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by fossuser 5y ago
> Leaving all that aside - what platforms do you believe hold promise for a decentralized future? https://urbit.org/ I think stuff like mastodon is dead on arrival and will never succeed outside of its extremely niche au
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by fossuser 5y ago
> Although the US government is bound by the first amendment, we have effectively outsourced that right to private monopolies that aggressively censor views that don’t fit progressive perspectives. Private companies being able to do this
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by fossuser 5y ago
TikTok's ban is different (and arguably reasonable). The way TikTok manipulates its feed to serve the CCP's interests and influence public sentiment in the country is a threat. Things like downplaying the CCP's invasion of HK
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by fossuser 5y ago
We should expect better: https://zalberico.com/essay/2020/06/13/zoom-in-china.html This is a disappointing outcome of our community (software engineers, hackers, builders) and our technology - the web as
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by fossuser 5y ago
Yeah this title is editorialized badly. This is not a rejection - it’s just stating their terms for reengagement were already provided. The rest is just fluff if they don’t meet those terms, it doesn’t matter.
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by fossuser 5y ago
It also came out later? I think I had a tamagotchi in 1994 or 1995 - I think digimon didn’t show up until a year or two later.
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by fossuser 5y ago
Agreed - the DeFi tech is really interesting: https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/what-explains-the-rise... There's a lot of snake oil speculative no knowledge spam from people that easily give off a bullshit vi
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by fossuser 5y ago
Ah thanks for the correction - I missed that bit.
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by fossuser 5y ago
Yeah - I think holding value in BTC and then converting to other stuff to do different things is likely a common use case. You can move BTC to Zcash and then have shielded transactions. The worst kind of outcome is what the CCP is building
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by fossuser 5y ago
> How does Bitcoin scarcity compare with the availability of other crypto products ? I think this question doesn't totally make sense, but I get what you're getting at. BTC because of PoW and mostly first mover advantage (more
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by fossuser 5y ago
That part is something they have in common. The differentiation is about monetary policy, BTC's policy is in code via incentives and PoW. It's decentralized and not controlled by a government. The currency is scarce and the maximu
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by fossuser 5y ago
I think its place isn't as a currency. I written this comment before, but I’ve basically come to believe the argument described in the following is true: https://www.matthuang.com/bitcoin_for_the_open_minded_skepti...
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by fossuser 5y ago
The irony of Tile's demand was that by Apple opening up Find My to third parties Tile's network effect moat just became irrelevant. Instead of having one serious competitor with a network (Apple) that's only iOS they're
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by fossuser 5y ago
It’s worth reading what I linked. Gold’s inherent utility as a metal is largely irrelevant.
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by fossuser 5y ago
I’ve basically come to believe the argument described in the following is true: https://www.matthuang.com/bitcoin_for_the_open_minded_skepti... Bitcoin isn’t a cash competitor, it’s a gold competitor - and it’s a pretty goo
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by fossuser 5y ago
Strong disagree on this. We live in a society, to operate open communities there are trade-offs. If you want to live in a miserable security state where no action is allowed, refunds are never accepted, and every actor is assumed hostile un
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by fossuser 5y ago
Yeah - and usually stops short of causing actual damage. You don't get to rob a bank and then when caught say "you should thank us for showing your security weaknesses". In this case they merged actual bugs and now they have
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by fossuser 5y ago
I hope they take this bad publicity and stop (rather than escalating stupidity by using non university emails). What a joke - not sure how they can rationalize this as valuable behavior.
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think we are largely (maybe entirely?) in agreement. Thanks for taking the time to write out your thoughts/argument.
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think I understand the position, but the implication is often that it should not be allowed or that it is bad. The core idea is I think YouTube should have the power to moderate their platform and that that is a form of legally protected
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think you're misstating my comment a bit. The government compelling speech from private companies is a speech violation. Arguably private companies and individuals should adapt to choose better services that suit their interests. I
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by fossuser 6y ago
Eh I don’t buy this. FB isn’t the internet and there are a lot of social media companies with social media apps. The protected characteristic is the relevant bit.
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by fossuser 6y ago
You're being snarky, but this is essentially true (as I understand it). In the US, outside of a few legally protected characteristics, a company is free to exercise its speech to choose not to provide service to customers it does not w
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by fossuser 6y ago
Yeah, seems strictly better? It's an aesthetic win since you don't need the cable coming out the back of the machine and it's a pragmatic win since cable management is much easier if it can plug into the power brick that&#x
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by fossuser 6y ago
Trade-off that biases towards iPad like thinness. Logic board and speakers have to go somewhere, they can either go behind the display and make things thicker or they can go in the chin bar area. I was surprised they did that too - I expect
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by fossuser 6y ago
It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between a bribe and extortion. The case in Australia was definitely the latter and based on the quality of NYT reporting on these issues I wouldn't be surprised if it's the case here
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by fossuser 6y ago
Ah - that is what I remembering, thanks for the clarification.
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think FB does this? Though it's a little bit different when it's an intentional tradeoff decision vs. just being bad at software. In FB's case with billions of non-technical users the tradeoff is probably valid.
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by fossuser 6y ago
Thanks - the sites I'm complaining about typically limit characters somewhere between 18-32 so I suspect it's unrelated to this.
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by fossuser 6y ago
Yeah, I was in college at the time - banks often seem to have really old and not very good systems. I use Fidelity now and while it has issues, it's much better.

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