jcadam

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by jcadam 5y ago
You could also ration food and other goods this way. Only X lbs of meat can be purchased per month. Only X Liters of soda. Only X rounds of ammunition. And based on recent events in Canada, they'll definitely use: "We see you d
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by jcadam 5y ago
Everybody must be part of the system. How else can we control them?
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by jcadam 5y ago
You'd be a fool to keep any savings in such a currency. You'd be a fool to actually use your FedCoin to do anything other than pay your boring monthly bills and expenses. Disposable income gets converted to anything else: BTC, s
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by jcadam 5y ago
A government voluntarily placing limits on its power?
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by jcadam 5y ago
Or you find yourself repeatedly thrown in the looney bin for a 72 hour suicide watch. And sent the bill (see Baker Act and other constitutionally-dubious state laws).
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by jcadam 5y ago
ESG points. Prepping for an exit?
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by jcadam 5y ago
DDG is now dead to me.
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by jcadam 5y ago
I've started using Brave's search engine. It still needs... work.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Goodbye, DDG.
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Google.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Your concerns are valid (and there are others beyond what you just described). But ultimately, it doesn't matter; the ruling class wants CBDC, so we're going to get it whether we want it or not. Best to come up with strategies to
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by jcadam 5y ago
Looks like I moved from the Southeast to Alaska just in time...
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by jcadam 5y ago
This could very well lead to the end of the global economy as it exists now, and the formation of a few large, insular economic blocs only doing business amongst themselves.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Well, more reasonable than a mac pro, price wise. Might have to consider this when the time comes to replace my Ryzen9 rig.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Point taken. Though Putin to Medvedev and back wasn't really a transfer of power :) Also, if you haven't seen "Death of Stalin", it's an excellent dark comedy, if a bit historically inaccurate.
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by jcadam 5y ago
In any case, get used to brinksmanship like this now that the Pax Americana is coming to an end.
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by jcadam 5y ago
When has Russia ever had a transfer of power that didn't involve the use of force?
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by jcadam 5y ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/where-zelensky-is-open-... > Along with "cooling down" to the idea of joining NATO, Zelensky told ABC News that there's room for negotiating on the occup
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by jcadam 5y ago
If Putin fails in Ukraine, he'll be forced from power in Russia. He has no reason to give up and every reason to continue until he can claim at least some sort of victory.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Zelensky is starting to sound like he's open to considering some of Russia's stated terms (no pursuit of NATO membership and cession of eastern Ukraine). That doesn't sound like things are going especially well for him.
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by jcadam 5y ago
The Federal Reserve keeps floating the idea of a state-issued crypto here as well....
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by jcadam 5y ago
In the physical security example (door with a pin pad lock), entering the duress code gives no indication that you had done so. The door opens, just as it should (i.e., the guy standing behind you forcing you to open doors is unaware). Bu
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destroying trust has consequences.
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China. China wins.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Huh, interesting. That’s one way to defend yourself when you’re losing an information war, I suppose.
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Implementations I’ve seen are a modification of your main PIN. Add 1 to each number, etc.
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by jcadam 5y ago
Duress codes have been used in physical security systems (i.e., pin pads to open doors) for a long time. Personally, I'm wondering why ATMs don't have this feature.
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Cancel Culture as foreign policy. Awesome :/
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by jcadam 5y ago
Nah - that sounds like the title for an academic work.
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I'm currently typing on a moonlander as well. My one complaint is I have to shift my hand to reach all the buttons on the thumbclusters - particularly the bottom key and the big red one. So I try to map those keys to symbols I seldom

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