Wealth is the ownership of the means of production
That's an interesting definition, could you cite, where you got it from? It seems wrong — as it totally ignores non-productive wealth, such as precious metals, Bitcoins, intellectual property, and currency. By your definition, an owner of, say, a shoe-repair shop is richer than a guy with a $10 mln bank-account...
If dollars have less value, the number of dollars needed to buy the means of production increases
Which means, that whoever earned those dollars lost some of their value. Where did it go — dollars aren't apples, they don't spoil? In a fiat-money situation, the government prints paper money — it gets to spend it first, before inflation diminishes it. When people lose wealth and government gains it — even if not all of it — how is it not tax?
Now, it is not tax on all forms of wealth, merely on savings held in dollars. You may think, you are earning by holding your monies in a saving account, but in reality you barely keep up with inflation — whatever profit you should be getting is taxed away from you. By inflation.
One way or the other, only one of the two reasons proposed for BitCoin surge can be valid — it is an equivalent of a Climate Scientist "predicting", it may become hotter or colder in 10 years.
TFA and/or the submission are a blatant attempt to make money on BitCoint speculation, while blaming Trump for whatever he ends up causing: a drop or a rise in dollar's value.
Driven by Trump's 'Spending Binge' and Dollar Rally
The two offered reasons seem to be mutually exclusive... Either we see inflation — as Trump's government prints money to finance the feared "binge" (which is oh so different from the wise Government Spending of the Obama era). Such printing may cause an inflation with dollar falling against other currencies — including BitCoin. In this case, BitCoin may, indeed, rise in value.
Or we see dollar "rally" — rise in value against other currencies, including BitCoin.
So, which is it?
When inflation rises the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates to bring it under control. This causes the dollar to appreciate because it would be seen as an attractive currency for foreign investors.
I don't think, a raising of rates ever reversed inflation in the history of Federal Reserve — it can only slow it down. They would not even seek to stop it, considering the value of 1-2% per year "normal" (that's a tax on wealth, BTW).
Whoever he is, the facts he cited are incontrovertible — the only evidence ever offered of the supposed "epidemic" is a survey, in which 19% of women reported having been "sexually assaulted" while in college.
No comparison has been offered with non-college women of the same age, and these "assaults" ranged from attempts at unwelcome touching to actual rapes. There is no other evidence to back the bombastic claim that "every fifth woman is raped by the time she graduates college" and therefore the story, which Jon Stewart and others have peddled, is a fake.
The following Party-approved Fake News stories need not be flagged — indeed, tagging them as anything other than deeply concerning may cause your account to be suspended:
I repeatedly have to remind a select group of friends when they send me sensationalist stories from The Onion that those stories are satire and not real.
So what? Trinity was not an effort by the KDE-project. They either ignored it completely, or sneered — the official line of the project is for users to "upgrade" to KDE4. That all settings will be lost in any such upgrade is a bug, they aren't going to fix.
Then your argument is invalid — by your own admission and on its own merit.
Your method has already been tried and it resulted in a massive disaster
Non sequitur. If freedom of speech is what gave us Hitler's genocide, you may as well blame mothers giving birth — Hitler was born, was not he?
I'm actually a strong proponent of free speech.
Yeah, except in Europe, right? Let's go back to the question I asked earlier: if Germany not having true freedom of speech is justified by Hitler, what other freedoms and liberties would you excuse other countries not offering their citizens and visitors by something, that happened to them in the past? Is it Ok for Thailand or Venezuela to prosecute people for "insulting" the head of State, while you continue denouncing Trump (and I don't expect you to stop, when he actually takes office)?
Did KDE popup an update warning that went ahead and updated to a drastically new version when you clicked the close button?
I already acknowledged, that no such trickery took place.
But I also stated, that it is of little comfort — the users of old version were left with unsupported software. Their bug-reports summarily closed, what security-holes there were — staying open. They were all told to upgrade to KDE4, except KDE4 was not, according to KDE's very authors, an "upgrade" — it was a "new software". At least, Windows 10 tries to adhere to the older settings — even if it is not always successful.
