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Comment Quite the opposite (Score 5, Insightful) 119

We never needed App Stores on PC or Mac. Why did we suddenly need them on our phone?

In fact, most people are actively refusing to use those PC/Mac App Stores now that they exist. It's just a grab for money with supposed curation as an excuse. Let me choose an optional App Store for grandma and Donny Dumbass. Most everyone else will be fine - probably better off - without them.

Epic should've gone for the freedom option. It would support it, they would get their 100% profit. Win/win. But no, they have to go for the power grab and try to be the new Apple. Lame!

Comment Re:Let me be very clear about one thing (Score 1) 212

I have a feeling that people that don't vaccinate never really cared for lock-downs either. Those lock-downs were very much to please those that are now vaccinating.

If there is another lock-down, pay attention: it will be vaccinated folks scared that a new variant isn't stopped by their vaccine asking for it. It won't be the anti-vaxxers.

Comment Re:Base rate matters here (Score -1, Troll) 212

What's the MRNA vaccin? Don't you mRNA? And aren't there two different ones? Anyway, sucks your pals are not doing well. But at this rate it's easier - for me at least - to come up with friends suffering from vaccin side-effects (and handful) than serious or lasting COVID19 symptoms (zero).

The question I'm more interested in seeing answered is how COVID19 and the vaccins would affect me personally. Overall numbers don't mean much to me. I want to see every possible demographic that overlaps with mine. Then do the math.

Comment Re: Base rate matters here (Score 1) 212

Truth!

Curiously this clearly anti-Greek labeling is meant to de-stigmatize: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fen%2Factivit...

Personally I would've preferred the Tedros variant, the Fauci variant, and the Clinton or Trump variant for the real badasses.

Comment Doh (Score 4, Insightful) 181

Of course itâ(TM)s more traceable. Every transaction is public. Thatâ(TM)s kind of the point.

It just seems hard because you donâ(TM)t have a readily available database mapping bitcoin addresses to people.

But the fact that you can indefinitely trace where Bitcoin goes makes that less important. Eventually it ends up with someone you can identify and you work your way backward or forward from there.

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