should also offer an addition $100 reward, to whoever LAWFULLY causes the most amount of financial harm to Blackbird's equity holders.
IF someone posted such a reward, And someone followed through and claimed the bounty, the harmed company can actually sue the bounty poster for tortuous interference with their business relationships.
It doesn't matter if the way they were harmed was a 100% LEGAL act. If you Induce some other person or entity to act for the specific express purpose of causing harm to the company, Then the person inducing the harm can be held responsible for the damages.
What are the benefits of DuckDuckGo? I tried visiting it and searching for some obscure things, and the results left alot to be desired, whereas Google directed me to a useful starting point.
More like Google has WILLINGly captured consumers, And nobody has been able to make a better search engine than Google.
Although Bing came close...... the fact is, by and large Google has the more appetizing product.
Sure other companies would LIKE to compete, But you need a lot of smart people to try, Who would probably rather do something else more innovative than just try to copy Google, And the investment required is massive.
Before you propose competing against Google.... You first have to ask yourself; In what way is Google lacking, AND, could you possibly expect to provide a service at least Comparable if not better enough to capture Google's customers?
Probably the answer is almost a universal No, for people thinking about trying to create a competing search Engine. Also, to be succesful, the Advertising system, Anti-Fraud, and establishment of partnerships cannot be an AfterThought, either, there are probably a million plus business considerations to address.
The damage has already happened. The way to deal with this going forward is simple...... Tons and tons of pumped concrete. Keep pumping into the crater caused by collapse, until there is no longer a hole, then pump in more tons to create a 5ft slab over the top of the tunnel
The great news is that most mining these days is using unused excess hydroelectric from Chinese dams and the heat can be recycled.
Great, so Bitcoin is another subsidy for electricity producers, and a way to convert excess energy into cash. Since miners need the cheapest electricity possible for this conversion to be profitable, they're bound to place their operation wherever there is a supply glut and weak demand.
Most (all?) major ISP use filters to make this impossible.
All major ISPs are believed to use filters, but it still does not make it impossible. Sometimes someone will always screw up with the filters.
Sometimes (frequently) big enough peers or customers will get exceptions.
Filters don't protect against an intentional actor who manages to compromise a router or manipulate the filters whether through technical measures, deception, or fraud.
That's the rub, there is no Austrian subsidiary of Facebook.
The subsidiary has activities within the court's jurisdiction, because they're conducting commerce within Austria (Austrian User accounts, Advertising, Publication of their website to users in Austria). When you conduct commerce in another country, your entire company becomes subject to that country's laws.
For example, if your company does business in the US, then your company's worldwide income becomes subject to taxation by the IRS.
While the Austrian court might not see Eye to Eye with the lawmakers in Facebook's home country: If Facebook refuses to follow the court order, there's a possibility the Austrian court might be persuaded to start issuing criminal sanctions against people in company management for contempt of court.
In similar situations, the US has been able to extradite people for less. For breaking its own laws when they never physically left their own country.
If you have a child move to Austria, does that subject you to Austrian law too?
It depends. Is the child's name shared on the title to any property in your care back in the US? Maybe there's some far-fetched scenario where the Austrian court could order your child to list their assets, and then order they turn over title to your home in the US to creditors in order to satisfy a debt, their creditors could then come to the US and try to force a foreclosure on your property or repo on your car.
Illegal around the world according to the Austrian court, perhaps, now let the plaintiffs take that ruling to the courts in the other countries Facebook operates in and try and have them agree....
In all these nations the tyranny came first, then the political/social/market system.
Tyranny and Socialism comes hand in hand. Socialism relies on tyranny; whether that means the tyranny of a despot, or the tyranny of a group of people --- mob rule, (Even a majority) to enslave the more productive.
Except the nations where tyranny came first, and the system imposed was capitalist; the nations were successful, so the perception of tyranny was not the strongest variable.
Rome was a successful empire for 1500 years, and many of those years were controlled by despots and tyrants, but economic policies were capitalist most of its existence, And people had their freedoms: Even if there was some central planning, nothing like welfare, extensive regulation, or a "basic income".
In the last 200 years of their existence, there was institution of some Socialist policies, and the decline was a bit sudden.....
This rules out your argument that "Tyranny first" is a variable, Because we've seen too many examples where Tyranny itself is not attributable to a quick fall; like it or not, some measure of Tyranny does not affect having a sustainable economy and a sustainable government and country: If the productive people have enough economic freedom and protection.
It's only like that if you're incapable of thinking properly.
Translation: When proven that X doesn't work and you like X, you immediately resort to accusing the messenger of wrongthinking. If we just kill or arrest all the wrongthinkers, then Socialism will work, right? Is that not essentially the implication of your argument?
