Of course they're upset because the emails worked! And that's completely fair. If you go into McDonald's with applications to work at Burger King and a higher wage, McDonald's would tell you to leave. And when you came back, they could get you arrested for trespassing. Just stand off their fucking property. And don't use Ebay's internal mail system to get their sellers. Use literally any other method to reach out.
The TNCs aren't law, but violating them and continually accessing the servers is "computer fraud and abuse" and illegal. Just like if you keep sending random usernames and passwords. The law doesn't distinguish those two types of acts... and if you think about it, it's hard to draw that line.
The only legal restrictions the states have are not to violate the bill of rights or try to overrule federal law (as opposed to act in the absence of it).
I don't recall any of the three examples ever existing in any state (including the northeast). Except sometimes a two-lane (on each side) highway has that "left for passing only" sign. What states are you talking about.
Half of that, if he gave all of his money and not just "pocket change".
$168 billion, divided by 7.5 billion people on earth, gives $23-24/person.
Alternatively, he could buy ~1/3 of all US farmland, and use what it grows to feed starving people.
As opposed to what that land does now?
Right, he could sell corn for human consumption as opposed to turning it into ethanol, or letting it sit idle to get the tax subsidies, using it for livestock feed. He could ship it directly to wherever it's needed.
And how would he convince local dictators, who are blocking current charities in order to control their people?
You can just overwhelm them with more than enough food. Dictators only use food distribution for control because it's all tehy can leverage. If they could leverage medicine or something else instead, they would. If they didn't need to buy food, they would buy something else to leverage.
North Koreans are starving cause Kim cannot afford to feed them and doesn't care to figure out how. He can already shoot them in the head, and has radios that are always on and always singing his praises in every house.
In fairness, both are important. Insurance, regulated by government, wants to drive down costs. If they can be forced to do that by raising standards instead of getting out of obligations when things happen, it's a powerful force. Meanwhile, government regulations also can have a pretty powerful effect, especially when the benefits are less concentrated.
The extra paperwork is means testing. Why have a means testing step and a tax paying step. Why not just one step?
A lot of US citizens don't have a bank account, but I suppose that would change quickly if UBI income was coming in. I'd worry it would be pretty predatory accounts though.
As for government ID, there are a lot of fascism concerns with mandating it.
The groups which "extract" resources from the economy, rather than help create new ones, are bureaucrats and politicians via taxes. They skim off the top and never return more than they take overall
That's... beyond untrue. Lot's of government programs produce values that are many times the amount spent on them.
Only instead of the the people with UBI being the Eloi, they will be the morlocks
The "U" is short for "universal". As in all people.
So because they don't really get enough money they will take really small jobs for some bit of extra money -
Or take a real job for six months, and take off for six months. Or just have a 20 hour work week. Or lots of other options.
UBI is "no job means you can get by." Maybe you are getting by with no job while you work on a startup and become a billionaire. Maybe you do it for a lifetime. Who knows!
It was founded in 1894 by William Merrill source I followed your link, but it was hidden behind Javascript.
What statute is that?
I don't know the statute (Typically the third-party rating advertised is the IIIHS ratingand don't care to look it up.) Check OSHA's list.
Typically the third-party rating advertised is the IIIHS rating
The IIHS is quoted for verbiage (top safety pick!). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for the 1-5 star ratings.
Insurance companies do tend to push things forward as well... but that's only when insurance companies are tightly regulated. Auto insurers have to meet certain liability levels, etc. On the other hand, notice how medical insurance (at least pre-ACA, no idea since then) primarily innovated by figuring out how to not cover procedures.
"Somewhere in the heart of bitcoin is a bit of protest of big bank bailouts."
You don't "protest big bank bailouts" by losing your life savings. Investments are designed to return a profit. If you are making a statement, it's a charitable donation or something similar. See also, shorting Tesla is about "is Tesla a well run and properly priced company", not "do I like electric cars/ICEs/Musk and/or think that Tesla makes a good car."
Has Bruce never heard of Underwriters Laboratories (UL listed, UL registered, etc)? Underwriters means insurance companies.
These are two, but disconnected, statements. While "Underwriters" can mean insurance companies, it doesn't have to. And doesn't in this case. It was a non-profit that suggested standards. Oh, and later teh government gave it the ability to run legally binding tests on product safety.
And while car companies may advertise "it's safer", it does take a neutral third party observer to say whether it is.
I will grant that most pyrotechnic regulations error on the side of "you cannot do it" or haven't been updated for remotes, etc./P
Your problem is that engaged doesn't seem to correlate at all with informed. I mean, I'd say that people who are engaged are more likely to watch, and agree with, Fox News or MSNBC. So, whichever you disagree with is the counterexample.
If people don't like the options, they can turn in a blank ballot. Which would register as "consciously voting for nothing" as opposed to "being lazy".
I have always thought that submitting your information to those sites was kind of like submitting your information to sites like facebook
It is in that "your information" also includes information on your relatives (and in FB's case, friends).
and since I don't have a facebook account I won be using them either.
Oh, you didn't know. Yeah, FB already is correlating everything they can on you, because they scanned your Mom's phone, and got your phone and email, and then correlated that to a phone number on someone else's phone (but with a different email), an amazon account, and so on.
