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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
They do, to a point, but since you are the one who bears the fee they do the amount they can cost effectively which is frankly marginally effective.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
I'm pretty sure legally you are required to label sponsored content. https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yeah. Tbh, at this point, I think sponsored content is here to stay as a serious funding model for publishers. I just hope its well marked. People have shown they aren't willing [for whatever reason] to buy content with cash directly s
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Yeah I was just talking to an employee of a CC fraud prevention company and that was my thought: they proudly talk about how they can identify fraud and refuse the transaction, when my question was, why not just look like you're a
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
This can be largely automated using something like minFraud, Signify, etc. However, you still need to use the same basic process: Step #1 - No instant feedback Step #2 - Your antifraud SaaS provider / process / whatever Step #3
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yes. At $DayJob we have a similar process [e.g. Accept any card that passes the checksum, hand out rejections on a 24 hour delay after we've handled our fraud signals and processed the charge with the gateway] The credit card processor
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yeah but that just shows its https.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yes it is. Production Desktop Down = Company loses $X/hr in Dev salary until it is available again. $X is generally $50-100/hr, more if you need someone in Ops to help you out.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Good assistive systems (probably leading in the nearish term to a level of full autonomy under some conditions) has already started to arrive from a variety of auto makers--but Google doesn't seem to be interested in participating
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Fyi: https://spideroak.com/manual/zero-knowledge-explained/ Its local encryption then copies the resulting blob to SpiderOak. Lose your password, lose your ability to decrypt as you need it to decrypt locally.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
https://bytejail.com/pricing What is the advantage of this over SpiderOak? https://spideroak.com/solutions/spideroak-one > SpiderOakONE is the leading private backup solution and is 100% Zero Knowle
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
I think the delivery drivers will still be needed as they need to physically exit the vehicle and handle the packages. To me, at least, that seems like a use case where you'd need drones.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Won't/can't read the article because Wired adwall, but what is this business model? 1) Replacing taxi drivers. 2) Replacing commuters who don't want to drive. Both of those problems exist on the scale of hundreds of
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> I wonder, when Tesla unveils something that doesn't fit within the parameters that those people think of as a 'car', how many will drop their reservation? Tbh, I don't think Tesla cares. They have a ~$276 million do
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
I think the OP is overselling the following problems and/or failing to understand the problem EVs are relevant to: 1) Grid strain - By the time EV cars are popular enough for this to be an issue, installed home solar capacity is likely
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
http://www.discourse.org/ https://flaskbb.org/ https://github.com/rafalp/Misago http://spirit-project.com/ https://github.com/thredded/thredded
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
They are largely US based and want to verify rather than risk being sued for livel. Give it a month.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-... > In 2013, U.K. leader David Cameron urged his country’s overseas territories — including the British Virgin Islands — to work with him to “get our own hous
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
There is a very consistent pattern of events with sensitive subjects in the West when dealing with powerful interests. Step #1 - Report on the people who can't sue you effectively. Step #2 - Verify. Step #3 - Report on what you can ver
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Privacy oriented niche, but yeah.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Same reason we don't allow the vast majority of customers to entirely block traffic from an entire a country, even though it's one of our top customer support requests. https://www.cloudflare.com/features-secu
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Honestly, it probably would be beneficial to my productivity if I dropped all of Cloudflare's IP ranges since it'd keep me from going on HN, Reddit, etc. :P The need for incentive you mention is silly. The website operator [much l
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yes, but Tor flips through IP addresses regularly so you'd get challenged every few minutes. Similarly, if you block cookies/supercookies/etc to avoid being tracked ... you'll be challenged every view.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Unfortunately, that then means all we can rely on when a request connects to our network is the reputation of the IP and the contents of the request itself. So, essentially, Cloudflare relies on defense in depth as a security company b
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
You can buy serviceable vehicles for $15-20k that are reliable, last for a decade, and meet the critical needs in the US for a car [commute, almost all shopping trips, etc]. Adding what is effectively the price of another car ($15-20k) onto
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Yes.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
Someone is going to take the fall for Clinton if they actually press criminal charges against anyone even if, morally and ethically, it is really on her. Honestly, Clinton should at a minimum be banned from handling classified information i
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
If she honestly believes she is innocent, she would want it over with ASAP so it doesn't effect her chances in the General Election in Nov.
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Propaganda is not a tidal wave that comes crashing down on established opinions, it is a steady stream that eats at solid rock until it creates a deep gorge you could not have imagined structured in any other way. Yes. However, they sw
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by fweespee_ch 11y ago
> Consider the U.S. presidential election: The outcome is worth billions each to very many parties worldwide; it's existential to some foreign governments and actors; many in the U.S. have very powerful ideological motives. How much

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