It has no value other than speculation. It's a fiat currency with no backing from anyone. There is no government or other organization saying "no matter what happens to the currency, we'll honor it for X value." It's just a string of bits of computer code and mass stupidity. The fact that there's a lot of stupid greedy people propping it up is the only reason this is happening. Mass stupidity is still stupidity.
More to the point, Google already knows your real name, address, phone numbers, sexual preferences (even ones you've never told anybody), shopping habits, travel behaviors and more than I can imagine. So, what difference does it make? Either don't use their service because you don't like the company's behavior (not going to change what they know about you, in this case), or use it to it's fullest potential and get over yourself.
That fact that it isn't backed by gold makes bitcoin the worst combination of the gold standard (inflexible and prone to volatility) and a fiat currency (essentially worthless, you're buying on faith alone and that's all you have if it goes south) with the added bonuses of design flaws and easy theft and permanent loss.
If the gold standard, which BTC is supposedly modeled after, was such a great thing, the majority of the world would still be doing it. We left the gold standard as fast as a viable option was finally available that we could keep stabilized. The Chinese tried a fiat system much earlier but, wasn't able to keep it stable due to a combination of lack of checks and balances and mismanagement. The world has enough checks and balances to mostly keep the mismanagement at bay now. Nothing is perfect, of course.
I don't know about how many people here agree with me but, going after an organization whose only purpose is to preserve knowledge for future generations for free really rubs me the wrong way, regardless of the legalities; especially 10 years after the fact.
Hi lawyer has said multiple times that he'd be willing to face these charges if both countries would guarantee that Assange would not be extradited to the US (something they claim they have no intention of doing) and both countries have flat refused to make this guarantee, leading to the belief that that is exactly what they plan to do. And the moment he hits US soil, he'll be Gitmod, whether it's in Guantanamo or a US prison. Everyone involved knows it and so much money and many man hours spent on this shows that there is no other likely reasoning for this. Remember, officially this is over a non-consensual act during consensual sex that the girls went to the police to track him down, soley to get an STD test. The police, upon finding the importance of the individual accused, pressured the girls into pressing charges, which they have since withdrawn, and sent out an interpol alert reserved for the world's most dangerous and most wanted. Sound like your standard everyday secondary rape case, yes? (/sarcasm)
It's called being honest. I was unable to find any reliable studies on the topic so, I only have my own experience and antidotal evidence to go on and I was honest about that in my language.
Yes, because how dare you have priorities other than to serve the corporation. In tech, most of the marriage/kid arguments affecting employee turnover today are bullshit because even the males, if they are any good, move companies every 2-4 years anyway. That's no different a turnover time than someone getting married and having kids, if they decide to leave the workforce. If anything, I believe women are more likely to be committed to a single employer than their male counterparts, making any retention arguments not only bullshit but, the complete opposite of the truth.
Note: I'm referring to modern women in tech, not the the 1950s-1980s.
Even if it had no effect on the outcome, evidence shows massive, organized identity theft, which is a crime regardless of how much impact it had on the process.
Apparently the NY Attorney General's office. If they consider it important enough to launch an investigation. Now, there might be nothing but, it sounds like there's already been enough evidence to show massive identity theft. Even though it is ID theft of FCC comments is relatively trivial, it is still ID theft and carries stiff penalties. These are the crimes that the attorney general wants to investigate and the current FCC chairman wants to bury.
Though PC monoculture is a very bad thing, so is too much variance. No one wants a computing world where you can't get more that 25% of software to run on any particular platform so you may need multiple PCs just to use all of the software titles you want to use. This is a minor problem with video game consoles today (I'm looking at you, "console exclusives"!) but, back when there were many more, there was no way to play all the games you wanted to play on a single system as the titles were just not available.
I favor the corporate death penalty. And I'm not being facetious, in general. I actually advocate for a corporate death penalty. Equifax and Wells Fargo are perfect examples of why it is needed.
No, I think he'd be like me and think: "Holy shit, did Republicans just grow a spine and/or conscience?!" Note: I am a former Republican who left the party because they completely fucking sold out to big corporations and the batshit crazy 'evangelical Christians' who are anything but evangelical or Christian.
Yes, but, the typical person can't get their hands on a nuke to make your gold worthless and stealing your gold leaves a physical trail of evidence. But, any script kiddie can get a file encryption malware to make your wallet non-accessible and as long as they don't directly try to profit off your coins, there's likely no evidence trail to follow.
The Bitcoin transaction time and cost are already past the point where it is useful as a currency. With what you are describing, it will get far worse before it even has a chance to get better. If it's not useful as a currency, then what is it for? Right now, it just seems to be a gambling commodity for high-risk traders; similar to junk bonds, but, with a far higher chance of significant loss in a short amount of time.
Well the Mac is re-polished Linux (yes, I know, MachBSD, not Linux, but whatever) that even Apple doesn't care about any more. It bugged me when I worked there how they'd end up making really good software and then not give a damn about it. The mentality was always that the software was to sell the hardware. The software itself had no value.
This is when Intel was just releasing their Intel ME system so, AMD didn't have an equivalent yet. Then, the race to the bottom began. If I was still in that position, I'd be having to make some hard choices right now. Mostly based off which system I could be most certain that these system on a chips were fully disabled. I wish we could physically pull them from the boards myself.
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It has no value other than speculation. It's a fiat currency with no backing from anyone. There is no government or other organization saying "no matter what happens to the currency, we'll honor it for X value." It's just a string of bits of computer code and mass stupidity. The fact that there's a lot of stupid greedy people propping it up is the only reason this is happening. Mass stupidity is still stupidity.
I'm not a millennial; not even close. If you think Google doesn't have this data on you, you're both naive and delusional.