We see the milder form as well, and it's called Europe.
Milder does not mean that it works or that it is sustainable or stable. That is like suggesting World War II would not have been necessary, if only the Germans' were a little less aggressive, and limited their genocide to a much milder number. Or a Milder form of slavery should never have collapsed, if only the physical brutality practiced and the inhuman conditions were just a little bit less severe......
It just means that the carnage may take 50 years to play-out, instead of 30 years.
The decline of the EU as a thing has already begun to become crystalized, with England voting to exit.
London and various "single payer" healthcare systems are a nightmare, with people literally fleeing countries and seeking treatment in the US because of it; I fully expect within the next 10 years, there will be catastrophe involving one of these so called "Milder" forms, in Europe.
I'm sorry, but which "private companies" act as "middlemen" for Social Security? The US government collects the money and dispenses it again.
Even worse than that: The US government (1) Collects the money, (2) "Invests" the Money in a Trust which the US government manages which then uses the money to buy Treasury bonds --- In other words, the government collects Social Security, and instead of investing the proceeds prudently in a well-diversified portfolio, Lends the money to itself at a Low fixed interest rate, trusting the government's own debt notes with 100% the value, (3) Dispenses it again - without interest --- you're basically more or less guaranteed to be paid less than what you put in.
In essence, the Government itself is the middle-man, And a very non-competitively priced one. You'd be better off if you could pick your own middleman for buying Treasury Bonds, if indeed you believe the Treasury Notes are Risk-Free (They are not, but let's say they are.....).....
You would have better results with no tax on that income just putting 7% per Year away more directly with no government administrative overhead.
Government should use FORCE or the threat of it only as a last resort.
We as a country should take up arms against the government, Or the tyranny majority who would try to impose single-payer healthcare and high taxation (relative to historic pre-War US tax percentages) on us.
Oh wait.... the damn communists want to take those away, and only allow the government to own guns too.
We've already seen the results of those experiments, and they're called North Korea, Venezuela, Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao Zedong's China.
Over and over again, history has proven that Socialism is not a path to Utopia.... it is a path to failure and travesty.
The US will never have single payer healthcare for the same specious argument.
Look how great the single-payer Pension program called Social Security worked out, and is crumbling beneath our feet..... If you need a reason to say the government should get the hell out of Americans' internal economic affairs, and especially healthcare, then no better reason is required.
Us Engineers are not the customers of Oracle, anyways.... Oracle's customers include companies such as ATT, Verizon, Comcast,...... these companies don't stand to gain or lose significant numbers of customers based on their stance on any politicail issues. However, they can significantly strengthen their relationship with some of their largest customers by being a member of the anti-net-neutrality clique.
As for Cisco...... they profit when they sell overpriced silicon and software solutions for implementing Non-neutral ISP networks.
Your issue is not Linux; you hired bad lawyers who should probably be disbarred, for ignoring specific exceptions listed in the license And not understanding what activities the GPL terms apply to.
That's exactly the state they're in right now, because violating the GPL automatically causes your licensed rights granted by the GPL to be permanently terminated according to the GPL.
8. Termination.
You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section 11).
I activated the SIM with a prepaid Mastercard (which are generally available to anyone of any age)
Buying a prepaid SIM with a prepaid Mastercard is likely to land you on a FinCEN watchlist. Seriously though, how many kids do you know that would be able to figure out and navigate this process to get their own cellphone, let alone have the cash? In the real world, minors are thousands of times more likely to borrow a parent's phone whose account is owned and managed by the parent.
But I just tapped the option to skip that. You don't have to enter one. Seriously, I have never had a Google account, ever.
Which does nothing to prevent Google from gathering data about your contacts, it only means you can't take advantage of convenience features such as syncing your devices together.
you have betrayed them and deserve to have your face smashed in for it.
They have done no such thing, and this is how you wind up in the insane asylum or prison.
There may be an etiquette violation if a friend submits your e-mail address or phone to a 3rd party who then spams you, but that's about it.
As for storing your contacts in a 3rd party cloud with a provider who is allowed to process the data, If you don't do it, then you can bet a half dozen others Are doing it.
Helll.... Most people use Facebook messenger, Etc, directly. It IS one of the most-frequently-downloaded apps on the app stores
The answer is absolutely yes. It is really convenient by the way.... You can enter your contacts on your computer; Name, Email address, Phone number, Or just import them, AND your new contacts will automatically appear on your phone and vice-versa.
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should also offer an addition $100 reward, to whoever LAWFULLY causes the most amount of financial harm to Blackbird's equity holders.
