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The (Shortened) Tale of Bitcoin Cash Bitcoin was, as we can see from the whitepaper, intended to be a digital peer-to-peer currency used for daily transactions. As its popularity grew and price surged, the blockchain experienced scalability issues. Transaction fees and time required for sending BTC went up. BTC was becoming more an investment vehicle than everyday currency. On a surface level, this situation was caused by the maximum block size limit. Each block contains a…
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Lamentations of the Worker Clicking surrounds me, constant and ever-present. The sound bounces around in my head, and I wonder if there's any meaning to it; I've heard everything happens for a reason, and I believe it... but what is the point of this incessant clicking? It brings to mind a quote I read in high school, for an assignment... which I failed. Hey, nobody's perfect, right? *“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep…
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No Gods, No Masters – An Introduction to Anarchism **anarchy (noun) an- "without" + arkhos "leaders"** As a political and social philosophy, anarchy comes from the 19th century, and it generally opposes one group ruling over another group. Some anarchists are against **all** hierarchies, while others are willing to compromise a bit for practical purposes. **For example, some kind of police would probably be necessary for certain functions in society.** There is considerable…
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SERIOUS: Take care of yourself A YouGov poll of 2,000 men between the ages of 18 and 45 asked several questions about mental health and suicide. 42% of men polled had, at some point, had a consideration or thought of taking their own lives. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/more-four-ten-men-have-considered-suicide-says-new-report-a6717866.html **32% of these "didn't want people to worry about them"** which is... well, rather tragic, considering they are in exactly the…
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OpenDAO, UMA and Ren will bring Dogecoin to DeFi ecosystem! **For the first time, you can lend your Dogecoin in a decentralized manner to borrow a stablecoin. Go long on DOGE while utilizing your capital for other purposes.** *OpenDAO began as a vision: to connect the massive real estate market to a burgeoning DeFi space with tremendous potential for growth. Empower common people with tools to borrow against valuable property, free of the politics and control of government,…
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Trump's "We Will Be Back" speech and Nazi Germany The "Beer Hall Putsch" was a first attempt at overthrowing the Weimar Republic by Hitler's Nazi Party in November 1923. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch#cite_note-gordon-6 "Approximately two thousand Nazis marched on the Feldherrnhalle, in the city centre, but were confronted by a police cordon, which resulted in the deaths of 16 Nazi Party members and four police officers. Hitler, who was wounded during the…
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Origins and Culture of the Romani People "The Roma are an ethnic people who have migrated across Europe for a thousand years. The Roma culture has a rich oral tradition, with an emphasis on family." Like Native Americans in the forming United States, the Roma are often called by a term, oft considered derogatory and born of mistaken identity: "Gypsies". Genetic and linguistic evidence shows that a small population, ancestors of the Roma, probably left India about 1500 years…
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Orwell's 1984 and the Psychological Horror of Totalitarianism *"There was...* ***no way of knowing whether you were being watched****... You [lived] in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness,* ***every movement scrutinized****."* George Orwell, "1984" Surveillance plays a significant role in the story of George Orwell's 1984. Most designs which have been used as book covers for it over the years have some reference to an eye or to…