Er, the victim here is a private company, not the government.
When 45% of the East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel is impacted, the government has a problem.
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SvenMarquardt commented on US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack bbc.com/news/business-570... · Posted by u/selfsimilar
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SvenMarquardt commented on US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack bbc.com/news/business-570... · Posted by u/selfsimilar
Colonial Pipeline precisely does keep it's control network disconnected from the internet - the only thing that was ransomwared is their corporate network. They shut the pipelines down voluntarily to prevent further spread.
Why is the network constructed in such a way that it allows things to spread?
SvenMarquardt commented on Papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy twitter.com/the_brumby/st... · Posted by u/weasel_words
Interesting that New Zealand and Australia were excluded from the study. Both had hard lockdowns and both eliminated the virus and are largely back to normal life. Makes me suspect the data was cherry picked to fit a desired outcome.
The fact they're both islands in the middle of the pacific is more than likely their saving grace.
Are you serious? 400K definitely makes you rich. As if you do that for 10 years you have 4M dollars, 20 years? $8M I get that COL lowers that, but if you are making 400K you're not renting.
For most, newfound income does not materialise itself as wealth but rather an increase in living standards.
$400k can buy you an entry-level home in cash, or a 10% deposit on that $4M mansion across town. Most choose the latter.
Unless you are making more than $400,000, the new tax proposals would not affect you.
What is your definition of "middle class"? Someone making $400k is most certainly in the top 1%.
What tax changes have occurred so far in the past few decades that are significantly affecting you? I would genuinely like to know
Those taxes will be passed onto the majority in the form of price hikes.
Further, with current inflation rates, $400k will be solidly middle-upper class in a few years from now.
SvenMarquardt commented on People who live past 105 years old have genes that stop DNA damage newscientist.com/article/... · Posted by u/awb
As someone 99% confident that we're on the verge of discovering a way of reversing aging, it makes me incredibly sad, almost angry, to realize that many people are literally planning how they'll die.
If we can reverse ageing, your entire life will be spent planning how to avoid existential risks. When you can live forever even crossing the road becomes too risky.
I find as world events unfold these last few years I have drifted away from my isolationist/non-interventionist views. I wouldn’t say I’d advocate for a military response (either electronic or physically destructive) at this point, but I wouldn’t think badly of our government if they did something like that.
Americans have become a rather stupidly optimistic/ignorant people. Russia and China will absolutely destroy us if we don’t aggressively counter their military aggression. And that’s what attacks like this are: military aggression. We ought to start acting like it.
“One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.”
― Sun Tzu