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by illustriousbear 6y ago
While Cardano is interesting, I believe IOTA's implementation of a ledger using a directed acyclic graph is much more interesting/scalable. In addition IOTA's focus on micro-transactions / the machine economy seems like
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
This is the classic advertising doesn't work on me mentality. Whether you realise it or not, the algorithms behind these services are having a subtle impact on you and show you things for various shady reasons. For me, that was enough
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Fair point. That is a situation where I'd move bank, use an iPhone or just allow GServices on my device. There is certainly a point where you just need to be pragmatic above all else. Otherwise, you can still reduce your interactions w
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
To me they are close enough to not mind. Especially when considering the unethical nature of these businesses and how they abuse their power. That ties into the quality of the platform and it is alarming that some people will tolerate it f
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
I understand that. I still maintain it's sad that removing Facebook/Google can have any significant drop in your quality of life. And by significant, I mean one where you're willing to debate about it. I like to keep my happi
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Sure but there are plenty of perfectly acceptable alternatives to those services.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
I think this is a fair point. That said I think we're more a corporate oligarchy that is behaving like a feudal system. We essentially seem to have corporate lords who are trying to appease the king government. Whether it be via censor
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
What people and authorities? I stopped using these services and told people to contact me via sms or signal. No problems so far. The people who won't make that extra step aren't worth my time because clearly I'm not worth the
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
It's sad that your quality of life depends on Google or Facebook services. I quit Facebook along with most Google services, I feel much happier and more well adjusted than when I was using them. Meeting with family and friends is also
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Another low effort blog post that Hackernews readers have upvoted because it says obvious things that they agree with. Quality on blog posts and articles is taking a bit of a dip lately.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Perhaps but bartering grain and fruit at the local market is probably more efficient than traditional banking too.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Traditional banks are not accountable for all the electricity their services consume. One example alone is considering all the clients, pos and other systems that operate. Banks are also a very different model with different overheads compa
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Nevermind traditional banks with their towering office buildings full of air conditioning/appliances, employees commuting to work, remote branches, sophisticated vaults and online infrastructure. I can never take the bitcoin climate ch
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
You should care. Many countries exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction laws and go after people who break them, this includes the US. If they can reach you, they will prosecute you if they want. Normally this applies to the states own citiz
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
So what? Is there some assumption that traditional banking don't consume a significant amount of energy? I think we're all familiar with towering bank buildings full of employees using computers, air conditioners and a range of ap
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
So what? Is there some assumption that traditional banking don't consume a significant amount of energy? I think we're all familiar with towering bank buildings full of employees using computers, air conditioners and a range of ap
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
I find it funny that many people are onboard with social media companies banning speech that they dislike. This comes from both the left and right with numerous benign/extreme examples. Meanwhile the same people supporting social media
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Once I’m unable to live in my home, I wish to die. I don’t want to see my home and inheritance taken by a nursing home business. I’ll gladly trade some of the least pleasant years of my life so my children can have my inheritance.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
The EFF giving a nothing statement that sides with corporate monopoly censorship. This is how you become irrelevant as an activist organisation, what sane person would donate to them now?
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Yeah I just used a more extreme example to make the point. Twitter is US based but they purposefully operate in a multi-national manner serving users across the world, so it's easy to argue that there is some responsibility. If Twitter
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
My only problem with this is who determines what is election misinformation? If Russian authorities call another dubious election in favor of Putin, do we just accept that now and ban any dissenting opinions? I mean after all their authorit
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
I agree 100%. Social media also needs to be completely reformed so moderation policy and enforcement isn't up to a small collection of individuals living in the United States.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
I agree mate, I've deleted all my social media and it has been great since day one. My consumption of information is so much better now that I have had to seek out reliable sources.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Those are certainly fair points but I think getting bogged down in the ToS and details is side stepping the real issue here. At the end of the day Twitter moderates its own service, which is just their managers and random team members. Twit
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Sci-hub by its own admission is a service that breaks the law by providing unauthorised access to copyright materials. I don't know whether Sci-hub has violated Twitter ToS (on the platform) but it doesn't surprise me that Twitter
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
On one hand Trump and his team deserve to lose this case. On the other hand, I hope it doesn’t silence future complaints. Protecting against defamation is important but it is more important that those who think they have genuine complaints
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Hackernews comments were generally onboard with Twitter banning Trump for controversial tweets that can be considered as incitement. As much as I like Sci-Hub, it is clearly a service that disregards and breaches copyright. If you advocate
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Thats fair, it just crossed my mind as a possibility given the current climate.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
Perhaps this is linked to the China and US trade war? Maybe US customs have been instructed to be harsher on Chinese company imports? Not saying it is necessarily unethical considering that China is no doubt doing similar.
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by illustriousbear 6y ago
People in the security industry have told me that this sort of thing often comes down to ego and self-importance. In Intelligence, people have been caught selling state secrets for 10-20k a pop. The kind of secrets that can land you decades

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