The Daily Show - Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (ft. John Oliver)

For an alternative view, you should watch John Oliver's 3 part Daily Show special on gun control. ▶ this video

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This is absurd. The results of raising the minimum wage are perfectly known. Learn from the other countries that have done it in the last 10-15-25 years. Australia, Scandinavian countries, etc. etc. Why can't America look outside it's own borders and learn from what other countries have done and are doing? i.e. watch this John Oliver video on gun control [1] where it's stated Australia is not on this planet and America can't learn anything from what they've done, because Australia is not the real world. Why do people think this way? [1] ▶ this video

in “Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy into the Unknown” · View on HN

I don't see how banning payments would inherently create more opportunity for ransomware attacks. Assuming that the operators are already attacking as much as they can (why wouldn't they be - its more profit that way since its business after all) the only way to maintain profitability with lower per-attack yields would be to ask for more ransom per-attack which would likely drive the yields down even further. Reminds me of ▶ this video

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