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Says the new account with a bunch of digits in the name.

BART and Muni need to start accepting Apple Pay ASAP. You can already do it in the UK and many other countries.

Adoption of technologies like NFC payments in public transport is a good metric to see how competent a local government is.

> Apple Pay accounts for about 5% of global card transactions and is on pace to handle 1-in-10 such payments by 2025, according to recent trend data compiled by Bernstein, a research firm.

Didn't even have to open the thread to know that the top comment would be whataboutism. Essentially every China-related thread follows the same formula.

I don't have a horse in this race. And I don't like the current immigration laws, I'd rather have legally open borders.

But it doesn't mean existing laws shouldn't be enforced IMO.

If NYC doesn't like the Federal Government enforcing the immigration laws, maybe they should lobby to change the laws instead of trying to prevent enforcement?

> There is no clear connection between Huawei and Xiongmai.

The connection is that both firms are fully controlled by and reporting to the Chinese Communist Party.

AI doesn't think. It's just a tool based on math.

And after you get a citizenship you get a TN Visa and move South to double your income (if you're a top performer).

Chinese government criticized UK's recent decision.

- hard cap on the market share (35%)

- no Huawei parts in core part of network

- no Huawei in sensitive locations (military, energy)

- Huawei declared as the only provider that poses national security to the UK

It's not a complete ban but it sure is a blow to Huawei who has been expanding globally unopposed in the past decade.

Don't try to change the subject.

I think companies like Apple who outsource manufacturing to poor countries would, on the contrary, support increased immigration.

There's more pressure against immigration from Americans who are effectively collecting rent on their citizenship by keeping job competition outside of the US.

- Desire to migrate in Northern America up for the first time

- U.S. still No. 1 desired destination for potential migrants

- 18 countries attract two-thirds of all potential migrants worldwide

Election turnout in SF is abysmally low. Those who do turn out are mostly homeowners who really want to keep the prices growing.

Atherton looks so funny from a satellite: https://imgur.com/a/kKpymj9

You can see the NIMBY lines so clearly.

There's no specifics mentioned in that article, other than new commons data standards across the industries (good idea IMO).

So if you take a cold shower you'll be less likely to want to call in sick.

The guy downright lied about a huge financial incentive. There's no excuse or valid "America bad" angle to spin this.

> It says the deal called for Lieber to be paid up to $50,000 a month, in addition to $150,000 per year "for living and personal expenses."

"Lieber was also awarded more than $1.5 million by WUT and the Chinese government to establish a research lab and conduct research at WUT," the document states.

For a large part of the time frame in question, Lieber was also the principal investigator on at least six U.S. Defense Department research grants, with a cumulative value of more than $8 million, according to the affidavit. It also says he was the principal investigator on more than $10 million in grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.

"These grants require the disclosure of significant foreign financial conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities," the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said in a statement announcing the charges against Lieber.

In interviews with Defense Department investigators in 2018 and 2019, Lieber said that while he had heard of the Thousand Talents Plan, he had never been asked to be part of it, according to the affidavit. Lieber's email correspondence suggests he signed a three-year agreement and employment contract with WUT in 2012.

"Lieber was obligated to work for WUT 'not less than nine months a year' by 'declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference[s], applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of' WUT," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

I go to library almost every day - it's free office space essentially when you're running a startup, with WiFi and printing.

I can't say the same about movies.

Seems like apples to oranges essentially.

> we would live in a democracy (understood by the Greeks to mean rule by the poor, given they massively outnumber the rich)

Democracy in Ancient Greece explicitly meant that only the wealthy city elites would be able to vote.

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My routine:

1. Floss 2. Waterpik (water + mouthwash) 3. Electric brush, no rinsing

That was probably the justification for a high valuation. Also explains the recent pharma pivot.

23andme testing is one and done. Once you've had it you will never spend a dime with them. It's a red flag for any investor.

At first I thought they were giving me $5000 for signing up as an early testers.

Makes me think they published an update to keep investors happy.

Epic's is significantly worse than Google's.

Google is now building an EHR as direct competition to Epic. It's definitely related to this move. Fwiw I welcome Google's entrance to this market because Epic's EHR and business practices are equally aweful.

Case in point - recent onslaught of regulation in the EU, including GDPR, was meant to push Google out of the market but their market share only increased, with valuation hitting record yet again just now.

Stock market went up to the record on the news somehow.