sqferryman

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• Commented on Generation Z
  On a point of information, student grants had disappeared entirely for people like me with supposedly wealthy parents by 1986. One good thing about loans is that it's the student and not their parents who are assessed. One of my...
• Commented on Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
  Possibly more than are alive today, if we allow for the millions slaughtered in the 20th century by governments....
• Commented on Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
  I suggest to you that the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention the families of all the western combatants who dies or were maimed, would be more than happy to make that trade....
• Commented on Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
  "when the tax revenue base implodes and takes down the social security net, medicare/medicaid/the NHS, pensions, police/fire/ambulance provisions, road repairs, and so on." It also takes down the state's ability to wage illegal wars and spy on its citizens. This...
• Commented on I have a new book cover
  Will the US cover feature vampire boobies?...
• Commented on "We're going to need book covers. Lots of book covers!"
  Isn't glowing neon text on a black background a bit Geocities circa 1995?...
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  I suspect we're all stupid in one way or another. T...
• Commented on Where's Charlie?
  After flying more miles in the last six months than I did in the previous six years I'm looking forward to spending the next six months in Edinburgh. (Just as KLM give me my Gold Card too). See you around...
• Commented on Things that keep me awake at night #1: The end of telephony
  I had a minor shunt in my car a couple of years ago. The other driver was at fault and admitted. Since then I've been fielding calls from claims management firms wanting me to put in a claim for personal...