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Since you mentioned political, which infers government, what is the impact of cryptocurrencies to governments and the Treasuries if fiat experiences inflation, loss of 'trust', and devaluation? I would likely be more comfortable in a decentralized 'gamble' than the USD or the current banking/financial system.


> what is the impact of cryptocurrencies to governments and the Treasuries if fiat experiences inflation, loss of 'trust', and devaluation?

Not as much as some people think. We've been on fixed-supply currencies before; built empires, waged wars, and administered continent-spanning states on them. America has experienced inflation without banning the ownership of gold or foreign currencies. (And repressive states have survived, even thrived, after doing both.)

If the U.S. Treasury started issuing debt and accepting tax payments in Bitcoin, it prompt a rocky transition. But it wouldn't be unprecedented. Switching to a multi-currency regime would create a short-term (as in generational) boost in compensation for financial professionals, as the entire morass of financial plumbing gets re-written and overhauled. Players closely tied to attributes unique to the U.S. dollar, like printers and SWIFT, would die. Players operating at higher levels of abstraction, securities houses and depository banks, would do quite well. Assuming Bitcoin continues deflating, lenders would do phenomenally.


The US has banned the ownership of gold in the past, but not because of inflation, although it did result in inflation right away because it also took the US off the gold standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act


Using your shirt analogy, what shirt do shorters (at the HF-level) wear? The shorters have a vested interest in an equity falling.


I've been playing Halo Master Chief Collection on Debian in Steam. It is amazing that gaming on Linux has come this far. RDR2 and Skyrim run better, faster, and at higher graphics quality and framerates than on Windows 10.


I like the look and feel. Nice job. I used the example feed, and four post titles were retrieved, but I was not able to open the post by clicking on the title. Chrome on Android.


Really? We're both Android users ourselves, and use a mix of Chrome and FF.

Did you perhaps not really add the feed? Like, it shows you a preview where you only see the titles first, and then you have to click "Add feed" at the top. It's just a step for you to be sure that you got what you want; but I guess it isn't 100% clear.


I cannot sensibly speak to each of your points, and I am not an Apple apologist, but from my basic, and possibly misinformed understanding Apple is starting to move ex-China:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/the-i-in-...

July 2020.


Deprecated is a word. No negativity implied, but equating "deprecated" to "depreciated" is insular. It is okay to be wrong, I have been wrong (George Foreman Grill dissenter..."it drips fat in the front? Gross."). I am not sure what your native language is, and I wish I did so we could communicate, but it is like calling a "warning" as "decay" in English (US).

Typo corrected.


> Additionally, with the added complexity of working closely with the United States Government

Microsoft works closely with the US Government [1] and has a Government Cloud [2]

[1] https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/...

[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/government


I saw no mention of fraud, or mishandling of mail-in ballots, or absentee ballots. The crux of the short article was not on voting fraud but on the new Postmaster DeJoy's actions that are being investigated.


He refined his music, lyrics, and voice over the years with maturity. RIP Chuck. I liked the instrumentals the most, and the drums were usually very well done, especially by Gene Hoglan on ITP, Symbolic, etc.


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