IF someone posted such a reward, And someone followed through and claimed the bounty, the harmed company can actually sue the bounty poster for tortuous interference with their business relationships.
It doesn't matter if the way they were harmed was a 100% LEGAL act. If you Induce some other person or entity to act for the specific express purpose of causing harm to the company, Then the person inducing the harm can be held responsible for the damages.
Have you not heard about DuckDuckGo?
What are the benefits of DuckDuckGo? I tried visiting it and searching for some obscure things,
and the results left alot to be desired, whereas Google directed me to a useful starting point.
More like Google has WILLINGly captured consumers, And nobody has been able to make a better search engine than Google.
Although Bing came close...... the fact is, by and large Google has the more appetizing product.
Sure other companies would LIKE to compete, But you need a lot of smart people to try, Who would probably rather do something else more
innovative than just try to copy Google, And the investment required is massive.
Before you propose competing against Google.... You first have to ask yourself; In what way is Google lacking, AND, could you possibly expect to provide a service at least Comparable if not better enough to capture Google's customers?
Probably the answer is almost a universal No, for people thinking about trying to create a competing search Engine.
Also, to be succesful, the Advertising system, Anti-Fraud, and establishment of partnerships cannot be an AfterThought, either, there are probably a million plus business considerations to address.
How about you Fly into Mexico or Cuba, THEN take a Boat into the US? :)
The damage has already happened. The way to deal with this going forward is simple...... Tons and tons of pumped concrete. Keep pumping into the crater caused by collapse, until there is no longer a hole, then pump in more tons to create a 5ft slab over the top of the tunnel
How much of a reward or TX fee do you get for running a full public node, compared to mining?
No way it's paying for the electricity bill.
If you CPU mine outside a pool; It's still cheaper than a lottery ticket, and your chances of winning are similar.
The great news is that most mining these days is using unused excess hydroelectric from Chinese dams and the heat can be recycled.
Great, so Bitcoin is another subsidy for electricity producers, and a way to convert excess energy into cash. Since miners need the cheapest electricity possible for this conversion to be profitable, they're bound to place their operation wherever there is a supply glut and weak demand.
Most (all?) major ISP use filters to make this impossible.
All major ISPs are believed to use filters, but it still does not make it impossible.
Sometimes someone will always screw up with the filters.
Sometimes (frequently) big enough peers or customers will get exceptions.
Filters don't protect against an intentional actor who manages to compromise a router or manipulate the filters whether through technical measures, deception, or fraud.
That's the rub, there is no Austrian subsidiary of Facebook.
The subsidiary has activities within the court's jurisdiction, because they're conducting commerce within Austria (Austrian User accounts, Advertising, Publication of their website to users in Austria). When you conduct commerce in another country, your entire company becomes subject to that country's laws.
For example, if your company does business in the US, then your company's worldwide income becomes subject to taxation by the IRS.
While the Austrian court might not see Eye to Eye with the lawmakers in Facebook's home country: If Facebook refuses to follow the court order, there's a possibility the Austrian court might be persuaded to start issuing criminal sanctions against people in company management for contempt of court.
In similar situations, the US has been able to extradite people for less. For breaking its own laws when they never physically left their own country.
If you have a child move to Austria, does that subject you to Austrian law too?
It depends. Is the child's name shared on the title to any property in your care back in the US?
Maybe there's some far-fetched scenario where the Austrian court could order your child to list their assets, and then order they turn over title to your home in the US to creditors in order to satisfy a debt, their creditors could then come to the US and try to force a foreclosure on your property or repo on your car.
Illegal around the world according to the Austrian court, perhaps, now let the plaintiffs take that ruling to the courts in the other countries Facebook operates in and try and have them agree....
In all these nations the tyranny came first, then the political/social/market system.
Tyranny and Socialism comes hand in hand. Socialism relies on tyranny; whether that means the tyranny of a despot, or the tyranny of a group of people --- mob rule, (Even a majority) to enslave the more productive.
Except the nations where tyranny came first, and the system imposed was capitalist; the nations were
successful, so the perception of tyranny was not the strongest variable.
Rome was a successful empire for 1500 years, and many of those years were controlled by despots and tyrants, but
economic policies were capitalist most of its existence, And people had their freedoms: Even if there was some central planning, nothing like welfare, extensive regulation, or a "basic income".
In the last 200 years of their existence, there was institution of some Socialist policies, and the decline was a bit sudden.....
This rules out your argument that "Tyranny first" is a variable, Because we've seen too many examples where Tyranny itself is not attributable to a quick fall; like it or not, some measure of Tyranny does not affect having a sustainable economy and a sustainable government and country: If the productive people have enough economic freedom and protection.
It's only like that if you're incapable of thinking properly.
