miracle2k

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by miracle2k 4y ago
> If you’re a company, you’re obliged to follow the law. > So, if you have an image generating technology that can generate content that violates the law, you’re obliged to prevent that. That's not how law works.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> Because there's no evidence it works and the idea makes no fucking sense. It approaches the problem in a way that all experts agree is wrong. Experts in what exactly? There are two ways to defend a law that penalizes virtual child
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> If generative art becomes a notorious market for CSAM, everyone in the field goes to jail. No one will go to jail, except maybe some people who get caught creating, distributing or collecting those images.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
GP is correct that OPs post makes no sense. Most validators around the world seem to be under no under legal obligation to exclude TC transactions from the blocks that they mine, and in particular to follow TC sanctions - their local laws d
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> Also, it's not the GDPR that's to blame for the popups, it's the non-enforcement of it. A distinction without a difference. This is the result of the law. If you think this can be improved by better enforcement, maybe th
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> The reality is rather "can we get enough data so we can manipulate you better in order to make more money?", "can we create a knowledge graph powerful enough to kill all our competition and influence democracy in our fav
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> Because the vast majority of people would not consent. Many people would click No when asked "Can we track you?". Yet, fewer people would click No when asked "Can we show you ads that are closely related to your interest
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> They claimed to believe that it was blocked because of US sanctions and denied that the government blocked any websites. This narrative is probably helped by the fact that half the internet is being blocked on the US side because of
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by miracle2k 4y ago
He was a journalist, but he was also working for the Washington Post in particular, and he was an US resident, and the details of this murder where particularly gruesome. No need for the jab about the media here.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> No, the money is sanctioned, he has to block it from being used anywhere and he must report it within 10 days according to the law This is not correct. > U.S. persons may have received unsolicited and nominal amounts of virtual curr
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by miracle2k 4y ago
I'm grateful to everyone working on the JMAP ecosystem. Thank you, these look great.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Yes, it is this one: https://opensea.io/collection/thetransition
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by miracle2k 4y ago
You seem uninterested in the details of how legislation is crafted to balance competing interests and values, and in that way both empower but also restrict regularity bodies. Congress did not say to Treasury "you can no 'limit fi
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> prosecute whoever shot it. Because the law against murder was broken. > and the police can confiscate the gun and the bullets Says who? They can only do this the law provides this mechanism. If there isn't, the gun remains the
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by miracle2k 4y ago
From the post: "So there is potentially an entity called Tornado Cash that is controlled by certain individuals, and the web address and some of the Ethereum addresses in the notice can be thought of as either pseudonyms for that entit
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by miracle2k 4y ago
We all want results, but implementation details matter, particularly in law. The suit is merely saying that if law makers want to give OFAC the authority to sanction the Tornado Cash smart contracts, they have yet to do so.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> you can't absolve yourself by building a robot that does the crime for you. But the argument isn't at all about absolving the robot builder. In fact, they explicitly take no view on whether the sanctions against the Tornado C
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Github deleted these repos because they represented a business relationship on their part with the sanctioned Tornado Cash entity, not because they considered the code itself illegal. Other copies of the code have not been deleted by Github
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by miracle2k 4y ago
The argument is that the sanctions authority granted by Congress to Treasury is limited to persons and entities, and the Tornado Cash smart contracts are neither, nor the property of either.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
"ability to pay in cash for our every day stuff" is curiously weak. "The war on cash" has resulted in a great number of restrictions over the years, precisely because it is such an effective way to avoid taxes. What does
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Ipv6 is software too.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
There is no rollback feature. There is social consensus, which is sort of the whole point. No one can tell you and your friends which fork of the chain to use. Good luck to you. We might call this freedom.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Of course. It's an outrageous suit driven by anti-porn activists. It's especially ironic that so many people oppose crypto-currencies with the argument that "democratic control" is desirable when deciding the rules of ou
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by miracle2k 4y ago
It'a civil suit, and MindGeek is a defendant. You should probably read the article.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Looking forward to your rigorous defense of Z-Cash/Monero/a future fully private Ethereum then.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> Let's be honest with ourselves. Mixers are used primarily for crypto transaction laundering. About as true a statement as Tor being primarily used for CSAM, and no-one actually caring about e2e encryption who isn't trying to
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by miracle2k 4y ago
Some things this non-profit will need to do, no matter how good their intentions: - Block your account if the US imposes sanctions on your country. - Delete the NFT you bought if there is a copyright dispute, maybe until such time that the
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by miracle2k 4y ago
> 9 months ago people were saying NFTs are “here to stay”, how did that work out?. They are still here and doing fine? I'm afraid dubious media reporting and wishful thinking has given you the wrong idea of what is going on.
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by miracle2k 4y ago
"git is a blockchain" is a meme that is exclusively pushed by anti-crypto activists because it provides the basis for their "no there there" talking point (note the popularity of this phrase in particular). Evidence: ht
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by miracle2k 4y ago
The mirrors refer to the interface. They interact with the same smart contracts and all share liquidity.

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