Personal opinions aside it is a valid use case. They can track the wallet and they will, but they cannot close/lock the wallet as they did bank accounts. As you’ve implied there are methods to achieve anonymity but they require technical knowledge. If this becomes a commonly understood use case it will likely become easier for the average person.
I believe in this case they did close/lock the wallet, as it was held by the exchange. How far they go to recoup money that did make it to individuals is up to the attorney general and courts and politicians to decide - but critically, means are extremely there. It is empathically and trivially known who the recipients are. This is the part that feels like we are intentionally ignoring - eventually crypto intersects with the real world.
There were technically superior and more anonymous ways to do that kind of particular transaction of course. But we may differ as to what "average person" is and what their technical competence will be in the near to medium future. I believe average person still has tremendous phishing and scam risk with a regular, regulated, fairly static, designed for ease of use, documented, go-to-branch-and-we'll-guide-you-through-it electronic banking. I am skeptical of our ability to create a safe path for the average person through the dynamic, unregulated, ever-changing, technically complex, myriad-clients-and-zillion-methods-and-gazillion-exchanges all chock-full of scammers world of crypto.
My understanding is that Cook was never meant to be an innovator, he was a supply chain expert that also has the experience and skills to run a company the size of Apple. Replacing Jobs was never going to happen. Apple navigated the 2020 supply chain crisis almost flawlessly.
As far as innovation goes TC seems to have delegated pretty well so far. The AirPods and Apple Watch innovation were future changing. More recently Apple’s M1 line may not be future changing but absolutely shows Apple’s willingness to take risks while innovating.
Would everything likely be better if Jobs was still around? I think so. But he’s not and I’d rather not have some pseudo-Jobs CEO taking risks he probably shouldn’t.
I know of one person who does it right now (not in the tech field). It seems possible in certain positions in some fields but requires a lot of planning, some luck, and a lot of work.
As long as it’s a salaried position and you’re getting the job done at/above expectations, the company shouldn’t care as much as some of them seem to.
How are “good parents” expected to find this low-odor, marker-sized object without deeply invading their child’s privacy or ruining their bond and becoming “bad parents”?
Gone are the days of finding a smelly bong in the back of the closet, this could be in their pocket or purse at all times.
The side effects of weed could be found in every sober teen. Hungrier, more emotional, more distant from parents, etc. Are good parents supposed to treat their children like criminals until they no longer show signs of puberty?
For one, Good parents don't submit their children to unreasonable searches. Also, if the parenting is good, the search is unnecessary, because there is nothing illicit to find. I'm not a parent, and I realize it is very hard to do well, but my understanding is it has to do with the right attention at the right times, mostly just being there, but also not shying away from correcting discipline. Parents that become their childrens' best friends and never correctly discipline them for fear of their hatred only produces narcissistic children. I think the family unit must be relied upon, separation and sacrifice of duties, with the mother the nurturer and the father the "whip," (i do not advocate for corporal punishment, whip is metaphore) usually kids turn out ok. When roles are mixed or when no one wants to do the hard work of being the bad cop is when kids learn they can get away with murder.
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2020’s numbers are going to be hard to beat I expect that to be a “recent” baseline for a while. The article later claims that it is believed that Tech Companies are between 200%-400% overstaffed and companies have suddenly shifted from hiring sprees to layoffs or hiring halts. While it’s not presenting mass layoffs, it is displaying the sudden change in sentiment.
Imparting one’s philosophy onto a platform that is for the most part static is the most one could do without bastardizing the platform.
Twitter’s biggest moves since its inception aside from TOS/legal/anti-evil have been character count, ads, timeline algorithm, gifs/videos/polls, and connecting NFTs to your avatar. Nothing groundbreaking on the user side.
Musk could get kudos for simply hiring an intern to add an “edit button” as he’s already hinted at.
I love good satire, over the last decade I’ve moved from the Onion to Clickhole and have landed on Babylon Bee for now. They have a stuff aside from their partisan pieces that matches the quality of The Onion and Clickhole when they were in their prime.
Both of these articles are recent, in my opinion the jokes and the production quality are just better on The Bee. There’s a lot of political stuff from both too but that’s not what I’m interested in.
I think both are pretty terrible lol...there's a small chuckle I get from the last line in the Bee piece, which, thanks to the terrible writing, feels like it takes forever to get to, and one from the lead-in image on the Onion piece, which, mercifully, I get right on page load.
Based on anecdotal evidence it seems that you’re on the right track. California EDD was defrauded for millions and it was so embarrassingly bad that they shut down the system to many users. This forced them to live off of savings/family and live more frugally for months. Recently I’ve heard of many people being sent checks (back pay) for up to ~$10,000. It may not be that they’re still on UI but that they recently received lump sums that were designed to hold them over for months without working.
