Whaaat? The last one was the worst. That's the one where they worried that a ship might not stand up to the stresses of being flown through the atmosphere before literally using it like a bulldozer for the remainder of the movie, and then they killed a swarm of Zerg with Beastie Boys music.
The first JJ Trek was decent, the second one was OK. I can accept a Star Trek-themed popcorn action flick, but it should be a good action flick.
That makes sense, but is Trump smart enough to realize that the promise of the tax bill is his lifeline?
On the topic of that tax bill, it seems the Republicans are getting ready for the endgame of capitalism. You don't put a tax bill like that through if you expect society to keep running for another 10~20 years. It's a final attempt to rake as much money into the pockets of the 1% as possible before the shit hits the fan.
I was half-joking...but I was serious that you may get an interview from the Secret Service specifically, as one of their duties is to protect the President. It's been done over milder statements.
Oh one more thing, while many Americans would happily tell you that the US is not a democracy but a democratic republic, I would now argue that the US is not even partially democratic since fewer people voted for the winner of the last election than a losing candidate. The US is more timocratic than democratic since the value of a person's vote is weighted by the amount of unused land around them.
Well right now there's violation of the emoluments clause, soon there might be obstruction of justice, and we'll have to see if there's anything criminal about colluding with a foreign government to influence an election. He doesn't even need to have committed a crime, he could be impeached for mental incompetence.
Once something like this is a thing, people start falling into unmarked vans and black bags.
You might be the first if the regular secret service doesn't get around to giving you an interview before Trump's unaccountable network of mercenary spies is in place!
Well the guy wasn't a literal nazi, he was an ethno-natioanlist which isn't the same thing(remember it's okay to be white).
Not exactly the same thing but they have much in common, especially in the case of white nationalism (as the car attacker was). White nationalism is at the core of nazism: Not all white nationalists are nazis, but all nazis are white nationalists. And ethno-nationalism is inherently racist and therefore wrong.
It's okay to be white, but it's absolutely not okay to want to establish a white ethno-state. Also expressing pride of one's whiteness is a dick move (see: history).
Let the neo-nazis spew their hate, and most people will recognize them for the raving lunatics they are.
Most will. But a few will think "Hey, these foul ideas make a lot of sense to me! I should organize with these garbage people!" The end result is that you've increased the number of neo-nazis out there.
But don't censor them. That road doesn't lead to anywhere good.
Addendum: I just thought of a good compromise that could work: Cloudflare could've publicly promised to donate all profits from the hosting of Stormfront to some anti-hate group. Worst-case scenario that will just calm the PR storm. Best-case scenario, it might have motivated Stormfront to move to a different host, which could then face pressure to do the same.
While it may be commendable and satisfying to shut down a website just because it's a filthy hive of neo-nazis, I'm sure it sent their legal team to DEFCON 1, as it could put their status as a common carrier at risk. So unfortunately any company that doesn't want to risk falling on their sword in the name of denying neo-nazis a platform can't afford to do so.
Hopefully you haven't reproduced, that could explain how you know nothing about how hard Gen. Y/Z'ers work. Here's a hint: Which generation was it that was commonly able to afford homes working jobs that don't require a degree again?
You should thank FSM every day that you weren't born a few decades later, or your hard work would leave you poor, and your elders would mock you for it to add insult to injury.
please explain to me how a currency where EVERY transaction is stored in the ledger enables criminal finance.
The ledger does virtually nothing to hinder criminal finance. The only identities used in the ledger are wallet numbers, which can be created infinitely and anonymously at a whim.
The only way i see this as a possibility is if there is some coin exchange out there that will change cash to bitcoins or bitcoins to cash with out keeping any records at all.
Simply neglecting to record wallet numbers with a transaction would make it practically anonymous, and indeed there are many which do not. And even if all exchanges kept full records, easy access to this market would massively enable laundering through less reputable exchanges. The exchange-ability of Bitcoin itself, which is one of the least private cryptocurrencies, is inherently worse than any number of old-school Swiss bank accounts. The existence of accountable businesses around Bitcoin does nothing to correct the vices it is capable of enabling, they only amplify its effect to a lesser degree than unaccountable businesses.
This is why I think that cryptocurrencies will not simply be regulated in the future, but their exchange will be completely outawed.
The point is that any digital currency leaves a trail that can be followed by the authorities which really isnt a good idea for criminals to be using.
That's only a liability if a criminal fails to keep the authorities completely away from that trail, which is possible by keeping their real identity separate from the wallet numbers that may be recorded when exchanging for cash. There is also at least one cryptocurrency which leaves no trail at all.
So, like cash, or do you want to get rid of that too? Would you prefer digital non-cryptocurrencies that are even easier to steal?
BTC is vastly worse than cash, as I'vediscussed before. There are controls on cash to sharply limit its usefulness for criminal finance (relatively speaking). I do support phasing out the €500 note for the same reason though.
