landemva

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by landemva 4y ago
> adapt their strategy to suit the new environment Yes, am raising cash and looking for US government debt to go 10%+ to lock in some sweet risk-free yield.
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by landemva 4y ago
Not where I have been living in USA. Food and energy and rent in USA far outstripped interest rates on savings accounts or government bonds.
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by landemva 4y ago
> undrinkable water Rural life usually is on well and septic, which is hyper-local.
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by landemva 4y ago
Higher interest rates would help pension funds which invest in bonds. Agreed that high inflation hurts the lower tier who generally don't have assets which keep up with inflation.
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by landemva 4y ago
I don't know if downsizing sq ft is part of the energy transition, though I was in a few multi-bedroom houses in Germany which relied on firewood for heating. Also, the book Cooking Without Electricity was published a year ago. https:
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by landemva 4y ago
I had the full energy efficiency report with infrared camera and expert's eyes and blower door test. It was enlightening. I strongly recommend first thing get the expert report and follow the recommendations. A few years later I got an
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by landemva 4y ago
And Germans snickered when Trump said the same in 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/25/trump-accuse...
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by landemva 4y ago
Mindshare and count of installed devices is now the phone. MS lost the phone battle a few years ago.
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by landemva 4y ago
The politicians are definitely laughing at the workers. Panama Papers showed part of the politician's stash of corrupt funds. https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-r... "Ukrainian Pr
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by landemva 4y ago
Long history of US journalists participating in coverups. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mr-jones-movie-review-202... SBF was a media darling so was treated gently. Communism was a NYT wish list, so the starvation
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by landemva 4y ago
Some n amount is not required. Energy usage varies based on how many miners are running. It is a form of Sybil resistance, which may be understood better by reading white paper. Mentioned elsewhere in this thread is the LN network which is
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by landemva 4y ago
> the decentralization key is computing power Ethereum no longer uses proof of work (computing power). Also, neither BTC nor ETH have a governance token.
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by landemva 4y ago
> all Americans already have at least one federal ID False. "American" is by birth and SSN is voluntary.
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by landemva 4y ago
The State licenses I have seen have two blank lines on back upon which someone who gets a different address simply writes the new address.
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by landemva 4y ago
SSN is optional on the passport application. I simply leave that line blank. In fact, getting an SSN is optional and voluntary.
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by landemva 4y ago
I lost my SSN card many years ago, and have not needed it to do typical things like vote, work, travel in USA and out of USA, start businesses, and file lawsuits. It's irrelevant.
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by landemva 4y ago
They aren't really officers. They can not arrest nor detain, they don't carry a duty firearm, and they don't swear an oath to uphold Constitution. They play word games.
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by landemva 4y ago
> REAL ID for flights I have flown twice in the past few years without ID when I misplaced my wallet. TSA made me sign a form which basically said nothing useful. Children fly without ID. It's about control not about flight safety.
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by landemva 4y ago
I read they didn't have a board nor CFO.
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by landemva 4y ago
Transportation vehicles are outside their wheelhouse. This auto idea was an obvious loser to many mechanics: "... completely reimagined the car battery ..." https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/ohm-yc-s15-is-makin
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by landemva 4y ago
> only a small privileged group was able to have slaves. That may be a USA-centric view. It differed in other areas. https://www.historyireland.com/from-baltimore-to-barbary-the...
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by landemva 4y ago
> Conspiratorial thinking is so popular now Maybe there are societal cycles. I read that witch trials were gripping the public attention a couple centuries ago.
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by landemva 4y ago
US did this in Iraq and Libya years ago. https://truthout.org/articles/war-crime-nato-deliberately-de... On the +GDP side of this, the war makers and reconstruction companies get to replace the broken windows.
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by landemva 4y ago
The covid "vaccine" was fast-tracked by ignoring standard safety testing and by granting product safety immunity to manufacturers.
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by landemva 4y ago
Regulated power industry typically is allowed by regulators a fixed % rate of return on the capital. More infra increases the number. They are already running up the capital base with the "green investments", so please don't
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by landemva 4y ago
And the USSC whuch created so-called government immunity. Will likely need an amendment which says something like 'persons do not have individual immunity to lawsuit, persons created government, government does not have immunity to law
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by landemva 4y ago
TSA are not law enforcement and have no authority to arrest nor detain. This is why there is always a bored actual cop sitting somewhere nearby. The cop can arrest. You can try this yourself - get some old shoe trees with metal posts and fo
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by landemva 4y ago
Another way is to have many people arrive early and opt out. They don't have the staff to process these volumes manually, so the system would change if many would opt out. Most people willingly and voluntarily comply, so it continues t
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by landemva 4y ago
Hilariously last week I observed TSA attempting to fast-track a lady who had (paid for) TSA Precheck. She insisted that she also had (paid for) Clear and would do the Clear line and then the Precheck line. Maybe she gets more of a personal
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by landemva 4y ago
I also opt out of the scan, and have been 1K without ever going through those contraptions. Knowing which cattle lanes to get in is helpful, along with having (ADA protection) shoulder injuries which cause me to be unable to physically comp

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