KDE4 completely ignored them — even the name of the configuration-directory was deliberately changed to "start new" — and screw the existing users. That was a major fook-oop, which, hopefully, will not be repeated in KDE5.
he got to that level of power using speech when opposing speech wasn't banned.
That's an argument for abolition of the First Amendment in the US — and the equivalents in all other countries, where similar guarantees currently exist.
Do you really think it desirable? Could you, please, unambiguously state so for the record? Thank you!
The proper reaction to "bad" speech is good speech.
But if you are willing to justify other nations' not having an equivalent of the First Amendment by their history, what other freedoms and liberties would you excuse them not having, uhm? Maybe, Iran is justified in its persecution of gays by some terrible homosexuality-related episode of the past — I'm sure, one or two can be named by an expert on the country's history? Or, perhaps, it is Ok for the sunny and cheerful people of Mexico to continue banning abortions — because of some exquisite evils taking place in Chichen-Itza centuries ago?
Yes, we should be forced to support code and use-cases we were concerned with 10 years ago for the rest of our lives.
No, not the rest of your lives — merely until you get to implementing an upgrade process, that would reliably transfer/translate the earlier version's settings into the new. That's how real software is written and maintained — including decent Open Source projects.
That's the point. It is not — FreeBSD ports team follows the upstream somewhat slavishly. When KDE discontinued KDE3, FreeBSD ports of same were removed about 12 months later. I don't blame FreeBSD. I do blame KDE-team — who aren't even apologetic about it.
A FreeBSD-user since early 90-ies, I can only chuckle at the problems in the Microsoft world... But this:
"Worley built a Windows 7 machine for his grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease, [customized] to look like Windows XP, an operating system his grandfather still remembered well..." writes Digital Trends. "But thanks to Microsoft's persistent Windows 10 upgrade program, Worley's grandfather unknowingly initiated the Win 10 upgrade by clicking the 'X' to close an upgrade window."
got me thinking about the KDE-project, which blew away the existing KDE3-users, when introducing KDE4. Leaving us without an ugprade-path and forced to redo all of the customizations.
No, we weren't tricked into upgrading the way some MS-users were. But that's a rather thin defense for any software-maker, which simply discontinues older versions — forcing users to upgrade or remain open to security and other bugs.
The Soviets have been fomenting internal strife in the US since, at least, 1961. But that was Ok, because their propaganda was helping the Leftist causes.
Now that the Russians — in the mistaken belief, that Trump will be nicer to them than the alternative (of "Reset" fame) — chose to root for him, it is, suddenly, something, a government needs to fight. First Amendment be damned.
Oh, wow, you are still moving? I may need a new broomstick...
Given that Ukraine was freed in 1944
My grandfather was working the long-range bombers, which bombed Berlin in 1941. His brother finished officers-school in 1943 and commanded an artillery battery with sufficient distinction to get join the "Red Banner" order. In Ukraine.
And given your general attitude your grandfather was probably a Hiwi so he was doing what he was told by Germans.
There there. Straight from Putin TV — whoever wishes for independent Ukraine, must have been a German collaborator. Sorry to disappoint, but they weren't taking Jews into Hilfswilliger. You probably have heard of it — it was quiet a controversy for a while.
Well, except when they have brown skin or arab sounding names
More of the KGB-sponsored talking points — whoever is for strong America, must be a racist.
then they'll get beaten up by the likes of you
Baseless and totally false accusations — slander, actually.