Translation: When proven that X doesn't work and you like X, you immediately resort to accusing the messenger of
wrongthinking. If we just kill or arrest all the wrongthinkers, then Socialism will work, right? Is that not essentially the implication of your argument?
We see the milder form as well, and it's called Europe.
Milder does not mean that it works or that it is sustainable or stable.
That is like suggesting World War II would not have been necessary, if only the Germans' were
a little less aggressive, and limited their genocide to a much milder number.
Or a Milder form of slavery should never have collapsed, if only the physical brutality practiced and
the inhuman conditions were just a little bit less severe......
It just means that the carnage may take 50 years to play-out, instead of 30 years.
The decline of the EU as a thing has already begun to become crystalized, with England voting to exit.
London and various "single payer" healthcare systems are a nightmare, with people literally fleeing
countries and seeking treatment in the US because of it; I fully expect within the next 10 years, there
will be catastrophe involving one of these so called "Milder" forms, in Europe.
I'm sorry, but which "private companies" act as "middlemen" for Social Security? The US government collects the money and dispenses it again.
Even worse than that: The US government (1) Collects the money, (2) "Invests" the Money in a Trust which the US government manages which then uses the money to buy Treasury bonds --- In other words, the government collects Social Security, and instead of investing the proceeds prudently in a well-diversified portfolio, Lends the money to itself at a Low fixed interest rate, trusting the government's own debt notes with 100% the value, (3) Dispenses it again - without interest --- you're basically more or less guaranteed to be paid less than what you put in.
In essence, the Government itself is the middle-man, And a very non-competitively priced one. You'd be better off if you could pick your own middleman for buying Treasury Bonds, if indeed you believe the Treasury Notes are Risk-Free (They are not, but let's say they are.....).....
You would have better results with no tax on that income just putting 7% per Year away more directly with no government administrative overhead.
The answer is ... tyranny!
Government should use FORCE or the threat of it only as a last resort.
We as a country should take up arms against the government, Or the tyranny majority who would try to impose single-payer healthcare and high taxation (relative to historic pre-War US tax percentages) on us.
Oh wait.... the damn communists want to take those away, and only allow the government to own guns too.
We've already seen the results of those experiments, and they're called North Korea, Venezuela, Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao Zedong's China.
Over and over again, history has proven that Socialism is not a path to Utopia.... it is a path to failure and travesty.
The US will never have single payer healthcare for the same specious argument.
Look how great the single-payer Pension program called Social Security worked out, and is crumbling beneath our feet..... If you need a reason to say the government should get the hell out of Americans' internal economic affairs, and especially healthcare, then no better reason is required.
Us Engineers are not the customers of Oracle, anyways.... Oracle's customers include companies such as ATT, Verizon, Comcast, ...... these companies don't stand to gain or lose significant numbers of customers based on their stance on any politicail issues. However, they can significantly strengthen their relationship with some of their largest customers by being a member of the anti-net-neutrality clique.
As for Cisco...... they profit when they sell overpriced silicon and software solutions for implementing Non-neutral ISP networks.
Your issue is not Linux; you hired bad lawyers who should probably be disbarred, for ignoring specific exceptions listed in the license And not understanding what activities the GPL terms apply to.
That's exactly the state they're in right now, because violating the GPL automatically causes your licensed rights granted by the GPL to be permanently terminated according to the GPL.
I activated the SIM with a prepaid Mastercard (which are generally available to anyone of any age)
Buying a prepaid SIM with a prepaid Mastercard is likely to land you on a FinCEN watchlist. Seriously though, how many kids do you know that would be able to figure out and navigate this process to get their own cellphone, let alone have the cash? In the real world, minors are thousands of times more likely to borrow a parent's phone whose account is owned and managed by the parent.
But I just tapped the option to skip that. You don't have to enter one. Seriously, I have never had a Google account, ever.
Which does nothing to prevent Google from gathering data about your contacts, it only means you can't take advantage of convenience features such as syncing your devices together.
you have betrayed them and deserve to have your face smashed in for it.
They have done no such thing, and this is how you wind up in the insane asylum or prison.
There may be an etiquette violation if a friend submits your e-mail address or phone to a 3rd party who then spams you, but that's about it.
As for storing your contacts in a 3rd party cloud with a provider who is allowed to process the data, If you don't do it, then you can bet a half dozen others Are doing it.
Helll.... Most people use Facebook messenger, Etc, directly. It IS one of the most-frequently-downloaded apps on the app stores
The answer is absolutely yes. It is really convenient by the way.... You can enter your contacts on your computer; Name, Email address, Phone number, Or just import them, AND your new contacts will automatically appear on your phone and vice-versa.