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Attracting People to Ohio

Dear Thomas Suddes, Regarding your piece “My Opinion” pg A7 of the 2/8/21 Dayton Daily News (also here)… You quote DeWine’s observation that people are packing up and leaving coastal cities and his...

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Equality vs. Equity

The new political word on the street is “equity”. What does this mean and why is it getting so much attention now? Bottom line up front: Choose which you believe in, either: Equality – everybody should...

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1.9 Million Million Spending Bill

I heard a news anchor stumble over the fact that the 1.9T Democratic spending bill includes almost 2000 Billion. So let’s be clear. 1.9 Trillion is 1,900 Billion, or 1,900,000 Million dollars. That’s...

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Bitcoin Change Game, not End Game

My prior post basically talked of reduced supply and deflationary pressures. Yes, we can chop up bitcoin and give the pieces new names. IMHO, that’s a word game. Nonetheless, it does highlight some...

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Marriott Sucks – Same Day Reservation Identity Theft

I’ve been a loyal Marriott hotel client for years. But this time, a Fairfield by Marriott in North Carolina deserves this posting title. About no-show fees… To avoid charge of a day on your credit...

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Non-fungible Tokens (NFT)

The concept of cryptocurrency assumes the blockchain assets (such as a Bitcoin) is “fungible” – each coin is indistinguishable from others. There are some new concepts that challenge the underlying...

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Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake

Crypto currencies are “mined” by people with computer power to spare. That game is changing. Presently, miners add up all the pending transactions and look for the unknown number that will bind...

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Senses Taker – Big Government Data

I’m the official Senses Taker, and I must have some information before I can take your senses. Now if you’ll just tell me when you were born, where you were born, why you were born, how old you are...

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Biden actions to build Black wealth – appraisal confusion

Biden’s new plan is to, “take on discrimination in home appraisals” and “address inequality in home appraisals”. What? How can you mandate what an appraised value will be? Appraisers don’t set prices,...

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Pay Your Own Way based on Choice

Jonathon Meer believes in individual risk and reward. Specifically, if you don’t get injected with a biological agent Covid immunization, then you should pay your own hospital bills. At the same time...

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Innovation and Creativity vs. Compliance

September of 2021 President Biden announced that employees of government contractors would be required to be vaccinated. So many compliant, bureaucratically minded companies are falling into line,...

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Exodus v. Atomic crypto conversion fees

Exodus and Atomic are both desktop wallets for a variety of crypto coins. They both do no fiat exchanges, but they do dozens of conversions between crypto types. Exodus appears a lot more expensive...

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Buying or Selling a used Helium Crypto Miner

If you want to buy or sell a used Crypto Miner, there are a few things that you should be aware of!   As a starting point, read the official documentation of the Helium mining network about...

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Agile Military Acquisition – 1 week

Many people talk about agile acquisitions of military defense systems, trying to put away bureaucracy that has grown for decades. Elon Musk seems to operate in a different place and think differently....

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Vocabulary Gymnastics of Reverse Means Testing

It used to be investments and retirement plans were proportional: if you put in more, you get more out. Now, I find a new paradigm edging into traditional programs like Social Security. Nothing is...

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Weaponization of the Toyota Truck

Some people may remember pictures from the late 1980s and 1990s that include crews of terrorists in white Toyota trucks, with machine guns bolted down in the truck bed. The trucks were puny and fragile...

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QRC Grumble

Scanning a QR code from an event poster can work. I understand that. I don’t understand why providing a URL in clear text has gotten a bad reputation. Clear text, readable by humans, is more cyber...

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