Human Rights Watch was unable to identify whether any of the gold mined under the control of syndicates was sold or whether it is in the supply chain of any specific companies

"four residents said that they witnessed members of syndicates amputating or shooting the hands of people accused of stealing. Several other residents said they knew of cases in which syndicate members had cut offenders into pieces with a chainsaw, ax, or machete."

Why, as a bitcoiner, have i been oblivious to the atrocities of the gold industry in recent years. Why are these never brought up by bitcoiners when being accused of.... things.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/04/venezuela-violent-abuses-illegal-gold-mines

https://www.cfr.org/blog/illegal-gold-finances-latin-americas-dictators-cartels-united-states-must-lead-fight-against

How bad is it if i dont update my firmware?

Been thinking bout getting one of these going for funzies. The wife likes buying lotto tickets. I wonder, if the amount of money that went into gambling every year went into solo mining bitcoin at a loss, how big of an impact would it have on the mining industry? Could that be the endgame for preventing the consolidation of mining pools?

When people ask if it is a good time to buy bitcoin, i ask, "what do you mean, buy? it's just money. You dont buy money, you just use it or save it."

And the us can print so they can keep making shity planes

Here is a specific failure of fiat that i havent heard many people talk about.

Speaking as an airline mechanic with personal experience through this.

So during covid, airlines were given huge stimulus to retain employees and keep "critical infrastructure" in place while everything was shut down.

Coming out of covid, with the economy freshly stimulated, travel demand immediately came back with a vengence.

We had to get all of the stored planes out of storage in a very quick amount of time.

Many airlines, with the travel outlook looking great, and strong balance sheets, used this opportunity to put in huge orders of new airplanes, in this case, the 737 Max.

As all Airlines were rushing to hire new mechanics for the growth and to replace those that were given early retirement packages, Boeing, who pays significant less than most airlines for certified mechanics, also struggled with staffing.

With Boeing promising more aircraft than they could deliver, there was imense pressure on the techs to crank out airplanes as fast as possible to stick to the timeline.

Then, the door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max fell off in flight. This happened because of the tech who removed the door for access to replace rivets, due to a quality issue, failed to document that the door was removed. The tech who replaced the rivets temporarily put the door in place when he was finished and because it was never documented as removed, It didnt get a permanent install.

Accidents in aviation happen, theyre not supposed to happen like this, in production especially. You can easily blame the tech for forgetting, but these things are much more likely to occure under heavy pressures and stress.

So what happened? Boeing CEO recieved a 45% raise.

If not for fiat, Boeing should have been bankrupt and likely bought out and management replaced. Instead they are all rewarded for their mismanagement, straight from uncle Sam's teet.

The right literally mobbed the capital in an attempt to overturn an "election" they lost. If that's not terrorism to you, but lighting a car on fire is. I dont know what else to say.

Many dems have real jobs, and i personally know quite a bit of trumpers that abuse the system and take handouts.

https://youtu.be/6n0zMW3M10Y

Caught them on video during an old work trip.

Someone is always watching.

Most definitely.

"When both sides are corrupt, both sides are right to be angry, and this creates division, unrest, fear, that ultimately justifies more extreme action for those in power."

Not "everyone knows", should have said, "anyone with a brain knows"

It is also sheepish to think that Elon is doing this in a fair bipartisan sort of way. Everyone knows he and those in power are cherry picking things to put out there to manipulate people into thinking this is all the other sides fault. This then gives them the power to do whatever they want for their own self interests.

They are right that there is lots of waste and fraud that needs to get cut, this shouldn't give them ultimate power to do whatever they want. So people are angry...

When both sides are corrupt, both sides are right to be angry, and this creates division, unrest, fear, that ultimately justifies more extreme action for those in power.

People are angry, rightfully so. The people on the right would cheer the same thing if the roles were reversed. When the whole system is against them, they will blame who they're being told to blame. Both sides are right to put the blame on the people in charge, they just have the wrong solution of their side being able to fix things.

But, Everything is computer

It would be nice to know if someone is a bot or not without having to disect their writing and profile. Think this will be needed in a world of AI everywhere really. Then again, i understand the if you cant tell the difference and they provide value, then whats the problem

I used a sunlu brand pla as well and it wasnt able to retract in the AMS, figured out that the spool just sat in a different groove than the bambu spools did, so always make sure that your spools rotate easily with the AMS. I was worried all day about something being wrong with it haha

Ive mostly stuck to pla so far. I have used some of bambus translucent petg. I tend to get much more stringing when using it, might have to adjust the settings, or perhaps my nozzle was just dirty. I think humidity can cause the stringing too, but not sure why it would only be when i use petg.

I like my wine from a box, it stores better and is easier to poor.