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Russia has invaded Afghanistan which triggered the rise of muslim fighters all over the planet. I'd say this was the most important event in the end of last century. The world remembers Bin Laden as the enemy of the West, but he started his career fighting Russia. Then I have friends in Kiev and Estonia, and I trust them. To all of them, Russia is a huge menace.
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I hope politics will be kept out of the game. If he gives his money to charities which will build mosques all over Europe, he'd better keep it. I'm waiting for him to announce ideas about how the money will be used. I hope he'll want to fight malaria, or educate girls in Africa, but I'm not sure this is what he'll do.
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You can't compare. China has a booming economy which sells manufactured products all over the planet. Some stocks are overvalued but you should not worry about that. Some American Internet companies are also hugely overvalued, with a crazy market capitalization, and they may crash, but the overall economy will keep on going.
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I am a consultant, but I don't think I would be interested by your app. I've never used instant messaging in my life, and I don't work much over the phone. Most of my consultations are face to face, with a flat fee. I also have an hourly rate, but working by the minute is not for me. I guess your idea could still work for assistance/emergency services. Say, if I have trouble with my computer, I could use the help of a skilled technician, but the manufacturer provides this for free. Then, there's a problem with lengthy confirmation times. If I'm calling for help, I don't want to wait.
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One (merely) remembers the location of information instead of the information itself.
Not even sure of that. You don't need to actually, as your browser cache and history will remember it for you. And the future is getting worse with sat nav systems and autonomous cars in a few years. The young will have no idea of where they are. I've already seen young people totally unable to read a map. |
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Obviously, the parents have their share of responsibility here. You tell your children not to accept sweets from dirty old men, you shall also warn them about ISIS recruiters. Was that girl coming from a normal family, sharing all dinners with mom and dad? There's got to be something wrong for this to happen.
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a) If they instigate a new drachma, and lock it to the euro, would not that be exactly the same as using the euro themselves?
No because they will have the possibility to print how much drachma wants. This is not possible with the euro. But at the end this will be worst because the printing of to much drachma will devaluate it continuously. Older Greeks will remember that. In the old days, before the Euro, every year, the BS drachma was losing 10% of its a value towards towards the mighty Deutschmark. The Euro was a huge chance for Greece, without it would have ended up like Zimbabwe. This is what's going to happen anyway. The Euro was a just a break from Greece's normal history. |
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Don't worry everyone. Greece's game theory expert Varoufakis is handling things along with Statesman Tsipras.
The only smart thing this clown show did was move their Euro's offshore. I wonder how that will play once the average Greek realizes the guys that drove the economy over a cliff have their savings tucked away in London.
Didn't know anything about that. Would you have a link to confirm this info? If true, it's big, but it's only part of the problem. The bigger issue is that Tsipras and Vafourakis have their brains in some fantasy land where everything's free, with foreigners saying thank you when you steal them. |
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I'm afraid this would wreck BTC. There shall be only one blockchain. Some guys are already doing off-chain transactions, and there are sidechains, but they don't come close to the real thing. If you use BTC for business, you want all your transactions on the blockchain, the one and only, not a regional one.
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if there comes some USA investor they can create a lot of opportunities for puertoricans
Unfortunately my friend, when you have money to invest, you stay away from places like Greece, Puerto Rico or Argentina. I'm saying it bluntly, but if you want to save money for retirement, as most investors want, it's much better to invest in London or Switzerland. |
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I've read about that before. I'm afraid this is quite true, but it's not limited to Americans. Being an older guy (not that old) without a smartphone, who enjoys the freedom of not being connected, not being tied to anything, I feel pity towards the younger generation who seems unable to live more than 5 minutes without looking at their phone.
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Is there an airline company which accepts BTC?
I used to believe the only way to get a flight ticket with BTC was via a broker, like Expedia in some countries.
I understand BTC is quite a challenge for an airline company, most of them don't even accept paypal.
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greece capitulates to the jews
What? Sorry, but you can't say that. There's no data about a substantial part of the Greek debt being to Israel, or to a Jewish bank. Actually, I believe the Jewish bankers have been smarter than the Europeans, they never agreed to a loan with the Greeks. |
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This doesn't work? I'm getting a blank page. Hey, this is about money, you need to beef up your website on the server side.
Besides, what are the fees? And do you have a map of the ATMs network?
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I don't believe in nations. I gave up that idea long ago, but I support free speech. It's really dramatic you could be banned from the Internet because of your opinions. Looking at his website, there's a page about donations, but nothing regarding BTC. I guess the guy should accept BTC to safeguard his money. I wouldn't be safe in his position. If justice can block his website, his bank account isn't safe anymore.
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That's it, they missed a payment. Somehow, I'm happy because now the Greek problem will move to another stage. For the better or the worse, but at least, things are changing. The negotiations have been far too long. Now, things will move at a much faster pace.
What I wonder is how long this default will remain, say, virtual. In my eyes, the most awful thing about the Greek crisis is that most people haven't understood what's at stake: they talk about the "troika". They forget that the troika is only a front, it's all the Europeans who are behind. me included, and possibly you, if you're an European citizen. Every Greek owes several hundreds euros to every other European citizen. Can I travel to Greece and claim a piece of land as a repossession? Hey, this is what bankers do!
Thought the troika was representing French, German and American banks, not the people of Europe. And did the bailout money ever go to the Greek people? Wasn't it all given to the government to be given directly back to the banks that had loaned the money? Meanwhile forcing austerity, huge unemployment and destroying the Greek economy to pay for that? This can't be solved by worsening the situation. Much less then one tenth of Greek debt is to American banks. The bulk is to the European Central Bank or the European Financial Stability fund, with money coming the member states, and ultimately the citizens since no country has money by itself. If Greece doesn't pay its debts, that means the debt will be transferred back to the member states, then its citizens. In the end, that would make the situation more difficult for everybody non Greek, the Germans, the French, the Italians, etc... |
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If there was a need of a proof that Greece is a BS country, you'll find all you want in this letter.
Regarding pensions, he talks about the 2010 reform. The country made an important reform in 2010, and 5 years later, you know what, it isn't fully implemented yet! Then, there was another reform in 2012, and he wants to postpone it...
In a normal country, or a company, a decision is taken, then there are acts, and we move forward. If Greece is stuck in the first stage, it's going to destroy itself.
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That's not so easy. I'm not sure about Greece, but in most of the EU, there's a limit to how much cash you can carry around. I think it's €10,000 and anything above must be declared. Forms to fill, and questions to answer... Also I'm not so sure most Greeks have relatives abroad who could easily send you BTC.
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Anyone who's ever been to East L.A. or in Florida is well aware of this. Spanish speakers are everywhere. You see Spanish billboards, you hear Spanish on the radio, and all the people around have black hair. Everything's much different from what you can experience in Spain though, America remains America.
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Anyone here believes espionage from the NSA is only towards France? I believe the US is spying on every country on Earth. They are supposedly allies, but I guess very few people trusts the French government. My French friends certainly don't.
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