jkepler

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by jkepler 6y ago
So, could one avoid them by self-funding and growing very slowly?
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by jkepler 6y ago
> Also who the hell uses cash. Who uses cash? The unbanked and underbanked, about 55 million adults in the USA, approximately 22% of the US households, according to the US Federal Reserve. In the USA that often includes folks like the ho
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by jkepler 7y ago
How would this compare with pass[1], the "standard UNIX password manager"? Is it simply that SpicyPass uses newer cryptography than pass? Pass uses gpg along with the filesystem and git, so it is lightweight, and super-easy to bac
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by jkepler 7y ago
Am I correct to understand that this backdoor tracking of individual users applies to the standard Chromium browser (i.e., the non Eloston ungoogled-chromium) as well as the Chrome browser? If so, its incredibly consistent with Google'
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by jkepler 7y ago
Why not use an open TOTP app like AndOTP. I use it all the time for sites that claim to require Google Authenticator, it works, and its easy to backup the secrets as plain text or encrypted with a password. I keep it current on my primary p
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by jkepler 7y ago
Sounds like Southpark's "Band in China"[1] isn't too far off the mark regarding "Vorauseilender Gehorchsam"[2] / "Anticipatory Obedience." [1] https://southpark.cc.com/full-episod
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by jkepler 7y ago
Guaranteed to loose value over time. Ever since central banks forced gov fiat currency on us all, we're stuck investing just to save for the future. Back in 1905, most people could save in gold, and very few invested, but now that doll
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by jkepler 7y ago
Actually, isn't it a tragedy of the commons? I don't think a carbon tax would adequately address the problem, and it would require a large regulatory apparatus to enforce it. The oceans and atmosphere get polluted because societi
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by jkepler 7y ago
I use Signal or Telegram, or regular email to send pictures to family and close friends. When they get the pictures they know I thought specifically of them, rather than a post that they may or may not actually see. In that regard, sending
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by jkepler 7y ago
How to Hide an Empire: a short history of the greater United States. It includes an excellent discussion of how technological advancements in the 20th century (such as synthetic rubber, airplanes, and radio) changed the physical structure o
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by jkepler 7y ago
Thanks for finding the real paper. Much more useful than Bloomberg's paywall.
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by jkepler 7y ago
Your interpretation makes sense to me. However, the problem is that the IRS didn't actually state that in their limited guidance.
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by jkepler 7y ago
That 'guidance' isn't clear, as its quite frequent that when a hard fork occurs, there's speculation on the value of the new chain before the split, and high volatility after the split. In a number of cases, there aren&#
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by jkepler 7y ago
At what point does emacs cease to be a text editor and become an entire operating system in a terminal or X11?
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by jkepler 7y ago
Could you share you for files and/or setup. I used neomutt on Debian but am not pleased with the friction html mails cause me.
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by jkepler 7y ago
Bitcoin is actually using a lot of energy that would have simply been wasted: much of bitcoin's hashing power comes from renewable hydropower that wasn't already being used as it was too remote to economically transmit to cities.
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by jkepler 7y ago
I agree that in the real world, while it's vital to promote freedom, I can't agree fully with anarchist friends. Looking at history, we will always need some form of government or regulation, because human brokenness runs deep. Ye
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by jkepler 7y ago
Plus, haven't governments massacred millions of people? If you're concerned to protect human rights from evil, look no further than the 20th centuries wars, pogroms, and political cleansings. How did all these governments fund all
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by jkepler 7y ago
But the Bitcoin Cash devs can't force anyone to use their fork. Users are still free to run the software or not.
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by jkepler 7y ago
Except that there have been multiple upgrades on the original Bitcoin chain. The software is on version 0.18. While preserving backwards compatibility, today bitcoin includes Segregated Witness, which separated the constraints on unspent tr
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by jkepler 7y ago
As I see it, governments can raise money three ways: taxes, bond sales, and their monetary printing presses. Bitcoin removes the third option, helping to hold government abuses it check a little bit. It's not a solution for everything,
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by jkepler 7y ago
Proof-of-violence instead of proof-of-work.
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Could that one not have rules without rulers, if the protocol and incentives are properly structured?
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by jkepler 7y ago
> I put 'free' in quotes because complete freedom for one person is slavery for another, so it is never completely clear to me what people actually want when they talk about free society or free markets. My understanding is tha
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by jkepler 7y ago
What about a protocol regulated by mathematics and well-designed economic game theory, controlled by no one party or group, which only gets stronger security when attacked?
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by jkepler 7y ago
Bitcoin and other digital cash systems that are bearer instruments would change this: if the 1st outgoing transaction is valid, one can't then defraud the bank of the same money. On the flip side, if a user falls for a phishing campaig
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by jkepler 7y ago
LaTeX or TeX would be excellent choices if you want good typographic control, though there's a significant learning curve if you're going to produce beautiful books. Check out https://www.ctan.org to start learning mor
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by jkepler 7y ago
Couldn't a micropayments option (built on bitcoin's Lightning network) where friends send the same micropayments back and forth keep SPAM at bay, since one wouldn't return the micropayments to spammers by way of return commen
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Since cash and open/decentralized crypto are bearer instruments.
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by jkepler 7y ago
Better to build strong privacy by default into the one crypto with an 11-year track record for withstanding all attacks against it's network: Bitcoin. Of course, since consensus changes are really hard, and to preserve the 21 million c

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