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721.
by arlcode 5y ago
Uuuh the large scale mining operations can easily be detected through their power use. Then warrants can be served equipment can be confiscated and people be put in front of a judge
722.
by arlcode 5y ago
Indeed it was :) With a big enough population at least one government and a basic bureaucracy will be formed by someone. A few people in the Blockchain space seem to think that technology can fundamentally change that.
723.
by arlcode 5y ago
My band of thugs however would offer people the ability to buy protection from your band of thugs. I may even be inclined to write down some rules and introduce a process to resolve conflicts without unnecessary damage to people and propert
724.
by arlcode 5y ago
Alright, how does a potential recipient use those funds? Pay rent? No, because the government would notice the missing income on the landlords tax return. Pay for food and other goods? No, because the government would not allow companies to
725.
by arlcode 5y ago
Exactly, and while the government database "land registry" could, of course, be replaced with a government "HouseChain" it wouldn't actually solve any Problem but would introduce a ton of new ones.
726.
by arlcode 5y ago
Well the law and the fact that (eventually) someone will come and physically remove whoever claims to own your house. A Blockchain without the ability to initiate (and complete) such a process is worthless for questions of real world owners
727.
by arlcode 5y ago
Hey me too. I know it's real people suffering and because of personal relationships with US citizens I feel for them. Yet it's a fascinating lesson in how complex social problems can be acknowledged by pretty much everyone while
728.
by arlcode 5y ago
Someone will reinvent cable by bundling services together and charging people for content in which they aren't interested. It'll happen as soon as the fragmentation is worse enough for people to loose interest and willingness to p
729.
by arlcode 5y ago
I don't think I agree that this is a killer app. Virtually no one wants the consequences of a fully unmoderated (aka uncensored) social network. Either there is are strong filter/segmentation capabilities (like "the algorithm
730.
by arlcode 5y ago
some are. The mixture nob for example could easily survive this especially in a slow splane like this. But I agree it's not the strongest argument
731.
by arlcode 5y ago
> And why go look for the plane? You would attempt to go back to civilization ASAP...Unless you'd need to, for example, reenable the magnetos/fuel switch in order to avoid "embarrassing" questions from the authorities
732.
by arlcode 5y ago
You want to pull the cord a few seconds after exiting. 1...2...3...pull. Freefall is not the goal when bailing in case of an emergency.
733.
by arlcode 5y ago
I found an article on the german Wikipedia https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux-Klausel The referenced article is §32 UrhG
734.
by arlcode 5y ago
If the author is effectively payed trough the (expected) purchase later on its probably fine. Or if the author is an employee and gets a salary
735.
by arlcode 5y ago
In some countries such copyright assignments are in fact invalid. Germany had to amend the law back in the day to make Open Source legal. Before that it wasn't possible to forgoe payment and even now it's not possible in many case
736.
by arlcode 5y ago
Sure, like any law in any place. EU member states and representatives decided that not having certain business models is preferably. Them leaving the single market is a welcome result.
737.
by arlcode 5y ago
Because society decided that it shouldn't be. It's a political decision that charging money (or displaying not personalized ads) is preferably.
738.
by arlcode 5y ago
It communicates that European societies (through their elected representatives) disapprove of the "paid for with your data" business model. Yes this is limiting the free market but it's a conscious decision. It's still a
739.
by arlcode 5y ago
Norway is a member of the EEA and often closely aligned with EU policies
740.
by arlcode 5y ago
Maybe a court isn't needed, but strict effective regulation is in my opinion. That would probably involve payment but not prevent others from entering the market. Where I am located there is one designated electricity provider who must
741.
by arlcode 5y ago
I wonder whether we will see something similar to public utilities in the web. Companies like Google would be required to provide a basic service to basically everyone and are required to go through a court before suspending accounts (or ma
742.
by arlcode 5y ago
Of course. And in some places in the world I definitely would prefer my data being processed far away. But like OP (I assume) I have the privilege to live in a society where, every few years, I have the opportunity to elect our leaders and
743.
by arlcode 5y ago
I wouldn't approach this problem from a technical direction. If there is a browser based vendor agnostic opt-in popup for user tracking (not only cookies) you can outlaw and severely punish attempts to circumvent that. Given the time a
744.
by arlcode 5y ago
Could you go into more detail on what you mean by "associated religious obligations"? As a developer using rust I'm not quite sure what you are refering to.
745.
by arlcode 5y ago
That's why I (in Europe) pay with SEPA Direct Debit whenever possible. It has a legally mandated no question asked chargeback function. (In fact it's automated and two clicks away). Of course there are expensive consequences when
746.
by arlcode 5y ago
I don't doubt that their technology is able to do that. I just think taking on liability is a big deal. Probably several lawyers at MB needed some fresh air when they were asked to formalize this policy. Tesla obviously aims for an all
747.
by arlcode 5y ago
Could you go into detail what you mean by "respect Tesla less" in that context? It seems to me that we are looking at a maturing market where several brands have released products which are quite good. Judging by the numbers Tesla
748.
by arlcode 5y ago
That might be true, but as opposed to Tesla, Mercedes is willing to take on the liability if something happens while the system is online. If I'm not mistaken the law requires a 10 second take over period before it disengages. For the
749.
by arlcode 5y ago
But that's a reality I can believe in. Some large actors dominating the market and with that come regulations (AML/KYC), laws and borders and in the end it's like the traditional financial system with a VM and JavaScript inst
750.
by arlcode 5y ago
Facebook controlling what is equivalent to a central bank is scaring regulators. No one wants Mark in charge of the money supply. Partnering with a project that isn't Facebook helps with that (at least a little bit)

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