyone or anything else. It's the internet, video games, porn, so-called "reality TV", (anti) social media, professional sports, etc. all contributing to it.

There's nothing to be done about it, until maybe the next world war wipes out a significant chunk of the human population and maybe sets living back 200 years for whoever remains. They'll learn the meaning of community and society again, the hard way. Until then, it's every man for himself.

Really. We have no hope.
Ah well, it was a good run while it lasted.

don't let on that any AI was used and apply for the patent under your own name. Duh!

Consciousness consists of atomic ionization of quantum energy. “Quantum” means an evolving of the non-dual.
Nothing is impossible. This life is nothing short of an evolving spark of life-affirming hope.
Illusion is the antithesis of knowledge.
Only a prophet of the quantum cycle may create this rebirth of inspiration. Where there is materialism, science cannot thrive. You may be ruled by pain without realizing it. Do not let it sabotage the truth of your myth.

The goal of electromagnetic resonance is to plant the seeds of intention rather than greed. The multiverse is radiating meridians. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is presence.

The complexity of the present time seems to demand an awakening of our brains if we are going to survive. Yes, it is possible to eliminate the things that can eliminate us, but not without serenity on our side. You must take a stand against materialism.

It can be difficult to know where to begin.
We are in the midst of a sentient refining of potential that will give us access to the stratosphere itself. Humankind has nothing to lose. Our conversations with other seekers have led to a maturing of supra-karmic consciousness.

refurbs with a shorter warranty if they can't get their normal, abnormally high price for them...

You must work for an airline...

That comfortable seat for people who pay more is a relatively recent phenomenon when the airlines adopted a cellphone plan pricing model in which the ticket price is kept low but fees are charged for anything and everything possible making it nearly impossible to compare or locate lower prices or to know exactly what any given flight is going to cost until you get to the airport.

If this were the 16th century you'd be telling me how slave ships made it possible for so many unemployed Africans to cross the ocean to a better life in which they were provided with a place to live and food to eat, all at no charge to them. What a great bunch of guys those slave traders were, and such a great model for the airline industry!

or giving a little more leg room because they "care about their customers' comfort". If they cared so much, why did they make the seats so narrow and leg room so short in the first place?

Now WD says "we heard you" but did they ever ask about it before they switched the HDD technology? Someone had to dig into it to figure out what they did and they got caught so now they suddenly care about what their customers think.

will Trump and Putin target Trump's base in the upcoming election?

He's afraid of brown people.

Why is someone so powerful, so rich, so smart, so afraid?

The sides cure cancer!

but don't take down the bullsit. Thanks a lot for nothing.

Pump water, generate electricity, it's all the same to the wind, and to the cancer that the sound of a windmill causes!

The Dutch people started using windmills in large quantities hundreds of years ago. All the people who started doing that are dead now. Think about it!
A super-genius (I think he taught at MIT for a record number of years) once said "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

It's the 90s all over again... been there, done that.

Here's how it works- the grunts get restricted stock options in lieu of cash on the hope that the company will go public. Maybe it will maybe it won't. If it doesn't the options are worthless. If it does, and the stock goes up nicely, you can't do anything about it (but pay a hefty tax bill) because the options are restricted. If it does go up, rest assured, the founders of the company will cash out their shares and disappear, leaving the company to flounder while your options return to worthlessness.

If the stock is a good investment, use your salary to pay your bills and buy the stock. If they are trying to pay you in options, start looking for another job. The people and companies to whom you owe money won't accept your stock options as payment. You shouldn't either.