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by mirimir 6y ago
Just being retired is good enough for me.
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by mirimir 6y ago
No, that's wrong. It seems like they didn't get good legal advice, and/or changed their business plan without ongoing legal advice. That is, if they knew that they'd be violating US securities and/or money launderin
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by mirimir 6y ago
It would, yes. But if they're being paid nothing otherwise, one could make the argument that it's coercive. Still, this is the US, and it's arguably unfair to expect Tesla to pay nonworking employees indefinitely, even though
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by mirimir 6y ago
Their first mistake was being subject to US jurisdiction.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Mostly I write stuff for people. I've written a lot for IVPN's website, and also for Restore Privacy. I bill at typical meatspace rates. I've also done some privacy-related development. For example, a client wanted a private
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Those haven't dropped 50% in the last 3 years. Huh? The Bitcoin price on 2017-05-12 was $1686. It did hit $19345 on 2017-12-16, however.
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by mirimir 6y ago
That's quite the endorsement, there. Before Bitcoin, they were using stuff like Walmart giftcards.
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> Additionally, in the summer of 2019, PIR’s ten year agreement with ICANN renewed, but under new terms: looser contractual conditions to mirror those for the new gTLDs (yes, including .wtf), including the removal of a price cap and cert
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by mirimir 6y ago
That's true. But still, cryptocurrencies could arguably remain useful, even if they never widely displaced meatspace money. I mean, consider how thoroughly online dark marketplaces have displaced meatspace drug dealers. And perhaps the
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by mirimir 6y ago
> And Tesla is not requiring anyone to show up. That's an important point. But is he paying them more to show up than they'd otherwise be paid if they didn't show up?
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by mirimir 6y ago
I'm guessing that it needs to be tested in court. Or at least, that Musk has decided that it does.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Why not start testing randomly chosen asymptomatic people?
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by mirimir 6y ago
With meatspace money. In my case, savings. But I could also have income. The point is that my online anonymous coward personas and my meatspace identity are as isolated as I can manage.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> The cellular network always has to know your approximate location, or else it can't get your data to you. Sure. But if the cellular radio is a separate device, that information isn't necessarily available to the OS. If you us
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by mirimir 6y ago
Game devices and smartphones were carefully designed to remain closed. Although the Pinephone and Librem 5 look like smartphones, and use many of the same components, they are far closer to phone-sized PCs. And so they're open from t
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by mirimir 6y ago
There's probably a workaround for that. Or there arguably would be, if enough people cared enough. Not too many years ago, there were trusted services that sold Bitcoin (and Liberty Reserve and Pecunix) for cash sent anonymously throug
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by mirimir 6y ago
As I recall, Bitcoin was designed for resilience to government pressure. But that's never been tested, in any substantive way. I'm not aware of any reason why the Bitcoin network couldn't switch to VPN-level overlay networks.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> It turned out that they assumed the government was spying on everybody anyway. I've assumed that since the 60s :) Anyone remember "The President's Analyst"?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, that does seem pretty clear. So it goes.
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by mirimir 6y ago
I've wondered that myself. And for myself. I gather that it does take several years to go from early cancer cells to a tumor that's visible by MRI. But once there's a visible tumor, progression is much faster. And by the time
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, that seems odd. But then, I know zero about German law. I suppose that none of the charges against him warrant extradition, so they're cool with him remaining in India. But on the other hand, he has a criminal record, so they don
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by mirimir 6y ago
Is it possible to run locally?
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OK, I had to look at IMDb: > Roman Moroni: I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties
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by mirimir 6y ago
Pancreatic cancer is almost always asymptomatic, until far too late for anything but palliative treatment. And it's extremely coagulogenic, so clots are often the initial symptom.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Indeed, but what would it take? I gather that NRK is the BBC equivalent for Norway, so it's not surprising that Tamoco sold so much data to it. But I wonder how selective Tamoco and its competitors are. In particular, I can imagine tha
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by mirimir 6y ago
> I sometimes wonder if the people claiming to hate client-side technologies or disable JS in their browsers have actually ever had to build a complex website to put food on their table. My bet is the answer is often no, or they are a co
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by mirimir 6y ago
This isn't likely news, for most here. But it can't be reported enough, for the general public.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Social chaos, perhaps. But the 1% aren't much at risk, because they have enough resources and can isolate themselves well enough. It's the upper middle class that may get seriously injured.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Gains in U.S. stocks accelerated Friday after April’s nonfarm payrolls report showed unemployment rose to 14.7%, the highest level on record. Aren't stock prices generally proportional to unemployment level? Maybe because low unem
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by mirimir 6y ago
Maybe some y'all will hate on me for it (or would, if I got into specifics) but I can find common ground with just about anyone. Although I am very opinionated, I do my best to keep in mind that they're just opinions, and that I d

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