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known··on Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future

Bitcoin is not immune to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump

known··on Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit

Sounds rational since conviction should be on irrefutable evidence;

known··on TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free (2019)

"Never let your inferiors do you a favor. It'll be extremely costly" --Mencken (b. 1880)

known··on U.K. Mulls Tax Increases on Companies Helped by Pandemic

https://archive.is/J5ZXq

known··on India’s government is censoring people before they comment

No nation can be built/survive on Abuse/Exploitation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)

British stitched together 545+ Independent Kingdoms and created India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

known··on India cuts internet around New Delhi as protesting farmers clash with police

This is why in 1932 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar demanded a separate country to 300 million Aborigines in India;

https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Indian_history

known··on India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers in Delhi

What else can we expect when Brahmin, 3% in India are 50% Ministers in Modi Cabinet, 80% Judges in Indian Courts and grabbed 50% jobs in Govt/Private;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)

https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...

known··on Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells

Failure of REGULATOR;

"If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it" --Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

known··on Hedge fund Melvin sustains 53% loss after Reddit onslaught

Another example of Zero-Sum

known··on India cuts internet near New Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger-strike

Modi is a con-man who chose politics as career to make easy money https://www.modilies.in/ https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...

known··on CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs

This issue/corruption is addressed in https://yts.mx/movies/a-good-american-2015

known··on Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts

Facts are what Parents/Teachers "teach" us;

known··on India plans to introduce law to ban Bitcoin, other private cryptocurrencies

India has LOWEST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_in_circulation#Total_...

known··on Logical Fallacies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

known··on The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try

https://archive.is/mPsqz

known··on The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...

known··on Ask HN: Was the housing bubble as ridiculous as we are led to believe?

"If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it" --Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

known··on Ask HN: Why can't good side of Silicon Valley outsmart evil s. and Wall Street?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry

known··on Covid Fear Opens You Up to Misinformation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

known··on Heavy social media use associated with lower mental health in adolescents

Antidote https://archive.is/QaeAg

known··on I tried to report scientific misconduct. How did it go?

I think there should be a bounty for revealing the truth

known··on Why does it take so long to build software? (2020)

Expectations != Requirements

known··on All 104 amendments to the Constitution of India as Git commits

https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/India_2014 FTW

known··on Farm Protests in India Are Writing the Green Revolution’s Obituary

https://archive.is/bN7DF

known··on Fast-spreading Covid variant can elude immune responses

mRNA vaccines can be developed in 2 days;

known··on Birdwatch Overview

Seeking evidence is better

known··on The high price of mistrust

If society can't respect diversity it results in https://archive.is/mPsqz

known··on Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News

Difficult since Wisdom of Crowds is not always rational;

known··on Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electric_cars_currentl... FTW

known··on Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India (2019)

https://archive.is/oN3B0

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