elmo2you

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by elmo2you 5y ago
I think we can "thank" the popularity of the startup business model (and the prolific idea/delusion that this is where innovation takes place) first and foremost for that. Personally, I've rather just seen an increase in
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by elmo2you 5y ago
These negotiation most likely precede the pandemic, considering the original planned release for May 2020. Regardless though, a deal was struck and no pandemic or other unforeseen circumstances will change that contract unless it is renegot
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by elmo2you 5y ago
So, then how does that technically work? How will integrity be verified/guaranteed? If it's just an application level shielding, as in a separation between user software that can't access the information but a layer/clus
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by elmo2you 5y ago
Your concerns likely are legit and justified. It appears indeed what plenty of governments are already working on and pushing towards just that .. and it won't be pretty if they ever manage to convince enough people to make it a mandat
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I believe that the moment you hold valuable assets (i.e. any value of crypto currency) in any wallet, then you should report that (even now). I have no idea how these new rules will play out, but I can image how exchanges might be forced al
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by elmo2you 5y ago
How private are those then? Isn't it true that at least everything is visible to at least all participants? EDIT: in other words, my question is actually whether your claim has relevance, considering how most crypto currencies aim to b
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by elmo2you 5y ago
That is actually a surprisingly simple yet fundamentally true summation. Thank you.
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I'm definitely not a lawyer/expert on this, even less about Germany specifically, but isn't actual financial damage required for financial compensation? While Stockfish might have suffered damage from ChessBase's behavio
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I'm puzzled as to how Tesla managed to get a patent (granted) on this. Maybe it's for a very specific implementation of the extraction process using table salt, but I'd swear this is not a new phenomenon. Nor can phenomenons
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I don't know anything about this particular situation, so please consider the following purely speculative in regards to this case. I have lived for a long time in a country where insane bureaucracy and corruption are the norm. Probabl
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by elmo2you 5y ago
It isn't directly as much about the hegemony of any country or nation. It's more about huge capital/business interests that have found their way into political parties in both the EU and most of its member states. While democ
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by elmo2you 5y ago
> But blaming the printer, really? That's like blaming an intern... To clarify, I mean the printer as a company, not the device .. and yes, it indeed is as bad as blaming the intern.
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I'm afraid this is not at all bullshit, even though I wish it was so. While it is true that these opposing countries no doubt each have their own problems with (local/national) corruption and oligarchies, the ideologies that are c
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I believe the official explanation was an "interpretation error" of the vector image used as the source. The printer has taken "full responsibility" for this mistake and apologized. How convenient. From a technical persp
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by elmo2you 5y ago
> Red Hat sets the Standard Not so sure that's something you should be proud of, considering the kind of standards they are setting. Also, not so sure about how much standards they really are, if it's mostly the Red Hat custome
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by elmo2you 5y ago
Unless the telemetry is somehow a form of payment for using the (open source) product, I think your argument falls under: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I don't think it's always that easy. Once people are committed to a certain product, quitting or switching to an alternative isn't always simple or even possible. There can even be substantial financial damage involved. Maybe
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by elmo2you 5y ago
It certainly looks that way. Though in fairness, gaslighting implies the intent to deceive. I fear that these folk could actually be more of the kind that simply doesn't see anything wrong with their way of "making" money. Wh
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by elmo2you 5y ago
Thank you. It sure sounds plausible, as much as I dislike it. It's one thing to see startups involved in questionable business practices with their own/new products. Quite another seeing existing useful software be destroyed by it
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I remember reading blog posts from browser extension maintainers, at least 3 or 4 times, who spoke out about regularly being approached by shady buyers for exactly that reason. Unless they were all making things up, I'd say it may inde
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by elmo2you 5y ago
While there is room for arguments whether these changes to Audacity actually constitutes spying, I believe it's rather their vague wording (and potential reach) that worries people. Rightfully so, I would say. More often than not, deve
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I do sympathize with how it must have felt during that presentation, but I do wonder why anyone would take the words of any high ranking US military official serious at all, at anything they say. After all, they are just representatives of
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by elmo2you 5y ago
I was thinking along a similar line while reading that article. I understand that from the perspective of somebody living in a country where Facebook has all sorts of relevance/influence on people's daily lives (and certainly more
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by elmo2you 5y ago
This sounds pretty much like straight up extortion to me. Threatening with abuse of the legal system (that is what this is, because those argument won't survive actual scrutiny) by someone with deep pockets, towards someone who clearly
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by elmo2you 5y ago
The problem with taxing revenue instead of profit is that it allegedly would stifle reinvestment. Whether that's actually true or just convenient storytelling (like e.g. with trickle down and patents) is a whole different story. What y
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by elmo2you 5y ago
There are certainly special features that make the Netherlands attractive for foreign multinationals. The Dutch government has, for a long time, actively presented itself (euphemistically) as a great place for foreign business. They of cour
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by elmo2you 5y ago
No matter what one may think/feel of this policy, if immigration detained these people and denied them contact with their embassy, than that is a very serious violation. Not that I'm really surprised though. This kind of lawless (
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by elmo2you 5y ago
Aside from profiling, can these custom URL handlers also be used as an attack vector on other installed applications? That is, assuming any of those happens to be installed and have a (input sanitation related) vulnerability. Maybe I'm
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by elmo2you 5y ago
Ventoy is indeed one of the best (if not THE best) tool for this. Even if it does not support absolutely everything (last time I checked), it is by far the most hassle free and sure-fire solution. For context, I have professionally deployed
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by elmo2you 5y ago
To be clear, I have never said that freelancers should not pay tax, nor that they are some magical fairies. In fact, I think that they should have registered as self-employed entities and pay tax accordingly. Why do you expect (or even insi

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