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by ikeboy 5mo ago
If you're going to change the system, which you need to do to make it possible to bring charges in a case like this, the other changes I suggested would be more effective and harder to weaponize. The core problem here is that the syste
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by ikeboy 5mo ago
Where does this idea come from that we somehow can't take power away from people without criminal punishment after the fact? Nobody should have this power, and then abuse of power wouldn't be an issue.
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by ikeboy 5mo ago
How is that an example? Whatever you do now doesn't work retroactively. Changing the system means removing the potential for abuse of power, not punishing abuse of power after the fact.
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by ikeboy 5mo ago
Nobody should have that power. What kind of mindset do you need to have where you think the only way to prevent someone from doing something is via the threat of imprisonment after the fact? The vast majority of people don't do this, a
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by ikeboy 5mo ago
The system needs to change so pursuing frivolous or weak charges doesn't work. We also need to reform bail, which has gone way outside of historical/constitutional norms. Turning it into an escalating back and forth of each side t
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by ikeboy 5mo ago
The path to solving a culture that overincarcerates is not by incarcerating those involved in perpetuating that culture. We need to tame the impulse to throw people in jail for doing things we dislike, not just point it at different targets
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by ikeboy 6mo ago
Reminds me of when I made about $40k finding a source that had CO2 data in close to real time when other people were tracking one about 12 hours delayed See https://misinfounderload.substack.com/p/tales-from-predictio..
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by ikeboy 6mo ago
Note that the 2nd circuit tossed an insider trading case on government information on the basis that it doesn't count as "property". See United States v. Blaszczak. It may be abuse of trust but that's not automatically a
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by ikeboy 4y ago
ZachXBT has repeatedly accused people with little to no evidence, he's a step up from most of the anon FUD accounts but by no means perfect.
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by ikeboy 4y ago
Tether offers 0% returns, though. It's a great business for them, they can get riskless 3% yields and pay nothing on 50B+ in float.
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BNB chain halted after $550M+ hack(twitter.com)
12 points by ikeboy 4y ago|1 comments
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by ikeboy 4y ago
This is again, nonsensical. As I pointed out above, Bitcoin dropped about 30% from May to June. If the loan was overcollateralized by 30% before that 30% drop, then they'd have been able to liquidate without losses. The equity is a los
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by ikeboy 4y ago
It doesn't matter the price when the loan was originated, because as the affidavit says, Celsius had provided additional capital. When you have an overcollateralized loan, as soon as it goes below the required threshold a capital call
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by ikeboy 4y ago
As expected, no source on the date, just making up nonsense. If you'd look at the documents filed in the Celsius bankruptcy, you'd see a sworn affidavit that says Celsius stopped providing additional collateral in May 2022: https
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by ikeboy 4y ago
This is just nonsense. Please show your math including sources for the purported ratio and dates.
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by ikeboy 4y ago
This mentions the Celsius loan without mentioning that it was overcollateralized and liquidated with no loss to tether (confirmed by tether at the time and by Celsius's lawyers in court filings).
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PayPal holding over $1.3M in sales hostage from tech startup(dailydot.com)
10 points by ikeboy 4y ago|1 comments
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by ikeboy 4y ago
I read the lawsuit in question. None of the plaintiffs were arrested. Their issue is that OFAC overstepped the bounds of their statutory authority, which none of your arguments address. I'm also not aware of what US law would have been
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by ikeboy 4y ago
This is incorrect. Tornado devs blocked all OFAC addresses from accessing the frontend, which is the only power they had, since the contracts themselves are immutable. See https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/04&#x2F
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by ikeboy 4y ago
I've had issues where every other time I connect my Sony XM5 to Ubuntu 22.04, it decides to use HFP instead of A2DP which has significantly worse audio quality for music. I need to reset Bluetooth to fix it. None of the solutions onlin
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Pull request: Removes OFAC blacklist from flashbots(github.com)
1 points by ikeboy 4y ago|0 comments
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by ikeboy 4y ago
>For Tenev to actually receive the full compensation, Robinhood stock would need to trade up to $300 per share over the next seven years, the company said in the filing. It closed today at $9.23, so it's a fair guess that he's
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The FCC is cracking down on 'auto warranty' robocalls(cnn.com)
23 points by ikeboy 4y ago|9 comments
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Our team makes millions in crypto risk-free(deepfivalue.substack.com)
2 points by ikeboy 5y ago|0 comments
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Our team makes millions in crypto risk-free(deepfivalue.substack.com)
5 points by ikeboy 5y ago|0 comments
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by ikeboy 5y ago
That is true, although if you try it's not that difficult to pass KYC and use a VPN. AAVE method works for anyone though.
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by ikeboy 5y ago
There happens to be a lot of opportunity now, and lots of ponzis / scams / bubbles / etc. You're right that understanding it is needed, I've done deep dives on many projects and am doing quite well overall. Not for
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by ikeboy 5y ago
That belongs to their customers who will lose a lot if tether fails. Unclear why it would cause FTX directly to lose money - main mechanism is if insurance fund isn't enough to cover liquidations if the price shifts very rapidly but th
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by ikeboy 5y ago
It's not realistic instantly. Even Madoff's victims got a recovery eventually. From OP we know at least 25% of tether's reserves is in a bank in cash. If it was seized I could see the market heading to 50-75c or so, there wil
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by ikeboy 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28798944 FTX in particular has standard coin/USD pairs and also USDT pairs. No reason that USDT collapsing would cause FTX to go bust. Alameda and other market makers might lose a t

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