and also requires the use of the internet, and all those connections that go with it, just like any currency.

thanks for the break/brake correction. simple mistake on my part. as for the other comments, correlation and causation need to be assessed. what factors can be directly attributed to accidents? i don't want to know what your hypothesis is. real evidence can make an impact. saying speeding causes death might make sense to some people, but there's not a lot of correlation to accidents. 100% of the people in the fast lane speed, but rarely get into accidents. there is a obvious correlation between the speed and the severity of the accident, but people make a leap that speed is the cause. it is not. Seniors are responsible for most deadly accidents. did you know that?

I signed up for the belair direct driver's insurance app. it sucked. anytime you touched your phone, you lost points. i don't mean picked up and made a call or texted. i mean any hands free call (in or out), even using a map app. if some a$$ wipe stoped quickly in front of you, and you needed to break harder than normal, you lost points. of course speeding was a no-no. for the $200 in savings on a $2000 annual cost, it wasn't worth it. i have a similar app for the car too. it gives you a "drivers pulse". same crap. i don't know what the thresholds are, but it seems way too sensitive or intrusive. being optional for now is a good thing. i wouldn't mind seeing the correlations with driver stats and claims. that would make a lot of sense, but then i don't think the insurance co.s have figured this out yet. there's maybe 10% bad drivers. you know, the ones that can't maintain a steady speed on the highway, are afraid to pass trucks, pump the accelerator or breaks too often, or ride the breaks. they don't get into accidents too much though, just cause them down the line. where's that app?

hopefully this technology can be rolled out to create some of those taboo meats. i would like to try taboo meat without people looking down on me.

If they're worried about loss of culture or something along those lines, no need to be concerned. Based on where I live, feels like there's another billion (and growing) or so Chinese living abroad.

how does my mnemonic for resistor colours fit in all this? Bad Boys R_pe Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly

This is one component in a receiver, and there have been other solutions for broad spectrum radio receivers, along with the associated software. This is cool, and can be useful in many application, but missing from a complete system, as far as I can figure out, are the broad spectrum antennas, and a transmission method. the listed uses "potentials for soldier communications, spectrum awareness and electronic warfare" seem out of place for a receive only device.

so, where are the images? i see images of the lenses (i think). you'd think since they are producing them and will begin to sell towards the end of the year that someone would have a test pic somewhere, right? matalenses have been discussed for at least a decade and the promises are high. unless i've missed a research article, they are up to some forms of rough imaging within a narrow wavelength, not quite up to the promises of Metalenz

i miss my TRS-80. Does this Pi come with a tape deck?

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services currently requires biometrics, or biological measurements, from anyone over the age of 14 who applies for certain immigration benefits. That information is limited to fingerprints, photographs and signatures, but would be expanded under the proposed policy change to include DNA, eye scans, voice prints and photographs for facial recognition. (https://www.npr.org/2020/09/01/908599539/trump-administration-seeking-to-expand-collection-of-biometric-data-from-immigra) So the extra data on these people would enhance and reduce potential errors and misidentifications. it's not like this was never happening in the past. So who started doing this? Trump? nope. Trump is bringing up the standard, and it probably wasn't his idea either. I'm not necessarily a Trump fan, but I am a fan of literacy.

if this is what sets of a genocide, then there's much bigger problems going on. if this didn't happen, then something else would have caused the riots, etc.. When will the countries of Africa step up and sort out all their issues? Africa should be a beacon of light for the rest of the world. It had a good start as the cradle of civilization.

There are alternatives to Amazon (Shopify, etc.). This is not the first instance of predatory behaviour.

the stock market is the greatest democratic voting system in the world. another way of putting it is buyer beware. as long as the listing rules are being followed, anyone should be allowed to list. there's enough of a wariness anyways due to the fraud committed in the past. the upside is that the do provide a lot of the best shorting opportunities.

just read an interesting workshop article... here's a nugget: "China’s capacity to effectively prevent and contain future infectious disease outbreaks remains uncertain. Prevention and control programs are still troubled by problems in agenda-setting, policy making, and implementation which, in turn, can be attributed to its political system. A healthier China therefore demands some fundamental changes in the political system." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b... BTW, this is about the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. So essentially, no change in 20 years. How they have been dealing with this might even be worse than before. Taiwan must have learned something from their experiences in the past unlike the rest of the globe. i don't think it is any coincidence that Taiwan is not exactly friendly with China, and they have a best case outcome.