HotChickenFeet

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"Rendering my cash invalid with no recourse" might be on the extreme end of this, if the places that its checked are ATM and banks - so long as it's still exchangeable for goods/services (e.g. not being checked by stores)

I'll keep an eye out for kore info though.

But yes, with serials are tracked when taken from/put in ATM/bank, it is not anonymous. Potentially breaking larger bills at common places (stores/gas stations) could mitigate this, but theres still information about where you've been inherent in that.

You happen to have a source for this? I can't seem to find much.

Will stores be checking the serial of every bill they take? That doesn't seem scalable. I'd expect they would just be not recirculated the next time it's brought to a bank. Or if it has to be in stores, by checking the series, not serial.

This isn't necessarily about justice or guilt. They aren't being imprisoned or sentenced. An organization is choosing not to permit them where their members & the public gather, for "protection".

If these individuals were suspected of being in contact with a dangerous contagious disease, you'd hopefully not find it unscientific to minimize risk by telling them not to come to a convention.

But being a child rapist, or ASSOCIATING with child rapists isn't a contagious disease. No, but due to their association to members of a prolific child trafficing ring, they may be considered a higher risk for a certain subset of convention-goers (which claims to offer fun for people of all ages)

on way too far · c/memes · 1 pts · 216d

It seems like he's always caving whenever measures come up which should not be passed, even at threat of shutting down the government, for days, weeks or months.

I'll applaud him that he's able to get from his house to work unassisted, without having a spine.

on Investment funds · c/buyeuropean · 1 pts · 216d

Personally, I prefer Vanguard over other US brokerages, say Fidelity, Etrade, Schwab, etc because the company itself is owned by the funds you purchase, rather than outside investors. As weak a reason as that is.

i've previously read that many non-us banks and some brokerages don't like (read:may refuse) doing business with americans because the USA has strict tax rules and need for disclosures (I think if the cumulative total of all a citizens foreign accounts is over $10,000 it must be reported). If you have recomendations for foreign brokerage accounts, i'd be interested to know more.

The vast majority of americans do not have significant disposable income, and will be primarily investing in their 401k (employer match for a certain %, as well as tax advantage), if at all. Typically employees are locked into whatever brokerage their employer opts into. Without a 401K, they might instead be using an IRA for tax advantage, but I doubt there are many foreign financial institutions that would/could offer a US IRA.

That may mean that convincing your American friends to move accounts could be difficult (or impossible) vs just having them invest more into foreign funds at their US brokerage(vxus, etc).

Another recommendation, is it possible to make a pool of videos of the same event? Maybe they'd be displayed in a scroll-sideway fashion, or 'other angles', etc.

This most recent murder - Alex Pretti - there are at least 4 or so different angles captured in video. It would be good to archive them together, and easy to link/see together.

Edit: and thank you!