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by m11a 6y ago
“For all distributions of copyrighted content through their service” I don’t think that’s true? I think that only extends to this particular DMCA. Obviously it wouldn’t extend to eg me claiming Ruby on Rails is copyright infringement.
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by m11a 6y ago
If it fails by natural causes, sure. If it fails by government policy, that's an awful outcome for tech and the future. We need to encourage new markets, not end them. Tech is ending old markets as it is, if we're not encouraging
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by m11a 6y ago
The cookie accept prompts are a misunderstanding of EU law anyway. Supervisory authorities vary in their interpretation, and some take a relaxed view towards it and see the issues in that crap from a UX perspective (they say so on their sit
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by m11a 6y ago
I think it depends on the size of the company. Some maintain a further distance from the party successfully, some even manage to criticise it, but I don't think you get to ByteDance levels of growth without close connection to the part
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by m11a 6y ago
Keep in mind that it's not just about a Chinese entity. They employ a lot of people directly, and all those 'influencers' on TikTok also make their livelihoods from their TikTok work. Not all could easily migrate to other pla
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by m11a 6y ago
> tech-savvy users may prefer a self-hosted version Not necessarily. I'd hate to self host stuff. It's a maintenance burden, time wasted getting stuff to work with all of its complexities, and once that's done you need to
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by m11a 6y ago
I am still confused how Zoom ended up being used this much, especially by less technical people. The UI is not intuitive at all, the options are a mess, and the product doesn't even know what audience it's trying to cater for. Eve
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by m11a 6y ago
Stripe.js creates an iframe hosted by Stripe which sends the card information directly to Stripe. The merchant cannot see or intercept that card info, during or after transmission, and thus cannot send it to another processor (at least not
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by m11a 6y ago
Especially when you consider the software and design of Zoom, poor engineering culture sounds like the more realistic answer.
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by m11a 6y ago
Pretty sure if a company intentionally refuses to enforce a provision of its terms (rather than not realising), it would be a bit more of a legal tangle if they decided to arbitrarily rely on said provision one day to cut ties. So I don&#x2
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by m11a 6y ago
To pull that off, they'd have to (technically) process the card info, which puts them in the scope for PCI compliance. By that point, I don't know why they'd send card info to 3 processors especially when they know, at that p
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by m11a 6y ago
I've a few friends who did get the call, eventually. They got their computers back broken.
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by m11a 6y ago
It doesn't really matter for Epic whether only they get a cut, or if everyone else does too. I imagine the former would be preferable to have an edge over competitors, but it's also unrealistic and they'd be unable to play th
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by m11a 6y ago
> and we expect the freedom to use it how we want I suspect Apple will argue the oppose. The "freedom" argument has been common in the perennial "iOS v Android" discussions, from which I'd note that iOS appeals t
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by m11a 6y ago
I think the difference there is that Basecamp really is a small player compared to Apple, and it's bootstrapped. DHH's parade was a little tiring but he at least had a reasonable 'moral leg' to stand on. Epic Games doesn
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by m11a 6y ago
They're not, really. Both companies have enough money to pay for the best lawyers and keep the case going for as long as it takes. There may be a big valuation difference, but it's a fair fight for that reason. Besides, Epic Games
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by m11a 6y ago
Isn't there a downside here? What if your content doesn't have enough views / you get bored / life changes so can't afford server costs anymore / die. Your server will expire eventually, and there goes your con
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by m11a 6y ago
It's a horrible way companies try to discourage data subjects from exercising their rights. This is not lawful under both the GDPR and the CCPA. If Triplebyte follow through with their request against an EU or California resident, they
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by m11a 6y ago
They're using websockets I believe. Look in the network tab for .ws (hosted on Firebase). You can inspect the messages using Chrome. It sends updates for every change to a block you make.
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by m11a 6y ago
I personally don't like philosophy books. I think there's more to be learned about philosophy by reading about specific topics, rather than actually reading about philosophy. Some exceptions like Plato, etc. Absolutely agree with
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by m11a 6y ago
My opinion: There's more we can learn from fiction than we think. By analogy, creativity, perhaps even reality distortion. I don't think we should solely rely on non-fiction and proven methods to teach or grow. Indeed, if we did t
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by m11a 6y ago
I think people that feel WeChat is simply a social network don't understand WeChat. Though the article doesn't say this, the comments here and popular opinion generally think that. From my time visiting China I'm not sure it&
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by m11a 6y ago
There's a lot of GDPR consultants milking your company's cash for this. Also probably a lot of articles on privacy law across the world, available free. For sales tax/VAT around the world, for example, avalara.com has compreh
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by m11a 6y ago
Not sure on the customer service one either. The same logic means calling privacy policies a problem because we legally have to follow privacy law? Warranties are there for consumer protection. Most people know what they're there for.
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by m11a 6y ago
I think it's becoming a pattern that people (users) don't care about what they can't see. And furthermore, people (users) overall don't seem to care about security until something goes wrong. Besides, a layman doesn&#x27
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by m11a 6y ago
1. You don't see this from a layman's perspective: a person who hardly understands Bitcoin never mind blockchain. You may realise the privacy improvements in such a solution. The average laymen will not. How can you expect trust
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by m11a 6y ago
>Should we be really watching closely economic data to see what happens with these payments? I don't think this is a good data metric. There's a difference between how people will spend money in a crisis where they have bills a
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by m11a 6y ago
In the US, perhaps. There may be another payment, though, if this goes on. Take a look in the UK. They are subsidising employer payments to employees, for 80% of the employee's salary. Also upping state welfare, reducing the approval t
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by m11a 6y ago
No. But you don't necessarily need an accountant in the UK. Off the top of my head, the Companies House filing fee of around £15/yr, an address for the company (around £50/yr) are all you require to hold a UK company. For a t
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by m11a 6y ago
Can I ask how do you win those? I've lost many of these via PayPal. Customer can claim goods not working all the way to "not my card, my kid bought it without my consent". I asked PayPal for their advice, and on that advice I

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