So when the Federal Reserve releases billions of dollars into the marketplace to bail out incompetent oligopolies, that's not a problem? Remember, compounding interest works in both directions. When inflation grows faster than your income, you might be making more money, but it's worth less. So it might be a speck any given year, but over time it's a lot of specks. And when it happens to millions of families every year, you get enough specks to make hills, if not mountains.
It's a problem, but like I said, a relatively small one. Billions of dollars spread out among a large number of companies and taxpayers is small potatoes compared to the problems I listed earlier, the most insidious of them being sub-livable wages, which amounts to a gargantuan unaccountable corporate welfare scheme paid by everyone who helps to support people who can't afford to support themselves even when they work full-time jobs. Helpful friends, family and neighbors, religious charities, all dumped into exploitative companies that leech off of society. Deal with that and maybe then I'll consider the minutiae of monetary policy.
As long as BTC can be easily converted into real money, it's as much "real money" as any expensive piece of art. You don't run into all the same problems as before because you can send BTC around the world freely without stuffing a carry-on full of $100 bills and lying on customs forms.
The way I see it, you're getting very worked up about one of the smallest problems with our economic system. BTC and other cryptocurrencies alone present a much larger problem, which is massively enabling criminal finance. To the working class, losses via currency devaluation are a barely noticeable speck compared to wage theft, sub-livable wages, high prices due to oligopolistic market activity, and runaway inequality.
(Yes, I know, gold is used for industrial purposes. However, this does not explain why we must pay $1300 for an ounce of gold that takes about $500 to mine, while mining 10 times the amount we need, and already having stockpiled years worth of production)
You answered your own question quite nicely. If you argue that the stockpiling is not a legitimate cause for the price, then you should look at how BTC is mined and hoarded by a handful of industrial-scale mining operations.
Much worse than cash. Cash has to be physically moved and as amounts increase, so does the impracticality. There are already plenty of laws around moving large amounts of cash around.
Well that's the funny thing, corporations don't think far enough ahead to avoid killing their own customer base if it means more profits in the short term. If the world's chambers of commerce could come together and collectively decide to take some action that would cause the Earth to explode in 10 years but massively boost profits until that happened, they would.
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It'll be interesting to see what futuristic space racial slurs Tarantino invents to pepper the dialogue with.
Whaaat? The last one was the worst. That's the one where they worried that a ship might not stand up to the stresses of being flown through the atmosphere before literally using it like a bulldozer for the remainder of the movie, and then they killed a swarm of Zerg with Beastie Boys music.
The first JJ Trek was decent, the second one was OK. I can accept a Star Trek-themed popcorn action flick, but it should be a good action flick.
That makes sense, but is Trump smart enough to realize that the promise of the tax bill is his lifeline?
On the topic of that tax bill, it seems the Republicans are getting ready for the endgame of capitalism. You don't put a tax bill like that through if you expect society to keep running for another 10~20 years. It's a final attempt to rake as much money into the pockets of the 1% as possible before the shit hits the fan.
I was half-joking...but I was serious that you may get an interview from the Secret Service specifically, as one of their duties is to protect the President. It's been done over milder statements.
But you repeat yourself...
Oh one more thing, while many Americans would happily tell you that the US is not a democracy but a democratic republic, I would now argue that the US is not even partially democratic since fewer people voted for the winner of the last election than a losing candidate. The US is more timocratic than democratic since the value of a person's vote is weighted by the amount of unused land around them.
Well right now there's violation of the emoluments clause, soon there might be obstruction of justice, and we'll have to see if there's anything criminal about colluding with a foreign government to influence an election. He doesn't even need to have committed a crime, he could be impeached for mental incompetence.
Every day is April 1st now, and all the jokes are real!
Once something like this is a thing, people start falling into unmarked vans and black bags.
You might be the first if the regular secret service doesn't get around to giving you an interview before Trump's unaccountable network of mercenary spies is in place!
Impeach impeach impeach! Get that crazy fucker outta there! 8-(
Well the guy wasn't a literal nazi, he was an ethno-natioanlist which isn't the same thing(remember it's okay to be white).
Not exactly the same thing but they have much in common, especially in the case of white nationalism (as the car attacker was). White nationalism is at the core of nazism: Not all white nationalists are nazis, but all nazis are white nationalists. And ethno-nationalism is inherently racist and therefore wrong.
It's okay to be white, but it's absolutely not okay to want to establish a white ethno-state. Also expressing pride of one's whiteness is a dick move (see: history).
Let the neo-nazis spew their hate, and most people will recognize them for the raving lunatics they are.
Most will. But a few will think "Hey, these foul ideas make a lot of sense to me! I should organize with these garbage people!" The end result is that you've increased the number of neo-nazis out there.
But don't censor them. That road doesn't lead to anywhere good.
Like the dystopia of...present-day Germany?
