According to Edward Snowden, crypto currency transactions can be made difficult for the government to track but the government can always track them. This means if the government in the future decides to "turn off" the digital currency many governments seem to want the crypto currencies won't be an exception. I don't see the point of them.

My childhood friend's aunt used to use them to film at show jumping events and he and rarely I with him would to those gigs. I never knew anything about why she chose those cameras. I remain blissfully ignorant about that type of camera. The human brain can hold only so much information.

Wow!

That was wonderful. (And lol, Mik)

Worse. Afghanistan, but surrounded by more powerful outside actors like Turkey.

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@Bernard Rust Reformer is amazing stuff!

I figured we'd heard it before and adapted it to the way we do things. I hope employers don't time shift in order to get away with not paying extra for working on holidays!

Just catching up to this. Straight to the video. https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-daisy-the-ai-granny-wasting-scammers-time/ AI Scambaiter: AI ‘Granny’ to waste scammers’ time Link to video Best I can do, when a scammer calls, is to keep the line open but hit the mute button. :man-shrugging:

Thank you all for the care and welcome! Warms the heart.

Cool! Brilliant minds.

A man that required a full time hairdresser got control. Everything went to H*ll. They scattered.

I have not read about this very much beyond randomly looking at headlines. But I am wondering how such a ban would be enforced? Couldn’t someone using a vpn and setting their country somewhere other than the U.S. easily circumvent it?

@CHAS said in Performance Report #2 (plus recording): Like the recording. Very well played. You were great. Thank you so much!!! Thankfully, I don't have to take responsibility for the piano!

Yep I’ve noticed it too. I’ll have to brace myself to read that, it’s depressing!

Sick people die in their own homes for lack of treatment. Well, spare me the "dark Africa" trope. The same thing happens in the US every day. The victims of Hurricane Helene are now freezing to death outside in tents. Yes, monitor everything. But there will always be new viruses and bacteria killing humans. It's a fact. This is to say practically nothing about engineered viruses. I'm not putting this on my list of top twenty problems. YMMV.