This is my go to for things that I can easily move around. It works well and minimizes use of chemical cleaning agents.

UV light, works best during the summer.

The "stick head in sand" method has become extremely popular and it is a serious problem.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this very specialized knowledge which would have been very time consuming for me to research myself.

You must have missed the part of my post where I give credit to Shotwell, but just so it's crystal clear I think Elon is a loser who has stolen his success from the intelligent people who work for him.

Now if you would be so kind as to answer my original question, since I am genuinely curious.

Do you mind providing additional info on previous reusable rockets. I'm not able to find any successfully reused rockets prior to the Falcon 9.

Edit: The space shuttle doesn't count as a reusable rocket.

Edit 2: Humanity as only achieved partial reusability so far. SpaceX will likey be the first to achieve full reusability with their Starship. Of course credit for this should not go to Elon but to Gwynne Shotwell and the rest of the SpaceX team.

It doesn't need government backing

And here I was enjoying the conversation, despite knowing I wouldn't convince you. Thanks for ruining it.

You keep mentioning crypto. I'm talking about Bitcoin.

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"those same wealthy capitalists are the ones calling the shots in the first place"

That's a good reason to take money out of the hands of the state.

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"...tying a State’s sovereign fiat money to a commodity belongs in the dustbin of history."

I've got to ask, what makes you say this? Especially when scarcity is one of the most critical properties of money, and the governments of the world have shown their willingness to print money infinitely. Which makes modern, unbacked, Fiat currencies virtually worthless in the long run.

Bitcoin does present a possible solution to the monetary woes of Argentina.

Mileis election signals a growing awareness that central bankers are just scammers and getting off the gold standard was one of the biggest mistakes humanity ever made.

I'm happy to briefly address those for you. For starters I'm only referring to Bitcoin, and not other "crypto".

• The base layer is indeed "to slow and expensive" to make day to day purchases such as coffee. However layer 2 applications built on top of the base layer, such as the lighting network, enable nearly instant transactions extremely cheaply.
• Bitcoin solves many problems with existing currencies, all you have to do is look to countries with failed economic systems. Or the billion people around the world who lack access to even the most basic financial services, such as banking. You may not see a use for it but people living under failed regimes do.
• This is much more complicated and it's difficult to explain the advantages of securing a monetary system with energy in a concise way so I'll instead say this. The energy necessary to secure the network is indeed a cost, but without a complete understanding of Bitcoin you cannot evaluate if it is outweighed by the benefits. Of course I believe the benefits far outweigh the cost.

Hopefully that helps.

It still works for me, It's a PDF though so maybe something with your browser settings.

Did you read the report I linked?

For anyone who is interested here is a report from Fidelity that provides a fairly concise analysis of Bitcoin and it's value proposition.

https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/sites/default/files/documents/1012662.3.0 Bitcoin First Revisited_Final.pdf

I encourage everyone to take the time to read at least the first few pages, I think you'll be surprised by what you find.

I'm glad you put the effort in, it's the only way humanity can improve upon itself.

I agree with what you've said and think this graphic agrees with you as well. I don't believe it implies that violence should be used against the intolerant but rather that action should be taken to remedy intolerance.

However I do see what you mean, as it's phrasing doesn't preclude violence either and could be further refined to highlight that point.

https://archive.ph/99uuB