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In Trump's original post, he is "calling for" the rate cap, which I interpret differently to "mandating" a rate cap. The Guardian article seems to think that the executive has no authority to compel banks to comply, and this might well be the reason he is merely "calling for" this rate cap.

And if this is the correct interpretation, then this was communicated in a very confusing way.

I was once in South Africa and needed to look up my prescriptions in the CVS app. I had lost my pills and needed to show a local pharmacist what I needed. CVS geoblocked me. Luckily I had a TailScale exit node running at home, which solved the problem.

My understanding is that they aren't handing over any money... we are.

> The real estate market is driven by speculation no?

No, it's driven by supply and demand.

Because it affects them too.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

That doesn't refute the original point, though. Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts are products that embrace the open podcasting model. Spotify and Youtube Music do not, and these are the products that the original comment is referring to, where you are not able to add a subscription using an RSS feed.

> Maybe you should try using a less hostile app?

Great advice.

I'm curious: would a few leafy house plants do the trick here?

Well, I'll go a step further and say that 3.6mm/yr is not evidence of a crisis.

Back in 2006, our expectations were set when An Inconveient Truth contemplated what would happen if sea levels rose by six meters (in our lifetime). 3.6mm a year seems a bit meh in that context.

Well, the old-timers (such as me) don't really like what Spotify are doing either. A "podcast", in our view, conforms to a de-facto standard, the RSS feed. This is what ensures its openness. You have choices about where to host it. Your listeners have choices of where to consume it.

Well, for boring technical reasons, I guess they will remain blocked.

Level 21: We help governments and VIPs cover up their crimes under the guise of moderation.

Let me guess... the solution is to eat ze bugs.

Again, I'm merely saying that spam control is not censorship. Your argument about participating in business relationships might have merit, but it is a different argument.

> You're somehow conflating not actively supporting a cause with censoring someone.

No, I'm merely making the argument that spam control tools are not censorship because the user decides. I'm not sure how the paper supplier fits in to this argument. Perhaps it is a good analogy for the original topic.

> Is it censorship when your email provider removes spam?

No, but only in situations where it is user controlled. In other words, tools that empower a user to control what they read is not censorship. In the case of spam, false positives and false negatives can be addressed by the user by adding/removing email from a spam folder. If the user does not have this kind of control, then it can be argued that this is censorship because, after all, who decides what is spam?

If the publisher is prevented from publishing despite having an audience that wants to read them, that is censorship.

Yes, but only if you're a salaried employee in the US.

> what would you have wanted done differently?

When these problems were first reported, resolve to stick with the principle of informed consent rather than impose mandates.

Alright. We apologise for incorrectly classifying our concerns. I'm sure that this error justifies the continued violation of our rights.

It does, at least according to several courts. This particular aspect of privacy is famously known as "The right to be forgotten."

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten

Looks like the privacy alarmists were right all along.

We've also been presented with the sole intermediaries between the "science" and ourselves. If we dared to question anything, we were asked if we were an expert instead of the experts explaining why we were wrong.

It's very comparable to how the Church and clergy were the sole intermediary between God and man when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a door, which began a movement that helped develop the freedom of speech.

This lawsuit could also bring up evidence against the Steele dossier: https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Trump-v-Clinton-laws...

Regarding point 2:

There is an ongoing trial at the moment where I expect we will see evidence against the Steele dossier.

Here is the Grand Jury charge: https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-release/file/1433511/downl...

I don't have access to Pacer to search for the other filings and the record so far, but the case number can be found at the top of the linked charge if anyone is interested in looking at this trial.

By some coincidence, I was reading some web pages of the TZ database, and your comment reminded me of this:

> If your government plans to change its time zone boundaries or daylight saving rules, inform tz@iana.org well in advance, as this will coordinate updates to many cell phones, computers, and other devices around the world. The change should be officially announced at least a year before it affects how clocks operate; otherwise, there is a good chance that some clocks will operate incorrectly after the change, due to delays in propagating updates to software and data.

Source: https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html

Bitcoin was meant to be fiat money, but one without any central bank. Instead, it is being treated as a financial instrument where you make an "investment" and you can buy almost nothing with it.

If you're being sold Bitcoin or any other crypto as an "investment" where you might receive a "return", you're participating in a Ponzi scam.

If you're buying crypto so that you can use it to make a payment (e.g. Lightning payment to your favourite podcaster, or buying a pizza), then ok carry on.

Air conditioning is rare in South African homes. They keep cool in the summer by opening their windows and doors, and with swimming pools.

South African businesses, however, almost all have air conditioning.

I imagine that OBS merely want others to abide by their license.

I think the point here is that the article should have said that Covid is between 7 and 40 times more likely to cause Myocarditis _for vaccinated people_ because unvaccinated people weren't studied.