This isn't right, there's incentive for both parties to behave but anytime China can sell treasuries on the open market for below what they are worth driving up yields dramatically.
If the US tries to issue more bonds they'll have to match market rates or buyers will simply go to the secondary markets.
You're suggesting that the US could intentionally devalue it's own notes to financially hurt China, but that would also devastate every other holder as well as itself. Basically economic scorched Earth policy that even a madman wouldn't consider.
Just a heads up: All of redis_mlc's comments are dead by default. You can easily confirm this yourself. Some here and there get vouched for by others but for the most part all will be dead.
This happens to certain accounts by the moderation team. My account is the same.
Yeah they're generally within a tiny fraction of a % point compared to what respected Western economic analysts post. Plenty do their own estimates on the world's second biggest economy.
Resorting to conspiracy isn't going to help anyone.
I always find it strange seeing security companies and other high risk industries using io. It's been hijacked multiple times before from shoddy practices. Are you really willing to trust the Internet Computer Bureau once more with every single service under your domain?
I guess the desire to look cool outweighs the prime objective and if it goes pearshaped you can always blame someone else for a choice your company made.
Even more strange is how companies with outspoken social justice execs and employees happily fork out thousands a year to tld that has incredibly bad optics, the amount of mental gymnastics these people must perform to justify needing these particular two letters above all else is surely remarkable.
Really twisting the use of the word advertisement here, it's the complete opposite really. Then again I'm guessing most only read headlines and hear what they want.
A small donation button next to GitHub projects or Reddit posts is not advertising.
Of course it should have an option to be disabled, without a doubt but for the most part it's no more intrusive than using RES on Reddit.
I run nextcloud on a $5 vps just like in this article, it's still underutilised. Out of the box my family can have access to certain folders and their own account, they can watch videos in the browser and I can have a selfhosted google docs/sheets alternative. All encrypted at rest.
> The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception... COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day and have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination. According to a senate report, the FBI's motivation was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order"
The court of public opinion is far more important than real courts. You only have to look at enlightened HN comments on Ross Ulbright to see it in action, nearly all are convinced he's guilty of a charge that never went to trial and was dismissed with prejudice, which is rare.
These folks dug holes proudly in public while their echochambers wooed all the way now have the nerve to deflect blame when asked to stand in said hole.
Completely ignore your own toxic behavior and just pretend it's anything other than repeatedly getting away with actions for years that would have a white man hung on the stake in a day.
I eagerly await her new company and its innovations.