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Comment Re:Another BS crisis post (Score 1) 62

The report is incorrect in its base claim that the earth's rate of rotation is slowing down even more the usual. In fact the earth's rate of rotation has been speeding up since 2020. The data is in Wikipedia even here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... If the researcher is ignoring data to this extent they are not really doing research.

Comment Temporary Pools Included? (Score 1) 126

I wonder how many of these unreported pools are just kiddy pools that the tenant "installed". AI maybe able to get you a list of candidates, but the final decision to tax someone should have a human in the loop. I've seen examples where a guy holding a lamb in his arms has it identified as a dog because the AI was picking up the context of an animal in someone's arms and typically it IS a dog...but not always...

Comment Re:Insane but not Pyramid (Score 1) 271

I think you describe a Ponzi scheme. When you take money from some people and give it to others as investment returns. Although I agree crypto is not a pyramid scheme either. I think it would fall under a pump-and-dump scheme where you convince people something is worth more than it is and then get out once the price goes up.

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