I feel the same way about Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. I can hardly even fathom an honest, straight shooter as head of the spook departments when the likes of James Clapper, etc, are what we're used to (this was the interaction that I believe Snowden has cited as his final straw to go rogue):
Man I hate the culture war. Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean you HAVE to disagree with everything they say. I wasn't sure about fluoride in water, so I looked it up, and the **science** says it can cause decreased IQ in children. You really wanna risk that? Also, you know who stopped putting fluoride in water... 98% of Europe.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1grj3v1/winter_haven_commissioners_vote_to_remove/
Most people with the means to do so pay extra to drink unfluoridated bottled water (even before there was much if any of a fluoride controversy). Regardless of the science, there's something wrong if a purported 'benefit' mostly applies only to those who can't financially afford to avoid it.
Holy crap! Tulsi for Intelligence? Remember when Hillary and CNN tag-teamed to push a rumor that Tulsi was being groomed by Russia? Russia-gate deniers must be losing their shit right now.
"Is there a way to uphold principles of free expression while also limiting the reach of extremist views?"
Huh? You don't seem to understand what principles of free expression even means. Here's a hint: nobody cares about a threat to the free expression of milquetoast views.
Definitely worth a watch - even if just for the Rutger Hauer scenes; but overall, I feel it's a bit over-hyped unless you're consciously grading on a curve due to its age. As far as Ridley Scott sci-fi goes, I think Alien holds up way better.
I wonder what Peter Schiff is doing today.
Unrelated: Gold has sold off about $200B in market cap the last few hours. Coincidentally, Bitcoin has gained about $80B in that same time.
#Bitcoin #BTC
At about +$19K USD, February, 2024 holds the record for the largest BTC price increase for a single calendar month. November, 2024 currently stands at about +$21K, and we're not even halfway through the month.
I think this is just how Elon humors himself.
Let's just get out of the 80s as soon as we can, please.
yeah, I think gold is the true measuring stick (for now)... looks like we still have a few more hours to go. 😉
Incentives matter. Why doesn't California hold AV companies accountable for moving violations just like any other driver? Texas and Arizona - other AV test-grounds - were able to appropriately modify their laws to do just that. Reducing it to a simple matter of hundreds of billions of corporate dollars at stake doesn't explain it. Clearly the mind of the modal blue voter is inherently just not sufficiently critical of public leaders... This is at the heart of whether or not the predicted dystopia ultimately materializes.
Correct. Just treat Bitcoin like the money that you expect it to become. Save it when you can for spending it when it makes sense to do so. If at the moment that means you have to trade it for fiat first in order to spend it, so be it.
Yes. What I don't think I'm mentally prepared for are the inevitable "Bitcoin is dead." declarations. I mean, I know they're coming. I just fear my involuntary violent eye-rolling response might knock me out.
Not that he'd listen now, but it's still not too late to get in early.
Maybe we should take this one point at a time.
Why do you say an uncapped supply schedule destroys the store of value function? As long as the purchasing power of each sat increases (via lost coins, march of technology, etc) faster than they are being devalued by new issuance, wouldn't there still be value in storing sats?