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Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, ci...
on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:44PM (#43017408)
Congress does not mint coins, and this order does not coin new currency. They are separate concerns.
Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, ci...
on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:39PM (#43017338)
>(a) The Secretary of the Treasury—(1) shall mint and issue coins described in section 5112 of this title in amounts the Secretary decides are necessary to meet the needs of the United States;
The secretary decides the amount necessary is 0.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal databases
on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:26PM (#42941509)
This could be seen as technical debt, inherited by the current administration. These changes should have never taken place.
Re:Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website
on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:11PM (#42941331)
"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us"
Re:Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3B in Income
on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:08PM (#42894060)
Yes. Corporations are made of people, and they produce goods and services for other people. The people that compose that corporation pay the tax, or the people they sell to.
Re:On DeepSeek and Export Controls
on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:42PM (#42868348)
I live here, so I want it to be the best.
Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers
on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:42AM (#42789429)
The $100B check is already cut, and they are currently building 10 new data centers in Texas.
Re:TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court
on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:01PM (#42342281)
People in the culture that they live in have a vested interest in it.
Re:Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching wh...
on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @02:28PM (#42197263)
This was also said about slavery and the economy prospered post-slavery. The US economy is absolutely sustainable by paying citizens legal wages. In fact, it is unsustainable to encourage illegal labor and immigration.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:24PM (#42065729)
This is the problem.
Re:China sanctions US drone maker Skydio
on Thursday October 31, 2024 @04:26PM (#42011144)
That's what the left is saying illegal immigrants are for
Re:Elon Musk interview of Trump hit by technical problems on X
on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @12:03PM (#41236725)
There was no video
Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryp...
on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:28PM (#34927066)
Does a big strong man have more of a right to self defense than a little woman? A gun makes for effective self defense.
Re:Tesla Semi’s Enormous Battery Might Weigh 11,000 Pounds on Its Own
on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:02PM (#33835134)
The Youtube channel Engineering Explained went over the Tesla Semi, and the weight of the EV cab should be pretty similar to an ICE cab. Also EV trucks are allowed another 2k pounds.
Re:Ask HN: Why do HN feel so negatively about Musk?
on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:24AM (#33468263)
Good thing we have people developing technology towards terraforming, then.
Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:28PM (#33179335)
This change will have fewer people use Signal. One reason I was able to convince friends and family to start using it is because it is so seamless. I fear that with this change, Signal for most users will simply become unused, resulting in less e2e encrypted messaging overall.
Re:Struggling to learn a new language? Blame it on your stable brain
on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:47PM (#28360692)
Your project looks amazing. I am in the same situation where I am learning Cantonese because my partner and her family speak it (actually Taishanese, but Cantonese is close enough).
Love the Yale romanization for your included Cantonese flash cards! Definitely going to check this out.
As for listening before speaking: It has been incredibly hard for me to pick out specific vocabulary with colloquial Cantonese in movies and other videos. Native speakers talk too quickly for me right now. I did watch a lot of French movies when learning French and that seemed to help more with comprehension later. I likely just need to spend more time with Cantonese since it is more different to my native tongue than French.
Re:Twitter appears to have removed the president's last two tweets
on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:30PM (#25665200)
To add to the sibling comments, Christopher Hitchens literally yelled "Fire" in a crowded room [0].
Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E
on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:50PM (#21457637)
Do you want a cabin in the woods, or a house? I think most people think very little amenities when thinking of a cabin in the woods, but maybe I am biased.
Re:Open Letter from Governments to Facebook Is an All-Out Attack on En...
on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:24AM (#21181938)
Why not roll physical dice?
Re:Homomorphic encryption
on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:52PM (#20596039)
I was guessing that the OP meant literally looking over your shoulder. If you fill out the ballot at home, it is feasible you could be coerced to vote a particular way.
I don't think this is currently happening, so I don't think it is a major issue.
Re:Homomorphic encryption
on Friday August 02, 2019 @01:05PM (#20594575)
I don't think that is a major problem, unless I am misunderstanding. Oregon for instance is all vote by mail, outside the watchful eye of any government authority.
Re:Camera and microphone require HTTPS in Firefox 68
on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:42PM (#20396960)
Here's a recent 0-day involving Macs and Zoom (or RingCentral): https://medium.com/@jonathan.leitschuh/zoom-zero-day-4-milli...
Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments
on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:28PM (#19445256)
If you want to pay more taxes, just donate to the government.
Donate to the US Treasury: https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html
Re:Introducing Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway
on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:11AM (#18006649)
This seems very similar to Freenet. The only difference I see at a glance is that Cloudflare is running gateways so that everyone does not have to run a node.
Re:‘Downloadable Gun’ Clears a Legal Obstacle, and Activists Are Alarmed
on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:14PM (#17533296)
To be a firearm dealer you need an FFL license, but there are no federal laws against making your own firearm (as long as it is not restricted by the ATF, such as select fire, or destructive device or something). States may have their own laws against firearm manufacturing.