jwolfe

Your assumption is doing most of the work here.

In my opinion, anything that creates a profit motive for imprisonment and recidivism is an incentive recipe for disaster. So even if justly incarcerated I would probably say no?

But regardless, I don't think assuming just incarceration in China is a great idea.

e.g. [0], "Forced Labor The PRC government has pressured large numbers of Uyghurs, including former detainees, into accepting employment in the formal workforce, particularly in the textile, apparel, agricultural, consumer electronics, and other labor-intensive industries, in Xinjiang and other provinces. Uyghurs who refuse to accept such employment may be threatened with detention. Some factories utilizing Uyghur labor reportedly are tied to global supply chains. Factory employment often involves heavy surveillance and political indoctrination of Uyghurs."

[0] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10281

That article is not about saying it's a solution. It's about saying it merits research, in case it's needed as a result of all of these other efforts being insufficient or poorly managed. Because for all we know, we'll need it and it won't work.

From my understanding, they hold most of that in reserve accounts with the Federal Reserve. But yeah, someone at some point holds some cash. But of the total US money supply (in 2018), physical currency makes up about 11% of the total value[0].

[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-us-currency-t...

I have all of my credit cards and bank accounts set to notify (text) me whenever there is any transaction whatsoever. I find that helps with the subscription concerns, as well as confidence in catching fraud/incorrect charges quickly.

> I already know republican types in rural areas that even want to get the Cybertruck (even if it means looking like one of those rich types).

Not entirely on topic, but I'm curious whether their interest will shift to the electric Ford truck.

Not that gold has a massive magical intrinsic value. That was also arbitrary.

Agreed. It needs something sexy like a Data Ownership Revolution or something like that.

Yes. That's their point. So have solar farms. And gas plants. And a nuclear reactor.

If you get rid of the API it will just happen through malicious Chrome extensions instead. I guess that's an improvement in practical impact.

Will the next argument be that browsers shouldn't be extensible, because it's a liability with stupid users?

Those speeches weren't while she was a public servant.

This amounts to an argument that people can't go back and forth between the private and public spheres. To be fair, this is something some people believe, and was very visible in the case of Ajit Pai outrage. But if that's what we're saying, let's be clear about it.

Similarly, "basic programming" is a spectrum that starts at simple Excel formulas.