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by nybble41 5y ago
If they "escaped on a technicality" then they weren't breaking the law. That "technicality" is part of the law. The indefensible part is tying a large difference in import tariffs to how many seats are installed. Ab
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by nybble41 5y ago
From the linked editorial: > NFTs can be resold on-chain, whereas unlockable content are items that live off-chain, and therefore cannot carry on to future owners on the blockchain. That pretty much says all you need to know about "
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by nybble41 5y ago
> Well, technically one could save some information that could only be unlocked with a private key directly on blockchain, without centralized servers. Sure, but that just moves the problem around; instead of secret data you have a secre
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by nybble41 5y ago
I never claimed that IPFS magically ensures permanent storage, but the connection between the IPFS content ID (hash) and the content is permanent: If you have a copy of an image or other data, and an NFT with an IPFS content ID, you can s
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by nybble41 5y ago
> What is their case then exactly? Speculating, but TOS generally say that you're not allowed to share your password with anyone. Assuming that's true for the AA site, AA might argue that TPG is encouraging users to break their
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by nybble41 5y ago
This is why if you're going to spend any notable amount of money on an art NFT you should ensure that it precisely identifies (e.g. by an IPFS content ID) the specific artwork it's related to. An art NFT that just points to some r
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by nybble41 5y ago
> There are unlockable NFT's where you get access to what is inside. The use of NFTs for tracking subscriptions, memberships, or other credentials is an interesting idea in its own right, but let's not confuse the issue by clai
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by nybble41 5y ago
> You get the government you deserve. Translation note: The first "you" is singular, while the second "you" is plural. The majority might, perhaps, get the government they deserve. The minority who lost the vote can&#
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by nybble41 5y ago
If you don't trust the computer then your best option is a hardware token like the Trezor (which already supports WebAuthn in addition to its cryptocurrency functions). The better ones will include a screen where you can see details li
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> If there's consensus that for some domain, certificates don't actually mean anything, because anyone can get a CA to issue it, there should also be consensus to accept self-signed certificates for that domain. Or my preferred
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The end user's agent (browser) should handle the key management behind the scenes. Even without hardware tokens it's still at least as good as a software-based password manager. A Hierarchical Deterministic key system similar to t
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by nybble41 5y ago
> It’s likely that a country with a UBI will have better paying low level jobs even adjusting for tax action than a country without. You think a UBI will increase total after-tax purchasing power for above-average earners (i.e. those pay
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by nybble41 5y ago
> Because I have a high-paying not very demanding low stress job. In that case I suppose congratulations are in order for winning the lottery. > I still make more money when I make more money. At that point we’re just arguing over the
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by nybble41 5y ago
> working must provide incentives for natives to work for any UBI system to exist Well, yes, and that's kind of an unsolved problem. The immigration issue doesn't help. > It’s not a question of what a single immigrant does,
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by nybble41 5y ago
I specifically covered that. If anyone other than the original sender (one end of the communication channel) and the intended recipient(s) (the other end of the channel) is granted access to any information about the content of the messages
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by nybble41 5y ago
> It might technically be a tort but there's no damage; what would a rights holder win? Statutory damages. Which highlights the essential flaw in allowing statutory damages.
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by nybble41 5y ago
> You haven't caused any copyright infringement because you're not redistributing your book that has the white-out on it. Even if you did… since when has distributing a used book with extra notes, highlighting, or even white-ou
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by nybble41 5y ago
The GP's linked article[0] doesn't say anything about fonts. It says that the MTA sued someone for using the letter 'N' in a circle on a T-shirt. Not even the same color scheme. Judging from the examples on one of the MT
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by nybble41 5y ago
A device-specific "owner password" would be fine. Physical access is not proof of ownership, so there is no need to open the device up to trivial "evil maid"-style attacks. Of course some owners will lose their passwords
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by nybble41 5y ago
> Otherwise, I normally get maybe $20 for the class actions that I sign up for. Your area requires lawyers to solicit class members to sign up for class actions? Lucky! Around here you'll just be grouped into the class action withou
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by nybble41 5y ago
I don't see anything about being "allowed to integrate with society" which would make it "cost neutral" for someone to immigrate to a country and begin drawing a UBI without any obligation to work for it. (Of course
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by nybble41 5y ago
> everyone getting something of tangible value Paying $40k in taxes in exchange for a UBI of $35k is not "getting something of tangible value"—it's losing $5k. Those with low income (and thus low taxes) get something from
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by nybble41 5y ago
> (you know, after the second "end" in the end-2-end) The "end" in E2EE is the end user , or software acting on that user's behalf as their agent—not software acting for some third party such as the service prov
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by nybble41 5y ago
Apple's "solution" is not end-to-end encryption. They place their software agent in the communication path (as a man-in-the-middle) to report back on the content of the messages, circumventing the encryption. It's not en
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by nybble41 5y ago
There is no "third way". End-to-end encryption means no one other than the sender and the intended receiver(s) can access the decrypted messages; full stop. That includes the social media companies and the government. This obvious
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> I assume legal-immigrant means one has obtained citizenship. How do you classify a non-citizen Green Card holder? Or someone here on a work visa? Legal immigrants usually don't start out as citizens from the moment they arrive. Ob
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by nybble41 5y ago
Using something like the Hierarchical Deterministic approach used for modern cryptocurrency wallets ("HD wallets") you can reuse a single master asymmetric key for any number of logins without linking those logins together. In thi
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by nybble41 5y ago
Don't let the user set the password, just assign them something random. If you let users pick their own passwords some of them are guaranteed to pick insecure ones (i.e. anything which isn't random and unique to that site). Thou
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by nybble41 5y ago
That definition isn't wrong. However, the "one-of-a-kind digital asset" is the NFT itself—basically a digital autograph—not a copy of the image (or book) the NFT describes, or even a license to such a copy, and certainly not
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by nybble41 5y ago
If you only allow short-term debt (say, five years max) then to finance a modern house—even if you could buy it "at cost"—you would need to take out a series of "balloon" mortgages. Every five years you apply for a new l

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