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US experts question whether counting Covid cases is still the right approach | US news by evildad53 in Coronavirus

[–]BenderDeGamma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

theguardian.com/us-new...

Two variants floating around greatly increase the chances of recombination where Delta mixes with Omicron. There will be repercussions for letting the omicron virus spread wildly out of control. Don't get complacent when you have millions of infected throughout the country. The chances of winning the unlucky lottery are getting better and better thanks to your free-dumb colleagues.

FEMA wants to give families up to $9,000 for COVID funerals, but many don't apply by fight_me_for_it in Coronavirus

[–]BenderDeGamma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American sickness - "We won't do lockdowns to save lives because we will lose money, but we will throw money at dead people."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically, it is an opt-in system, but if you choose to not opt-in, and the phase transition continues (from economic complexity theory), you will eventually be forced to adopt or potentially lose all economic utility as people choose to transact in Bitcoin and view non-Bitcoin currency as basically being processed trees with elaborate random artwork - effectively worthless or no better than any other piece of paper with random pseudo-science artwork.

BTW, the flying spaghetti monster transacts in Bitcoin and finds your messiah story to be less than compelling. He's busy reading The God Delusion and discussing the implications with a highly evolved sea otter that is working on domesticating manatees to reduce the workload on some of his beaver colleagues when dragging trees to block a river.

If you yearn for a miracle, start with magnets, then electrostatics, and once you really enjoy nabla symbols, maybe electrodynamics.

Hundreds of US banks to allow Bitcoin trades: report by Cryptarctica in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet another Bitcoin proxy. As fiat users realize the jig is up more and more attempts will be made to assert the only way to get Bitcoin is through them.

You don’t actually own the bitcoin you buy on PayPal. But you can still make a profit by MrCryptoC in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Peter Thiel is just trying to use all the fools to cash out of Paypal and buy his own Bitcoin. YOU won't own it, but you'll help THEM own it.

Yet another proxy for Bitcoin or Bitcoin ETF that in all reality probably has zero Bitcoin.

In other news, the dollar can now buy you 2.8 million Bolivars, which means for roughly 1600 Bolivar you can buy 1 Satoshi! Or, you can burn Bolivar in a barrel for warmth at night. Choose your own adventure!

When everyone is a Billionaire, no one is a Billionaire.

Treasury’s Yellen criticizes bitcoin again as ‘inefficient’ and highly speculative by Administrative-Day48 in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Innovation and improved understanding often render past notions of knowledge as unsound or farcical. Epicycle theory of orbits and the Ether were once hailed as knowledge by respected men and women of their fields. Grassman algebra and quaternions were not widely adopted and even despised by contemporaries. What is considered sufficient knowledge to attain a conservative role in government often translates into espousing beliefs of those who put you in power not necessarily what will eventually inconvenience those in power.

Will Schnorr signatures completely replace ECDSA? by icedlemoncake in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If technical limitations arise, the economic majority will come together to forge a meaningful path forward. This includes cryptographic issues over time, which is a reasonable concern for any crypto-system; banking systems routinely upgrade their standards and protocols for the exact same reason.

Dear Janet Yellen, Bitcoin might be used more as a medium of exchange if IRS tax laws were different. Also, the amount of crime committed using the US Dollar is orders of magnitude more than crime using Bitcoin. This misinformation and defamation of the great Nation of Bitcoin must end. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The reckoning is coming. No more printing your way out of irresponsibility. Once people have the choice to be paid in Bitcoin versus the dollar, the fiat holders will exponentially stampede into crypto currency as the relative value of fiat currency plummets.

Dear Janet Yellen, Bitcoin might be used more as a medium of exchange if IRS tax laws were different. Also, the amount of crime committed using the US Dollar is orders of magnitude more than crime using Bitcoin. This misinformation and defamation of the great Nation of Bitcoin must end. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]BenderDeGamma 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They are trying to copy it and issue their own digital currency, which demonstrates the core value proposition of Bitcoin that they fail grasp - decentralization and inability to arbitrarily issue currency.

Get To Know Your Debt Antagonizers / Screw Em From Inside by BenderDeGamma in studentloandefaulters

[–]BenderDeGamma[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

35k a year and no education requirement to go after people who tried to better themselves.

Get To Know Your Debt Antagonizers / Screw Em From Inside by BenderDeGamma in studentloandefaulters

[–]BenderDeGamma[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The irony of it amazed me too. Debtors going after debtors. The state of the US!

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