Addendum: I just thought of a good compromise that could work: Cloudflare could've publicly promised to donate all profits from the hosting of Stormfront to some anti-hate group. Worst-case scenario that will just calm the PR storm. Best-case scenario, it might have motivated Stormfront to move to a different host, which could then face pressure to do the same.
While it may be commendable and satisfying to shut down a website just because it's a filthy hive of neo-nazis, I'm sure it sent their legal team to DEFCON 1, as it could put their status as a common carrier at risk. So unfortunately any company that doesn't want to risk falling on their sword in the name of denying neo-nazis a platform can't afford to do so.
Hopefully you haven't reproduced, that could explain how you know nothing about how hard Gen. Y/Z'ers work. Here's a hint: Which generation was it that was commonly able to afford homes working jobs that don't require a degree again?
You should thank FSM every day that you weren't born a few decades later, or your hard work would leave you poor, and your elders would mock you for it to add insult to injury.
That's how we know our social media stars and trust fund babies are vastly more productive than our construction workers or paramedics.
I remember there was some talk of gravity waves being a FTL phenomenon, which could potentially allow for FTL communication...so much for that.
please explain to me how a currency where EVERY transaction is stored in the ledger enables criminal finance.
The ledger does virtually nothing to hinder criminal finance. The only identities used in the ledger are wallet numbers, which can be created infinitely and anonymously at a whim.
The only way i see this as a possibility is if there is some coin exchange out there that will change cash to bitcoins or bitcoins to cash with out keeping any records at all.
Simply neglecting to record wallet numbers with a transaction would make it practically anonymous, and indeed there are many which do not. And even if all exchanges kept full records, easy access to this market would massively enable laundering through less reputable exchanges. The exchange-ability of Bitcoin itself, which is one of the least private cryptocurrencies, is inherently worse than any number of old-school Swiss bank accounts. The existence of accountable businesses around Bitcoin does nothing to correct the vices it is capable of enabling, they only amplify its effect to a lesser degree than unaccountable businesses.
This is why I think that cryptocurrencies will not simply be regulated in the future, but their exchange will be completely outawed.
The point is that any digital currency leaves a trail that can be followed by the authorities which really isnt a good idea for criminals to be using.
That's only a liability if a criminal fails to keep the authorities completely away from that trail, which is possible by keeping their real identity separate from the wallet numbers that may be recorded when exchanging for cash. There is also at least one cryptocurrency which leaves no trail at all.
So, like cash, or do you want to get rid of that too? Would you prefer digital non-cryptocurrencies that are even easier to steal?
BTC is vastly worse than cash, as I've discussed before. There are controls on cash to sharply limit its usefulness for criminal finance (relatively speaking). I do support phasing out the €500 note for the same reason though.
So when the Federal Reserve releases billions of dollars into the marketplace to bail out incompetent oligopolies, that's not a problem? Remember, compounding interest works in both directions. When inflation grows faster than your income, you might be making more money, but it's worth less. So it might be a speck any given year, but over time it's a lot of specks. And when it happens to millions of families every year, you get enough specks to make hills, if not mountains.
It's a problem, but like I said, a relatively small one. Billions of dollars spread out among a large number of companies and taxpayers is small potatoes compared to the problems I listed earlier, the most insidious of them being sub-livable wages, which amounts to a gargantuan unaccountable corporate welfare scheme paid by everyone who helps to support people who can't afford to support themselves even when they work full-time jobs. Helpful friends, family and neighbors, religious charities, all dumped into exploitative companies that leech off of society. Deal with that and maybe then I'll consider the minutiae of monetary policy.
As long as BTC can be easily converted into real money, it's as much "real money" as any expensive piece of art. You don't run into all the same problems as before because you can send BTC around the world freely without stuffing a carry-on full of $100 bills and lying on customs forms.
The way I see it, you're getting very worked up about one of the smallest problems with our economic system. BTC and other cryptocurrencies alone present a much larger problem, which is massively enabling criminal finance. To the working class, losses via currency devaluation are a barely noticeable speck compared to wage theft, sub-livable wages, high prices due to oligopolistic market activity, and runaway inequality.
(Yes, I know, gold is used for industrial purposes. However, this does not explain why we must pay $1300 for an ounce of gold that takes about $500 to mine, while mining 10 times the amount we need, and already having stockpiled years worth of production)
You answered your own question quite nicely. If you argue that the stockpiling is not a legitimate cause for the price, then you should look at how BTC is mined and hoarded by a handful of industrial-scale mining operations.
Much worse than cash. Cash has to be physically moved and as amounts increase, so does the impracticality. There are already plenty of laws around moving large amounts of cash around.
Well that's the funny thing, corporations don't think far enough ahead to avoid killing their own customer base if it means more profits in the short term. If the world's chambers of commerce could come together and collectively decide to take some action that would cause the Earth to explode in 10 years but massively boost profits until that happened, they would.
The same time we said that all criticism of Obama was racist, duh!