Immigrants stay immigrants in Germany, but if they integrate themselves into the society, they are perfectly accepted
Separate but equal, right? Thank you for confirming my point — and accepting my accusation. Like I said, a German has no right to lecture Americans on the treatment of immigrants.
don't confuse my strong dislike of you personally and nationalists generally
Its been less than 100 years since a German led my great-grandmother to Babiy Yar. Today, his asshole descendant is telling me of the evils of "nationalism"? Wow... Had you been trolling, this would've been a good one, but you are on defensive and thus obviously sincere. Sincerely stupid...
respected by the German colleagues (also except the Ukrainian)
He-he... You are doing the lecturing wrong too...
my attitude to immigrants
I neither know nor care for your attitude towards immigrants. The entire nation of Germany has a long way to go, before it has the moral standing to lecture Americans on the subject of interracial relations and nationalism.
Well, the new generation of citizens is being accustomed to censoringselves and others in colleges — including professors — so, in 10-20 years, you'll have it world-wide, US and other elements of the British empire included.
A dumbass Ukrainian immigrant tells a German what to do.
If you, from a nation beaten to a pulp not too long ago by an alliance including Americans (and Ukrainians), feel comfortable not only to participate in American political discourse, but call participants names and offer other "advice", why should an odd Ukrainian hold back from treating you likewise on occasion?
My grandpa was telling yours what to do in 1943, why should not I continue?
Why couldn't a Ukrainian be pointing out your stupidity and susceptibility to propaganda? Or indeed, proneness to strange perversions? (German porn is rather famous among connoisseurs!)
Seriously, this comment of yours is so typical of German society, it is funny in a way... See, in America immigrants become Americans within years. Oh, some people preserve their heritage — Ukrainian, Irish, German even — but we are American. In Pittsburgh you can buy "pierogis" on the street, but the city is as American as baseball... In Germany — and you are the latest confirmation — an immigrant remains an outsider for life. Some times even his German-born children aren't considered "fully" German.
And I'm not just talking about laws on naturalization — which are much harsher in Germany too — but acceptance by society. So, maybe, it is you, who should not be doing too much talking on matters of other countries — be it Ukraine or the United States.
Then, perhaps, you should not be doing so much talking on the matters of United States, huh, dumbass?
Ran out of your own problems? Your country already bans "hate speech", that's one. A sizeable minority — your cocksucking self included — swallowed Putin's propaganda with not only the hook, but line and sinker. Deal with that, before you weigh-in on problems abroad — or lack thereof.
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That's an interesting definition, could you cite, where you got it from? It seems wrong — as it totally ignores non-productive wealth, such as precious metals, Bitcoins, intellectual property, and currency. By your definition, an owner of, say, a shoe-repair shop is richer than a guy with a $10 mln bank-account...
Which means, that whoever earned those dollars lost some of their value. Where did it go — dollars aren't apples, they don't spoil? In a fiat-money situation, the government prints paper money — it gets to spend it first, before inflation diminishes it. When people lose wealth and government gains it — even if not all of it — how is it not tax?
Now, it is not tax on all forms of wealth, merely on savings held in dollars. You may think, you are earning by holding your monies in a saving account, but in reality you barely keep up with inflation — whatever profit you should be getting is taxed away from you. By inflation.
One way or the other, only one of the two reasons proposed for BitCoin surge can be valid — it is an equivalent of a Climate Scientist "predicting", it may become hotter or colder in 10 years.
TFA and/or the submission are a blatant attempt to make money on BitCoint speculation, while blaming Trump for whatever he ends up causing: a drop or a rise in dollar's value.
What was not? "Cash for clunkers", perhaps?..
The two offered reasons seem to be mutually exclusive... Either we see inflation — as Trump's government prints money to finance the feared "binge" (which is oh so different from the wise Government Spending of the Obama era). Such printing may cause an inflation with dollar falling against other currencies — including BitCoin. In this case, BitCoin may, indeed, rise in value.
Or we see dollar "rally" — rise in value against other currencies, including BitCoin.
So, which is it?
I don't think, a raising of rates ever reversed inflation in the history of Federal Reserve — it can only slow it down. They would not even seek to stop it, considering the value of 1-2% per year "normal" (that's a tax on wealth, BTW).
