There is no reason bitcoin can't slide back to being worth a dollar a coin. There no guarantee of value behind it. You can argue about whether fiat money is any better once the US went off the gold standard, but there is still a bit of irreplaceable value there; "the full faith and credit" means you can use it to transact business with the government, both by contracting to do public works for which the government pays you, and paying taxes and fees which are used to perform government functions and give you tokens such as licenses which show that you've contributed your share. Money's very liquidity for these purposes is a source of value, even if you can't redeem your picture of a President for precious metal. By contrast, Bitcoin literally isn't worth anything unless you can find someone (for some reason the phrase "bigger fool" comes to mind) to trade you something for it that does have value.

At least a role model to the MAGA types: bigoted lying* anti-LGBTQ+ lout.

* Claims to be a founder of Tesla. Balderdash.

> I hope they mend all of that and become a Great Country, that they were, once again.

Which period are you referring to? They've always had an authoritarian gov't.

I will give China's gov't credit for putting R&D into solar and EV tech. They take a lot of guff for the coal thing, but since they don't have many petroleum fields, they arguably get a pass. They are on track to move away from coal in a few decades.

... "surgery" together, please. Gives me the heebies.

SCrOTUS sed Prez = King

Correction: "somebody's".

The accusation alone can ruin somebody'd life.

Minister of Silly Walks

medieval castles spiral clockwise so attackers coming up the stairs can't use their sword arm - which is normally the right arm

So to take down a castle, send in your best lefties.

> anti-personal drone to detect "enablers" & pimps

Such may injure the Epstein Perps; can't do that, they are the Chosen Ones.

Xi, if you have the Epstein Files that Don is hiding, please send them over.

Some weak sauce AI will decide who is an enemy

At least bots will have more training than ICE.

(As somebody else noted, old-style bombs are not good at discerning either.)

EXTERMINATE All Humans!

If I suggest that MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ is a nonsense term, is that hate speech? No, it's an expanding acronym, that changes as the wind blows, they added MMIW to the front, as a political statement.

As far as the term, I believe they should just use "Gender Liberty" (GL), meaning the old mores are out the door and gov't stops forcing gender categories on people.

> You could install about 2GW of sea based wind for the same

I believe the plan is to kick-start the Fusion market by creating a "good enough" plant and improving efficiency over time.