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Libel much?

“Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent."

~ Lord Aquitainus Attis

"John Levy called me and said that because I said "build the wall" I am now removed from the network"

1. It wasn't his job. It was the YC network he was thrown out of.

2. His own testimony was that "John Levy called me and said that because I said "build the wall" I am now removed from the network."

Andrew Torba former YC'er got kicked out for triggering other YC alum for saying "Build the Wall" -

or we can go w/ Brendan Eich getting booted from Mozilla.

The list can go on and on and on.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/04/mozill...

https://www.facebook.com/garry/posts/10102671732962523?pnref...

Patreon is part of the SV mafia.. They're just as bad w/ arbitrary censorship.

Bitcoin is a better use case for PeerTube imo.

A meme? Did you happen to watch the video of the post election all hands?

Blockchains are good for one thing and one thing only. Censorship resistant money exchanges. That's it.

These guys launched the same concept last year. For $25m and they literly have nobody using the platform.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockstack-partners-vcs...

Well done sir. You won comment of the day!!

They need to be careful.. strong winds of antitrust are blowing around Washington.

Let's see how fast this gets ghosted..

Highly recommended reading on this subject by four scientists https://web.archive.org/web/20170808013732/http://quillette....

It's also "very easy" not fall into FOMO token buying.

Tokens = Branded Gift Cards

How is it a scam if there is instant liquidity right after the sale in most cases?

I bet you bank blocks the charge from coinbase because it's a foreign charge.

Amazing how this story will get no love on HN.

Yes. Very similar.

What are your sites?

What's your site? Curious.

Racist!! jk

It's refreshing to see a rational response to theses EO's instead of the over the top virtue signaling that is now common place on HN.

Glenn Greenwald eviscerates this WaPo article https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-...

This is eerily similar to Bitter Lake.. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35szal

His secretary of transportation is pro-gig economy and pro uber/lyft.

I wonder if this policy would be coming down the pipe of Madame President were elected..

"Now: let me be absolutely clear. I do not believe Trump is a fascist. I’ve been consistent in that belief ever since he began running. I prefer to label Trump a “petty authoritarian” — the term “fascist” has always struck me as spectacularly inapplicable."

Nails it.

Funny how YC is quickly becoming the antithesis of all the great PG essays..

I think you should read that article again.. it actually takes into account sentiment.

I know things aren't exactly the same as they were in 08.. but I found this quote fascinating.

"Data such as engagement with tweets or Facebook Live videos have been taken into account. The result is that Trump has overtaken the engagement numbers of Barack Obama's peak in 2008 – the year he came into power – by 25 percent."

> No, we have a "growing returns to capital" boom, and fund it by taxing capital the same as other income, rather than tax favoring it.

Could you please provide some sort of example of this?

> Welfare is not the same as BI, and has different structural incentives, so there is no reason to expect that people will respond to BI the same as they do to means-tested welfare programs.

I'm well aware they are not the same. However I work with many who are on wellfare and understand their mindset a good % of people who will be on BI will be these people.