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Not a lawyer. Levandowski is trying to avoid turning over (some) documents in the discovery process of the civil lawsuit Waymo is filing against Uber. They are doing this by claiming it could incriminate him and open him up to the possibility of criminal charges.

Will this actually work? Maybe. The fifth amendment is more complex than it might at first seem. One thing that's for sure is that if he is found to be withholding any documents that are relevant to the civil suit, but couldn't realistically incriminate him, this could backfire spectacularly. Hence the statement from his lawyers:

> One of Mr. Levandowski’s lawyers said the Uber executive’s position on invoking the Fifth Amendment may change as they examine the case.

Sure, that's what Google's lawyers claim.

Pick out better produce?

> don't you want voices of reason like Kalanack's to be in his ear?

Generally, yes. However, I believe there is a line that can be crossed where this is no longer a good idea. The association will always lend some credibility to the administration, and when the administration commits an action like the immigration ban, you should stop assisting them in any way, period.

> who would you rather see behind jail? The people who track adults without warrants or the ones who track naked children?

Give them both due process of law, and we will see who is guilty of what.

My experience of the NHS in the UK is exactly the same. I've heard of some people gaming the system a little by using private insurance to supplement their healthcare. Then they can get a referral to see a NHS specialist from a private doctor, so no waiting to see a GP who might not give you the referral you want anyway.

Not to say that there aren't also significant problems with US healthcare.

Taxation shouldn't be used as a tool to modify behavior. That's actually the exact opposite of good tax policy. Taxes should be broad based, with few exemptions, to raise the needed revenue while minimizing side effects.

The distortions in housing markets are often partially caused by tax policy, and those areas should be addressed (tax deductions for mortgage interest for example). Other than that, it's best to actually deal with the root problem: outdated zoning laws.

Foreign capital investment is great, so beneficial to the economy.

The problem is with the housing market. Perverse subsidies, out of date zoning laws, and a lot of nimby based lobbying. Fix these things and I doubt anyone, including foreign investors, would be parking capital in property and just leaving it unused.

How would you ensure the validity of the part of the blockchain you are reading from IPFS?

This is a problem Ethereum is currently working on. With the upcoming switch to PoS, methods of sharding the blockchain are being experimented with.

BTC holders have been buying into ETC, while a lot of people who are long on ETH have been selling their ETC and plowing that back into ETH.

Once the DAO hacker or whitehats start selling the price of ETC is likely to fall off a cliff. Should bring the fork episode to a conclusion.

Both of these factors improve ETH's prospects in the short term.

As well as a few digging their heels in, they have been joined by a lot of bitcoiners.

Once the hacker or whitehats start selling, this could end up being a pretty significant transfer of wealth from BTC to ETH

The UN and WTO are not political unions though.

> Apparently it looks like the English dont grasp this idea...

Would you care to elaborate?

The ethereum network was designed for people to develop systems all the way from fully private to fully public.