Flat taxes are regressive because the poor spend more of their money on necessities, unless you then issue corrections in which case there's no benefit to doing a flat tax because it doesn't save you any effort.

I"m getting so tired of this perineal complaint.....

So what?

Everyone needs to have skin in the game. The very very poor get EBT, so, there's their help...and if you wanted make food taxes a bit lower but other than that....have everyone have skin in the game and pay flat tax or fair tax or whatever you want to call it.

Well no, it's not just entertainment. News is in the deal also, specifically CBS and CNN.

Well if they even just brought CBS and CNN more towards center and away from left...that might even things up more....the left will still have NBC, ABC, MSNOW (or whatever they go by now) and most of the major news papers and other new sources.

A bit more balance would be nice.

I've seen enough videos of yahoos expressing their "rationale" for voting for Trump, that I wonder if AI and chatbot recommendations might be an improvement.

It was simple....better choice than cackling Kamala....

More evidence has been presented publicly that Trump fucked kids than was necessary to convict Cosby or Weinstein. There are more accusers, too.

Citations please?

Surely there are valid new stories about such by major networks, major news sources?

Interesting....I've never had a separate app like the mentioned yubikey or bitwarden....new to me too.

I rarely use or have to use the 2FA which is just generally a text message with a code....

You think that's baffling, what about all of the people who voted for Trump twice, after they already knew he fucks kids?

People keep repeating that nonsense about kids a Trump lately.....with no proof whatsoever .

I mean, where do you get that? There's no idicement or charges or any evidence anyone has brought forward.

If it were even remotely true....do you not think the Dems when in power under Biden would not have ensnared him with even charges on that?

Time-based One Time Password. You and the server have a copy of a shared secret. The secret combined with the current UTC time (in blocks of 30 seconds typically) is hashed to produce a 4 digit code that you enter as a second authentication factor. Without the secret, even knowing the current TOTP code isn't enough for you to predict future ones.

Thank you!!

I guess this hasn't made it to the US yet.....

Parents are fucking useless at protecting kids

Back a few decades ago, when the nuclear family was the norm, and was fully supported by society AND govt.....you had better parents and better child outcomes by far.....kids do better with a mother and a father to raise them.

I grew up in that era.....and my generation has faired quite well.....we also were able to give kids freedom to be kids, learn independence, etc....no such thing as helicopter parents.

I just don't shop at Walmart...in person or online....so, it's never been a problem.

;)

What does TOTP stand for....?

New term to me....

It's standard here in Iceland. *Everything* verifies via the phone, using the same authorization mechanism (SIM-based wireless PKI). The service sends out a special-coded SMS, which gets intercepted and routed to a SIM that has cryptographic applet flashed into it, which triggers a system-level authorization popup for you to confirm (the popup displays a verification code which was included by the site, so you see the same code on both the site and your popup), and which you can then confirm (with your PIN) or reject.

Wow...interesting.

I've never heard of such things...separate apps for verification, etc.

...surely if we can ban metal tubes with things that go boom inside them

Hey, whatever rules/laws you want in your country, more power to you, but I thank GOD that in my free country the govt cannot do this.....written into the foundational constitution.

But hey....you do you.

I had not ever even considered the thought that some people might use AI/ChatBots to ask who to vote for....?

That just baffles me...wow....

Will the old trick of outlining your license plate with a bunch of high power IR LEDs obscure your plate from the camera, while still allowing human eyes to read them....?

Translation: The idiot employee in Sector G-7 will never push the big, red button that disables the cooling pumps to the nuclear reactor.

D'oh....