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by plankers 8y ago
What about the folks who are tired of taking action and being ignored or written off by their representatives? What about the folks who called their representative's office only to be greeted by a full voicemail box? What about the con
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by plankers 8y ago
Boy, I hope so.
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by plankers 8y ago
Excellent, thanks for the redirect :)
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by plankers 8y ago
Awesome, thank you.
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by plankers 8y ago
If anybody has a meatier link, please post it. This was the first article I found from a tech-oriented source.
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'Five Eyes' governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors(techcrunch.com)
14 points by plankers 8y ago|8 comments
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by plankers 8y ago
As a child of the early 90's, I've never heard of this guy. So yes.
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by plankers 8y ago
With plenty of favors from your roommate to be repaid in beer at a later date.
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by plankers 8y ago
Something something student loans, something something increased future earning power, something something growth based economy. Ah, the joys of the modern higher learning establishments.
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by plankers 8y ago
Huh, somebody should tell the Silicon Valley tech firms that. Dirty lawbreakers with their nap pods!
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by plankers 8y ago
Solid point, but I'd prefer a permissionless system where any actor is able to have a voice in the direction of policy to a walled garden where wealth appears to be a prerequisite for membership. Any permissionless system must allow ma
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by plankers 8y ago
You seem to be confusing the moderation of non-technical forums with the process of achieving consensus between experts on highly technical issues. My apologies if this isn't the case. The bitcoin forks you name have experts working on
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by plankers 8y ago
Eh, it's not as easy to influence the policies and direction of bitcoin's core client as you might think. It requires consensus building, which is nowhere near as easy as enforcing consensus on the state of the blockchain. It&#x27
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by plankers 8y ago
They solve the problem of getting money past Venezuela's currency controls at the border, assuming you can find somebody in the country who will accept it. That's not a small if, but it does represent an alternative that would not
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by plankers 8y ago
Being able to review the code yourself is helpful, and being able to contribute to the code yourself is even better. It may not be perfect, but it's certainly a step up from bankers setting policy in their ivory towers, in my opinion.
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by plankers 8y ago
As a "bitcoin fanboi," I never claimed to not want the rule of law. I just don't want some unaccountable third party mucking about with the monetary policy of the currency I'm using. If anything, I'd like _more_ rul
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by plankers 8y ago
Because the companies they worked for didn't threaten to upend the retail market of an entire nation, I'm guessing.
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by plankers 8y ago
No, I agree with you.
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by plankers 8y ago
>However, "if you can't do _basic security_, you should be out of business", I mean that one in the literal sense of it. Tell that to Equifax.
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by plankers 8y ago
The bitcoin-dev mailing list is quite technical, but can be quite amusing when egos begin to clash. https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-d...
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by plankers 8y ago
After spending a few years in the bitcoin space, I avoid anything at the nexus of crypto and social media like the plague. You can almost always find interesting folks to chat with and answer your questions on IRC.
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by plankers 8y ago
Well then you'd need to balance that against all the new cars that Uber and Lyft drivers lease to support themselves. Cars that might have sat rusting on the lot while reasonable consumers chose to buy more affordable pre-owned vehicle
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by plankers 8y ago
I'm sure we're all shedding tears for those poor recruiters.
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by plankers 8y ago
It's rare that I see anyone bring up the pollution induced by Uber's (and Lyft's) business models. Now there's something I'd like to see studied more intensely.
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by plankers 8y ago
Net force, sure.
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by plankers 8y ago
Some of them used to work at Tesla. They also take issue with the use of lossy sonar and the failure to incorporate lidar.
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by plankers 8y ago
Art imitates life, go figure.
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by plankers 8y ago
Personal gripe, but he just had to mention coffee, didn't he? Are there any folks out there who like to get difficult things done without caffeine? edit: I guess not. edit #2: You're sending me mixed messages, Hacker News.
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by plankers 8y ago
There's active disdain (or at least snide jokes) among the senior Waymo engineers for the approach to autonomous driving taken by Tesla. I can't see a partnership in the cards, probably ever. Source: used to work there
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by plankers 8y ago
I don't know how accurate it is to say that these engineers have put their careers on the line. It could also be that they wouldn't be able to make these statements were they not secure enough in their jobs to feel their careers w

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