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l33tminion) wrote2021-06-15 08:14 pm
l33tminion) wrote2021-06-15 08:14 pm
Out of the Woods
7-day running average confirmed cases per 100k dropped to 1.0 today, putting my county into the "low" COVID-19 risk category for the first time since March 2020 (as measured; probably more accurate to say ~February 2020). The vaccine effectiveness numbers seem good. Nice to be here.
Remember when I used to share links? Here's two more from today:
Cory Doctorow has a new essay, The Rent's Too Damn High, on why relying on appreciation of housing as a financial asset is a devil's bargain.
And here's an interesting post about the adoption of Bitcoin by El Salvador and why it's a scam. Short version: El Salvador uses USD as a currency, which obviously it can't print. The idea will be to make Bitcoin easily exchangeable for a USD-pegged and supposedly-USD-backed cryptocurrency like Tether, then try to get people to accept that in lieu of actual USD.
Remember when I used to share links? Here's two more from today:
Cory Doctorow has a new essay, The Rent's Too Damn High, on why relying on appreciation of housing as a financial asset is a devil's bargain.
And here's an interesting post about the adoption of Bitcoin by El Salvador and why it's a scam. Short version: El Salvador uses USD as a currency, which obviously it can't print. The idea will be to make Bitcoin easily exchangeable for a USD-pegged and supposedly-USD-backed cryptocurrency like Tether, then try to get people to accept that in lieu of actual USD.