I have a cronjob that does a "git fetch" every 5 minutes. That means I never pull. I merge-fastforward, and I rebase. Very satisfied with that workflow.
> Every single holder of USD lost around 1-2% a year to inflation, which is essentially a backdoor tax.
That's only true of cash, and money in checkings accounts. Money deposited in savings accounts yields interest, which (on average) more than compensates for inflation.
That is by no means a fact. Nobody expected war in 1914, and most of the Great Powers did not want war. Franz Ferdinand was a force for moderation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A lot of domino stones had to fall for WWI to happen. By the way, I can recommend "The War that Ended Peace", excellent book about the causes of WWI.
The EU is a $16.5T economy, most of it on the internet, vastly underserved by internet companies compared to the U.S. Even Facebook was English only until 2008. Big business opportunities are being missed there.
What's the difference between in-app purchases, and what Quake did (the first episode free, pay for the other three)?
There is a big difference between in-app purchases for extra content (paid DLC, basically) and the model that Candy Crush is such a despicable example of, i.e. pay for access.
Although you could even argue that pay for access IAP is no different than the coin-operated arcade games from last century.
I must have missed part I and II, namely "The game industry has been destroyed", and "It was in-app purchases that destroyed the game industry." Any links to those?
Energy arbitrage means buying energy where it's low, and selling where it's high. The latter is missing here.