‘Peace Through Strength’ Is a Racket
"Government officials, hiding behind classified material, can easily inflate and even create so-called threats, and they have an obvious incentive to do so."
Authorities deactivate transit pass after biohacker implants it in his hand
"New South Wales' authorities deactivated the card under Meow-Meow's name after his surgery in April 2017 made headlines. However, since the chip implanted in his hand wasn't registered to him, he was able to use it for almost a whole year -- only downside was that he sometimes had to swipe his palm over the scanner more than once. It was only after he traveled back to Australia from a cyborg convention in the US that authorities were successfully able to cut off the card he's been using."
Iceland may use more electricity mining bitcoin than powering homes this year
"Data centers may use more energy than all of the country's homes in 2018, Johann Snorri Sigurbergsson from Icelandic energy company HS Orka told the BBC. Bitcoin mining thrives in Iceland, where energy is cheap, and internet connections use super fast fiber-optic networks. Additionally, Iceland's cold climate plays an important role in ensuring crypto utilities don't overheat."
Americans Are Voting with Their Feet for Economic Freedom
"Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?"
So Many People Are Fleeing the S.F. Bay Area, It’s Hard to Find a U-Haul
"A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing."
Lawsuit Exposes Google’s Internal Culture of Intolerance
"These screenshots present a stunning display of unprofessional behavior not just by rank-and-file employees but managers and even a senior vice president, including overt discrimination, prejudice on the basis of race and gender, conflation of dissenting political views with racism and sexism, punishment of those who asked questions about what behavior was permitted, endorsement of politically motivated violence, and even an attack on the very notion of truth itself."
Uber, Lyft Want to Ban Personal Use of Self-Driving Cars in Urban Areas
"Uber, Lyft, and several other firms critically involved in self-driving cars have their own ideas about how to improve personal transport — and one of the biggest involves you not being allowed to drive your car at all."
A Beer War Is Brewing in Maryland
"This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore."
A Family’s Race to Cure a Daughter’s Genetic Disease
"They’re leapfrogging pharmaceutical companies’ incentive structures, funding and organizing their own research in search of a cure. And they’re trying many of the same approaches that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have used for decades."
Support the Troops with Peace and the ‘Right to Try’
"For those suffering from severe depression or PTSD, suicide is often just one dark thought away. But these souls are told they must suffer lest they be thrown in jail for using something as 'evil' as marijuana or psychedelics, both illegal in the eyes of the state."
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