Pick one: a) "...sweeping set of RECOMMENDATIONS..." or b) "...toothless watered-down LEGISLATION..."

This. 100%.

It surely depends on the situation. The fear-mongering conspiracy fucks die at higher rates if the survival requires thinking. The fat cunts die at higher rates if survival requires physical activity. Hope that helps.

These execs know the way the wind is blowing. Farming data - communication tools - that's the future. Whether it's for the sake of profiteering or simply staying safe from being somebody else's harvest...

How did you do the scraping?

Real estate profit from the proposed Merced section of the proposed high-speed rail may be enough to offset the inevitable union and private grift. But beyond this stretch, once the proposed track gets close to Bay Area or Los Angeles-San Diego metro regions, there'll need to be some kind of transparency about finances and responsive accountability to public censure else the project will be a bottomless money pit for California. Comparisons to China, Japan, France or Germany aren't germane. Better lessons on what not to do and how public money is extracted by organized grifters can be learned from the British HS2 rail upgrade. This is a 345 mile high-speed project, currently plundering $150bn (£114bn) from the taxpayer. That's $433m (£307m) per mile. Keeping everything honest in CA will be an unprecedented challenge.

Bitcoin transparency is one of its published strengths. Open transaction blocks is critical for crypto-currency establishing itself as a reliable store of value. I don't think these DarkSide hackers for hire were primarily motivated by extracting ransoms from Colonial. The hack only shut down billing metering, not the pipeline itself and they didn't break their backs pulling out the funds. I'm sure the hackers would've known the FBI could and would follow the money. If anything this episode demonstrates Bitcoin is NOT the one step ecosystem for laundering and extracting the proceeds of high profile criminal activity. Perhaps that'll make for one less reason to artificially restrict its public use.