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Comment This is not the way. (Score 1) 60

If we want billionaires to pay their fair share, we should start by eliminating some of the tax loopholes that allow them to avoid paying the taxes that less wealthy people have to pay.

These loopholes are many, they favor the ultra wealthy, they absolutely can be eliminated, and doing so is far less problematic than this wealth tax proposal.

Comment We need a max wealth cap in America. (Score 1, Flamebait) 60

Once you hit a billion dollars, the government sends you a silver dollar plaque and taxes all future wealth over 1bn at 50%.

Once you hit 10 billion dollars, the government sends you a gold dollar plaque all future wealth over 10bn at 100%.

We'll throw in a "You won the American Dream" flag plaque.

Comment Re:No thanks (Score 1) 81

The proposal here was not for the government to BUY the stocks, just like anyone else. It was for the government to TAKE the stocks. For free. In return for nothing.

And, regardless, the key difference between capitalism and socialism (in this context) is who owns the means of production: private citizens, or the government? Once the government owns the means of production (whether they bought it or seized it), then that qualifies as socialism.

This slider isn't exactly boolean. It is totally possible for the government to own some of the means of production, without owning all of it. That just means that we have a mix of socialism and capitalism going on.

Comment Re:No. Not at all. (Score 1) 28

You should give a 90 day window so you don't become an enabler of crime.

The bug bounty is there to incite you to look for bugs at all. If there isn't a bug bounty program, or you don't think it will pay out, then don't go looking for bugs.

If you find a bug anyway, and want to do the right thing, then you responsibly disclose it (whether you get paid or not). If you don't want to do the right thing, then you just ignore the bug and don't publish it.

If you publish the bug without giving the company 90 days first, then you are harming all the innocent people who are using that product (by telling criminals exactly how to exploit an unfixed bug). That is an evil thing to do. In some places, lawsuits might fly your way because of something like that.

Comment No. Not at all. (Score 1) 28

You should still disclose the vulnerability to the company, and tell them they have 90 days before you publish it.

If you just publish it, you are putting all their users at immediate risk of being exploited by criminals who view your publication and immediately weaponize it. That is why you must disclose it to the company first, so they can get a fix out BEFORE you go public with it.

If you are unwilling to do this, then don't publish the finding.

Comment The new Google motto (Score 2) 28

Pick from any of the following:
-- Don't be good
-- Don't be sensible
-- Don't be responsible
-- Don't be averse to being a dickhead

It would be great if somebody sponsored a "choose a new motto for Google" contest. Maybe Louis Rossman - he'd likely have the balls to do it if YouTube wasn't so important for him. Hell, he might do it anyway - he seems like a really scrappy give-zero-shits kind of guy.

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