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Wordle 916 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whoa... Very lucky second guess. Daily Quordle 697 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 697 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 321: 734 points (top 5% 🏆) 9 words: ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟧🟧🟧🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 284 points 🔥 Streak: 5 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily321 I gambled with 6 tiles left and didn't use a vowel to complete a 6 letter word with a 2x tile in it hoping for the vowel I needed in the last set of tiles to complete that word with a cross word (for an additional 2x score). I chose... poorly.

Do you agree that regulation can be assessed on a spectrum from necessary to punative? To say that no regulation whatsoever is punative (as your comment above purports) is dumb IMO. But again, that is not what I meant with my Eye of Sauron comment. Government (or factions within the government more properly) make decisions on what disruptive tech they want to stifle or foster. The tools they use to achieve those goals can include regulation, but that is not the only tool. I don't really care about the specific tool(s). I care about what authority we the people cede to government to pick winners and losers.

@Goredho - your post is non-responsive to the topic I was attempting to discuss here. As I have mentioned/clarified, the issue is not regulation per se (unless said regulation is being used as a tool/weapon to stifle/foster novel/disruptive technologies). I'm talking about the Eye of Sauron deciding who wins and who loses.

Wordle 915 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Second day in a row, I'm thinking of the solution and guess a different word (this time on guess #2). Double D'oh! Daily Quordle 696 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Sequence Quordle 696 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 320: 923 points (top 1% 🚀) 10 words: ⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟧🟧🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 352 points 🔥 Streak: 4 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily320

As I already mentioned, the internet and technologies (like Teflon et al) that were byproducts of NASA space exploration efforts are not examples of government purposely intervening to foster or stifle market disruptions. There already is a CR crypto topic, and had that been what I wanted to discuss, I would have used it. I started this thread because, while the topic was a big part of the impetus, I am interested in the bigger picture issue here. On all 3 disruptive tech that I mentioned in the OP, there are factions within DC that champion and factions that dissent from government support and/or obstruction. I understand that as a practical matter, this is the way it works right now. (Political) might makes right. Team A wins, policy (dis)favors accordingly. Team B wins, policy (dis(favors) accordingly. When the Founding Father were engaged in writing the foundational structure for our government, they wrestled philosophical issues on imposing various limits on government power. What I'm asking is... Do you think that government should be picking winners and losers - fostering or stifling technologies/industries according to whatever factions have the best lobbyists or campaign war chests?

Agree, except "what should the government do with" implies to me that government should be intervening whereas my question "What, if any, role should government play in stifling or fostering" is really asking *if* government should be intervening. I mentioned the physical media examples specifically to draw the distinction with disruptive technologies. I apologize if I confused the issue there. I am interested in a good faith discussion on the topic as presented. I got to thinking about the juxtaposition of the government's efforts in the disruptive technologies that I mentioned in the OP and got to pondering the larger issue (as I'm wont to do). The issue is not regulation per se. Regulation can be perfectly reasonable. It could also be one of the tools government uses to stifle a disruptive technology. But I did not start this thread to discuss government tools for stifling a disruptive technology. I'm interested in the bigger picture discussion of whether government should be engaged in picking winners and losers with disruptive technologies. This is (at least, I was hoping it would be) more of a philosophical question on government and free markets. Your comment, which I added bold emphasis to, is, I believe, happening right now with the banking and crypto sectors. The internet was technology born from DARPA (for a robust communication infrastructure that could survive nuclear attack) and released in the public domain. It's akin to technologies developed by NASA in pursuit of space exploration. While disruptive, they (both the internet and NASA related tech) were not technologies that were targeted by government action to stifle or foster specific industries. They are essentially byproducts of legitimate government programs. It's not really germane to the issue I wanted to discuss.

