ElViajero

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by ElViajero 5y ago
> What’s the advantage of NFTs over other crypto for money laundering? Just a guess, you control the value of the asset. If 1 Bitcoin is $30,000 and I sell it to you for $300,000 that may raise many questions. If you buy the NFT for my
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> Apple doesn’t want the bad PR from the fact that some random enthusiast found a way to compromise both iCloud and passcode of an iPhone It is always problematic to do free work for big corporations. Corporations have an incentive to cr
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> As much as fake donations I guess So, a lot.
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> I can't prove collusion, but mandatory insurance seems wrong. I do not know how it works in the USA. But in Spain the mandatory insurance is for 3rd parties, for the damage that you may cause to others. It has historical roots. A
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It is obvious that we need better legislation to deal with all the new possibilities that technologies have opened. The installation of this app, even done with good intent, open a lot of questions on what should be possible or not to be do
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> Televised news is harmful manipulative crap. Not all news stations are the same, not all countries have the same TV news. It is easy to just give up and think that you cannot trust anyone. But, the reality is that there is many journal
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> But I’ve also recognized that I will often turn to gaming when I’m not being challenged enough or fulfilled enough elsewhere. I feel your pain. Games are incredible good creating challenges and rewarding effort. Both things are quite l
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> "This template is used by integration test only." No, it is not only for integration test. It is also used in production. They need to update that description. :)
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That is a very interesting point, and it is solved in negotiations between the teams. One team cannot use a technology that forces another team to change theirs. That will take away the autonomy of one of the teams. e.g. If one team decides
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> Isn't the incentive getting paid? Yes, that is my point. If I get paid more if your project fails because there is more budged for my project. My motivation is against collaboration. I do it for the money. And the company, thru fo
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> The organisation quickly adapts to this balkanisation and optimises for it. That is a very good point. Once you have a company optimized for individual work, as opposite to team work, any collaboration is seen as wasteful as the compan
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> If one of us discovered a new technique for, say, dealing with a particular corner, we shared it with the other. What is your incentive to do that? I see that as the key. In a company, employees needs an incentive to work together and
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> It was started by the Nixon administration to reduce the amount of left and left-leaning voters, particularly black Americans. That is interesting information, thank you for commenting. It shows that there was not a misinterpretation,
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Many are missing the point, this is a story about transgender rights, not about psychologist knowledge. The original article, linked in the post, starts with: “I’ve made this argument before and gotten a reply something like this: Transgend
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> "The war on drugs was an absolute miscalculation of human behavior," said Kassandra Frederique, who heads the Drug Policy Alliance, a national group that advocates for total drug decriminalization. For me it would be incredib
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> This is really important when looking for something obscure. Sadly I do not think that Amazon goal is to optimize searches so you get what you look for, but so as many people as possible find something that they purchase. There is many
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"Quantum computers like the Q System One are still very much experimental devices. They can’t outperform classical computers at useful tasks (in fact, your laptop is probably more powerful when it comes to real-life computation), but a
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> I’m not going to speculate on what caused the BTC crash exactly, but the bad press associated with cryptocurrencies isn’t helping anyone with crypto balance in their wallet. But, he is going to speculate anyway and blame the press. &gt
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That is interesting because one characteristic feeds the other. The more rich and educated the more polite and lower rates of crime. The lower rates of crime the more prosper a society is. That is why it is so important to help people to ge
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That is a very good point. If employers have the information, and they could already share it to lower salaries. Why are they not doing it? Or something is missing, or the employers are going to realize their mistake and implement transpare
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>In order to be innovative and compete, we need very flexible working laws, people with a big growth mindset, a less relaxing lifestyle and AMBITIOUS people. False. Sweden is in the top 10 competitive nations in the world. And it is beca
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> At the same time, consumers surveyed by the New York Fed also expected household income and spending to increase, particularly among households with annual income of more than $100,000, the central bank said. Quite interesting how much
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This is known as shadow IT. And it is a risk for any big corporation. Are you going to leave to "users" to implement GDPR and other regulatory compliance? No, that would be too risky. "low-code tools" seems misleading. O
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I understand that there is a historical expectations that Universities should provide education and be a role model for society. But, as far as I know, in the USA universities are just another business. The USA should stop being surprised e