purple_elephant

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by purple_elephant 3y ago
To preempt the unevitable comments blaming COVID vaccines for this: please note that most of the sources used in the article predate the pandemic.
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
> While reading it it felt like the author of this article had an axe to grind. In the last sentences of the article, the author shows his true colors and advocates for a "multipolar world", which is basically a politically-cor
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
The rules aren't "unenforced". Sweden, and the other non-eurozone countries without an opt-out, are complying with the rules. There's no rule requiring the EU members to meet the convergence criteria. Instead of accussin
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
There are many uninformed comments in this thread saying that the UK would have to join the Eurozone if it returned to the EU. No. You only have to adopt the euro if you meet the convergence criteria. One of the criteria is joining ERM II.
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
But you don't say these things out loud. Swiss bank ads don't look like this: "Genocidal dictators, we will help you hide your money!"
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
Releasing a barebones MVP is an odd move when there's an established competitor that isn't lacking in features. Not launching in the EU was also a big mistake. If they have trouble complying with EU regulations, they should have e
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by purple_elephant 3y ago
>In 2023, the way to use AES is AES-GCM. Anything else is very unlikely to make sense. Encrypt-then-MAC remains the most conservative and theoretically secure option. Leaving aside the (very serious) nonce reuse issue, the cracks on non-