On the issue of validators and centralization/decentralization of Ethereum: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/12/20/lido-tests-of-distributed-validator-technology-portend-2024-decentralization-push/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Do you draw any distinction between government funded research ala NASA - where the fruits of research are public domain versus government subsidized research where private entities control (patent) the fruits? If you believe government should be fostering disruptive technologies (to the detriment of existing industry), do you also believe that government should be stifling disruptive technologies (to the benefit of existing industry)? Also, (@troph) who makes the value judgement on which disruptive tech is beneficial vs. boondoggle?

Wordle 914 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had two words in mind on guess #3 - the solution and... the one I chose. D'oh! Daily Quordle 695 4️⃣🟥 6️⃣3️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ A rare flub on daily Quordle today. Oops. Daily Sequence Quordle 695 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 319: 878 points (top 1% 🚀) 8 words: ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟥🟧 💪 Best word: 262 points 🔥 Streak: 3 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily319

This is not a red v blue question. This is a philosophical question about the proper role of government. There are some markets where we see the effects of technology evolving over time: Music industry - 8 track, cassette/LP, CD, MP3 - My understanding is that the internet and MP3 technology has disrupted the modern music industry model of labels-radio controlling everything.Video - From VCRs to DVRs to streaming, Network tv to cable channels, the delivery and consumption of video media has changed a lot in recent years.I'm sure if I spent more time noodling it, I could come up with more examples, but these are examples of tech that evolved over time. Wikipedia describes disruptive technology as one that dramatically transforms (or revolutionizes) a certain industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation There are some examples of technology that are being developed right now that have the potential to disrupt existing, entrenched industries/markets: Clean energy - from power generation and storage to the auto industry, government is currently subsidizing (fostering) growth of green energy technologiesCrypto - as a potential competitor for banking and financial services (TradFi), crypto (DeFi) is currently struggling with government efforts to stifle growthArtificial Intelligence (AI) - This one seems to have gotten out in front of government for the moment, but government is looking to put a yoke on itShould government be intervening in markets and picking winners and losers?

If the next season is as good as the last one was, I'm good with them ending on a high note.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20231219a.htm Skimming through the actual agreement: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/enf20231219a1.pdf That bank seems to be getting slapped for their incompetent management team as well as FUBAR finances. Yikes.

Always bet on black. Never bet on Z, I bet on B today which is risky and it did not pan out.

https://www.coinspeaker.com/crypto-2023-goldman-sachs/ $4B open interest... just a few stupid, misguided nerds

Oh sure... Now you peeps worry about black helicopters.

Warren is a dishonest actor.

https://www.fa-mag.com/news/finra-bars-ex-edward-jones-broker-linked-to-alleged-pot-ponzi-scheme-75800.html Their investments went up in smoke.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blackrock-updates-spot-bitcoin-etf-proposal-allow-cash-redemptions-2023-12-19/?source=pmbug.com

Wordle 913 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 694 5️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 694 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 318: 444 points (top 40% 👏) 11 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 108 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily318 I crashed and burned on ClickWord trying to complete some max value crosses with the 2x tiles. Oh well!

FWIW, Fed members are trying to walk back JPows comments and temper markets. If that doesn't work, expect more hawkish rhetoric to follow. https://wolfstreet.com/2023/12/18/fed-members-fan-out-to-step-out-raging-rate-cut-fires/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/18/bitcoin-etf-ad-war-officially-underway-with-bitwise-campaign/

Oh snap... I confused the starter word from Sequence Quordle for the Wordle when I was looking at your wordle results. I could not think of any word that fit the pattern. Turns out I was applying your pattern to the wrong word. D'oh!

I'm very curious what your second guess was. ~~~ Wordle 912 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stumbling around in the dark.... Daily Quordle 693 8️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 693 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NW (1st) word in sequence bamboozled me this morning Weekly Quordle Challenge 26 7️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ClickWord.org Daily 317: 813 points (top 1% 🚀) 10 words: ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟩 💪 Best word: 278 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily317

Are you suggesting a wine and cheese pairing?

Rickards: https://dailyreckoning.com/rickards-five-2024-forecasts/