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by arlcode 4y ago
Apple: it's impossible because of the encryption Regulator: what are the others using? Apple: something very similar but slightly different Regulator: and it's impossible to develop an open standard thet allows p2p encryption to b
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by arlcode 4y ago
Hopefully existing regulations that prevent companies from hiding behind shells. Otherwise any regulation could be skirted by having a constantly revolving roster of fronts that import your product.
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by arlcode 4y ago
I read the legislation as that still being possible. There is no need for you to communicate with anybody who you don't want to communicate with.
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by arlcode 4y ago
You will be extra pleased to learn that the DMA (this law) or it's cousin the DSA also has rules to restrict the formation of monopoly by limiting the ability of gatekeepers to buy out all competition even before the market dominance i
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by arlcode 4y ago
If it comes so far (which I really doubt) as them simply ignoring it, their European Operations can be fined (directly through their bank accounts if need be) or their European employees can be jailed. They can also be disallowed to do busi
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by arlcode 4y ago
As someone from outside the US: From online interactions, I get the feeling that it is quite typical for regular American people to get cold contacted by political candidates via mail, phone, text or even in person. How much of that impress
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by arlcode 4y ago
I need a whether app fairly often and luckily the federal whether agency of our country offers a pretty great one for a one time flat fee of 3€ that has become an invaluable part of my (hobby Pilot) flight preparation routine. To get a diff
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by arlcode 4y ago
A few years back a popular claim was that Musk is personally programming features into the Tesla codebase. Whether that actually happened or not isn't that important but the fact that people thought it was a good thing always struck me
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by arlcode 4y ago
I don't think this is what the GP is talking about. Think of this scenario: Suppose I got an online token/contract/NFT on any Blockchain that says I own the property and house at 123 Main Street and further suppose this is as
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by arlcode 4y ago
Also the most basic question: "You and what army?" Either they pay/bribe whatever governments have an interest in them or they find a way to (threaten to) defend themselves against people who are much more organized and econo
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by arlcode 4y ago
Of course it's a poor argument and your arguement points in the right direction (though I don't have enough data to confidently make a statement about peoples ability to manage their finances) But people like to dream and everybod
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by arlcode 4y ago
Why would the state do that? They are making a killing by playing "fair". Unless you are suggesting literal bribery, I don't see it. For some people winning the lottery (even smaller prices) is literally the only "realis
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by arlcode 4y ago
The UK government can't influence the US government (or any foreign government at all) to enforce their laws. So companies can choose to comply or not. You and I are probably violating several (severely) punished laws from around the w
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by arlcode 4y ago
Yes he would (sorry if I went a bit over the top there). My point being that I don't trust Elon Musk to make better moderation decisions than whoever is in charge right now. Past attempts of social media with low barriers of what is al
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by arlcode 4y ago
Well maybe he realised that in the best case he would govern over Twitter 2.0 with extra toxicity and in the worst case be the proud owner of another cesspool of assholes, pedophiles and people with violent ideas. I don't believe for a
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by arlcode 4y ago
Stellantis and VW were pretty much tied in 2021.
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by arlcode 4y ago
I faintly recall that this was in part a response to VW growing too big in the years before. Before the merger Fiat, who was struggling at the time, tried to fusion with Renault but the French government blocked it. Maybe someone has more i
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by arlcode 4y ago
And we mustn't forget that Big Tech companies neither pay many taxes in Europe nor do they employ a lot of people either. Most of their development and production happens elsewhere. (Relative to their size). They have therefore little
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by arlcode 4y ago
That felt somewhat desperate, like Apple didn't really know how to deal with this. I wonder what their endgame was? Did they hope that users would rise up and defend apple against their government over dating apps? Did they think the g
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by arlcode 4y ago
Power companies, Telco companies. Oil companies, In some countries train companies. Sometimes this happens when services are provided by the state directly.
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by arlcode 4y ago
They do bi weekly tests with the mainnet state and by now it's getting pretty stable. I can't say anything about the absolute code quality however I think we are getting to a point where economic and community pressure forces them
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by arlcode 4y ago
I wonder, Where there any crypto investment Funds that invested in actual companies (aka not coins or derivates)?
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by arlcode 4y ago
Yeah had that happen and it was clear why (small company closed down) Starting from 6 months the CEOs explained how things are and what would need to happen in order to avoid it. Two months prior they layed everyone off (including themselve
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by arlcode 4y ago
Because in the US privacy doesn't seem to be a high priority for federal politicians (of either party if you ask me). Such things have been regulated by national and European law for ages over here, and the GDPR was the latest brick in
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by arlcode 4y ago
Miners have no say in it. They "only" participate in the on chain consensus while the switch to PoS is governed by the underlying social consensus of what code to run.
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by arlcode 4y ago
It's an interesting article and I think the last paragraph is incredibly important. My personal takeaway is to deal with situations as they are, not as you would like them to be. If you are a very optimistic and positive person that co
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by arlcode 4y ago
Don't worry someone will reinvent cable TV packaging soon enough. There is only so much money people are willing to pay for entertainment. Bundling allows them to squeeze out that extra euro for stuff the customer doesn't really w
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by arlcode 4y ago
And: Would they be ok with their government having no funds but other governments being still funded by taxes. Publicly funded armies replaced hired mercenary forces for a reason.
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by arlcode 4y ago
There were already several cases (over the last couple of decades) in Germany where the GPL was part of the proceedings. They understood the license just fine back then
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by arlcode 4y ago
This is a civil case if I am not mistaken. Earlier cases in Germany where decided in favour of the obligations of the GPL.

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