USDC isn't decentralized. It is not permissionless: USDC can be frozen by Circle (the issuer). Per TFS, the Shopify/Coinbase transactions are reversible so you're going to have fees for counterparty risk. What exactly is "everything that crypto stands for"?

This just makes me think Europe must be doing something right.

Some measures would be good. These measures are a mess.

We need a coherent, long-term plan to rebuild domestic industry and ensure our independence. Instead, everything is being abruptly disrupted and it's going to throw us into a terrible recession. That's exactly the wrong environment to increase domestic investment.

A great many of us have opposed this kind of surveillance regardless of who is in charge. Yes, including under Clinton and Obama. It doesn't matter who is doing the collecting. Once the database exists, it's inevitable that it will eventually be misused. The problem is fascism, and both the Democrats and Republicans are culpable.

It's faster and cheaper than an MRI. Cancer? Eh, that's your problem, not theirs.

Check out Kagi. You can raise/lower/block domains.

It's pretty neat what happens when you pay a few bucks a month for search. Suddenly you are the customer, and they want it to work better for you.

NASCAR hasn't used production cars in decades. The cars are a single chassis design, made by a single manufacturer. They use decals for the headlights, grilles, etc, to create a superficial resemblance to production models. The mechanical differences are only in minor tuning changes, suspension setup, etc, to meet each driver's preferences. The expensive R&D is long gone.

Troll, really? I'll own that it's a somewhat spicy opinion, but it's sincere. I'm not just trying to start shit.

ANY use of Xitter enables them to retain their position as an irreplaceable platform for breaking news / updates / whatever.

It doesn't matter if I can view it logged out, ads disabled, proxied so they can't track me. Jumping through those hoops would just demonstrate that I'm still dependent.

At this point, anyone who won't at least publish in parallel on another platform is not someone I need to follow.

People can make any kind of videos on their phone, including playing their musical instrument, painting, singing, or any skill... it's not just for pointing at things other people do.

All of GL.iNet's routers run OpenWRT. They've been shipping them for years. I've used several and they're great.

She stopped payments, they sent it to collections. I assume it hurt her credit score (not that it mattered at this point), but they never got another dime.

Here I am complaining. :) ADT is a terrible, shameful company. Never do business with them.

A friend fell into ADT's trap. She was losing her house so we called to cancel her burger alarm service, and they said she could only cancel during the 30-day window before the contract renewed yearly, and her only option was to move the service to a new house. We explained that there wasn't a new house because she was going to be homeless and literally living on the street, and they didn't care. Pay up or go to collections, and don't forget to cancel next year.

Fuck ADT so much. They absolutely need this rule.

On the other hand, Santa Clara's power costs less than half of what PG&E customers pay in the surrounding cities. They're doing something right, even if you disagree with subsidizing local businesses.

Writing a book isn't the same as entering a competition.