Whoever he is, the facts he cited are incontrovertible — the only evidence ever offered of the supposed "epidemic" is a survey, in which 19% of women reported having been "sexually assaulted" while in college.
No comparison has been offered with non-college women of the same age, and these "assaults" ranged from attempts at unwelcome touching to actual rapes. There is no other evidence to back the bombastic claim that "every fifth woman is raped by the time she graduates college" and therefore the story, which Jon Stewart and others have peddled, is a fake.
Even Politifact finds it dubious — gotta tell you something, uhm?
Your argument boils down to "Free speech allowed Hitler" and therefor some nations should not have free speech.
Yeah, as along as it is yours.
The following Party-approved Fake News stories need not be flagged — indeed, tagging them as anything other than deeply concerning may cause your account to be suspended:
How about the — completely bogus — meta-story of the "campus rape epidemic"? Which Jon Stewart and others have covered.
You go rape yourself now...
What's even scarier is when a seemingly professional "fact-checker" decides to "debunk" satirical articles.
So what? Trinity was not an effort by the KDE-project. They either ignored it completely, or sneered — the official line of the project is for users to "upgrade" to KDE4. That all settings will be lost in any such upgrade is a bug, they aren't going to fix.
Then your argument is invalid — by your own admission and on its own merit.
Non sequitur. If freedom of speech is what gave us Hitler's genocide, you may as well blame mothers giving birth — Hitler was born, was not he?
Yeah, except in Europe, right? Let's go back to the question I asked earlier: if Germany not having true freedom of speech is justified by Hitler, what other freedoms and liberties would you excuse other countries not offering their citizens and visitors by something, that happened to them in the past? Is it Ok for Thailand or Venezuela to prosecute people for "insulting" the head of State, while you continue denouncing Trump (and I don't expect you to stop, when he actually takes office)?
I already acknowledged, that no such trickery took place.
But I also stated, that it is of little comfort — the users of old version were left with unsupported software. Their bug-reports summarily closed, what security-holes there were — staying open. They were all told to upgrade to KDE4, except KDE4 was not, according to KDE's very authors, an "upgrade" — it was a "new software". At least, Windows 10 tries to adhere to the older settings — even if it is not always successful.
KDE4 completely ignored them — even the name of the configuration-directory was deliberately changed to "start new" — and screw the existing users. That was a major fook-oop, which, hopefully, will not be repeated in KDE5.
That's an argument for abolition of the First Amendment in the US — and the equivalents in all other countries, where similar guarantees currently exist.
Do you really think it desirable? Could you, please, unambiguously state so for the record? Thank you!
Yes, various Authoritarians — from Franco in the West to Stalin in the East — made elimination of the freedom of speech their top priorities:
The proper reaction to "bad" speech is good speech.
But if you are willing to justify other nations' not having an equivalent of the First Amendment by their history, what other freedoms and liberties would you excuse them not having, uhm? Maybe, Iran is justified in its persecution of gays by some terrible homosexuality-related episode of the past — I'm sure, one or two can be named by an expert on the country's history? Or, perhaps, it is Ok for the sunny and cheerful people of Mexico to continue banning abortions — because of some exquisite evils taking place in Chichen-Itza centuries ago?
No, not the rest of your lives — merely until you get to implementing an upgrade process, that would reliably transfer/translate the earlier version's settings into the new. That's how real software is written and maintained — including decent Open Source projects.
That's the point. It is not — FreeBSD ports team follows the upstream somewhat slavishly. When KDE discontinued KDE3, FreeBSD ports of same were removed about 12 months later. I don't blame FreeBSD. I do blame KDE-team — who aren't even apologetic about it.
A FreeBSD-user since early 90-ies, I can only chuckle at the problems in the Microsoft world... But this:
got me thinking about the KDE-project, which blew away the existing KDE3-users, when introducing KDE4. Leaving us without an ugprade-path and forced to redo all of the customizations.
