What most people think about is that when crude oil is extracted from the ground,  you can't help but get all the fractions present in that particular oil deposit. In fractional distillation, organic compounds having different boiling points emerge from the crude oil in different... (more)

The divorce rate varies a lot. In most developed countries it is somewhere between 40 and 50 percent. What keeps people wanting to get married the desire to form a family. That's what a lot of people really want to do despite the risks involved.... (more)

Our needs and our wants in particular exceed the resources of our environment. That's why we've evolved to distinguish between an ingroup and an outgroup. We band together with our family, extended family and tribe against other groups. Whenever interests contradict, we compete and might... (more)

Definitely not. Why would you curate if you could not get paid for that? That would very strongly discourage manual curation. With 100% author payouts, vote selling and vote trading would be the only way to make any significant money with Steem Power. It would... (more)

Many Steemians think Steemit Inc, the CEO of which @ned is, should've worked harder between the summer of 2017 and the summer of 2018 to implement the Steem roadmap including SMTs. Nothing much happened last winter when the price pumped. It also seems likely that... (more)

Yes, because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are uncensorable and extremely portable and because there exist anonymous ways of buying and selling them. But with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with a completely public ledger, it should be approached with great care. Privacy coins such as Monero... (more)

Fiat money is fiat money whether it is in the form of bank notes or balances in a bank account. Fiat money is government backed in the sense that it is legal tender, that is, the police and the courts will not help enforce the... (more)

Very. I'd be lying if I told you otherwise. Anyone can verify that I spend a lot of time here. Spending time on Steem is fun. That it is financially rewarding makes it doubly fun.

Their sovereignty. The fact that they have the power to do so. That they choose to exercise that power is based on the same moral principle that justifies giving you the right to determine who has the right to enter your home.

Always put away a fixed sum of money on your payday and forget about it.