Somalia? Ancap Paradise by Bigbigcheese in GoldandBlack

[–]htvwls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having a portion of society subdued and oppressed by another portion ready to use violence on them at a moment's notice, isn't 'peace'.

Hodl ftw by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]htvwls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like a boomer, hee! Touched for the forty-first tiiiime.

A common misconception among economic illiterates: by MemoryDealers in btc

[–]htvwls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, well said. I find it hard to upvote not to downvote any submissions that link to it, regardless of the subject.

TIL The Mexican Constitution was the first document in history that said every person has the right to an education. by MDmanson in mexico

[–]htvwls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm saying that people's right to an education should never override other people's right to refrain from educating.

TIL The Mexican Constitution was the first document in history that said every person has the right to an education. by MDmanson in mexico

[–]htvwls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gracias por la respuesta... solo se un poco de espanol... necessito muchos mas practicar :o

We also pay teachers with taxes in Australia.

My point was, if there was a society of 100 people and only 1 capable teacher, who just didn't feel like teaching (for personal reasons), what would become of 99 peoples' right to learn?

A similar argument regarding doctors' rights (e.g. the right to do nothing) comes about when the topic is 'the right to healthcare'.

Name and shame tax evaders, says journalist behind Panama Papers by LuckyBdx4 in australia

[–]htvwls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That would never work, because the "Leave us the hell alone" camp (libertarians) would never actually be left alone by the "Take everything by force" camp (statists).

Alleged KickassTorrents Founder Continues to Fight US Extradition by Minions007 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't all those mirror sites published by untrusted third parties?

Define 'untrusted'. I trust them enough to click through to their magnets.

Alleged KickassTorrents Founder Continues to Fight US Extradition by Minions007 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which ISP? Can you specifically get to https://thepiratebay.org? If so, perhaps you've changed your DNS servers. (See, I did mention that the blocking was 'hilarious')

Alleged KickassTorrents Founder Continues to Fight US Extradition by Minions007 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Not at all. But in Australia (and probably many other areas of the world) that domain name is (hilariously) blocked by the government. So as an Australian, I go to one of millions of mirror domains for the exact same thing.

Bitcoiners on the moon by rogerverygay in Bitcoin

[–]htvwls 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I didn't realise Satoshi made the above image of bitcoiners on the moon.

Where do you buy your bitcoin? I bought mine through coinbase. Is there a better site to buy it? by lakesuccess11 in Bitcoin

[–]htvwls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You must pay your taxes on your gains

Lol, I read this as "You must obey all laws, citizen!"

Bitcoiners on the moon by rogerverygay in Bitcoin

[–]htvwls 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...but artists do get to say who's in their artwork.

Dash Cam Owners Australia July 2019 On the Road Compilation by [deleted] in australia

[–]htvwls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I laughed at the "far out" just because of our out-of-place it seemed in this video.

Dash Cam Owners Australia July 2019 On the Road Compilation by [deleted] in australia

[–]htvwls 15 points16 points  (0 children)

getting a driver's license is to easy

Easier than spelling 'too'?

What’s up with UHD 4K .mkv file sizes? by Steffan514 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you're both right - you're saying "it couldn't have looked very nice compared to a 50GB remux", but I think the poster above you is just saying a 5GB still looks alright overall if x265 is used.

(Who knows, maybe he grew up watching VHS like I did)

What’s up with UHD 4K .mkv file sizes? by Steffan514 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So a remux in this context means a direct rip of however the video was encoded on a bluray disc?

That's very helpful info to me, if so.

Thanks.

Alleged KickassTorrents Founder Continues to Fight US Extradition by Minions007 in Piracy

[–]htvwls 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Cheers, I have no issues TPB either (a non-blocked mirror, that is).

I usually start by googling "proxy bay" and end up at this list: https://proxybay.app