No, we weren't tricked into upgrading the way some MS-users were. But that's a rather thin defense for any software-maker, which simply discontinues older versions — forcing users to upgrade or remain open to security and other bugs.
The Soviets have been fomenting internal strife in the US since, at least, 1961. But that was Ok, because their propaganda was helping the Leftist causes.
Now that the Russians — in the mistaken belief, that Trump will be nicer to them than the alternative (of "Reset" fame) — chose to root for him, it is, suddenly, something, a government needs to fight. First Amendment be damned.
Sure. And have for hundreds of thousands of years.
But the so called SJWs seek new things to suppress — like the desire by males of the species to see the nubile females.
As well as the desire by the females to be seen...
Oh, wow, you are still moving? I may need a new broomstick...
My grandfather was working the long-range bombers, which bombed Berlin in 1941. His brother finished officers-school in 1943 and commanded an artillery battery with sufficient distinction to get join the "Red Banner" order. In Ukraine.
There there. Straight from Putin TV — whoever wishes for independent Ukraine, must have been a German collaborator. Sorry to disappoint, but they weren't taking Jews into Hilfswilliger. You probably have heard of it — it was quiet a controversy for a while.
More of the KGB-sponsored talking points — whoever is for strong America, must be a racist.
Baseless and totally false accusations — slander, actually.
Separate but equal, right? Thank you for confirming my point — and accepting my accusation. Like I said, a German has no right to lecture Americans on the treatment of immigrants.
Its been less than 100 years since a German led my great-grandmother to Babiy Yar. Today, his asshole descendant is telling me of the evils of "nationalism"? Wow... Had you been trolling, this would've been a good one, but you are on defensive and thus obviously sincere. Sincerely stupid...
He-he... You are doing the lecturing wrong too...
I neither know nor care for your attitude towards immigrants. The entire nation of Germany has a long way to go, before it has the moral standing to lecture Americans on the subject of interracial relations and nationalism.
If Donald Trump's electoral victory has taught us anything, it is that gleefully sticking it to the SJWs is a good PR-move.
I, for one, simply enjoy them watching them froth about human traits. They've been trying to shame us all into suppressing them for too long.
Well, Twitter is already doing it, in America too — an early bird, so to speak. But, hey, they are a private company, so we have no need to worry, right?
Well, the new generation of citizens is being accustomed to censoring selves and others in colleges — including professors — so, in 10-20 years, you'll have it world-wide, US and other elements of the British empire included.
If you, from a nation beaten to a pulp not too long ago by an alliance including Americans (and Ukrainians), feel comfortable not only to participate in American political discourse, but call participants names and offer other "advice", why should an odd Ukrainian hold back from treating you likewise on occasion?
My grandpa was telling yours what to do in 1943, why should not I continue?
Why couldn't a Ukrainian be pointing out your stupidity and susceptibility to propaganda? Or indeed, proneness to strange perversions? (German porn is rather famous among connoisseurs!)
Seriously, this comment of yours is so typical of German society, it is funny in a way... See, in America immigrants become Americans within years. Oh, some people preserve their heritage — Ukrainian, Irish, German even — but we are American. In Pittsburgh you can buy "pierogis" on the street, but the city is as American as baseball... In Germany — and you are the latest confirmation — an immigrant remains an outsider for life. Some times even his German-born children aren't considered "fully" German.
And I'm not just talking about laws on naturalization — which are much harsher in Germany too — but acceptance by society. So, maybe, it is you, who should not be doing too much talking on matters of other countries — be it Ukraine or the United States.
Then, perhaps, you should not be doing so much talking on the matters of United States, huh, dumbass?
Ran out of your own problems? Your country already bans "hate speech", that's one. A sizeable minority — your cocksucking self included — swallowed Putin's propaganda with not only the hook, but line and sinker. Deal with that, before you weigh-in on problems abroad — or lack thereof.
Go back to Moscow and suck some more of Putin's pale member.