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Of course they're upset because the emails worked! And that's completely fair. If you go into McDonald's with applications to work at Burger King and a higher wage, McDonald's would tell you to leave. And when you came back, they could get you arrested for trespassing. Just stand off their fucking property. And don't use Ebay's internal mail system to get their sellers. Use literally any other method to reach out.
The TNCs aren't law, but violating them and continually accessing the servers is "computer fraud and abuse" and illegal. Just like if you keep sending random usernames and passwords. The law doesn't distinguish those two types of acts... and if you think about it, it's hard to draw that line.
The only legal restrictions the states have are not to violate the bill of rights or try to overrule federal law (as opposed to act in the absence of it).
I don't recall any of the three examples ever existing in any state (including the northeast). Except sometimes a two-lane (on each side) highway has that "left for passing only" sign. What states are you talking about.
$168 billion, divided by 7.5 billion people on earth, gives $23-24/person.
Right, he could sell corn for human consumption as opposed to turning it into ethanol, or letting it sit idle to get the tax subsidies, using it for livestock feed. He could ship it directly to wherever it's needed.
You can just overwhelm them with more than enough food. Dictators only use food distribution for control because it's all tehy can leverage. If they could leverage medicine or something else instead, they would. If they didn't need to buy food, they would buy something else to leverage.
North Koreans are starving cause Kim cannot afford to feed them and doesn't care to figure out how. He can already shoot them in the head, and has radios that are always on and always singing his praises in every house.
In fairness, both are important. Insurance, regulated by government, wants to drive down costs. If they can be forced to do that by raising standards instead of getting out of obligations when things happen, it's a powerful force. Meanwhile, government regulations also can have a pretty powerful effect, especially when the benefits are less concentrated.
That's not a problem for Amazon Those distractions are hugely profitable. Like, almost as huge a profit center as AWS.
Chuck Norris doesn't have a passport. If a country doesn't want to let him in, he just redraws the borders.
The extra paperwork is means testing. Why have a means testing step and a tax paying step. Why not just one step?
A lot of US citizens don't have a bank account, but I suppose that would change quickly if UBI income was coming in. I'd worry it would be pretty predatory accounts though.
As for government ID, there are a lot of fascism concerns with mandating it.
Why? It seems easier to give the money to everyone, and the rich people will just pay more taxes. Less paperwork.
"I love freedom. Now, to make everyone require a government issued photo ID."
That's... beyond untrue. Lot's of government programs produce values that are many times the amount spent on them.
It's modern form??? When has this not been the case?
The "U" is short for "universal". As in all people.
Or take a real job for six months, and take off for six months. Or just have a 20 hour work week. Or lots of other options.
UBI is "no job means you can get by." Maybe you are getting by with no job while you work on a startup and become a billionaire. Maybe you do it for a lifetime. Who knows!
It was founded in 1894 by William Merrill source I followed your link, but it was hidden behind Javascript.
I don't know the statute (Typically the third-party rating advertised is the IIIHS ratingand don't care to look it up.) Check OSHA's list.
The IIHS is quoted for verbiage (top safety pick!). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for the 1-5 star ratings.
Insurance companies do tend to push things forward as well... but that's only when insurance companies are tightly regulated. Auto insurers have to meet certain liability levels, etc. On the other hand, notice how medical insurance (at least pre-ACA, no idea since then) primarily innovated by figuring out how to not cover procedures.
You don't "protest big bank bailouts" by losing your life savings. Investments are designed to return a profit. If you are making a statement, it's a charitable donation or something similar. See also, shorting Tesla is about "is Tesla a well run and properly priced company", not "do I like electric cars/ICEs/Musk and/or think that Tesla makes a good car."
These are two, but disconnected, statements. While "Underwriters" can mean insurance companies, it doesn't have to. And doesn't in this case. It was a non-profit that suggested standards. Oh, and later teh government gave it the ability to run legally binding tests on product safety.
And while car companies may advertise "it's safer", it does take a neutral third party observer to say whether it is.
I will grant that most pyrotechnic regulations error on the side of "you cannot do it" or haven't been updated for remotes, etc./P
When you disable the etoilet's monitoring, you'll get a nice lawsuit for violating the DCMA
At least in the US, it should be trivial to get funds to make a release a vaccine, because it's preventing a terrorist attack.
Treatment and government supplied housing is cheaper than capturing and imprisoning them. It actually saves money we can use for other good things.
Your problem is that engaged doesn't seem to correlate at all with informed. I mean, I'd say that people who are engaged are more likely to watch, and agree with, Fox News or MSNBC. So, whichever you disagree with is the counterexample.
If people don't like the options, they can turn in a blank ballot. Which would register as "consciously voting for nothing" as opposed to "being lazy".
The wrong people are the ones who vote for different things than me.
The atmosphere is too thin to waste it on building materials. We'll need that CO2 to for plants and oxygen.
It is in that "your information" also includes information on your relatives (and in FB's case, friends).
Oh, you didn't know. Yeah, FB already is correlating everything they can on you, because they scanned your Mom's phone, and got your phone and email, and then correlated that to a phone number on someone else's phone (but with a different email), an amazon account, and so on.