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nulbyte
4y ago
I don't see a standard 90 day certificate in the phrase "even shorter-lived certificates." If it was a 90 day certificate, it wouldn't be shorter-lived. It seems to me Let's Encrypt was referring to the possibility
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nulbyte
4y ago
You don't need currency to facilitate payroll; it's a series of transfers, not withdrawals. And the recipients don't usually need that much currency either, even if they do bank at the same place.
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4y ago
> No, it is like putting regulations on fossil fuels and giving them legitimacy. We put regulation on fossil fuels as a practical matter of recognizing the reality in which we operate, and the harms that will come to real people if we ou
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4y ago
I've never heard of this. Have you used it?
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4y ago
For me, the problem is there isn't a lot of high-quality content centralized in one or two services I'd be willing to pay for like that. There's maybe one or two articles worth reading a year in a given pay-for service, and t
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4y ago
Deposits are liabilities to the bank's customers. The cash the bank has, regardless of how it got it, is an asset. The cash may result from a customer making a deposit, but its still just cash. Deposits and cash are separate items on t
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4y ago
That's not confusing, it's just wrong. On my balance sheet, money I deposit is an asset: The bank owes me. On the bank's balance sheet, money I deposit is a liability: The bank owes me.
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4y ago
> Or does bookkeeping for some weird reasons really record each amount twice? There is a surprisingly common reason, but it isn't weird. Consider a paycheck. You have income, but then you split that up. Some pays for insurance premi
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4y ago
> I don't see how those are liabilities of the Federal Reserve, but maybe I'm missing something? To my sibling: Missing is the fact that US dollars are bank notes issued by the Federal Reserve. Issuing a note creates a liabilit
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4y ago
Some people do leave then in. The Nanos are designed for exactly this behavior.
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4y ago
> Nobody seems to reflect that if you physically steal the laptop, guess what, the usb key that's still in there was also stolen. I think that largely misses the point of having such a key. I have one, and I'm well aware that i
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4y ago
I also like Canon. Bought one several years ago, ready to take it back if it did not play nice with Linux. I was pleasantly surprised that the drivers worked. I had to fiddle with them initially to get the needed dependencies (not all were
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4y ago
You can't. In the U.S., the assets of charity must be permanently dedicated to an exempt purpose. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organiz... OpenAI is still a nonprofit. Their Financials are
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4y ago
Or you could watch the video where he actually said it, while justifying his identifying as white again, because by previously identifying as black, he accidentally joined a hate group. The story isn't about the poll, it's about S
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4y ago
> Channel Blocker (lets me block channels from search results on Youtube)... I wish this were possible for the phone app. Every now and then I am recommended a video from one YouTuber in particular that I can't stand. Is there an ap
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4y ago
> We propose to ban the practice of obtaining a single consumer consent as grounds for delivering calls and text messages from multiple marketers... I honestly don't understand how this isn't already a thing. The bit about Lend
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4y ago
How do you tell the difference between a blinker indicating you intend to reverse into a spot and a blinker indicating you are turning forward to go to the next aisle? You can't indicate reverse until you pass the space, and often it&#
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4y ago
I don't think backing into a parking spot is safer than backing out. The article first says the lack of pedestrians makes reversing safe; then it goes on to say the presence of pedestrians makes pulling out forward safe. Which is it, a
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4y ago
Extreme, yes, and also a faulty analogy. I don't think White Castle took an employee's finger and placed it on the reader by force.
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4y ago
Sort of. If these are normal transactions given the customer's trade, no report is made. SARs are only filed if you are suspicious (that's what the S stands for) that a crime has occurred. This is where knowing your customer comes
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4y ago
Looks like there is a TP-PID field that has values to indicate replace message: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19731/how-does-... I find this fascinating; I didn't know this functionality existe
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4y ago
They may be dumbing down their explanation of the validity period during which a mobile device can receive the message. If a text message can't be delivered, because the device cannot be reached (e.g., it's off or out of the cover
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4y ago
These places stiff their servers and expect customers to make up the difference. I doubt they care to pay an attorney to tell them what they already know about their unscrupulous practices.
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4y ago
In the U.S., servers are commonly expected to tip the kitchen staff. If a locality mandated a 2% fee to pay the kitchen staff, that's 2% the server doesn't have to pay out, so this seems entirely reasonable to me. What is unreason
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4y ago
At this point, I wouldn't trust anyone who claims they haven't been breached.
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4y ago
The result sounds similar to what happens in some places in the U.S., where you'll find a reseller or two that offer the same service as a major ISP with a better rate plan. Such is the case here in Louisville, Kentucky. IgLou resells
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4y ago
> They creatively spend money “for the cause” like printing pamphlets or spending on a fundraising event or hiring a “consultant” to strategize on how to fix homelessness or plenty of others. Printing and distributing pamphlets that educ
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4y ago
> I'm sure many people like the ease of donating through this program. This is exactly the controversy. Customers are not making donations in these types of programs. Whether a portion of the proceeds are donated or not, the custome
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4y ago
Given they likely have everyone's Gmail address anyway, I have no problem opting mine out. I won't bother opting out my other addresses though; I doubt they correlate them all to the same person, since they are all different domai
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4y ago
They make tire pressure gauges without touchscreens; even then, dashboards have indicators light up when pressure is too low. Garage door openers have buttons, and long-pressing often does magical things, like entering setup mode. And presu
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