Around here (BC) the main problem is that it is practically taboo to ask such a question let alone demand any real transparency on the issue.
Q: "Is recycling bullshit?"
A: "Not here, because this is The Best Place On Earth and we recycle everything. All those other states are probably doing it wrong though."
End of discussion.
DigitalOcean - excellent uptime, useful marketplace images, team access control.
LunaNode - great prices and pro features, take bitcoin and lightning.
I could not agree more. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing
What kind of asshole idiot crams as many people as possible into a country already experiencing the biggest residential real estate bubble in the world?
Canada's population just hit 40 million while a tear-down bungalow on .2 acres of a barren arctic plain is selling for $800,000.
The only explanation for this country is that we've all become asshole idiots.
Also the praise so regularly heaped on fire fighters is well deserved. They seem to do most of the heavy lifting in the emergency services, at least in these tiny remote communities with only one ambulance, no hospital and like three cops.
Let me tell you something that I have learned about living on tiny little islands--it's a bad place to flip your car. Chopper is an hour out, and the accident was 30 minutes ago.
Heard a loud bang, thought it was some teenagers fucking around but then the sirens started and I turned on the scanner to learn that someone flipped their car nearby. Now the medi-vac chopper is on the way. Sounds like a DUI situation.
Lots of crazy in the air tonight...
Yes I think that's the big influence in the era, culminating in the hyperinflation in Germany in 1922. I think the implication of the chart you posted that the Fed is directly responsible for all devaluation of the dollar is quite disingenuous--the two big policy changes regarding gold in 1933 and 1971 are more direct causes.
If you haven't seen it yet, this is a great site: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
It's a good question and I don't really know the answer but I think that the creation of the Fed was a major step forward in the adoption of fiat currency which (in my opinion) is fundamentally flawed because it essentially weaponizes inflation. There were positive benefits to fiat currency in winning the WW's and redistributing wealth during the New Deal but more often it is used to fund agressive warmongoring or (as it evolved) to transfer wealth from wage earners to asset holders.
Related: Found this interesting chart of the dollar's value going back to the 17th century.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032048/value-us-dollar-since-1640/
The other thing is that when the Fed was created the British Empire was in it's final throes as the dominamt world power, and the world was then upended by WW1. Revolutions were happening everywhere. Things were pretty wild until after WWII. It's hard to compare postwar America with its previous self.
It's a good question and I don't really know the answer but I think that the creation of the Fed was a major step forward in the adoption of fiat currency which (in my opinion) is fundamentally flawed because it essentially weaponizes inflation. There were positive benefits to fiat currency in winning the WW's and redistributing wealth during the New Deal but more often it is used to fund agressive warmongoring or (as it evolved) to transfer wealth from wage earners to asset holders.
Related: Found this interesting chart of the dollar's value going back to the 17th century.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032048/value-us-dollar-since-1640/
The internet used to be cool, man.
It is my opinion that governments should shut down all custodial crypto exchanges and the miners.
Maybe then we can get back to decentralization.
Every new lawsuit is just further proof of why we need bitcoin.
Binance can die in a fire.
Bitcoin isn't going anywhere.
Days like this are necessary to separate the posers from the OG's.
Qubes OS certified hardware is the only way to go https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/
please stop asking me to rate my customer service experience
Found a tick under my shirt today. Tough little bastard. I killed him with a hammer.
The official inflation stats are nonsense; the only price that matters is housing because that is what defines the real value of everyone's wages.
* X420
,,,and the lid should be pure white to reflect the sunlight in which I will be using it.
Dream laptop:
14" 1920x1200 500 nits matte
4-6 Xeon cores
64gb ECC RAM
2x2280 nvme raid 1
Coreboot, IntelME disabled
Internal battery
No cameras or microphones
SD card slot (I can haz two?)
Crappy speakers, bare minimum
Blobfree wireless
Three USB-A ports, two USB-C (one at rear for charging)
No external display ports
Keyboard from a Thinkpad X220
Touchpad from a MacBook
Wide range operating conditions, humidity, temp etc.
Must support stock Fedora Workstation
It can be an inch thick and up to 3 lbs so long as it is sturdy and quiet.
Should be optimized to run plugged in for long periods without wearing down the battery.
