Ellie K

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I voted to close this question because the question is highly dependent on WHICH cryptocurrency is referred to. For example, any cryptocurrency that is listed on Coinbase (a public, NYSE-listed company) can be converted to fiat, e.g. $US for a small fee measurable in basis points and deposited safely in the recipient's US bank account. Every deposit will be an IRS taxable event, like the sale of a security however. This question has been asked on bitcoin.stackexchange.com and should have been transferred there as @RodrigodeAzevedo originally suggested.

@tchrist It doesn't seem to render nicely like every one else's youtube links alas youtube.com/watch?v=38d95F3UIg4

@tchrist Kyrie Eleison youtube.com/watch?v=38d95F3UIg4

@barbecue No, you said, [what if] I begin lobbying congress to get a law passed which prohibits something previously protected as free speech? With the current rabid extremist supreme court, there's little chance that of overturning such legislation, so once it's in place it will be there for many years. You said that the Supreme Court would NOT overturn a law regarding a violation of protected speech under the 1st Amendment. I said in my prior comment that they would. A "rabid, extremist" (conservative?) court is just as likely to stand up for free speech, not less.

@barbecue hszmv said The better solution is to take steps to not have this information discussed in open ways. Yes, he has to report where his plane is when it's flying but why does the media have to report that information about him specifically to the public? It's like saying "Elon Musk, who is under death threats, lives at his home at 742 Evergreen Terrace." The quote is "Elon Musk, who is under death threats, lives at his home at X" That is a matter of journalist integrity and convention online to not do such a thing. I do not believe that Google or Facebook allow such statements either.

@barbecue Also, the 1st Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution and is in the judicial branch of government. I don't think Congress as the legislative branch would have any real say in this, as any such law that Musk could effect could and would be overturned by the Supreme Court on protected speech grounds. Historically, the Supreme Court tend to be the true free speech absolutists, regardless of whether they are conservative or liberal.

@barbecue What is the original quote to which you refer? I don't see a quote in the body of the question by OP.

@barbecue Taking steps to not have something discussed in open ways is not at all like passing laws to prohibit free speech. Twitter is not a government entity. The owner or management of a company will often have Terms of Service which prohibit sharing of personal information about users, e.g. to prevent revenge scenarios.

... What should now happen is for the CDC or a similar non-commercial agency to re-evaluate the evidence after removing the data from Ventavia. There should also be a random audit of data from a sizeable sample of the other 150 sites that were involved in the vaccine's development." bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635/rr-18 I don't know if that has happened or not.

In answer to what @CJR asked, the response to the BMJ mentions this: "Your article reports that Ventavia was responsible for 3 out of 153 sites involved in vaccine evaluation and that their work involved "more than 1,000" out of 44,000 participants, i.e. around 2.5%. A recent systematic review and GRADE evaluation of the Pfizer vaccine by a CDC group (cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/grade/covid-19-pfizer-biontech-va...) was very positive about its efficacy and safety....

I guess I should ping you @Graviton and @Oddthinking I'm just trying to be helpful, but it seems like this question will be difficult to answer.

Oh, and I just noticed that Facebook's fact checker guy got involved, called the BMJ a medical blog, and everyone is all stirred up over that, see here bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635/rapid-responses

Finally, there is this, which might be the most useful. It is a response to the BMJ article published in November 2021, titled, "How significant is the Ventavia scandal?" (Two short but good paragraphs) bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635/rr-18 That's what we want to know!

About this, 1) an FOIA request filed by a journalist in Nov 2021. The FDA acknowledged receipt of his request, but didn't respond to inquiries in Feb and April 2022 about the status. Today, May 16 2022, the FDA said, "Your request is pending in the Center For Biologics. I will ask them for a status update." Here's the URL muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/…

Does this answer your question? What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?

Here is more information about Sullivan. He is self-described BLM. Insurgence USA is his activist organization and he was arrested at a BLM protest in July 2020, when someone was shot and killed. The FBI has arrested him twitter.com/amuse/status/1349865669383356419

@Fury Sleep well, dream sweetly. Goodnight!

@Fury You don't need to call me ma'am. I am Ellie. You are Arjun. You are my Math SE friend.

@Fury Yes, you're right. I edited my schools. I went to Stanford and Wharton, but that shows up at the very bottom. I am too old for you, I suspect.

@Fury I really don't like to program. I like analytical work much more than coding.

@Fury It is kind of messy! Don't laugh stackoverflow.com/users/story/321143

brb with the link

One sec, I'll show you my "developer profile" on Stack Exchange Careers (I am not a developer lol)

I don't like to code much, but SAS is still fun. I used Python for a little while at work, but when I didn't get much chance to use it every day, I forgot it.

Yup, you could definitely do it if you know probability distributions, applied statistics, and either R or SAS or Python.

I miss that. It all ended in 2008. There was fun math in that, stochastic processes and Markov chains and sometimes Monte Carlo simulation.

I used to work for Standard & Poor's, developing criteria for rating securities.

I like my work. It is supposedly econometrics, but anyone with a clue about statistics and probability and applied math can do it. Not many people have a clue about any of those things though!!!

I validate models used in commercial and retail banking.

I do model risk mangement.

Yes, I am what's called an SR 11-7 banker in the US.

I want to say her name is something like Balaji but that's a guy's name!

@Fury There's a woman on Math SE who answers lots of questions well. She is Turkish or Indian and is a math educator somewhere in eastern Europe. I tried to be friends with her but that didn't work out so well.

Is quid a Math SE mod, or on SO?

I should go to sleep but I am not working as Corona-Chan has messed up everything in banking even in the United States

It is 2:11 AM here!

@Fury Oh dear Lord, that is so annoying for them to put you through that! But I know how it is now that SE has been overrun with Social Justice Warriors and Jeff Atwood is gone.

@Fury So you DO understand! I like your chat user name, Fury. That is perfect!

The more they complain about my attitude, the grumpier I get!!!!

Are we safe here? I will not betray you. I am already in hot water with SE folks because I am not sufficiently politically correct.

Can you tell me about it, catching the liar?

@Arjun Yay, there you are, all done with your bath!

@Fury Oh my, what did you do to get your chat privileges banned? lol, I am glad that you are rebellious, a bad boy ;o)

I will look on a map. I am awake half the night anyway, and will leave this tab and window open. Good morning! Or night?

I am about to go in search of smoked salmon and other tasty treats. 9.5 hours OMG! Are you in a former Soviet socialist republic or Israel maybe? (I am quasi teasing you... tiny joke).

@Arjun Hi Arjun, how are you?

...and for caring.

@Arjun Hi Arjun, I will be back tonight. It is 5 pm on the east coast of the US where I am. Thank you for asking