OK, bitcoin is seriously running out of use cases. Despite its reported "value," it's becoming more worthless by the day.
More to the point, Google already knows your real name, address, phone numbers, sexual preferences (even ones you've never told anybody), shopping habits, travel behaviors and more than I can imagine. So, what difference does it make? Either don't use their service because you don't like the company's behavior (not going to change what they know about you, in this case), or use it to it's fullest potential and get over yourself.
They have this device that takes care of cows humanely and has no environmental impact. It doesn't even require a bullet!
Well, that is the key problem in this "debate." Since it's going to affect someone else, even if it's their own grandchildren, nobody gives a fuck.
Cryptocurrencies have purpose and the technology will be useful in multiple fields. Bitcoin no longer has purpose or use and is worthless.
That fact that it isn't backed by gold makes bitcoin the worst combination of the gold standard (inflexible and prone to volatility) and a fiat currency (essentially worthless, you're buying on faith alone and that's all you have if it goes south) with the added bonuses of design flaws and easy theft and permanent loss.
Please let that be (/sarcasm). I'm sure it is but, flat Earthers exist so, there you have it.
A few bits of data that you can lose or have stolen remotely.
If the gold standard, which BTC is supposedly modeled after, was such a great thing, the majority of the world would still be doing it. We left the gold standard as fast as a viable option was finally available that we could keep stabilized. The Chinese tried a fiat system much earlier but, wasn't able to keep it stable due to a combination of lack of checks and balances and mismanagement. The world has enough checks and balances to mostly keep the mismanagement at bay now. Nothing is perfect, of course.
I don't know about how many people here agree with me but, going after an organization whose only purpose is to preserve knowledge for future generations for free really rubs me the wrong way, regardless of the legalities; especially 10 years after the fact.
Hi lawyer has said multiple times that he'd be willing to face these charges if both countries would guarantee that Assange would not be extradited to the US (something they claim they have no intention of doing) and both countries have flat refused to make this guarantee, leading to the belief that that is exactly what they plan to do. And the moment he hits US soil, he'll be Gitmod, whether it's in Guantanamo or a US prison. Everyone involved knows it and so much money and many man hours spent on this shows that there is no other likely reasoning for this. Remember, officially this is over a non-consensual act during consensual sex that the girls went to the police to track him down, soley to get an STD test. The police, upon finding the importance of the individual accused, pressured the girls into pressing charges, which they have since withdrawn, and sent out an interpol alert reserved for the world's most dangerous and most wanted. Sound like your standard everyday secondary rape case, yes? (/sarcasm)
It's called being honest. I was unable to find any reliable studies on the topic so, I only have my own experience and antidotal evidence to go on and I was honest about that in my language.
Yes, because how dare you have priorities other than to serve the corporation. In tech, most of the marriage/kid arguments affecting employee turnover today are bullshit because even the males, if they are any good, move companies every 2-4 years anyway. That's no different a turnover time than someone getting married and having kids, if they decide to leave the workforce. If anything, I believe women are more likely to be committed to a single employer than their male counterparts, making any retention arguments not only bullshit but, the complete opposite of the truth.
Note: I'm referring to modern women in tech, not the the 1950s-1980s.
Even if it had no effect on the outcome, evidence shows massive, organized identity theft, which is a crime regardless of how much impact it had on the process.
"Who gives a shit?"
Apparently the NY Attorney General's office. If they consider it important enough to launch an investigation. Now, there might be nothing but, it sounds like there's already been enough evidence to show massive identity theft. Even though it is ID theft of FCC comments is relatively trivial, it is still ID theft and carries stiff penalties. These are the crimes that the attorney general wants to investigate and the current FCC chairman wants to bury.
Though PC monoculture is a very bad thing, so is too much variance. No one wants a computing world where you can't get more that 25% of software to run on any particular platform so you may need multiple PCs just to use all of the software titles you want to use. This is a minor problem with video game consoles today (I'm looking at you, "console exclusives"!) but, back when there were many more, there was no way to play all the games you wanted to play on a single system as the titles were just not available.
I favor the corporate death penalty. And I'm not being facetious, in general. I actually advocate for a corporate death penalty. Equifax and Wells Fargo are perfect examples of why it is needed.
No, I think he'd be like me and think: "Holy shit, did Republicans just grow a spine and/or conscience?!" Note: I am a former Republican who left the party because they completely fucking sold out to big corporations and the batshit crazy 'evangelical Christians' who are anything but evangelical or Christian.
Yes, but, the typical person can't get their hands on a nuke to make your gold worthless and stealing your gold leaves a physical trail of evidence. But, any script kiddie can get a file encryption malware to make your wallet non-accessible and as long as they don't directly try to profit off your coins, there's likely no evidence trail to follow.
The Bitcoin transaction time and cost are already past the point where it is useful as a currency. With what you are describing, it will get far worse before it even has a chance to get better. If it's not useful as a currency, then what is it for? Right now, it just seems to be a gambling commodity for high-risk traders; similar to junk bonds, but, with a far higher chance of significant loss in a short amount of time.
The mod point allocation has seemed to be off the last few months. Not sure why.
Well the Mac is re-polished Linux (yes, I know, MachBSD, not Linux, but whatever) that even Apple doesn't care about any more. It bugged me when I worked there how they'd end up making really good software and then not give a damn about it. The mentality was always that the software was to sell the hardware. The software itself had no value.
This is when Intel was just releasing their Intel ME system so, AMD didn't have an equivalent yet. Then, the race to the bottom began. If I was still in that position, I'd be having to make some hard choices right now. Mostly based off which system I could be most certain that these system on a chips were fully disabled. I wish we could physically pull them from the boards myself.