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I agree, but what I meant is that there is an obvious hypocrisy in the way the West behaves.

Civil rights seem to be mentioned only when the countries which don't respect them are poor or weak. When there is an economic interest they seem not be so important anymore.

Yes unfortunately these Communist are not broke as the Soviet Union was. It's disheartening to see how the West economic interests in China make civil rights seemingly less important.

Let's hope it ends peacefully too then.

Yes. You can always access webmail anyway.

Ok I see what you mean, thanks

Moving a message in a folder in Thunderbird makes a duplicate?

I never left Thunderbird. I never really got in what way gmail on browser was better.

I was looking for my travel diary of Australia I wrote on Geocities in 2000 and didn't find it. Then I saw your comment and it made my day:)

Also didn't find my Praguecheapflats geocities site which was basically a precursor of Airbnb from 2001 and allowed me to travel the world full time for 10 years.

Geocities was really amazing for me, a non technical guy who just wanted to put stuff online.

They did an ICO if I'm not mistaken

I guess it depends on each case. I'm sure in many cases by hand would be a better way

I agree. It's the same approach with sketchy mockups for web pages. It tells you unequivocally that you should not focus on the design itself. I find it very powerful.

I suppose it depends on the theater location?

Try an external monitor. Kids on tablets and phones are captured by the algorithm. Place them in front a screen they can't control and they'll watch a full movie. I also bet they enjoy it much more. They even move and talk while watching! No more ipad for my daughter.

interesting, I didn't know that

It's really hard for me to understand how this system makes sense. I get it: if you make it easy for people they get lazy. But on the other hand you are making it too hard for productive people too and many will leave or not even come. What's the net result?

I grew up in Europe thinking USA was a great place to live. Now I wouldn't live there unless some very clear guarantees were made. It scares me. And I lived in countries many Americans would consider scary.

Greece has a similar program if I'm not mistaken.

What are you referring to?

I agree it's not comparable. Still, it can be pretty hard.

Airbnb deplatforming comes to mind: when it happens, some people lose their only source of income and finding an alternative may not be easy or quick.

Now, imagine this happening to a person in a developing country and the scenario may be not too far from feudalism.

People don't just play on platforms, they live off them.

Some call it tech neofeudalism and the more I study it the more it makes sense to describe this kind of situations.

Kings used to own the land and serfs work it with no rights.

Platforms as Youtube own a new kind of land and Youtubers work on it with no rights.

Or maybe this shift was planned from the beginning.

They couldn't possibly expect any other reaction from regulators.

I think they're planning a long game.

Bottom line: they are more powerful than many governments and probably think a currency is their right.

I also cancelled lately when I realized some data may be shared. I watched "back to the future" on Netflix and YouTube started suggesting related content immediately.

in other words: "let us create Libra otherwise Bitcoin wins. We have the technical capabilities, you write the laws. Let's fight it together."

Put like this it will start making sense to the institutions. Just give them some time to digest it.

you, and I, represent a small fraction of the total addressa ble market. A huge chunk of the world does not have access to credit cards.

agree. It was pretty weird to hear that politician repeating "Arizona constituents" in every sentence.

As if Libra was an Arizona issue only.

I made this video today on the subject. It's an analysis of the Facebook post linked in the parent. https://youtu.be/1BVXc3jUsSU

This is fascinating and scary at the same time. As we slide in a surveillance global system too busy to notice, Hong Kong is showing us the possible future of Western societies. Maybe time to cancel extradition agreements with the US?

Tether business model is dependent on banks.

Banks are always a huge risk when you deal with crypto. They can freeze your funds anytime.

You need to be on regulators side or they'll attack you on the bank accounts.

That means full compliance with KYC/AML and so on.

"Otherwise, Libra can be used "anonymously" just like Bitcoin. You download a client, you generate an identity and then you can receive/send it."

Bitcoin can be used anonymously if you avoid KYC on/off ramps and specific transactions tied to your identity. Hard but possible. From Libra's white paper this appears impossible. That's a big difference.

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