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by alexb_ 5y ago
>My issue is with all of those who would promote violence as a solution to problems You are completely delusional. Nobody wants war, but the truth of the matter is might makes right. We must be good at making war not because we want figh
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by alexb_ 5y ago
So what exactly should we be doing? Not developing any technology at all with the military? Making the military look as unappealing and awful as possible so that we completely lose any and all advantage we have over other countries in milit
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by alexb_ 5y ago
If a large project had "unpopular" opinions in the commit messages, it would be top of HN instantly and companies everywhere would be pressured into not using the project in the future. Software should do what you want, only what
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by alexb_ 5y ago
He has the legal right to, of course. And that right won't be stripped from free software ever. He also has the freedom to be called a dumbass who is harming open source on a massive scale.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
He uses it to help starving children by including a message on startup. That's a little more agreeable and less political than all of the things you listed. To try and compare it is fucking absurd.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
It's your fault for not giving me the money. If you had done that sooner you'd still have your brain intact.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
not gonna lie I definitely used a soft G before learning otherwise
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by alexb_ 5y ago
What? Microsoft uses UDP/TCP for teams, Signal uses the open-source Signal protocol, Whatsapp uses XMPP, Facetime uses many open standards, "file sharing" all uses https (centralized) or bittorrent (decentralized). I don&#x27
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by alexb_ 5y ago
any way you can think of to get around insider trading the SEC knows about. people try this stuff all the time lol
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Using stock trading is a TERRIBLE idea, that's how you get caught. SEC doesn't play around. I doubt they are doing that, private bidders seems way more likely.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
As it turns out, rational people actually want to cut costs. This is true even down to the individual level. And time is money, so nobody wants to spend the effort to be decentralized when a centralized system exists that takes less money.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
NFTs are stupid and awful ideas, but I suggest actually reading up about how they work so you can more accurately shit on them instead of repeating things you read on twitter.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
The initial "rules" of the internet did not come from any legislation. They were not forced into existence, because the internet is a decentralized system. It's rational people finding out that trusted systems actually do wor
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>engineer the conversation on behalf of and in favor of the user. I wish I had your optimism... should a system exist, businesses will be the one using it to find the optimal time to charge you more money. Just look at what they are doin
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Even then, I think blaming it on laziness is really not a good idea. People are not lazy for not understanding how systems work - not every single person has time for that, or cares about decentralization. Laziness implies it's a probl
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>centralized servers The internet was not designed to be centralized. It become centralized because everybody realized centralization was a way easier way to do everything.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
People use centralized systems because they actually like the convenience that comes with it. And with that, comes the decentralized system changing in such a way that it changes to almost NEEDING centralization. The problem is that enginee
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by alexb_ 5y ago
I think you have to accept that privacy is dead. Period. There is absolutely no tinkering, no open source software, nothing that will prevent you from being tracked. Realize you cannot change this, and accept what you cannot change.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
The fact that you would even begin to consider this anywhere close to a viable option shows how insanely out of touch with actual people you are.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
It's the exact same problem with Email. Email is "decentralized" but most people would rather use a central website and give up their info.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
And one more thing... you are doing yourself a monumental disservice making the process invite only. I saw the teaser problem being bad when I made the comment, but wow... there is no porn here. What it ends up being is a glorified Twitter
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by alexb_ 5y ago
No problem. Tried it for a few minutes now that I have the chance, and a few immediate pain points: - No APK install, it's a web app - so unlike many other apps I still have the navigation at the bottom all the time. - The options for
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Well, the layout is built for phones. Better to focus on one high quality platform then make two bad ones.
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by alexb_ 5y ago
I think that you might have to tackle this problem sooner rather than later. I don't know, I either see one of two things happening: Either you don't become big, and everything stays "teaser-only" - which isn't much
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by alexb_ 5y ago
>Only personal (and verified) accounts allowed. No studios or brands. So I think the only people who are going to be uploading to your site, as opposed to any much more popular website, would be OF creators that spam their low-quality te
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by alexb_ 5y ago
The amount of people trying to assign social media companies the role of "publisher", responsible for everything that happens on their platform, is absurd. It's how we get websites that are "legally required" to loo
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Gord is no longer maintained - is there an active alternative?
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by alexb_ 5y ago
Just look at the value of Bitcoin and try to argue that would create a better or more stable economy. Not to mention 99% of people are hoping their favorite coin is insanely deflationary so they can become rich, not to actually create any f
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by alexb_ 5y ago
You have to remember - someone who can make money at a risk is much more appealing if you can't make any at a low risk via bonds. Even people who have no business speculating on things get money thrown at them because borrowing money t
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by alexb_ 5y ago
It's being pushed up because we are not in a recession. We aren't even close to being in a recession. We need it to be raised in times like this so we actually have room to move it should things go south.

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