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"The worship of billionaires has become our shittiest religion"
by Razer 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

"Nobody should have a billion dollars, and those who do are something other than fully human." > “Money as a measure of value,” Marx tells us in Capital, “is the necessary form of appearance of the measure of value which is immanent in commodities, namely labour-time.” Money, then, is for Marx a form of sedimented time. But if this is true, then having one billion dollars (or pounds, or whatever) takes one completely beyond all human time. > One billion dollars is far, far more money than anyone could realistically spend, on their needs, within the span of a human lifetime. If you have one billion dollars, you are completely shielded from all ordinary human concerns: Never again will you know hunger, or lack shelter, or suffer from inadequate medical care. Of course, there may very well be lots of comfortable, middle-class people who will also be lucky enough to never know those wants again, but the difference is that the billionaire is isolated even from the possibility of experiencing those wants. They are like the Christian who has been saved from despair in Kierkegaard’s The Sickness Unto Death, who is eliminating the possibility of despair at every moment. If you have in your possession one billion dollars, then almost literally anything you desire — anything anyone might possibly conceive of desiring — can be yours, just as soon as you happen to desire it. But with no real friction between desire and reality, how does wanting even function? Can someone who lives like this even be said to know desire, anymore, at all? > And just as nobody can spend a billion dollars in their lifetime, nobody can earn it either. People have taken to saying “every billionaire is a policy failure”, because that sort of money makes nakedly obvious the truth Marx tells us about all wealth accumulated under capitalism: that it’s part of a process that is only possible because the people who own the means of production are, effectively, stealing it from their employees," Reasons why you should kill a rich pig as soon as possible >> https://theoutline.com/post/8187/billionaires-are-not-people/ Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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Next-Gen, Ultra-pixel Video Game Console Announced: Playing Outside
by Zig the N.g 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Next-Gen, Ultra-HD Video Game Console Announced: Playing Outside https://babylonbee.com/news/next-gen-ultra-hd-video-game-console-announced-… ... Playing Outside has high-definition graphics, unlike anything you've ever seen before, incredible framerates, and high-resolution textures all the way down to the atomic scale, according to a spokesperson.

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CNN: China's massive security state is being used to crack down on the Wuhan virus
by jim bell 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

CNN: China's massive security state is being used to crack down on the Wuhan virus. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/asia/china-security-police-wuhan-virus-intl-…

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Cryptocurrency: Music
by grarpamp 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

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NBC News: Baltimore To Use Police Surveillance Planes In Controversial Pilot Program | NBC Nightly News
by jim bell 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

NBC News: Baltimore To Use Police Surveillance Planes In Controversial Pilot Program | NBC Nightly News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teaM2GpRAFM

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Chinese tabloid jokes about thermal cameras seeing farts amid coronavirus outbreak
by jim bell 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/04/chinese-tabloid-jokes-thermal-cameras-seeing…

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Engadget: Bug prevents Windows 7 users from shutting down their PCs
by jim bell 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Engadget: Bug prevents Windows 7 users from shutting down their PCs. https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/09/windows-7-shutdown-bug/ Jim Bell's comment:From the article: "You don't have permission to shut down this computer". Should people do things to Microsoft employees that "they don't have permission to do"?

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FLIR A320 Thermal Camera Coronavirus Fever Screening Solution | GoThermal
by jim bell 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

https://www.gothermal.co.za/pages/flir-a320-thermal-camera-coronavirus-feve…

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NBCNews >Tamiflu takers: Watch out for bizarre behavior
by Razer 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

You avoid the flu and get gunned down in the street like a rabid dog by the police. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15701254/ns/health-cold_and_flu/t/tamiflu-takers-…

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Stratfor Sells; But Whose Buying?
by Razer 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

February 5, 2020 I am pleased to inform you of the acquisition of Stratfor by RANE, the Risk Assistance Network and Exchange. You can read the full press release here. Let me start by assuring you that all of the Stratfor products you’ve evaluated – including the support services we’ve presented - will continue without interruption, and any pricing information you have received remains the same. These are exciting times for Stratfor and our clients. Our goal has always been to provide you with accurate, unbiased, and reliable geopolitical intelligence and analysis so that you can more confidently navigate an increasingly complex international environment. Similarly, RANE’s broad risk intelligence services help drive better risk management outcomes by connecting clients to critical insights and pre-screened expertise. More information regarding RANE is available at ranenetwork.com. The combination of our two organizations creates unique and operationally unparalleled capabilities in the marketplace that address the key risks and threats global organizations face today. More details will be provided about our combined solutions over the course of the upcoming weeks. In the meantime, we look forward to continuing the business relationship we’ve enjoyed with your organization and to enhancing our relationship with new services soon to be offered. Thank you for your interest in becoming a Stratfor client. Providing your organization with best-in-class services and solutions to address the risk management and protective intelligence issues you face will always be our primary objective. If you have any questions in the immediate term related to any aspect of the acquisition, please contact Ted Obenchain, Stratfor’s Vice President of Business Development, at ted.obenchain(a)stratfor.com. All the Best, Chip Signature Chip Harmon President Stratfor, P.O. Box 92529, Austin, Texas 78709-2529, USA This page has moar! https://lp.stratfor.com/rane_acquires_stratfor

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