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leakybit··on Fort Botox, Where a Deadly Toxin Yields $2.8B Drug (2017)
The article is also old with outdated information
leakybit··on Germany: Police seize bitcoins worth €2B
In the US, you may be ordered to pay restitutions or the bank can sue you for the loss.
leakybit··on Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
If by US you mean republicans, then yea, but they say that about every big tech company.
leakybit··on US sues eBay for allowing sale of emissions defeat devices
One motive is that it's cheaper to delete the emission system vs having to replace/repair the unit. Diesels have much more sophisticated emission devices vs gasoline engines, so it's more costly.
leakybit··on Drug decriminalization in Oregon begins today
Most people wouldn't need heroin if big pharma, doctors, and pharmacists didn't flood the country with oxycodone in the first place.
leakybit··on Drug decriminalization in Oregon begins today
is meth, heroin, and cocaine supposed to be safe for you?
leakybit··on MindGeek: The owner of Pornhub and RedTube
Where are you getting that women getting raped or abused is unique to only the porn industry? Is there any hard data, or is this just some bs that people assume happens in porn.
leakybit··on MindGeek: The owner of Pornhub and RedTube
This is such a conservative take. Instead of accepting porn as a legit job, you vilify them, so of course the entire industry is gonna be secretive.
leakybit··on Justice Dept files suit against Facebook for discriminating against U.S. workers
It's not the governments problem that FB's hiring bar is so high.
leakybit··on Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health
decriminalization is not legalization.
leakybit··on A Little Money Laundering Can Have a Big Impact on Real Estate Prices (2019)
I Don't get how you would launder money with real Estate. Are the Chinese flying to Canada with suitcases full of cash and customs officials just let them in without any questions.
leakybit··on Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fully autonomous trucks
> (regulations change easily when wealthy investors and corporations want them to change)

Teamsters would say otherwise.

leakybit··on $30 DIY Kilowatt Wind Turbine (2017)
well aluminum wont rust.
leakybit··on U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
> I can be both pro-worker and pro-business

That's exactly what a establishment Democrat would say.

leakybit··on Low-carbon concrete stays strong with polymer lattice reinforcements
Steel is the easiest to recycle and reuse though.
leakybit··on We've been using the same bricks for over 5,000 years. It's time for a change
To make it, construction and demolition waste including bricks, gravel, sand and plasterboard is crushed and mixed with water and a binder. The bricks are then pressed in customized molds. Tinted with recycled pigments, they can be made in any color

Is the binder cement? If so, then I believe those are called cinder blocks.

leakybit··on Twitch Is Developing Talk Shows and Dating Programs for Gamers
no other hobby is as oppressing as being a gamer.
leakybit··on Ask HN: I work for AWS. How do I encourage change for Amazon warehouse workers?
> However, I cannot promise to keep every conversation strictly confidential, as I am obligated to report probable violations of the Amazon Code of Conduct and Ethics [1] in my position (including any discrimination, harassment, or retaliation of any reports of misconduct or concerns that are made in good faith by an employee).

narc spotted

leakybit··on Ask HN: I work for AWS. How do I encourage change for Amazon warehouse workers?
Tech is a depreciating asset, if you don't have programmers adding to that asset, you will eventually no longer be a tech company.
leakybit··on FBI Says Foreign States Hacked into U.S. Covid-19 Research Centers
Quite frankly, all covid-19 research should be made public especially if they received government funding.
leakybit··on Skatepark filled with 37 tons of sand after skaters ignore No Trespassing signs
37/2 = 18.5 tons which around the payload limit for a standard triaxle dump truck, So 2 truckloads.
leakybit··on Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers
welcome to my world.
leakybit··on Funding for Covid-19 Projects
There already exists a low cost ventilator that was designed for the India market.

https://www.agvahealthcare.com/

but good luck getting fda approval.

leakybit··on Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet
Unless you use robinhood which has no transactions fees.
leakybit··on FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm
The point is that you have to pay 20x for the convenience of one pill.
leakybit··on Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite US tariff threats
Only if they needed the cash, or else the corporation would be a vehicle to store wealth.
leakybit··on U.S. Seeks to Heighten Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Tech, Infra, Data
Politicians couldn't see through the illusion of free markets and capitalism.
leakybit··on Congress asks if developing slightly fewer medicines is OK if it lowers prices
sounds like a not for profit
leakybit··on U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss
Why should profit be the motive to grow food. What extactly have we been doing as a society that we still have people who stuggle to pay for basic necessities needed to live.
leakybit··on Denial of H1-B visas to India’s largest IT services exporters at all-time high
Why should anyone put their trust in what corporation say? They're an entity whose sole existence is to generate profit from employee labor. Not to mention Apple has a 99% approval rate for h1b apps.
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