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by declan 13y ago
Thanks! It's exciting and kind of scary at the same time. Hope you like it (once it ships!).
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by declan 13y ago
This could well be the case. I've seen it happen before including in newsrooms I've worked in: A reporter feels too confident in her story and starts to ignore contrary evidence. Her editors don't perform sufficient independe
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by declan 13y ago
AP almost certainly audio recorded it (at every news organization I've worked for it would be standard practice). But that doesn't mean they'll post the audio, or that there was video. Also: they'll do a writethru soon e
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by declan 13y ago
Another possibility is that the Newsweek reporter was overly convinced she was right, and ignored inconsistencies that disagreed with her premise. We don't have audio of the exchange where Dorian Nakamoto allegedly quasi-admitted to b
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by declan 13y ago
Ah, but how many cases involved that particular California law being invoked by the plaintiff?
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by declan 13y ago
Imagine this: Dorian Nakamoto was a former DoD contractor working on classified project and was not Mr. Bitcoin. A woman started (from his perspective) stalking him, emailing him under false pretenses, phoning him, calling his son, and then
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by declan 13y ago
See my comment above re: potential liability: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7357827
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by declan 13y ago
AP is likely to do a writethru. That's their style. Patience.
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by declan 13y ago
Good point. The story now is whether Dorian == or != Satoshi. I think there's more evidence for != than ==.
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by declan 13y ago
> I don't think Leah McGrath Goodman and Newsweek did anything illegal I wouldn't be so sure. Both may be subject to tort liability if Dorian Nakamoto != Satoshi Nakamoto. See my tweet: https://twitter.com/decla
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by declan 13y ago
I'd now like to see a response from Newsweek. They have a high threshold of proof to meet to establish that Dorian Nakamoto is Mr. Bitcoin, and I don't believe they've met it.
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by declan 13y ago
Those would be journalists who are not acting professionally.
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by declan 13y ago
And the free market plus the Bill of Rights plus tort law could punish Newsweek if they're wrong. See my tweet about legal liability: https://twitter.com/declanm/status/441711365888040960
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by declan 13y ago
Zite is a strong product, and I wish the team well. (Disclaimer: Mark Johnson is a friend, and deserves some time off.) This is admittedly self-serving but appropriate for HN: If you're interested in an alternative, I quit my job at CB
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by declan 13y ago
Well said! And a good explanation. Though I'm not sure if the DCT can properly be termed "cutting edge" anymore; Porsche's PDK started appearing in 911s that went on sale six years ago (2009 model year, on sale in 2008).
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by declan 13y ago
Corollary: Even if you take every reasonable legal precaution, there's still a possibility that you can be held liable once the class action lawsuit is filed.
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by declan 13y ago
Both my comment above and the label on the chart refer to "current dollars."
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by declan 13y ago
Um, FedGov tax revenue continually increases in current dollars, short downturns caused by the stock and housing bubbles notwithstanding. Tax revenue for 2013 is expected to be over 50% higher than 2003, for instance: http://www
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by declan 13y ago
All but one of the cars I've owned have had a manual transmission, and I bought a 2013 GTS with a stick (even though the PDK-equipped model is faster 0-60, and certainly more fuel efficient). But I reluctantly disagree with you. Almost
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by declan 13y ago
Agreed. It's not as terse as something like Python, but it's pretty speedy and generally a pleasure to program in. (I'd get headaches if I had to look at Objective C blocks all day.) On the other hand, the availability of pur
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by declan 13y ago
As a German, you may want to brush up on your understanding of U.S. law. First, if you're a mail order business in California you don't have to pay attention to any other state's sales or use tax laws unless you have a busine
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by declan 13y ago
Because journalists have an incentive to attract readers, and it worked. The blog post made it to the front page of HN. (I don't think I've ever written a news article about a tweet and likely would not, barring extreme examples s
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by declan 13y ago
My comment to which you replied was tongue-in-cheek, responding to the fellow who was defending lawful intercept. The point is that the NSA's intercepts, though controversial, have not halted nor have they been declared unlawful. (Not
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Yahoo, ICQ chats still vulnerable to government snoops(news.cnet.com)
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Google: "We strongly disagree with this copyright ruling and will fight it."(youtube.com)
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by declan 13y ago
Well said! :)
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by declan 13y ago
Are the NSA's intercepts lawful?
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by declan 13y ago
More to the point, they could be forced under court order (or FAA 702 order etc.) to MITM. This is a cousin to the Lavabit scenario. Nothing wrong with end-to-end encryption, folks. Why don't we have more of it?
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by declan 13y ago
There is, however, evidence that FedGov can remotely activate webcams on some devices of their choosing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fbis-searc... The FBI has been able to covertly activate
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by declan 13y ago
Update: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/senator-joe-manchin-bitcoin... Manchin would have similar complaints about any such anonymous form of online payment. "It's the anonymous, unregulated nature of it,&qu

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