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by cowtools 4y ago
>Besides that, do you believe that there is any money for apple to earn by "forcing" safari to its iOS users? Yes. I think limiting functionality in safari is a deliberate tactic to keep users in their app store, where they cha
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by cowtools 4y ago
So the alternative is even fewer and worse options? Even counting brave/chrome/chromium as a single browser, that's 1 browser on iOS vs like 5 browsers everywhere else. Chrome/Firefox are way more configurable with plugi
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by cowtools 4y ago
Luckily, 100% of those malware plugins can already be avoided by voluntarily choosing to not install them. This isn't a decision for apple or any other manufacturer to make. If you need an authority figure to babysit you while you use
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by cowtools 4y ago
>except Safari and Firefox I think that just about says it right there. On any other operating system you have Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Firefox, Tor Browser, Webkit-based browsers, Text-only browsers, etc. There are so many options. But
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by cowtools 4y ago
From my perspective as a firefox user, chrome/chromium is the most successful browser because it's the best. Apple needs to resort to cheap tactics to hold onto their market share and create vendor lock-in for their users, which i
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by cowtools 4y ago
The ability to freely run programs on your own damn hardware! Congratulations, you played a AAA video game on your personal surveillance device by streaming it from someone else's (useful) computer. Very cyberpunk of you! I guess that&
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by cowtools 4y ago
>But we've already had examples of ad-blocking companies doing deals with advertisers to whitelist URLs and I simply don't trust them not to on-sell my browser history. Huh? uBlock Origin is a free/open source project.
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by cowtools 4y ago
I think nearlyfreespeech.net uses openbsd
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by cowtools 4y ago
>If my coins are pegged to USD how do they appreciate? Staking rewards. It's marketed as a necessary feature of PoS cryptocurrencies, but it isn't really necessary if the cryptocurrency is actually centralized anyways. Centrali
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by cowtools 4y ago
They're a victim of their own voluntary financial decisions.
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by cowtools 4y ago
malware enables ransomware: the root of the problem isn't payment. the root of the problem is the widespread insecurity of modern computer systems. You could just as equally blame cash for enabling robberies and conventional ransoms. S
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by cowtools 4y ago
I think bittorrent solves actually does solve a problem most people have. If we lived in a bittorrent using utopia, you would never have to set up a web server because you could just seed static websites from a couple home computers. Popula
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by cowtools 4y ago
I suppose, but is it that much better than cash?
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by cowtools 4y ago
You can run android apps in a waydroid container, albeit it will still be closed-source.
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by cowtools 4y ago
With some level of plausible deniability, you pass the hit-them-with-a-wrench test because you can't just hit everyone with a wrench.
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by cowtools 4y ago
It's a good question. I wonder this too. But until we can make cryptography that is criminal-proof but not government-proof, and until the government can feasibly enforce its use, then I don't think it really matters. It's ha
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by cowtools 4y ago
well you know what they say about humor on the internet, poe's law and all. I guess the joke is that security is presented as an all-or-nothing situation, when in reality security is just about disproportionally increasing the cost for
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by cowtools 4y ago
Go ahead, unlock your hard drives then. Disable HTTPS, it makes no difference right? The government can just do evil maid attacks while you're asleep or rubber-hose whatever CA you're using anyways. While you're at it, why d
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by cowtools 4y ago
We're not talking about people getting struck by lightning here, we're talking about an intentionally built and voluntarily used computer system. If you don't understand the risk, don't invest.
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by cowtools 4y ago
>Because you have to convert the crypto into fiat to procure goods and services You do? What is the purpose of cryptocurrency if you are just going to convert back into cash the moment you use it? I think the end goal for cryptocurrency
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by cowtools 4y ago
>The undeniable fact is that regulations will be put in place for crypto why is this so undeniable? I would think well-implemented cryptocurrencies would be fairly regulation resistant
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by cowtools 4y ago
Bitcoin has some scripting[0] functionality, and its non-fungibility[1][2] can facilitate NFT-like colored coins[3][4] [0] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Fungibili
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by cowtools 4y ago
Bitcoin would continue to operate even if miners used no electricity. The real question is whether or not the network can function with no block reward (solely off fees)
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If
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by cowtools 4y ago
Could you use an enzyme to reliably produce chiral molecules? Maybe we will be able to mass-produce nano-machines or something that could facilitate this on an avogadro's scale.
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by cowtools 4y ago
This comment put a huge grin on my face. "Tautologically, holders will never sell!"
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by cowtools 4y ago
>that so many smart investors we all deluded To be fair, there are a lot of less-than-smart investors. >BTC's deflationary stance BTC's "stance" is irrational and will eventually lead to the breakdown of the bitcoi
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by cowtools 4y ago
I mean, he's right. all these file-sharing services like dropbox merely exist because the general public doesn't know how to use something like bittorrent. Maybe you can grift off of that ignorance for a while, but that doesn&#x27
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I thought apple computers usually had thunderbolt ports. You can't just connect a thunderbolt/M.2 drive enclosure and mount it as root?

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