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Why waste the backdoor on routine screening?

The only relevant part from that document is this line from page 33: "Foreign visitors have the fewest rights... if a foreign visitor refuses a border agent’s demand to unlock thei…

Canada and Mexico were already hit with 25% tariffs (on non-USMCA-compliant goods) last month... Source for original tariffs: https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-tariffs-canada…

Like the parent said, a tech-related opsec failure at this level is absolutely something a 'good hacker' would find interesting.

I've had good luck just asking for it, even with group chats (though admittedly my friends are mostly technical and more privacy conscious than the average person). Usually it's a …

Accidental pregnancy is preventable, but abortion restrictions also undermine the safety of women who are pregnant by choice. We saw this recently with Nevaeh Crain, for example, w…

They're different. El Zonte (aka Bitcoin Beach) is a town that exists in the west of El Salvador, and Bitcoin City is a new development project being proposed in the east.

Actually you can get parts for Huffys, direct from the manufacturer online. Mine has had replaced tires, pedals, crankshaft, and chain.

Beautiful, thanks for the lovely garden and knowledge share. We recently added some plants in front of our home in the Mission but still have a ways to go - seeing this is really h…

For one thing, in California, prop 13 means that property taxes on a newly purchased smaller home would be a lot more than a bigger/nicer home purchased decades ago. In a lot of ot…

Toronto has gotten noticeably worse in the last few years, unfortunately. Still not as bad as SF but on its way.

David Graeber made a really good argument for why misunderstanding others is exactly a symptom of privilege. The whole article is worth reading (as is the whole book I originally r…

> Decentralized Communism(Any examples?) Nordic countries? Canada/UK? Though they are socialist, not communist.

I found that confusing at first too, but then I realized that 'they' is probably Matt's preferred pronoun. Which, while non-traditional, is a totally valid choice in 2021.

I think this is BS, actually. I think I'm allowed to say that because I've completed some long-ass hikes and other suffer-fests myself. Suffering, in and of itself, isn't a skill. …

Have you ever paid for anything in cash? That has exactly the same guarantees.

It's hard to argue against what Google has accomplished in the last 20 years. But in my Bay Area social circle, working at Stripe is considered more prestigious. These days Google …

Maybe don't rule sports out entirely. I accidentally joined a hockey team full of lawyers in Oakland. I guess similar people tend to clump even outside of the tech bubble; it's eas…

Sure there are plenty of beaches, but most of the time they're cold and windy. On a typical day I wouldn't want to lie around in a bathing suit or swim. Friday's weather was an exc…

I agree. I live in SF and hate driving in the city. 95% of my in-city transportation is walking and biking. But my quality of life went way up once I bit the bullet and got a car. …

People would still be free to work and gain income that way... UBI doesn't force anyone to be dependent on the government. I'm not sure why you think there would be a deeper bureau…

I found the learning curve really steep (even coming from a skateboard/snowboard background, and being a reasonably good swimmer). A lot of it is learning how to read the waves, wh…

As another washed-up former athlete (one of my old teammates will be playing in PyeongChang any day now), what resonated most with me was how the author grappled with her self-iden…

I don't know the official answer, but given that it's all under the table, short term and no money is being exchanged, I think you'd be crazy to even try getting a work visa. I'll …

I highly recommend HelpX to get a really good feel of the lifestyle in foreign countries. Rather than just staying at someone's place like Airbnb, you do light work for your host i…