>but it is not, as far as I can tell, an organisation with an agenda of populace control that those powerful people suborn themselves to. They aren't suborning themselves to anyone. The organization is comprised of…
Well I'm glad to be the first. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the WEF, which is an annual meeting of heads of state, titans of industry and other various unsavory billionaires and people with far too much…
>None of this has anything to do with a purported green movement that seeks to end private ownership of cars. Modern cars allow autonomy of movement, even if you are tracked (except of course those with the mandatory…
>extort random citizens for petty crimes that in any other case nobody would ever care or know about. With the massive, byzantine web of local, state and federal laws everyone is violating numerous laws and regulations…
>Who desires the control? Can you name a member of this nebulous conspiracy? Every level of government, the World Economic Forum and every other organization that seeks to mandate digital currencies, mandate digital…
As an aside, and as a life-long Long-Islander, it has long been considered an open-secret (whether it's true or not) by many that Cold Spring Harbor Lab has a small nuclear reactor somewhere on site.
My friend's dad got a 1200 baud modem when they first came out for some obscene amount of money. Back then Compuserve used to charge by your connection speed. I was mowing lawns to pay $6.25 (~$20) an hour to play…
>"Young people know all about computers" was never true either. That's true, but only because not all young people owned or used computers. I was born in the mid 70s and got my first computer as a young child. Back then…
>Most people in my generation didn't know the fundamentals of computing either. That's true of my generation as well, but computers weren't ubiquitous and used by everyone all the time for virtually everything.
>I'm one of the greybeards who has the 2400 BAUD modem negotiation tone sequences emblazened in my neurons. Making the jump from 300 baud to 2400 felt like magic!
I submitted a few of my papers from grad school (long before LLMs or so-called "AI" existed) and they were flagged as being ~70% AI.
Maybe so, but here in the USA I can walk into a 7-11 right now and buy a prepaid phone with cash and no ID.
The ability of the government(s) to exclude you from every day activities required for participation in society (or survival) if you run afoul of their edicts is a feature of digital ID/digital currency, not a bug.
You aren't required to identify yourself to get a phone. You can get a prepaid phone with no ID. You are required to identify yourself for an electricity account because it is essentially extending you credit. You use…
My library card has no picture on it. Me and 100 of my closest friends could easily share the same card.
>I have no idea who the customer is for this product. Everyone who despises Google, Apple and all of the social media companies and wants absolutely no part of them. I'm going to buy one, along with several other people…
>Well, on the right side of the border. Which border? The Israelis don't recognize a border, which is why they have illegally annexed the Golan Heights in Syria, are currently attempting to colonize Southern Lebanon,…
>But let’s not be under any illusion as to what the Iran regime was and still is - an authoritarian theocracy that backs numerous proxy terrorist groups across Asia. And let’s not be under any illusion as to what the…
>and it does seem to be the case that they've been up front about their religious affiliation (online) at least since 2013, when I stopped looking. If they were only soliciting funds on their website, which made it…
You are entitled to your opinion that I'm supporting the status quo by refusing to support the abject murder and depravity of one group of people over another, who may be slightly less murderous and depraved, and I'm…
>I don't think "both sides" works very well when one side has been supporting the murder of citizens for exercising their free speech Obama was murdering US citizens for exercising their free speech, and their children,…
>The number of HNers who were earnestly arguing that this was the party of free speech indicates that this absolutely needs to be on the HN front page. The number of HNers (and people at large) who think that both…
Shout out to Phrack Magazine. https://phrack.org/
If you think they are going belly up this year it is far cheaper and safer to buy a put. You risk losing the money you spend for it up front but your losses are capped. Right now the 25 strike for a DB Jan 15 2027 put…
Which is why ideally both systems would exist. Some people prefer to read the same few publications all the time. Others (like myself) browse extensively and regularly come across paywalled articles. I'm clearly not…
>but it is not, as far as I can tell, an organisation with an agenda of populace control that those powerful people suborn themselves to. They aren't suborning themselves to anyone. The organization is comprised of…
Well I'm glad to be the first. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the WEF, which is an annual meeting of heads of state, titans of industry and other various unsavory billionaires and people with far too much…
>None of this has anything to do with a purported green movement that seeks to end private ownership of cars. Modern cars allow autonomy of movement, even if you are tracked (except of course those with the mandatory…
>extort random citizens for petty crimes that in any other case nobody would ever care or know about. With the massive, byzantine web of local, state and federal laws everyone is violating numerous laws and regulations…
>Who desires the control? Can you name a member of this nebulous conspiracy? Every level of government, the World Economic Forum and every other organization that seeks to mandate digital currencies, mandate digital…
As an aside, and as a life-long Long-Islander, it has long been considered an open-secret (whether it's true or not) by many that Cold Spring Harbor Lab has a small nuclear reactor somewhere on site.
My friend's dad got a 1200 baud modem when they first came out for some obscene amount of money. Back then Compuserve used to charge by your connection speed. I was mowing lawns to pay $6.25 (~$20) an hour to play…
>"Young people know all about computers" was never true either. That's true, but only because not all young people owned or used computers. I was born in the mid 70s and got my first computer as a young child. Back then…
>Most people in my generation didn't know the fundamentals of computing either. That's true of my generation as well, but computers weren't ubiquitous and used by everyone all the time for virtually everything.
>I'm one of the greybeards who has the 2400 BAUD modem negotiation tone sequences emblazened in my neurons. Making the jump from 300 baud to 2400 felt like magic!
I submitted a few of my papers from grad school (long before LLMs or so-called "AI" existed) and they were flagged as being ~70% AI.
Maybe so, but here in the USA I can walk into a 7-11 right now and buy a prepaid phone with cash and no ID.
The ability of the government(s) to exclude you from every day activities required for participation in society (or survival) if you run afoul of their edicts is a feature of digital ID/digital currency, not a bug.
You aren't required to identify yourself to get a phone. You can get a prepaid phone with no ID. You are required to identify yourself for an electricity account because it is essentially extending you credit. You use…
My library card has no picture on it. Me and 100 of my closest friends could easily share the same card.
>I have no idea who the customer is for this product. Everyone who despises Google, Apple and all of the social media companies and wants absolutely no part of them. I'm going to buy one, along with several other people…
>Well, on the right side of the border. Which border? The Israelis don't recognize a border, which is why they have illegally annexed the Golan Heights in Syria, are currently attempting to colonize Southern Lebanon,…
>But let’s not be under any illusion as to what the Iran regime was and still is - an authoritarian theocracy that backs numerous proxy terrorist groups across Asia. And let’s not be under any illusion as to what the…
>and it does seem to be the case that they've been up front about their religious affiliation (online) at least since 2013, when I stopped looking. If they were only soliciting funds on their website, which made it…
You are entitled to your opinion that I'm supporting the status quo by refusing to support the abject murder and depravity of one group of people over another, who may be slightly less murderous and depraved, and I'm…
>I don't think "both sides" works very well when one side has been supporting the murder of citizens for exercising their free speech Obama was murdering US citizens for exercising their free speech, and their children,…
>The number of HNers who were earnestly arguing that this was the party of free speech indicates that this absolutely needs to be on the HN front page. The number of HNers (and people at large) who think that both…
Shout out to Phrack Magazine. https://phrack.org/
If you think they are going belly up this year it is far cheaper and safer to buy a put. You risk losing the money you spend for it up front but your losses are capped. Right now the 25 strike for a DB Jan 15 2027 put…
Which is why ideally both systems would exist. Some people prefer to read the same few publications all the time. Others (like myself) browse extensively and regularly come across paywalled articles. I'm clearly not…