Editing: I'm sorry to be cranky about this. Different strokes for different folks. It's one thing to do something, it's another thing to force other people to do it because "it doesn't bother me." Maybe it bothers other people.
People don't like to be told what to think, how to feel, or how to act. Maybe mask wearing is justified but you can't just hand wave it away as "no big deal" because it doesn't happen to bother you, when it obviously bothers plenty of other people.
Also here's a study, if you like that kind of thing
"The pulmonary function parameters were significantly lower with mask (forced expiratory volume: 5.6 ± 1.0 vs 5.3 ± 0.8 vs 6.1 ± 1.0 l/s with sm, ffpm and nm" (surgical mask, n95 mask, and no mask)
Thank you for writing to me to share your concerns about law enforcement access to encrypted communications. I appreciate the time you took to write, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.
I understand you are opposed to the “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020” (S. 3398), which I introduced with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) on March 5, 2020. You may be interested to know that the Senate Judiciary Committee—of which I am Ranking Member—held a hearing on the “EARN IT Act” on March 11, 2020. If you would like to watch the full hearing or read the testimonies given by the hearing witnesses, I encourage you to visit the following website: https://sen.gov/53RV.
The “EARN IT Act” would establish a National Commission on Online Sexual Exploitation Prevention to recommend best practices for companies to identify and report child sexual abuse material. Companies that implement these, or substantially similar, best practices would not be liable for any child sexual abuse materials that may still be found on their platforms. Companies that fail to meet these requirements, or fail to take other reasonable measures, would lose their liability protection.
Child abuse is one of the most heinous crimes, which is why I was deeply disturbed by recent reporting by The New York Times about the nearly 70 million online photos and videos of child sexual abuse that were reported by technology companies last year. It is a federal crime to possesses, distribute, or produce pictures of sexually explicit conduct with minors, and technology companies are required to report and remove these images on their platforms. Media reports, however, make it clear that current federal enforcement measures are insufficient and that we must do more to protect children from sexual exploitation.
Please know that I believe we must strike an appropriate balance between personal privacy and public safety. It is helpful for me to hear your perspective on this issue, and I will be mindful of your opposition to the “EARN IT Act” as the Senate continues to debate proposals to address child sexual exploitation.
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Whenever you have a question about bitcoin ask the same question about gold, most of the time it is the same answer.
Can you use paper cash in a monetary system that runs on gold? Yes, see the 17th to 19th century. Banks issue counterfeit resistant pieces of paper that represent pieces of gold in the banks safe. Sometimes you get counterfeiting or fraud, but it works well enough. When the power gets turned back on you go back to using real bitcoin payments (which are more convenient than gold).
Dillon Read & Co Inc and The Aristocracy of Prison Profits.
"I remember reading some of the Carlyle Group’s marketing material about their success in leveraged buyouts of companies that did lots of contracts and business with the federal government. They claimed to have achieved annual investment returns of 35%, in the range of the returns that I estimate Dillon to have made on Cornell Corrections. If you understand the story of Cornell Corrections, you will get a good understanding of the type of investment that achieves 35% investment returns for private investors on the stocks of companies that enjoy growth in government contracts and the fruits of “privatization.”"
Fortunately "side projects" are an easy requirement to game.
On a less snarky note, I think the objection is the power dynamic of employers essentially wanting employees to train off the job rather than subsidizing continuing education, but pretending that it's a utopian "we're all in this together" situation, but where equity is not usually shared.
He complains that people keep bugging him for evidence to Support his views without having the expertise to evaluate what evidence even means. And then he snarks that Julian assange is working for Russia without offering a shred.
It's fairly liquid. You absolutely could cash out. Probably over several days, so you don't move the price too much. But the early doge holders are rich.