There are two elements here -

the more general: there is a good chance they can currently monitor your contact with your bank without the need to get a warrant for transactional information from the institution.

the less general: even if they are able to get transactional info, by using Tor you have made it difficult for them to determine your location.

A very good summary. Too many people view crypto as the "Daddy" in their privacy, protecting them from all manner of threats. There are many places where encryption efforts can be compromised, including improper implementation of even well written libraries.

But to argue, as some have, that it is worthless is wrong as well. It is the moat and wall around your castle. Sure there may be a day when the Mongolians overrun you but at least you have slowed them down by your efforts.

Treasury dept wants to make sure that as much information as possible is gathered about when, where and how you make transactions involving your money at your banking institution. Why? Becasue you might be a naughty boy. I'll leave it to others to define "naughty".

Unfortunately, "because we can" is the primary justification for this project and eventual Mars mission. If one wants to prove they can establish a long term outpost off earth, the moon is far more practical. But there is no compelling reason to doing so on either.

Contrary to your popular belief, COBOL and Fortran are not disappearing. But they do pay well. They are left out of these type of surveys because they are not sexy and not buzz worthy. There will be millions (billions) of lines of COBOL still in production long after Ruby is dead and buried.

Society gives that to you in EXCHANGE for your taxes.

Again, more leftist chatter. No, society does not give me anything. I as well as presumably you, others (including corporations) pay for those services, whether provided by another company (electricity) or nominally the government (roads). Stop thinking of government as Mommy and start thinking of it the same way you do the corner deli or your auto mechanic. You give them money, they provide a good or service.

Lets see. Oh companies create jobs that pay workers who then consume goods and pay taxes on those goods as well as their salaries. Companies also pay investors dividends (taxed) and, hopefully, result in capital gains, also currently taxed.

And I say this with no malice but how does anyone know where Cylance's bread is buttered? Attribution is very difficult and to say 'We are certain that' is a bit like calling a quantum mechanical state "certain" - its not but it might be a highly probable outcome.

Given the state of relations between the US and Iran (and Israel and Iran), it would make certain groups very happy for Cylance to announce these "findings." But the outsider has no way of knowing what government contracts Cylance has taken, directly or indirectly that may play into getting a certain result. As always, approach with caution.

guess they needed to generate some traffic.

In any event, even "inflation" (in the cosmological sense) is not a certainty and has taken on a life of its own similar to the legions of string theorists (who have so much invested they can't just walk away).

Because countries refuse to stop giving the ridiculous tax benefits.

Well there you have it. Exactly what is wrong with the left. A lower tax rate is considered a "benefit" as if the government is tossing a cookie out and patting the corporate (or individual) dog on the head and saying "good boy!"

The government has no inherent natural right to take money from anyone.

The far better way to view it is "companies are shifting assets and income out of our country because of the ridiculous tax penalties here."

And you are now supporting the power companies arguments for making solar generators pay for using the grid to transmit their power. Thank you.

No she is not (per that statement alone) but she is claiming a "right" which does not exist. That the Catholic church says "do not use contraception" is not the same as "even reading about contraception is a sin.". Nobody is telling her or her offspring they must use contraception. If that were the case, then she would be correct, her rights were violated.

Define a few feet please. And do pilots also report to the FAA everytime they pass "within a few feet" of a bird?

The FAA has been hell bent on gaining government control over drones and they will make up any excuse they can, the scarier the better.

that a fundamentally corrupt system is taking a little pain? They aren't even close to the woodshed yet.

There is no reason for medallions to exist any longer. The very easy solution to this is a) require a different class license for hired (hailed or called) car drivers and b) require the use of special plates (many already require a TX- type plate). I'm not even sure a uniform color is really "required" given the presense of the "taxi (un)occupied" roof top display though at this point I think yellow (at least in NYC) is so ingrained it may be a disadvantage to differentiate a hailed car.

Shockingly, the first two of my requirements already exist in most places. So again, why are we still dealing in the corrupt medallion business?

Thanks for the tips. Fortran has come a long way since then but from the code I have seen APL is one of the tersest languages out there. Is there such a thing as a long APL program? Game of life is one line (three if you comment).