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Most people are ignorant about the capabilities of their regime.

Police and secret service certainly have no qualms and little oversight when it comes to intercept a text message to access your accounts even in 'civilized' countries.

The players of http://sf0.org certainly appreciate it. If you can put a flag on top, you win the game.

This is a type of accident that is particular to countries that have bicycle lanes. Cities like for example Berlin have closed a large number of cycle lanes (where they are routed to the right of regular traffic) because of that reason, and replaced them with shared lanes.

One problem I personally have with most remote jobs is they don't give me the same social security as I have in my own country, and don't allow me to pay my taxes locally. I want to support the community I am living in, and know that community to have my back.

Point taken. My argument remains standing for the properties of cash.

Feedback:

The airport search fields should recognize airport codes. If I type in "bru", Brussels airport should be the first, not the third in the list. If I do not choose from the suggestion box, but tab into the next field, it should fill the field with the correct selection.

There's nothing government would rather do than to ban cash, with the exact same arguments. Heck, bitcoin has only become successful because it emulates the properties of cash in the virtual world, which is dominated by traceable transactions like credit cards and wire transfer.

So this is really just shooting yourself in the right foot, when they shot you in the left.

*Presses F5, still the same answer.

* was expecting a paraglider at launch.

You must be a manager.

How much of a "social security" package do you maintain for yourself (and your family if it exists)?

Am I the only one who is reminded of the "Has your credit card number been stolen? Check here!" phishing ads?

Isn't there a better way to check for stolen addresses than to enter your email on a dodgy (hey, I followed a link on Hacker News) website? Such as calculating a hash on the client, and sending the hash for verification?

Of course, if you have an actual business that does not require starting capital, you are out of luck.

The people I know like the 'they/them' form, since it does not sound as made-up as the other words.

I'm not a native speaker, but I agree it happens to me more often that I read past a singular they without noticing than if it were an artificial word like hir.

I find it sounds more artificial to switch between male and female forms in your documentation than to use the plural forms.

Plus, the plural form actually includes people who don't identify as male or female, and an increasing number of my friends appreciates that.

For the same reason other estimates are off by a factor of 2-5, unless contractual penalties are agreed on. The cheapest contractor gets the job, and can adjust the estimates later.

As I see it, both governments (states) and the bitcoin algorithm are mechanisms that are endorsed by their community to simplify a control problem.

Governments have more mechanisms to adapt to changes in public opinion, while bitcoin deals with a more specific problem. If bitcoin loses endorsement, it will be replaced (traded) for other goods, probably the next generation cryptocurrency. The same goes for governments that don't adapt, and their currencies.

If anyone asks, I tell them to read the edit message instead, because that's where the interesting stuff happened.

This. You have to make your offer pretty attractive, or have pretty desperate candidates for that to work.

> The EU was founded on the principle that free movement of people, goods, and services is a net win for society...

...within a gated community that encloses those who pay the access fee.

While free roaming would be a net win for society, the currently advantaged part of society does not feel like sharing much.