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webinvest··on The U.K. government is close to eroding encryption worldwide
That’s because Apple still makes their hardware in China & America. But not in the UK.
webinvest··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
Are you sure the UK is a democratic country?
webinvest··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
Furthermore, Apples phones are made in China. Apples phones are not made in the UK.
webinvest··on FDA approves first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive
You could have a medical procedure certification card.
webinvest··on Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population (2019)
Over the last 3 years, Earning $XX per year in appreciation, $XX per year by renting the extra rooms, $XX per year from paying off the mortgage automatically, and $XX due to the lower monthly total payments compared to renting for a total of $80k/year in earnings is definitely worth mowing the lawn a dozen times a year. I haven’t even mentioned the tax deductions, or non-monetary benefits either.

Homeownership in America, assuming you paid for an inspection and didn’t buy a money-pit, typically means you will be at least middle-class for the rest of your life.

But sssssshhhh don’t tell everyone !! Otherwise there will be more buyers and more competition.

webinvest··on Maine becomes first state to decriminalize selling sex
That seems less exploitive of labor. At least you can pick your hours, clients, sex acts, and pay. With the former job, you don’t have a choice anymore.
webinvest··on Maine becomes first state to decriminalize selling sex
We disallow the selling of organs due to the potential of selling someone else’s organs.
webinvest··on Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
Learn from the past. Assassinating the dictator just creates a power vacuum that someone else fills. Look at Iraq. The US killed Osama Bin Laden. Then Al Qaeda. Now there’s ISUS and they control everything there. Figure out what will fill the power vacuum or you may do more harm than good.
webinvest··on Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative
I just hit accept with a blank input and it accepted it
webinvest··on Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative
The loading time need to be improved & sped up to under 2 seconds. Ideally a quarter of a second. It’s doable — one thing to do is serve a cached page first.

At the time of writing, the 1st page load is 14 seconds and subsequent page loads are 7 seconds.

webinvest··on FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says
Somewhere in the book Freakonomics, a study mentioned that crime dropped precipitously in New York because abortion was legalized about 18 years before.
webinvest··on Americans have never been so unwilling to relocate for a new job
Some pay relocation bonuses.
webinvest··on Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy
How do you invent a system where the websites instituting the identity proof (KYC/ Know Your Customer) systems don’t just become honeypots for collecting the necessary data to impersonate the millions of people that used it?

Others have commented on your point about money already

webinvest··on Toyota: Car location data and videos of 2M customers exposed for ten years
In Germany only?
webinvest··on FBI agents accuse CIA of 9/11 coverup
I remember the Documentary “Loose Change” about this.
webinvest··on The “Location Off” switch on your phone is a lie
What about just turning your phone off?
webinvest··on Spotify passes 500M active users as operating losses deepen
$200M of that loss went to Joe Rogan.
webinvest··on A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other
XOR a bit-flip of a few hexadecimal strings hidden in base64 after overflowing them through a buffer with a variable size that changes every hundredth of a second.
webinvest··on Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictably terrible
They want the data
webinvest··on Iceland long term visa for remote workers
Iceland is the 3rd most expensive country in the world to live in. Just look at the prices in ISK for the websites of businesses in Reykjavik, one of the only cities there with cellular data service, and convert it to your local currency.

Your money will stretch 3x-5x further in Europe unless you plan to build yourself an igloo and catch fish lol. Europe isn’t known for being cheap either.

webinvest··on Police sue rapper Afroman for using footage of home raid in his music videos
Ranked choice voting is another solution
webinvest··on Fed hikes rates by 0.25 point despite recent turmoil in the banking sector
When valuations are high, companies IPO, founders cash out and hopefully go on start new companies. People on the street buy companies for 3x their annual earnings but the stock market regularly buys companies for 8x, 20x, even 80x their annual earnings. This is expressed in each stock’s P/E ratio.
webinvest··on Big Banks Agree to Historic $30B Deposit Injection in First Republic
Why are the big banks doing this?
webinvest··on Meta has uncovered the Quest 3 leaker
Yeah most or all of the article is about this guy’s ethics. I just want to hear about the leak. What is the Quest 3 and what do we know now?
webinvest··on Tesla recalls 360k vehicles, says full self-driving beta may cause crashes
Spain, specifically Barcelona. An absolute joy to ride, I may add.
webinvest··on America's Egg Shortage Is About to Get a Whole Lot Worse
Some farmers have found that by switching the chicken’s diet from commercial chicken feed to a homemade mix of oats, corn, wheat, etc, their hens began to resume laying eggs again.
webinvest··on Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?
It seems like the only valid answer
webinvest··on Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?
At the time of this comment, your comment is the only reply to his or her comment… However, thanks for sharing your story. Non-gut responses are the better kind.
webinvest··on NYC jails want to ban physical mail, then privatize scanning of digital versions
The higher the recidivism rate, the higher the private prisons profit!
webinvest··on NYC jails want to ban physical mail, then privatize scanning of digital versions
Private prisons should be banned. Too many perverse incentives.
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